Month: February 2021

12:31 PM ET Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale knows he’s not going to be back until well into the 2021 season, but a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery, the 31-year-old is glad to be back on schedule to help contribute to his team. “I feel great now,” Sale said Thursday. “The silver lining
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1:12 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier has retired after nine years in the major leagues and 167 career home runs, the Twins announced on Thursday. Dozier played his first seven seasons for the Twins, who traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers right before the deadline in 2018.
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1:50 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — – Oilers captain Connor McDavid has joined an elite club. McDavid notched his 500th NHL point with a first-period assist in Wednesday night’s 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. The 24-year-old center, from Richmond Hill, Ontario, is the 21st player in NHL history to accomplish the feat
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11:23 AM ET Closer Trevor Rosenthal and the Oakland Athletics are in agreement on a one-year, $11 million contract, sources familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Rosenthal had been seeking a four-year contract, but the free agent for relief pitchers had cratered. He did have multiyear options, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan,
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12:02 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — – The Indians are bringing back reliable and crafty reliever Oliver Pérez. The 39-year-old agreed Thursday to a minor league deal with Cleveland, which also invited the left-hander to big league training camp. Pérez. has spent the past three seasons with the Indians, appearing in 139 games. The
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12:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Baseball’s minor leagues will shift to regionalized six-game series with a common off day in a move that cuts scheduled travel mileage by 28-56% and reduces expenses in their first season of operations under Major League Baseball. MLB reduced affiliated farm teams to 120 from 160 in
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9:52 AM ET Adriana Garcia Pablo Solari scored the only goal of the game. Photo by DRAGOMIR YANKOVIC/PHOTOSPORT/AFP via Getty Images Chilean side Colo-Colo avoided being relegated for the first time in the club’s 96-year history with a 1-0 win at Universidad Concepcion. Teenager Pablo Solari, who joined Colo-Colo on loan from Argentinian side Talleres in
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