6:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Everyone outside the Baltimore Ravens facility trumpeted the team’s biggest needs as the offensive line, defensive line and pass rush. Yet no one should be surprised that Baltimore’s first free-agent addition was safety Marcus Williams — unless you weren’t listening to Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta at his
Month: March 2022
7:00 AM ET Remember the MLB lockout? Neither do we. OK, OK, we remember it. But with baseball back — and a full 162-game schedule ahead — we’re doubling down on optimism after a dark winter. So what are we most excited to see this season? ESPN baseball experts Bradford Doolittle, Doug Glanville, Alden Gonzalez,
6:12 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vergil Ortiz Jr., a rising star at 147 pounds, has been forced to withdraw from a March 19 fight against Michael McKinson in Los Angeles for undisclosed reasons, sources told ESPN. The fight was set to headline a Golden Boy Promotions on DAZN card. McKinson could fight a replacement opponent,
2:17 AM ET Formula One’s governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules on Tuesday to avoid a repeat of the controversy that erupted after last year’s title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi. Race director Michael Masi, who was replaced last month, changed the procedure in the closing laps at Yas Marina in a
8:44 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Taylor Fritz defeated Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, making him one of six American men still alive in the desert tournament. Fritz reached the semifinals at Indian Wells last year, his career-best
10:56 PM BST While COVID-19 continues to disrupt the Super Rugby Pacific season across the ditch, it appears to be smooth sailing in Australia — for now at least! The exact make-up of Round 5 will be confirmed later on Wednesday, but there are no such troubles for the Six Nations, which reaches its conclusion
7:44 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — You know the script by now. Manchester United play a big game, their star players fail to perform as they are out-fought and out-thought by their opponents and, as surely as night follows day, they lose. Atletico Madrid‘s 1-0 Champions League win at Old Trafford, which sent United out
12:08 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints agreed to a three-year, $28.5 million contract with former New York Jets safety Marcus Maye on Tuesday night after losing longtime starting free safety Marcus Williams to the Baltimore Ravens earlier in the day, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The deal includes $15
11:16 PM ET First baseman Anthony Rizzo, who finished last season with the Yankees after a trade from the Chicago Cubs, agreed to a multi-year contract Tuesday night to return to New York, pending a physical, a source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. During his decadelong career with the Cubs, Rizzo was as reliable as anyone
News Lack of biobubbles at DPL “was one of the reasons I signed the contract,” Pakistan veteran jokes Mohammad Hafeez is playing in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League in Bangladesh for his “own enjoyment and passion” and to “inspire youngsters”, but he will have a big job to do at his team, Mohammedan Sporting, too,