2:07 PM ET First baseman Josh Bell has been traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Washington Nationals, it was announced Thursday. In return, the Pirates will get young pitchers Wil Crowe, who made his debut with the Nats in 2020, and Eddy Yean. “We are thrilled to be adding a player of Josh Bell’s
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5:46 PM ET NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said he expects the NHL’s teams in Canada to be able to play home games this season. “On the basis of our discussions (with Provincial Health Authorities) in the past week, as well as our exchange of correspondence over the last 24 hours, we believe we are
Dec 23, 2020 The transfer window reopens on Jan. 1 and to judge by what we’re hearing from clubs and agents, the twin forces of COVID-19 and bad contracts will dominate. The former because the global pandemic has left clubs short of immediate cash (zero or few spectators in the stands, rebates on TV money)
5:51 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — While Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is “optimistic” quarterback Derek Carr will be active Saturday against the Miami Dolphins, nine days after he suffered a strained groin, Gruden would not announce who would start at quarterback — Carr or Marcus Mariota. “That’s my plan, right now, as I
9:28 AM ET The Detroit Lions are now on the interim to their interim head coach, as Darrell Bevell will not coach Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers due to COVID-19 protocols, the team announced Thursday. The Lions will move wide receivers coach Robert Prince into the head-coaching role and turn playcalling duties over
4:15 PM ET If 2015 feels like a long time ago, it must feel like an entire lifetime to Pittsburgh Pirates fans. Pittsburgh won 98 games that season and made the playoffs for a third straight time, the Pirates were Baseball America’s organization of the year, Travis Sawchik was writing a book called “Big Data
11:57 PM ET ESPN 300 running back Camar Wheaton committed to Alabama on Wednesday, adding to the Crimson Tide’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class. Wheaton is the No. 41-ranked prospect overall, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound back from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas. He chose Alabama over Oklahoma, and gives the Crimson Tide 20 ESPN 300
12:59 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Anthony Cirelli to a three-year, $14.4 million contract, general manager Julien BriseBois announced Thursday. Cirelli, 23, finished his entry-level contract in 2019-20 while posting a career-high 44 points for the Stanley Cup-champion Lightning. He had nine points during the playoff run, scoring the winning goal
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday held their 89th Annual General Meeting. After the meeting, the board’s General Body has asked its office bearers to decide the venues for T20 World Cup 2021, slated to be played in India. The T20 World Cup 2021 is slated to be held in India
Sir Frank Williams has been discharged from hospital and is “on the mend at home”, the Williams F1 team says. During his time with Williams, the team won nine constructors’ championships and seven drivers’ titles, and dominated much of the 1980s and 1990s. He and daughter Claire stepped down in September after selling Williams. “We’re
7:05 AM ET It has been 20 years since Iowa State finished ranked in the AP top 25. That No. 25 finish in 2000 was one of just two times in program history the Cyclones finished as a ranked team, with the other a No. 19 finish in 1976. With that as a backdrop, the
11:15 AM ET Houston Rockets star James Harden will be required to isolate until Friday and continue to test negative for the coronavirus before being cleared to return to play, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Harden should be available to play against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday. Harden was fined $50,000 by the NBA
Athiya Shetty’s reaction on KL Rahul’s latest Instagram post was adorable.© Instagram KL Rahul took to Instagram on Thursday to share a couple of pictures from his stay in Melbourne. In the first picture, Rahul can be seen taking a walk on the streets while in the next picture the India batsman was clicked while sitting on
6:30 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The planned opening of MLB’s spring camp is less than two months away, and nobody in baseball — not the players, not the owners, not the commissioner — has any clue whether
8:00 AM ET THERE WAS A specific moment during this most extraordinary of years that Bubba Wallace believes changed him forever. It wasn’t June 10, when NASCAR finally banned the Confederate flag from its racetracks. It wasn’t June 22, when every person from the NASCAR Cup Series garage pushed and cheered Wallace’s No. 43 Chevy
8:32 AM ET Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder said he’s the victim of an extortion campaign by one of the franchise’s minority owners, according to a court filing Wednesday in Maryland. Snyder made the filing one day after a Washington Post story reported further details of a $1.6 million settlement the franchise paid to
1:07 PM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Add
12:13 PM ET When whispers began circulating at the end of the summer that a number of high-profile United States women’s national team players would be making their way to England, there was curiosity on both sides of the Atlantic as to what this might mean for the global game. Several players had done stints