6:30 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners have begun the process of bolstering their bullpen by signing right-hander Trevor Gott to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Gott appeared in 45 games last season with Milwaukee, going 3-4 with a 4.14 ERA. Gott had 44 strikeouts in 45⅔ innings and held opponents to a
Month: November 2022
6:10 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson‘s rough week continued on Wednesday, when the Baltimore Ravens quarterback did not finish practice due to a quadriceps injury. A team spokesman said Jackson left practice early to receive treatment from a trainer and would not be available to speak to reporters on Wednesday, which is
1:36 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson didn’t speak Wednesday, as scheduled. Speaking for him instead, Watson’s teammates praised his talent and admitted there’s a buzz in the Cleveland Browns‘ locker room this week heading into Watson’s return to the field after his lengthy suspension. “We’re all excited,” said Browns running back Nick Chubb.
10:07 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia is expected to hire Wren Baker as its next athletic director, sources told ESPN. A deal has not been signed but is expected to be finalized in the next 24 hours, according to sources. Baker is the athletic director at North Texas and emerged as one of the
9:47 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Don Mattingly is joining the Blue Jays as bench coach to manager John Schneider, the team announced Wednesday. The former New York Yankees slugger, a six-time All-Star, joins the Blue Jays after seven seasons as manager of the Miami Marlins, where he won National League Manager of the
9:45 AM ET Texas is seeking its first college volleyball championship since 2012, and if the Longhorns are to win it all, they will do so as the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. Two other 1-seeds, Stanford and defending champion Wisconsin, have combined for four of the last six NCAA titles. The
7:00 AM ET Nearly a month into the MLB offseason, we’re still awaiting the first big splash. While we wait for the movement to pick up entering next week’s winter meetings in San Diego, we asked a panel of experts to weigh in on what they think the rest of the offseason will bring. Where
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2022 NFL season‘s playoff race is just starting to heat up, and a lot of eyes will be on each contender’s quarterback down the stretch. Some passers are now hitting their stride, while others have seen potential concerns creep into their games. And a few teams face difficult decisions
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Just one year and one day ago, the wildest 24 hours in the history of baseball free agency unfolded. With the inevitability of a lockout by the league placing an artificial deadline
8:00 AM ET There’s no way around it, the Boston Celtics are the hottest team in the NBA. Four straight wins and nine wins out of their last 10 games have been enough for Boston to claim the best record in the league at 17-4. But while the Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks are in
5:36 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report on Tuesday said Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should have gone to the line with 2.3 seconds remaining and a chance to tie the game instead of picking up a charge call against New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones on Monday night. In
7:28 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Justin Fields regained consciousness in the back of the ambulance with no recollection of what had happened. All he remembered from that morning in ninth grade was feeling “a little bit off” as he headed to Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. Sitting in health class, Fields said
Nov 29, 2022 PHILADELPHIA — Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson will be sidelined indefinitely with a lacerated kidney, a league source confirmed. A decision on whether to place him on injured reserve has not yet been made, the source added, as they work to establish a timetable for his return. Gardner-Johnson was injured late in the
8:00 AM ET EVAN MOBLEY CROUCHES his thin frame into a defensive stance on the perimeter, a place few 7-footers have ever been as comfortable as the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 21-year-old franchise cornerstone. It’s midway through the first quarter of the Cavs’ season opener, and on this play, Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam gets a step
6:14 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois has said he believes Saturday’s fight against Kevin Lerena can be his launchpad into the “big league” of world heavyweight title boxing.
5:14 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) and Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain) will not play Wednesday against the Washington Wizards, the team announced Tuesday. Wednesday’s contest will mark the seventh game that Simmons has missed this season because of the ongoing knee problem. He left Monday’s 109-102
12:33 AM ET DALLAS — The full list of 40-point triple-doubles in the NBA this season: Luka Doncic 3, the rest of the league 0. “It’s getting boring,” Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said after Doncic’s 41-point, 12-rebound, 12-assist performance in Tuesday’s 116-113 win over the Golden State Warriors. “I mean, let’s see something different.
9:58 PM ET The junior flyweight unification fight between WBC champion Kim Clavel and WBA titlist Jessica Nery Plata set for Thursday in Laval, Canada, has been postponed after Clavel came down with the flu, her promoter tweeted Tuesday evening. The fight was set to be the first title defense for both women. Clavel beat
1:29 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Life without Aaron Rodgers will have to wait. Two days after the Green Bay Packers quarterback left Sunday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a rib injury, he said he expects to play this week against the Chicago Bears. “I got good news with the scans yesterday,”
5:00 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants safety Xavier McKinney told ESPN on Tuesday that he expects to return this season from the hand injury he suffered in a bye-week ATV accident in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. McKinney, who was placed on the non-football injury list on Nov. 7, was previously unsure
7:29 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With an eye toward strengthening a run defense that currently ranks in the middle of the league, the Kansas City Chiefs plan to sign veteran defensive tackle Brandon Williams to their practice squad, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Williams is expected to be in Kansas City
8:08 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bills pass rusher Von Miller said Tuesday night on his podcast that he did suffer some lateral meniscus damage to his knee, but that he hopes to be back before Buffalo’s game against the New York Jets on Dec. 11 Speaking on the injury for the first
7:24 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Major League Baseball Players Association has voted to extend the contract of executive director Tony Clark through 2027. The 50-year-old Clark — who had a 15-year big league career, mostly with the Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks — helped broker the players’ current labor deal with
2:13 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls and head coach Billy Donovan agreed to a contract extension before the start of the 2022-23 season, the Bulls’ public relations staff announced on Tuesday afternoon. Donovan is currently in his third season as the team’s head coach, with an overall record of 86-88 with
4:07 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday, in a reversal from his postgame comments on Monday night, said Tuesday that he had regrets about the team’s handling of a late-game scenario in a 24-17 loss to the Steelers. Saturday declined to call a timeout before a key third-down play, opting
3:44 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury’s retirement claim lasted just a few months, and as he prepares for a heavyweight title defense vs. Derek Chisora on Saturday in London (12 p.m. ET, ESPN+), the “Gypsy King” told ESPN he’ll fight on “as long as the body will let me.” “I’m pretty f—ed up with
4:06 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Jose Abreu has spent his entire nine-year MLB career with the Chicago White Sox, but Astros owner Jim Crane isn’t worried about how the newly signed first baseman will fit in with his teammates in Houston. “Jose pulled out his phone last night and had the phone numbers
1:48 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to miss four to six weeks with a right calf strain, sources told ESPN. After initial fears of a significant injury when he left Monday night’s 142-127 loss to Washington in the third quarter, Towns underwent imaging on Tuesday in Minneapolis. The expectation exists
2:24 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — With nearly all of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed against Deshaun Watson having been settled, most of the women who accused the Cleveland quarterback of sexual misconduct have no interest in his return to Houston on Sunday and just want to move on with their lives,
10:25 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Odell Beckham Jr.’s removal from an American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport on Sunday will have no bearing on the Dallas Cowboys‘ interest in the free agent wide receiver, according to owner and general manager Jerry Jones. “His overall team compatibility, his judgment, his behavior is not an
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