Open Extended Reactions Veteran first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, sources told ESPN, launching a comeback for the 32-year-old who sat out the 2024 season. Mancini, who has played parts of seven major league seasons, missed 2020 after being
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Max Scherzer joined the Toronto Blue Jays convinced he can win a World Series with a third team following titles with Washington and Texas. “Winning cures everything,” the 40-year-old right-hander said Friday, three days after his $15.5 million, one-year contract was announced.
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl and on Friday announced the arrest of a woman they say used his credit card. Adan Manzano, 27, an anchor and reporter
Feb 7, 2025, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Eli Manning isn’t dwelling on his omission from the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. The former New York Giants quarterback, speaking a day after the four-person class was announced, said he’s happy for those who made it and isn’t letting what happened sour his
The Dallas Cowboys will have an interesting couple of months coming up with free agency and the NFL draft on deck. One of the biggest questions that will need to be answered is an in-house one, and that’s the future of All-Pro guard Zack Martin. It’s hard to believe, but Martin is going into his
Adam RittenbergFeb 7, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado‘s board of regents has approved a contract extension for defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, who had an integral role in the team’s improvement last season. The new two-year deal makes Livingston the highest-paid
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — Henri Crockett played in the Orange Bowl. He now will oversee the game. Crockett was announced Friday as the new president and chair of the Orange Bowl Committee, making him the first person to have played in the game and
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — With the Minnesota Timberwolves missing two key contributors and searching for a mid-winter spark, Anthony Edwards played up to his NBA superstar status. Two games. Two days. 90 points. Two wins. “I think he knows what we need from him now,” head
Michael C. WrightFeb 7, 2025, 03:55 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M Open Extended Reactions Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has his eyes on a three-peat. The sharpshooting guard headlines the eight-man field in the 3-point contest at next week’s NBA All-Star
Tim MacMahonFeb 7, 2025, 04:33 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 DALLAS — For the first time in his career, Anthony Davis‘ arrival to a franchise hasn’t resulted in celebrations in the city. In Dallas, the
Ramona Shelburne Close Ramona Shelburne ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Brian Windhorst Close Brian Windhorst ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Feb 7, 2025, 03:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions THE GOLDEN
Marcel Louis-JacquesFeb 7, 2025, 03:37 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for
Josh WeinfussFeb 7, 2025, 03:28 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University. You can follow
Marcel Louis-JacquesFeb 7, 2025, 02:56 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for
Open Extended Reactions The Super Bowl is one of the biggest athletic stages in the world. All-Pro selections and steady contributors are expected to make an impact, but every so often a player comes out of nowhere and rises to the occasion — even if it is their only great NFL performance. ESPN looked back
Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 01:51 PM ET Two-time Super Bowl champion Howard Twilley, a member of the Miami Dolphins‘ undefeated 1972 team, has died at 81. The National Football Foundation announced that Twilley died Wednesday but did not provide a cause of death. Before landing in Miami, the wide receiver played at Tulsa.
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 01:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Infielder Luis Rengifo beat the Los Angeles Angels in salary arbitration for the second time in three years and will earn $5.95 million instead of the team’s offer of $5.8 million. Arbitrators Brian Keller, Mary Theresa Metzler and Stephen Raymond
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 01:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Rick Hart is stepping down after 13 years as athletic director at SMU, which in the past year completed its long-desired move into a power conference by becoming a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Hart said in a statement Friday, without
Tristan H. Cockcroft Feb 7, 2025, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s February and the fantasy baseball offseason is, pardon the pun, in full swing. Right now, most sports fans are devoting the majority of their attention to the NFL, NBA and NHL, where the games (both real and fantasy) take center stage —
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Hubie Brown had just taken his first college coaching job in 1968 and didn’t expect that he’d also be asked to teach. So, for his one year as an assistant at William & Mary, he taught two elective basketball courses. Brown, now 91 and
Feb 7, 2025, 10:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Simmons is finalizing a contract buyout with the Brooklyn Nets to become a free agent, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst. Simmons will meet with the Cleveland Cavaliers and LA Clippers starting Friday as he decides his next home. Simmons, 28, has spent
Turron DavenportFeb 7, 2025, 10:07 AM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can follow
Brooke PryorFeb 7, 2025, 09:46 AM ET Close Brooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The NFL announced the
Open Extended Reactions Super Bowl LIX kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, with the Philadelphia Eagles facing the two-time reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs. This is a rematch of Super Bowl LVII, after the 2022 season, in which the Chiefs beat the Eagles 38-35. Kansas City is looking to make history by becoming
Chris BermanFeb 7, 2025, 06:50 AM ET Close Since October 1979, ESPN’s Chris Berman has become one of America’s most respected, popular and beloved sportscasters of his era. A six-time National Sportscaster of the Year, Berman’s shows have won eight Emmy Awards and 12 CableACEs. Open Extended Reactions Chris Berman is back to make his
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Showcasing the magic of Mardi Gras, the first-ever Super Bowl Host Committee Parade will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2025, starting 10 a.m. in the heart of the French Quarter. The parade is a celebration of New Orleans hosting its record-tying 11th Super Bowl, featuring Super Bowl-themed floats from NFL partners, high school and
Happy Friday! We’re two days away from the Super Bowl, after which point everyone will have begun their 2025 NFL offseason. The Seattle Seahawks made a big move by restructuring Leonard Williams’ contract, opening up cap room but still not enough to be cap compliant. There was disappointment among Seahawks (and probably Green Bay Packers)
NBA insiders Feb 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 NBA trade deadline is officially behind us with a whirlwind of deals that have left much to be discussed as we continue through the rest of the regular season. The blockbuster trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony
Jordan RaananFeb 7, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. Open Extended Reactions Eli Manning will have to wait to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame