7:57 AM ET Julien LaurensCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Thiago Silva will sign a two-year deal for Chelsea this week after leaving Paris Saint-Germain on a free, sources have told ESPN. The PSG captain’s contract at the French club ran out at the end of the previous campaign but he played all the
7:32 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick hinted Thiago Alcantara had played his last game for the club following their Champions League final victory, and had a bit of fun while doing so. Thiago, 29, has one year left on his Bayern contract but is expected to
12:22 PM ET Associated Press Clemson is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what has already been taken by the pandemic from an uncertain college football season. Ohio State (1,504 points) was a close No. 2 behind
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com Staff With Major League Baseball teams reaching the midpoint of their seasons and next week’s trade deadline looming ahead on the sports calendar, even little more than a month’s worth of data is starting to take on meaning for general managers weighing decisions about potential moves they can make. Not least
11:51 AM ET The New York Mets will resume play Tuesday after having their last four games postponed because two members of their traveling party tested positive for the coronavirus. Major League Baseball announced Monday that all of the Mets’ subsequent tests, including those taken Sunday, have been negative. The Mets’ game Thursday in Miami
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The most unusual MLB trade deadline in the sport’s history is approaching, and we’ve got you covered with all of the trade rumors, reaction and analysis you need as your team ponders its next blockbuster move in a shortened 60-game 2020 season with the standings packed leading up to baseball’s
10:45 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Almost a year ago, when Major League Baseball’s postseason expansion plans first leaked, a league official was trying to sell the idea. It would be good for competitiveness, he said, and would
10:51 AM ET Defensive end Chris Smith signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith’s girlfriend, Petara Cordero, was struck and killed last September by a driver on Interstate 90 in Cleveland. She had been a passenger in Smith’s car and exited the vehicle after it
11:23 AM ET The New England Patriots have re-signed Nick Folk on Monday after hosting him for a visit this weekend. Folk, 35, becomes the second kicker on the Patriots’ roster after New England selected Marshall’s Justin Rohrwasser in the fifth round of the draft. Folk kicked in seven games for the Patriots last season
10:22 AM ET The New Orleans Saints have released veteran linebacker Nigel Bradham less than a month after signing him, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It seemed that Bradham would have a good chance to compete for a starting job with the Saints. But he was working behind starters Demario Davis, Alex Anzalone and