2:45 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Oakland Athletics added depth to their outfield mix by signing outfielder Robbie Grossman to a one-year, $2 million contract Friday. Nick Martini, Stephen Piscotty, and Ramon Laureano are projected to get the majority of playing time in the A’s outfield. Oakland manager Bob Melvin said the
12:44 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge says the 6-year-old daughter of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez missed a 2014 deadline to opt out of a $1 billion concussion settlement and can’t separately sue the league over his diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease. Yet Hernandez’s death in 2017 came too
12:26 PM ET ESPN staff Ferrari admits Sebastian Vettel will get priority treatment in the opening portion of the 2019 Formula One season if there are particular situations which require it. Ferrari was criticised for its application of team orders last year, having hesitated at several key moments — it dithered on ordering Kimi Raikkonen
3:02 PM ET Nikita Kucherov is scoring at a historic pace. The last time a player had at least 92 points through the first 58 games of a season was way back during the 1996-97 campaign, when Mario Lemieux had 94 points at this same point. Hockey Reference has game data available from 1987 to
12:36 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Starter Luis Severino and the New York Yankees agreed on a four-year, $40 million contract extension that buys out his arbitration years and includes a fifth-year club option that would cover one
10:56 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons have informed nickel back Brian Poole that he won’t be tendered as a restricted free agent meaning he’ll become a free agent, a source confirms to ESPN. ProFootball talk first reported the news. The source told ESPN the Falcons would like to bring back Poole, but just not at
1:00 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It is late Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. The air is cool and the beer is cold. But the temperatures of the men consuming those beverages are running plenty hot. Not too far away, in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series garage, teams are busy packing up
10:42 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NBA commissioner Adam Silver has opened the annual All-Star Technology Summit by touting the “smart jersey of the future.” Silver used an app on a phone to change the number and name on the back of a jersey that was displayed on the side of the stage
10:27 AM ET The Denver Broncos have notified linebacker Brandon Marshall that they are most likely not going to exercise his option and he will be a free agent on March 13, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He acknowledged the news on Twitter and noted ankle and knee injuries that limited him the past
6:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul will be back playing for India again when they take on Australia in a series of two T20Is and five ODIs starting February 24. While those three players will be available for each of the seven matches, frontline fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has