2:37 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Right-hander Trevor Cahill and the Pittsburgh Pirates finalized a $1.5 million, one-year contract on Friday, a deal that allows him to earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses for innings. Cahill could earn $100,000 for 75 innings, $150,000 for 100, $200,000 for 125, $250,000 for 150
Month: March 2021
2:17 PM ET Associated Press Garbine Muguruza reached her third final of the season after needing seven match points to beat Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships on Friday. Muguruza will play Barbora Krejcikova in Saturday’s final as the Spanish player seeks her first title since April 2019. She
1:53 PM GMT Scotland have made four changes, including a first runout in this year’s Six Nations for centre Sam Johnson, as coach Gregor Townsend on Thursday named his side to face Ireland at Murrayfield on Sunday. In the pack, prop WP Nel comes in at tighthead while Jamie Ritchie returns at blindside flanker. –
2:33 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Roberto Bautista Agut ended Andrey Rublev‘s Qatar Open title defense in the semifinals by upsetting the Russian 6-3, 6-3 on Friday. Rublev was also aiming for back-to-back titles after winning the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday. The Russian was in the unusual position
Mercedes had a difficult start to three days of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain. Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas ended the day 10th and 17th fastest and managed the lowest number of laps in the field. Mercedes had problems with reliability and the handling of the car. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest, ahead
1:53 PM GMT Jamison Gibson Park will start at scrum-half ahead of Conor Murray for Ireland’s match against Scotland in the Six Nations on Sunday. Andy Farrell has made three changes to the Ireland squad with the experienced scrum-half Murray on the bench following his return from injury. – Play ESPN’s Rugby Pick’em for FREE
Ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan and fellow slow bowler Amir Hamza shared seven wickets between them to leave Zimbabwe battling to avoid defeat in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Forced to follow-on after being dismissed for 287 all out, Zimbabwe were 24 without loss in their second innings after the third day’s play
Mar 12, 2021 Miami Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz said Friday that quarterback D’Eriq King is “smashing every benchmark” in his rehab from a torn ACL in his right knee. Speaking to reporters on Zoom to preview the start of spring practice next week, Diaz gave an update on the Hurricanes’ starting quarterback, injured in the
IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli during the first T20I between India and England in Ahmedabad.© BCCI After England beat India by eight wickets in the first T20 International in Ahmedabad, captain Virat Kohli revealed that the home side lacked execution, and needed more intent. The visitors cruised to a win at the Narendra Modi Stadium
Geraint Thomas and his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Egan Bernal lost time to their rivals after being held up by a crash during the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico. Mathieu van der Poel won the stage ahead of overall leader, Wout van Aert, after a sprint finish. Thomas and Bernal were delayed by a crash 3.2km
Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 “knowing or believing” it was to help dope a rider. A medical tribunal ruled Freeman ordered Testogel with the knowledge “it was to be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance”. He had
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN NFL free agency kicks off next week and teams will be working with a salary cap of $182.5 million for the 2021 season, an 8% decrease from the $198.2 million cap in 2020. The cap has risen every year since 2011, but the reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic
9:44 AM ET The 2019-20 season was a historic moment for Liverpool, as the Reds ended their 30-year title drought and clinched their first-ever Premier League title. Not only that, but they did it in style: it was the fastest-ever title win (clinched with seven games to spare), they took 61 of 63 points to
6:40 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC welterweight Leon Edwards has won eight consecutive fights since 2016. The last time he lost was on Dec. 19, 2015, and that was to current champion Kamaru Usman, who happens to be the only welterweight with a longer active UFC win streak — 13 straight — than Edwards.
12:49 AM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving tied his season high of 40 points on Thursday night against the Boston Celtics, notching his fifth game with 40 or more points since joining the Brooklyn Nets prior to the 2019-20 season. Only two players — Vince Carter and John Williamson — have had more such
7:56 AM ET Juan Francisco Estrada was only 22 years old the first time he faced Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. He was still learning about what kind of boxer he was, and he took a big chance against a guy who was already building his legend, owner of a junior flyweight world title and a record
7:00 AM ET In a spring training game last weekend, Trevor Bauer pitched the first inning with one eye closed. That he did it against the Padres, the Dodgers’ new archrival in the National League West, suggests it was perhaps a bit of gamesmanship, although Bauer attempted a different explanation after the game. “I like
7:15 AM ET It was March 11, 2020, and the Winnipeg Jets were holding their morning skate before a game at the Edmonton Oilers. Coach Paul Maurice had just stepped onto the ice when his captain, Blake Wheeler, skated over with a concerned expression. “You think they’re going to shut us down tonight?” asked Wheeler.
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