2:25 PM ET Ericka N. Goodman-Hughey The denim skirt Serena Williams wore during an exhibition match on Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the 2004 US Open wasn’t her favorite on-court look. Still, the 23-time Grand Slam champion thinks it was worth an honorable mention. Moments before showcasing her S by Serena Spring 2020 presentation at
2:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba was fined $5,000 by the NHL on Wednesday for slashing Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the punishment, which is the maximum allowable amount under the collective bargaining agreement. The incident occurred in the first
2:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker and the Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a one-year, $2 million contract, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Walker can make up to $3 million total based on incentives. He appeared to confirm the move with a tweet Wednesday: Let’s gooo!! 💪🏾💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/SijPsjyvdt —
2:24 PM ET The Detroit Tigers agreed to a one-year major league contract with outfielder Cameron Maybin on Wednesday, the team announced. Financial terms were not disclosed, but according to multiple reports, the deal is for one year and $1.5 million with the chance to make more in incentives. The deal marks a return to
2:55 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox spent the first half of the 2019 season without a reliever in a defined closer role, but interim manager Ron Roenicke does not have a similar plan for the 2020 season. Roenicke said Wednesday that he envisions reliever Brandon Workman closing out games this
2:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Keone Kela will begin the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ closer, manager Derek Shelton announced Wednesday. Felipe Vazquez was an All-Star the past two seasons as the Pirates’ closer, but he was arrested in September on felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a minor. Kela converted
7:30 AM ET Scouting is an inexact science. Just look at the years-later reaction to every NHL draft after any given player has a modicum of NHL success, especially those who were drafted outside of the top 10. “How did he go that low in the draft? How did all of those teams pass on
7:00 AM ET Each offseason, after the recruiting season has been finalized and the first major wave of transfer portal entries has come and gone, I publish preliminary SP+ ratings for the coming season. I base these projections on three primary factors, weighted by their predictiveness: 1. Returning production. Last week we published my initial
1:18 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets have signed head coach Paul Maurice to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Terms were not provided. Maurice, 53, was hired in January 2014, replacing Claude Noel. Maurice has compiled a 264-186-53 record with the Jets. They’ve made the playoffs three times under Maurice, including a trip
By early 2000, Carter was a newly minted All-Star, a dynamic scorer and one of the NBA’s rising names, but he was still a foreign entity playing in Canada for the Toronto Raptors. It would take a generational moment, his performance in Oakland, to reach his grandest level of fame. Yet before Carter could become