4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Infielder Wilmer Flores has agreed to a one-year contract with a club option for 2020 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is pending a physical and will guarantee him $4.25 million, sources said. He’ll make a base of $3.75 million with a $500,000
4:25 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are “not closing any doors” on Antonio Brown‘s future but remain disappointed that they haven’t spoken to the All-Pro receiver since the season ended, according to team president Art Rooney II. The team has not officially begun trade discussions on Brown, who was benched in Week 17 for
3:07 PM ET English welterweight Darren Till will meet Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC Fight Night on March 16, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at O2 Arena in London and air on ESPN+. Darren Till suffered the first loss of his
3:21 PM ET Former USC assistant coach Todd McNair has been granted a new trial in his long-standing defamation lawsuit against the NCAA. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Frederick Shaller issued an order for a new trial Wednesday morning, citing insufficient evidence to justify the original verdict and implied bias from a juror. Former
2:45 PM ET Formula One triple world champion and airline entrepreneur Niki Lauda has been released from hospital, the Vienna General Hospital said Wednesday, after he was treated for influenza following a lung transplant five months ago. Lauda, a 69-year-old Austrian, had been holidaying in the Spanish island of Ibiza when he was flown to
2:43 PM ET The Harlem Globetrotters announced Wednesday that they are offering complimentary tickets to currently furloughed U.S. government employees. Furloughed employees can receive two free tickets to the Globetrotters’ 2019 Fan Powered World Tour until the end of the partial government shutdown, which on Wednesday was in its 26th day. “As the Ambassadors of
2:20 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator John DeFilippo to serve in the same position, the team confirmed Wednesday. DeFilippo, who will be officially announced as the Jaguars’ new offensive coordinator Wednesday afternoon, is tasked with fixing a offense that scored just two touchdowns in the
2:12 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Falcons defensive end Takkarist McKinley is with a family member in Oakland, California, after undergoing a mental evaluation prompted by a friend’s call to Los Angeles police. Falcons spokesman Brian Cearns told The Associated Press McKinley “is in a good spot” and has been in “constant communication”
4:21 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — For FIU and Miami, playing on the site of the old Orange Bowl will be nostalgic. For the Miami Marlins, the game may just be a beginning. FIU and the Marlins unveiled plans Wednesday for the Nov. 23 game between the Golden Panthers and Hurricanes at Marlins Park
3:21 PM ET The Sooners don’t rebuild. They reload, with transfer quarterbacks. Oklahoma’s rise to perennial playoff contender under coach Lincoln Riley has been spearheaded by a pair of transformational transfer quarterbacks in Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, who over the past two seasons became the first quarterbacks from the same program to win the