Month: February 2022

9:23 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley has agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract extension, his agent Kevin Bradbury of Rep1 Basketball told ESPN on Monday night. Beverley has been in the final season of a three-year, $40 million contract, so the new agreement will take him through the 2022-2023 season. After arriving
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8:28 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball asked for the ability to eliminate hundreds of minor league playing jobs in its latest labor offer to the MLB Players Association, sources familiar with the proposal told ESPN.
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News Power-hitter turns down other offers to stay at the Hurricanes just days after becoming Australia’s biggest IPL earner at the mega auction Rising star Tim David has remained loyal to Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL signing a two-year contract extension despite lucrative offers from rival clubs. The Singapore-born Australian, who has played T20I cricket
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10:59 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Australia’s John Millman pulled off the first upset of the Delray Beach Open on Monday, needing nearly three hours and three tiebreakers to oust eighth-seeded Maxime Cressy of the U.S. Millman prevailed 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3). “Conditions are challenging,” Millman said. “Very windy, quite
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10:55 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — When John Madden died in December, his widow Virginia knew exactly where she wanted to honor her late husband’s life. The place where Madden first came to fame, prowling the sideline at the Oakland Coliseum as the Super Bowl-winning coach of the Raiders. “John believed in the
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8:49 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — An attorney for Bob Baffert believes the Hall of Famer trainer and embattled Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit “will be fully exonerated” after stating to Kentucky racing stewards that the colt’s failed drug test for a steroid resulted from a prescribed topical salve rather than an injection.
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8:38 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat countryman Jaume Munar 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Monday, advancing to the round of 16 of the Rio Open clay-court tournament. Alcaraz, who won his first professional title last year in Umag, Croatia, also on clay, is ranked 29th. His first professional
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8:42 PM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kayla Harrison says she does not yet know where she’ll end up fighting this year, but she’s leaving her options open. And those options are broader than expected. The former two-time Professional Fighters League women’s lightweight champion told ESPN on Monday that she is “considering” a future move
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6:32 PM ET A pair of interesting bouts have been added to Eagle FC’s return to the United States. Former UFC title challenger Ray Borg will take on Ricky Bandejas in a bantamweight bout and Rizvan Kuniev will defend his heavyweight title against UFC veteran Anthony Hamilton at Eagle FC 46 on March 11 in
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