4:07 PM GMT Bill Sweeney has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the England Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body confirmed on Tuesday. Sweeney, who has been the head of the British Olympic Association (BOA) since 2013, will replace Steve Brown, who resigned from his position last November. During his tenure at
2:36 PM ET One of the clown-sized shoes on the feet of the 2018-19 free-agent season has finally dropped: According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Manny Machado has agreed to a reported 10-year, $300 million contract with the … San Diego Padres? Manny Machado is headed to the Padres on the richest deal ever signed by
3:40 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh is taking Michigan’s football team to South Africa in May. Director of football operations Mark Taurisani tweeted about the trip Tuesday. As with last year’s visit to France, the Wolverines will not practice in South Africa. Harbaugh did have practices in Italy in 2017.
2:57 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Naomi Osaka lost her first match since moving up to No. 1 in the WTA rankings — and first since splitting from her coach. The two-time major champion had trouble with her serve and lost 6-3, 6-3 to Kristina Mladenovic at the Dubai Championships in
1:21 PM ET It took 113 days of free agency to play out, but Manny Machado is headed to San Diego on the largest deal ever handed out to a free agent. What does the deal mean for baseball’s new $300 million man, the team that signed him and other interested parties (hint: Harper, Bryce)?
8:58 AM ET Based on a sampling of attitudes on the topic over All-Star Weekend, there’s a chance the coming Most Valuable Player race could morph into a bit of a basketball culture war. Just to be clear, there are no hard feelings. Everyone, particularly the dozen-plus players surveyed on the matter, agrees the Houston
12:00 AM ET The New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles have the least amount of cap space to work with as free agency and the draft approach. The Jaguars and Eagles are both over the cap. Here’s how each of these teams can save some money and still make
2:09 PM ET Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe has died at the age of 92 after a lengthy illness, the team announced on Tuesday. “Don Newcombe’s presence and life established him as a role model for major leaguers across the country,” Dodgers president Stan Kasten said in a statement. “He was a
7:05 AM ET It hasn’t been the easiest thing to watch. Likely not the easiest thing to go through, either. That much is clear two weeks into Christian Hackenberg‘s first time as a professional starting quarterback, with the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football. He has been hit. A lot. One, on a
5:16 PM ET Via WAR, Manny Machado has been a six-win player in three of the past four years, missing when he had some terrible luck on balls in play in the first half of 2017 — even though his batted-ball data remained consistent — and he has reached 5.0 WAR in four of his