6:48 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Gold Glove-winning outfielder Harrison Bader and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a $10.4 million, two-year contract and avoided salary arbitration. Bader, 27, gets a $1 million signing bonus as part of the deal announced Sunday and salaries of $4.7 million in each of the next two
Month: April 2022
1:32 PM ET Associated Press Albert Pujols will be in the starting lineup for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Pirates when he begins his final big league season Thursday in what should be an emotional return to Busch Stadium. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol announced Monday that Pujols, who signed a $2.5 million contract
6:32 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau walked down the third fairway at Augusta National during his Sunday practice round for the 86th Masters and saw Tiger Woods strolling up 17. The two acknowledged each other, with mock air high-fives from a distance, then went on about their preparation. As for interaction with one
4:19 PM ET At the top of the charts, LAFC and the Philadelphia Union just keep rolling. Further down the order, though, there’s chaos. After setting an MLS record in 2021 for most points in a season, the New England Revolution have followed up their Supporters’ Shield-winning campaign by stumbling out of the gates to
1:34 PM ET Barcelona have reopened talks with Ousmane Dembele over a contract extension, with sources confirming to ESPN that sporting director Mateu Alemany is meeting with the forward’s agent, Moussa Sissoko, in Morocco this week. Alemany arrived in Marrakech on Monday and will remain there until Tuesday to negotiate a potential new deal for
4:54 PM ET Freiburg have appealed against their 4-1 Bundesliga defeat by Bayern Munich at the weekend, when the defending champions played with 12 men on the pitch for a few seconds, saying on Monday that they were uncomfortable with their decision. The incident occurred in the 86th minute when Corentin Tolisso and Kingsley Coman
4:56 PM ET Arsenal‘s hopes of securing a top-four Premier League finish this season were dealt a blow as the below-par visitors suffered a 3-0 defeat against rampant Crystal Palace on Monday. Arsenal were put to the sword in the first half by the clinical hosts, with goals from forwards Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan Ayew
4:34 PM ET Manchester United‘s all-time leading scorer Wayne Rooney has questioned the Old Trafford futures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba, saying that the club needs to go with “younger, hungry players” to lift them out of their current malaise. United are set to endure their fifth-straight season without a trophy following their elimination
2:00 PM ET The NHL has reached the final month of its regular season, meaning the most wonderful tournament in professional sports — at least in this hockey fanatic’s perspective — is nearly here. While the Stanley Cup playoffs are known for their unpredictability and dramatic swerves, there are some established betting favorites as the
4:20 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade two of their 2022 first-round picks (No. 16 and No. 19) to the Saints for New Orleans’ 2022 first-round pick (No. 18) and a 2023 first-round pick. The Eagles will also receive a 2024 second-round draft pick, plus a 2022 third-round pick (No. 101) and