3:43 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Former Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer is finalizing a one-year contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball, where he’ll rejoin professional baseball for the first time in nearly two
Month: March 2023
6:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Even after pulling off one of the NFL’s biggest trades last offseason, the Cleveland Browns stumbled to another losing season. Cleveland landed quarterback Deshaun Watson in a deal with the Houston Texans. After sending the Texans a haul of draft picks – including three first-rounders – the Browns beat
3:35 PM ET Veteran safety Vonn Bell is signing with the Carolina Panthers, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday. Bell, who started 48 games for the Cincinnati Bengals over the past three seasons, can match up against tight ends, and he plays with a physical demeanor in the box. He’s a dependable and
4:38 PM ET CINCINNATI — A key member of the Cincinnati Bengals‘ defense is returning for 2023. Linebacker Germaine Pratt has agreed to terms on a three-year deal, he confirmed to the team’s website on Monday. “They gave me an opportunity when I got in the league, so why would I try to leave for
4:08 PM ET The Chicago Bears are giving Buffalo Bills free agent linebacker Tremaine Edmunds a four-year, $72 million contract that includes $50 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It is the largest four-year contract for an inside linebacker in the NFL. Edmunds is the second starting linebacker added by the Bears on
3:47 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and defensive coordinator Kevin Steele will each make $1.9 million next season. The two were among 11 Alabama football staffers to have new contracts approved by the compensation committee of the university’s board of trustees on Monday. Rees and Steele both received
1:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos and Maxi Hughes have agreed to terms for a lightweight fight this summer in Australia, sources tell ESPN. No site, date or American television broadcaster has been finalized yet, sources said, but the 135-pound bout is likely to take place in June. Kambosos (22-2, 10 KOs) returned to
2:06 PM ET The homecoming of Katie Taylor will have another big women’s fight on the card as well. Matchroom announced Monday that the WBA junior middleweight title fight between champion Terri Harper and former pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter Cecilia Braekhus will be on the undercard of the Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron undisputed junior welterweight fight
1:50 PM ET Leon Edwards started his MMA career by fighting his first nine bouts in his adopted home country of England. And in the time since Edwards, who was born in Jamaica and moved with his family to Birmingham when he was 9, joined the UFC in 2014, he has competed four more times
1:59 PM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster