5:13 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Relief pitcher Jenrry Mejia, allowed back into baseball after a lifetime ban caused by three positive drug tests, has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. If added to the 40-man roster, the 29-year-old Dominican right-hander would receive a one-year contract at a rate
4:40 PM ET Artem Lobov‘s UFC run has come to an end. Lobov told ESPN on Tuesday that he was granted his release from the promotion after recently requesting it. He said the UFC wanted to add him to a yet-to-be announced fight card in April; however, Lobov didn’t want to wait that long and
4:17 PM ET Oleksandr Usyk, who was crowned the undisputed cruiserweight world champion, has been voted winner of the 2018 Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award in balloting results announced by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs), who was also the ESPN and Ring magazine fighter of the year
4:11 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is officially cleared to compete in the state of Nevada. The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously in favor of granting Jones a one-fight, conditional license on Tuesday, which will keep him eligible to compete even if he tests positive for the specific,
3:28 PM ET The European Tour and players who are participating in this week’s inaugural Saudi International golf tournament have received criticism in the wake of the decision to go ahead with the event despite the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall. The Washington Post writer, who was living in the United States at
3:06 PM ET The Oakland Athletics announced Tuesday that they have hired former Mets’ general manager Sandy Alderson as senior adviser to baseball operations. “I am really excited to return to the A’s and the Bay Area,” Alderson said. “His mentorship and friendship have been invaluable to me over the course of my career, and
Jan 29, 2019 If you’re not going for it in today’s MLB environment, you’re — well, let’s not say “tanking” and go with “developing.” Teams that build from their farm system through the draft, the international market and trades of veterans for prospects keep reaching and winning the World Series. The Kansas City Royals had
2:40 PM ET Reuters and ESPN Staff Promoters for the Mexican and Russian Grands Prix have expressed their support for Formula One owners Liberty Media after some other race organisers publicly criticised the way the sport is being run. The Formula One Promoters’ Association (FOPA) issued a statement ahead of an annual meeting hosted in
1:53 PM GMT Bulls and South Africa lock R.G. Snyman has undergone ankle surgery and will miss the opening two months of of the season, his Super Rugby franchise has announced . Snyman returned to the Bulls at the weekend from a brief stint at Honda Heat in Japan, where he sustained an ankle injury.
1:34 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close SportsCenter anchor Behind The Bets podcast host In a man cave 25 miles west of the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas strip on a Tuesday, three oddsmakers are gathered around a brown leather sectional couch. Laptops, stacks of box scores and legal-sized packets of betting odds are