2:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Japanese star pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano has been posted by the Yomiuri Giants and is available for bidding to major league teams. The bidding starts at 8 a.m. ET Tuesday and runs through 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 7. A right-hander who turned 31 on Oct. 11, Sugano
3:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Longtime St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright has won the Roberto Clemente Award, given annually by Major League Baseball for community involvement and philanthropy. Wainwright’s Big League Impact foundation and recording artist Garth Brooks’ Teammates for Kids Foundation teamed for a Home Plate Project with Texas pitcher
1:40 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels, who practically have to remake their entire bullpen this offseason, acquired closer Raisel Iglesias from the Cincinnati Reds for right-handed reliever Noe Ramirez and a player to be named later or cash considerations Monday, the first day of the virtual winter meetings. Iglesias saved 92 games from 2017
3:23 PM ET Former Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox star Dick Allen died Monday at the age of 78. The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Allen’s death. A cause of death has not been announced. Allen was one of MLB’s most feared sluggers in the 1960s and 1970s, hitting 351 home runs and
2:26 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee kicker Brent Cimaglia has opted out of the Volunteers’ final two games of the season, citing injuries and a need to focus on his mental well-being. Cimaglia said in a post on social media Monday that it took him some time to come to that conclusion.
3:02 PM ET Minnesota returned to practice Monday and is on track to play Nebraska this week despite having more than 20 players out because of COVID-19 protocols. Coach P.J. Fleck said Monday that the Gophers can play the game because the team has had no positive COVID-19 tests since Thursday and just two in
2:21 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day returned to the office Monday and will rejoin the No. 4 Buckeyes for practice after spending the past 10 days in isolation per CDC guidelines, a school spokesman confirmed to ESPN. Ohio State’s regular-season finale against Michigan remains in question because of COVID-19 issues within the Wolverines’
2:49 PM ET The Michigan football team has been cleared for limited workouts per a school spokesman, and a source told ESPN that the Wolverines are planning to practice in some capacity Monday. Michigan paused all in-person team activities last week due to a rise in COVID-19 cases and cancelled its game against Maryland originally
12:27 PM ET Mario Balotelli has joined Italian Serie B side Monza on a free transfer. The Italian striker has been without a team since leaving relegated Brescia at the end of the 2019-20 campaign. – Serie A on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Ambitious Monza were promoted as Serie C champions
2:12 PM ET Associated Press The National Women’s Soccer League is returning to Kansas City after an ownership group led by local businesspeople was awarded an expansion franchise Monday. League commissioner Lisa Baird also said the ownership group, which is led by the husband-wife team of Angie and Chris Long and their Kansas City-based Palmer