Month: January 2023

4:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Trevor Bauer became a free agent Friday when he went unclaimed on waivers, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers responsible for about $22.5 million owed to the former Cy Young Award winner whose unprecedented 324-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations was reduced by an arbitrator. Los Angeles designated Bauer for
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Anderson Varejão has bounced back to the Cavaliers. One of the most popular players in Cleveland’s history, Varejão has been hired as a player development consultant and global ambassador for the team that he played with for 14 NBA seasons. Known for his hustle and frizzy hair, Varejão,
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4:27 PM ET Pete Golding is leaving his job as Alabama defensive coordinator for the same position at Ole Miss, sources told ESPN on Friday. Golding had been at Alabama under Nick Saban since 2018 and served as the Crimson Tide’s defensive coordinator for the past four seasons. Golding will replace Chris Partridge as Ole
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3:43 PM ET Associated Press Actor Frankie Muniz, who starred in “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Agent Cody Banks,” announced that he’s competing as a full-time race car driver in the ARCA Menards Series. The series is a low-level feeder series for NASCAR — one that typically features less-experienced drivers — and will serve as
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3:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone is considered week-to-week after leaving Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury. Stone went into the locker room late in the first period of the 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers and didn’t return. “It’s tough to see your captain go down in the
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1:12 PM ET Projected top pick Connor Bedard was rated the No. 1 North American skater by NHL Central Scouting, which released its midterm rankings Friday. The 17-year-old center has long been considered to be the heavy favorite to be the first pick in this summer’s NHL draft in Nashville, Tennessee. All the conversations around
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1:09 PM ET Sara CoelloESPN Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. The public is unlikely to
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PAK vs NZ, 3rd ODI Live: Kane Williamson key for New Zealand in chase of 281.© AFP PAK vs NZ, 3rd ODI Live Updates: Chasing a target of 281, New Zealand are six wickets down against Pakistan, and edging closer towards a series defeat. Earlier,Fakhar Zaman scored his 8th century, while Mohammad Rizwan scored a steady half-century
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10:00 AM ET ESPN staff After a second consecutive three-loss season, Dabo Swinney is remaking the Clemson program. Last year, the Tigers head coach promoted from within when former coordinators Brent Venables (Oklahoma) and Tony Elliott (Virginia) got head-coaching jobs. But after firing offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter on Thursday, ESPN sources say Swinney will name
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Williams have appointed former Mercedes head of strategy James Vowles as their new team principal. The 43-year-old was a central figure at Mercedes during their domination of Formula 1 from 2014 to 2021. As motorsport strategy director, Vowles was one of a small set of influential senior people who ran Mercedes under team principal Toto
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10:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Two Georgia players, cornerback Kelee Ringo and tight end Darnell Washington, are headed to the NFL draft after helping the Bulldogs win their second straight national title. Both made the expected announcements on their Instagram accounts Thursday. Ringo will long be remembered for a pick-six interception that sealed Georgia’s
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6:03 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue is giving up his four bantamweight belts and plans to fight as a junior featherweight. The undefeated Inoue holds the title belts for the WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA. He made the announcement at a news conference in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday. “The real
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