Month: March 2023

9:37 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks are making a rare splash in the first wave of free agency to address their biggest position group of need. The team has agreed to a three-year deal with former Denver Broncos defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones, he told CBS Sports on Monday night. The deal is worth
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8:41 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Luis Ortiz, a minor league pitcher who was in the Baltimore Orioles organization, has died after battling cancer. He was 20. The Orioles announced his death in a statement. “Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the passing of minor league pitcher Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano. We
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5:38 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA on Monday fined Marcus Smart $25,000, with head of basketball operations Joe Dumars saying the veteran Boston Celtics guard initiated an on-court altercation and pulled Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young to the floor during the teams’ game over the weekend. With 1:25 remaining and Boston leading 129-121,
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7:20 PM ET The New York Giants will sign free agent linebacker Bobby Okereke to a four-year, $40 million contract, with $22 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Jordan Raanan and Adam Schefter on Monday night. Okereke, 26, thrived in the Indianapolis Colts‘ new defensive scheme in 2022, posting a career-high 151 tackles, including 99 solo
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5:57 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Nike has announced it will “stop making any product with kangaroo leather” by the end of 2023, the sportswear
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5:39 PM ET MIAMI — Team Nicaragua lost to the Dominican Republic during pool-play at the World Baseball Classic on Monday, but one of its pitchers won in a big way. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Duque Hebbert, a 21-year-old right-hander who’s listed at 5-foot-9, struck out MLB superstars Juan Soto, Julio Rodriguez and Rafael Devers
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