Month: December 2020

10:49 AM ET The Philadelphia Phillies have communicated to other teams that they are facing a financial crunch and are open to offers for their second highest-paid player, starting pitcher Zack Wheeler, according to sources. Slugger Bryce Harper is the team’s highest-paid player, but there is no indication yet that the Phillies will look to
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Mick Schumacher will graduate to Formula 1 with Haas next year as Formula 2 champion despite a difficult final race of the season in Bahrain. The German finished 18th and won the title by 14 points from Britain’s Callum Ilott, who was 10th in the race. Schumacher, the 21-year-old son of F1 legend Michael, said
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9:45 AM ET Former Ryder Cup player Peter Alliss, who won 31 tournaments in his career before a successful stint as a commentator in which he was referred to as the “voice of golf,” has died at the age of 89, the European Tour said on Sunday. Englishman Alliss, who was inducted into the World
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2:50 PM ET The NBA has warned teams that protocol violations that lead to coronavirus spread impacting opposing teams and causing schedule derailments could result in “fines, suspensions, adjustment or loss of draft choices and game forfeitures,” according to a memo obtained by ESPN. For players violating safety protocols this season, the league warns that
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1:22 AM ET Marvin Vettori has had an extremely unlucky year. But the UFC middleweight contender will finish a trying 2020 with a fortunate break and the biggest victory of his career. Vettori defeated Jack Hermansson via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) in the entertaining, back-and-forth main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in
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2:22 PM GMT Fiji’s powerhouse wing Nemani Nadolo marked his return to international rugby with a hat-trick of tries as they celebrated a late entrance into the Nations Cup with an emphatic 38-24 victory over Georgia at a wet Murrayfield on Saturday. Fiji forfeited their three pool matches due to coronavirus cases in their squad
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8:21 PM GMT Coach Wayne Pivac has said better days are ahead for his side after a tough Autumn Nations Cup, and the blooding of younger players will ultimately benefit the team as they look to “have a crack” at the Six Nations next year. Wales won only three of their 10 tests in 2020,
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5:26 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams has faced no shortage of challenges in more than a decade in the NFL. In 2019 alone, Williams was diagnosed with a rare cancer and had to have a tumor removed from his skull. He also missed that entire season as
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6:56 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Emiliano Grillo steadied himself with a pair of birdies over the last six holes Saturday for a 3-under 68, giving the Argentine a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Mayakoba Classic. Tom Hoge, without a win in his PGA Tour career, birdied
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