3:20 PM ET First baseman/designated hitter Kendrys Morales is retiring from baseball, he told ESPN’s Marly Rivera on Friday, after a career that spanned 13 seasons and seven teams. Morales, 36, posted a combined .194 average with two home runs in 201 plate appearances between the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees last season. New
Month: February 2020
2:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage at the scene showed no sign of engine failure, federal investigators said in a report released Friday. The Jan. 26
2:47 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Cody Ceci will miss at least a month after suffering an ankle injury during Wednesday’s loss to the New York Rangers, according to the team. Ceci will be placed on injured reserve and is considered out indefinitely, with a reevaluation expected to take place in a month. The
2:47 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star Jimmy Butler will be out for Friday night’s game with the Sacramento Kings. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said at shootaround that an MRI on Butler’s shoulder came back clean, but he won’t play in Sacramento. Butler sustained what the Heat termed a right shoulder strain during the third quarter
2:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any outward evidence of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and the others died in the Jan.
6:30 PM ET On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced it had concluded its investigation into the Boston Red Sox for stealing signs during their 2018 World Series title run. MLB’s findings were the basis for suspending Boston’s video replay system operator J.T. Watkins without pay for one year and stripping the team of its second-round
1:52 PM GMT Saracens were fined £42,400 on Friday, but escaped expulsion from the Champions Cup, for fielding an ineligible player during a match last month. European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) had brought a misconduct complaint against Saracens after the club informed the governing body that prop Titi Lamositele may have been ineligible when he
1:27 PM GMT EDINBURGH — When the Calcutta Cup match kicks off on Saturday, one of Scotland’s two best players, Finn Russell, will be sat watching in Paris. He’s not injured. Gregor Townsend, historically Scotland’s greatest ever fly-half and current coach, will select Adam Hastings for their Test against England. Hastings is no mean replacement,
2:08 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson has been chasing NASCAR history for so long that his relentless pursuit of rewriting the record books has become part of his legacy. Johnson, tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with seven Cup Series titles, has been racing for sole possession of the
1:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Outfielder Joc Pederson has lost his arbitration case, giving teams a 3-0 record in hearings this year. Pederson will receive $7.75 million this season, not the $9.5 million he was seeking. The 27-year-old hit .249 with 36 home runs and 74 RBIs last year for the Los Angeles Dodgers