2:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Reliever Dellin Betances exercised his $6 million player option for next season with the New York Mets on Sunday, deciding against taking a $3 million buyout and becoming a free agent. New York also said it had made an $18.9 million qualifying offer to right-hander Marcus Stroman,
Month: November 2020
5:40 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez kept his contract that will pay $19,375,000 in each of the next two seasons rather than opt out Sunday and become a free agent. The 33-year-old hit a career-low .213 in the pandemic-shortened season with seven homers and 27 RBIs, his lowest
5:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton is keeping the remaining $218 million and seven guaranteed years in his New York Yankees contract rather than opt out after a pair of injury-decimated seasons. The slugging designated hitter, who turns 31 on Nov. 8, hit .266 with 38 homers and 100 RBIs in
4:45 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — In the 20-plus years and more than 600 times Brian Gay has played on the PGA Tour, he realizes the game is still full of surprises. Sunday was a big one. Gay rallied from a three-shot deficit on the back nine, hit gap wedge to 3 feet
5:31 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Darren Clarke won the TimberTech Champions on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, two-putting for birdie on the par-5 18th for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer. Clarke hit his second shot on 18 to 35 feet and rolled his eagle
11:27 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has indicated that he still has doubts over whether to continue in Formula One next year amid ongoing uncertainty about the role of Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff beyond the end of this season. Hamilton is on the verge of securing a record-equalling seventh world title, but has yet to
5:26 PM ET Jose Mourinho started the week by claiming Gareth Bale is “arriving” at something approaching his old self. Now, he’s arrived — but not quite in the way we imagined. The 31-year-old’s first goal of his second coming at Tottenham handed them a 2-1 win over Brighton, settling a game that would otherwise
9:53 AM ET Sir Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia. Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images England World Cup winner and former Manchester United stalwart Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia. The Telegraph initially reported the news on Sunday with the blessing of Charlton’s wife Norma in the hope that the knowledge of his
1:06 PM ET Manchester City retained the Women’s FA Cup with a hard-fought 3-1 extra-time victory over Everton in the final at Wembley on Sunday, finally bringing the 2019-20 season to a close after the competition was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gareth Taylor’s side dominated possession from kickoff but were made to work
11:39 AM ET (Adds details) LA SPEZIA, Italy, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo made an immediate impact on his return from a COVID-19 infection on Sunday, scoring three minutes after coming on as a substitute before converting a penalty to lead Juventus to a 4-1 Serie A win at Spezia. The Serie A champions,