Month: January 2025

Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Free agent pitcher Jeison Pena was suspended for 80 games on Friday under baseball’s minor league drug program and Colorado Rockies pitcher Ulises Reyes for 56 games under the program for minor leaguers assigned outside of the United States and Canada.
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Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras agreed Friday to a one-year contract guaranteeing $6.1 million, avoiding an arbitration hearing. A two-time All-Star, Contreras had asked for $6.5 million and had been offered $5.6 million when proposed figures were exchanged. Editor’s Picks His deal
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Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA has settled the lawsuit with the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia and other states over its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation for recruits. Notice that a settlement has been reached in principle with a term sheet signed was filed
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Jenna LaineJan 31, 2025, 04:36 PM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — The Buccaneers stayed in-house to fill the void left by
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Todd ArcherJan 31, 2025, 05:40 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — While Brian Schottenheimer will
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Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mickey Moniak defeated the Los Angeles Angels in salary arbitration on Friday when the outfielder was awarded a raise to $2 million instead of the team’s offer of $1.5 million. Melinda Gordon, Samantha Tower and John Woods made the decision
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Open Extended Reactions With the NBA Trade Deadline approaching next Thursday, all eyes are on the teams and players at the center of trade rumors. Every deal has the potential to shake up fantasy basketball, impacting the value of both the players on the move and those on teams gaining or losing key personnel. Separately,
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Dan MurphyJan 31, 2025, 02:41 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions Friday’s deadline for filing objections to the nearly $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement yielded more than a dozen legal challenges attacking the landmark deal. Four antitrust experts told ESPN
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Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A third-party instructor who led a strenuous training session that led to the hospitalization of lacrosse players at Tufts University appeared to lack credentials to supervise group exercise, and the university should enact stricter procedures for workouts, according to an independent review released Friday.
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Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 02:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Terry Rozier declined to answer questions Friday about the investigations by federal prosecutors into unusual betting patterns surrounding his play in a game when he was with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023. Rozier, now with the Miami Heat, is linked to the
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Tim MacMahonJan 31, 2025, 03:03 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker, one of several prominent All-Star snubs, said he believes it’s time for the NBA to expand rosters
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Jan 31, 2025, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Everything that happens in sports has additional context when viewed from a sports betting perspective. From season-changing injuries to record-setting moments and so much more, the sports news cycle will constantly and significantly affect the sports betting industry. Our Super Bowl betting buzz file, with contributions
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Open Extended Reactions Arch Manning is looking to do something neither of his famous uncles ever did: win a Heisman Trophy. The Texas quarterback has opened as the favorite to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy at ESPN BET, sitting atop the oddsboard at +750. A rising redshirt sophomore, Manning was the top recruit of the
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Jan 31, 2025, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart has been suspended one game without pay after picking up his sixth flagrant foul point of the season, the NBA announced on Friday. Stewart received a flagrant foul 2 and was ejected with 8:45 remaining in the second quarter of the
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Tony Lombardi Tony is the founder of EutawStreetReport.com and RussellStreetReport.com. His work has been featured on various websites and he hosts The Front Office and Word on The Street podcasts. Among his favorite things in life are his wife, kids, grandbaby Elise, family, friends, My Single Friend on Facebook, The Spirit of Christmas, The Beatles,
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Shedeur Sanders was one of the leading prospects present at the East-West Shrine Bowl game on Thursday. Although he didn’t play in the game or practice with his peers, he was available as an interview-only participant, something that he had announced upon his arrival. He held a brief session with the media and also spent
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The Cowboys’ head coaching search was, predictably, one that took many twists and turns, but there was one that felt unusually sudden and random. Thursday evening, after four straight days of tea leaves and sportsbooks pointing to Brian Schottenheimer being the next head coach, a new name emerged: former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll. The
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Tim MacMahonJan 31, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions HIS INSTAGRAM HANDLE, @easymoneysniper, sums up the essence of Kevin Durant‘s scoring ability. His teammates, even the fellow future Hall of Famers, have always been
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Tim Kurkjian Close Tim Kurkjian ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Has covered baseball since 1981 Buster Olney Close Buster Olney ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Jan 31, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Late in
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