12:00 PM ET The trade: The Blue Jays acquire 3B Matt Chapman from the Athletics for SS Kevin Smith, RHP Gunnar Hoglund, LHP Zach Logue and LHP Kirby Snead The last the time the Blue Jays acquired a third baseman from the A’s, it worked out pretty well: Josh Donaldson came over in 2015 and
Month: March 2022
1:20 PM ET Sometimes the measure of a move is almost as much about the size of the hole you’ve filled as it is the person you’ve chosen to fill it. So it is for the Philadelphia Phillies, who on Wednesday morning agreed to a reported four-year, $79 million deal with free-agent slugger Kyle Schwarber.
1:15 PM ET The Oconee County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that former University of Georgia football player Akhil Crumpton was arrested in connection to the murder of 23-year-old gas station clerk Elijah Wood last year. Wood was shot and killed at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 19, 2021, by an armed assailant who
Mar 16, 2022 The Chicago Cubs made their first major move of the spring free-agent frenzy, bringing in outfielder Seiya Suzuki. The five-year, $85 million deal carries the highest salary for a Japanese position player coming to Major League Baseball and the second-largest behind pitcher Masahiro Tanaka’s $155 million contract with the New York Yankees
9:00 AM ET Tom Aspinall is a young star in the making in the UFC’s heavyweight division. At age 28, he is 4-0 in the Octagon, 11-2 overall in his MMA career. On Saturday, the fighter from Manchester, England, who now fights out of Liverpool, will be competing on home turf when he headlines UFC
12:01 PM ET Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, who have teamed together for 20 NFL seasons in the broadcast booth, have signed multiyear agreements to join ESPN as the new voices for Monday Night Football, it was announced Wednesday. The duo, who both have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will also
11:49 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are releasing defensive end Carl Nassib, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Nassib made headlines before the start of last season when he announced he was gay. In doing so, he became the first active openly gay player to play in the NFL. Last
11:53 AM BST Leicester Tigers have been fined £310,000 for non-compliance with salary cap regulations from 2016-17 to 2019-2020, Premiership Rugby said on Tuesday. Following an investigation into potential salary cap breaches over five seasons from 2016 to 2021, Premiership leaders Leicester were penalised for undisclosed payments to players from a third-party company via image
9:56 AM ET Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour, who has led the department since 2014, will retire this summer, it was announced Wednesday. Barbour, 62, arrived at Penn State in July 2014 after a 10-year tenure as athletic director at Cal. She also spent 1996 to 1999 as Tulane’s athletic director before a long
9:58 AM ET NFL teams have submitted two separate proposals to adjust overtime, the league announced Wednesday, following months of discussion about the advantage of winning the opening possession. The proposals have not yet been endorsed by the NFL’s powerful competition committee, but by rule they can be put to a vote later this month