6:51 PM ET CHICAGO — Despite a halt in negotiations, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer says he’s “very confident” he’ll be able to sign longtime first baseman Anthony Rizzo to a contract extension before he becomes a free agent in November. Rizzo, 31, indicated on Monday he would rather not negotiate during
Month: April 2021
9:40 PM ET President Joe Biden, speaking the night before major league ballparks reopen to fans throughout the country, stressed the importance of wearing masks and continuing to abide by health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19, calling it “a mistake” for the Texas Rangers to open their stadium at full capacity
11:23 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets and shortstop Francisco Lindor have agreed to a 10-year, $341 million deal, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Lindor’s deal will be the third-largest based on total value in major league history, trailing only the deals for the Los Angeles Angels‘ Mike Trout ($426.5 million)
10:32 PM ET The nightmare is over for the Buffalo Sabres, who snapped their 18-game winless streak with a 6-1 victory at home over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Sam Reinhart and Curtis Lazar scored in the first period to give Buffalo a 2-0 lead. Steven Fogarty and Casey Mittelstadt added goals in the
9:39 PM ET NEW YORK — James Harden was ruled out of the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Houston Rockets after the third quarter Wednesday night because of right hamstring tightness. Harden played 27 minutes through the first three quarters and finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Brooklyn was already playing without
12:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — You could say Andre Drummond stubbed his toe making his way out of the starting blocks in his Los Angeles Lakers debut. Literally. The newly acquired Lakers center exited Wednesday’s 112-97 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks with a bruised right big toe in the third quarter and did not
12:05 AM ET Members of the Utah Jazz feared for their lives after the team’s charter plane collided with a flock of birds shortly after takeoff Tuesday, causing an engine fire and failure and forcing an emergency landing. “For a good 10 or 15 minutes, I think all of us on that flight were questioning
8:06 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cam York is foregoing his final two years at Michigan after the defenseman signed a three-year entry level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. The contract comes into effect this season, the team said in announcing the move shortly before the Flyers played at Buffalo.
9:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Vancouver Canucks‘ home game against the Calgary Flames scheduled for Wednesday night at Rogers Arena has been postponed by the NHL because of the league’s COVID-19 protocol. Vancouver had two players and a member of its coaching staff enter the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. The league said it
9:32 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Thatcher Demko to a five-year contract extension. Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini confirmed the deal on Twitter on Wednesday. No financial terms have been released. Demko took over as the No. 1 goaltender for the Canucks after Jacob Markstrom went to