12:00 PM ET Boston Red Sox fans are angry. Very angry. It’s no surprise that there is outrage over the Mookie Betts deal. The 2018 AL MVP and now former Red Sox right fielder was one of the most beloved athletes in the city, particularly given his rise from rookie to superstar happened nightly in
Month: February 2020
11:59 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — American tennis player Abigail Spears was handed a 22-month doping ban on Wednesday after a positive test from last year’s U.S. Open. The 38-year-old Spears has won 21 women’s doubles titles during her career and won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in 2017. Her urine
11:00 AM ET Two suspects are in custody after a car chase along the parade route for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs, Kansas City police said. The incident began at 8:12 a.m. local time when the car broke through a parade barrier. Police deployed Stop Sticks, which the vehicle ran over, but the car kept
7:30 AM ET Brendan Meyer WHEN LANDRY JONES decided that his NFL career might be over, he called a local construction company. It was February 2019, six months after his unexpected release from the Pittsburgh Steelers. He had worked out for roughly 20 NFL teams, and nobody wanted to sign the veteran backup quarterback. So
9:49 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin doesn’t think he’s ever been this hot in a 15-year career that has included eight NHL scoring titles. If he continues at his present pace, he’ll join the 700 career goal club by this weekend. Ovechkin recorded his 27th career hat trick and
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In a Fox television segment leading up to Super Bowl LIV, free-agent tight end Greg Olsen sat next to former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and joked that he would be a third option at the position for the Patriots in 2020. The back-and-forth highlighted two of
6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — The lone solace for the Cincinnati Bengals this season was what would come with the top pick in the NFL draft. As the 2-14 Bengals careened toward the worst record in the NFL, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow set record after record on the way to a Heisman Trophy and national
9:17 AM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Willie Taggart landed Willie Taggart. Florida Atlantic announced that quarterback Willie Taggart Jr. signed with the Owls on Wednesday — meaning he will play for his father, the new FAU coach. Taggart Jr. was the first player to submit his letter to FAU once signing day
9:07 AM ET Pete Rose asked commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday morning to remove his name from Major League Baseball’s ineligible list, which would allow the all-time hits leader to be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame. In a petition sent to the MLB commissioner’s office and obtained by ESPN, Rose and his
12:55 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After going more than five years without committing an over-rate offence, India have now had to pay fines in three consecutive matches, the latest a whopping 80% of their match fee after being found four overs short of the target in the first ODI against New Zealand in Hamilton on