1:07 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo hopes to avoid starting the season on the injured list after an MRI showed inflammation in his lower back, an issue he’s dealt with several times in his career. “It’s frustrating because of how physically in shape I felt like I was coming in,”
Month: July 2020
1:42 PM ET The NHL announced finalists for its rookie of the year and coach of the year awards Wednesday. Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes, Chicago Blackhawks left wing Dominik Kubalik and Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player selected as the most
2:45 PM BST England and British and Irish Lions back Elliot Daly has lauded Saracens professionalism while committing to a new three-year contract with Saracens, the club announced on Wednesday. Daly is the latest international to commit his future despite the fact Saracens were relegated to the second tier for salary cap breaches. 1 Related
1:14 AM IST In the course of his long and not-entirely-lustrous career, Joe Denly has come to know all about being on the outside looking in – he spent nine years and an England-record 384 matches in the wilderness, after all, before his remarkable recall in Sri Lanka in 2018. For the next two weeks
1:36 PM BST Kathleen McNamee Exeter Chiefs are to review their name and logo at the club’s next board meeting at the end of July, sources have confirmed to ESPN. The decision to review the name and logo came after two petitions were set up — one to maintain the name and logo and one
12:39 PM ET David Gordon Bryson DeChambeau‘s radical transformation of his body and game has been one of the most polarizing issues of the summer. Just how crazy has DeChambeau been off the tee? Consider that over the five PGA Tour events since the three-month coronavirus shutdown, DeChambeau has hit 29 drives at least 350
12:00 PM ET Underscoring an unmatched futility in the NFL, the Cleveland Browns remarkably had not re-signed a first-round draft pick since 2010 selection Joe Haden. But as an underpinning of what might be to come in Cleveland, that is about to change. As reported Tuesday, the Browns are finalizing a massive five-year extension worth
12:14 PM ET Associated Press A judge has denied a request by news organizations including The Associated Press to unseal court records involving the mental competency of billionaire Tom Benson when he rewrote his will to give his third wife ownership of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans sports franchises. The news outlets argued public
11:05 AM ET Central Michigan athletic director Michael Alford is leaving in August to become CEO of Seminole Boosters Inc., the fundraising arm for Florida State‘s athletic department, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. An official announcement from Florida State is expected around noon ET. Alford will replace Andy Miller, who is retiring after serving as
11:03 AM ET ESPN News Services LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the country “needs football” during a visit by Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday in Baton Rouge. Orgeron spoke during a roundtable discussion at Tiger Stadium on reopening Louisiana schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to play. This state needs