10:00 AM ET ESPN News Services The Tampa Bay Rays have signed right-hander Michael Wacha to a one-year, $3 million contract, the team announced Friday. Wacha spent the 2020 season with the New York Mets, going 1-4 with a 6.62 ERA in eight appearances (seven starts). The 29-year-old Wacha shined as a rookie for the
Month: December 2020
7:00 AM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. There
9:00 AM ET Championship weekend means one thing for the Allstate Playoff Predictor: It’s the last time to run scenarios. Two days before the College Football Playoff selection committee makes its final judgments on the 2020 playoff race, we’re taking our model out for a spin to answer this year’s pressing questions. Can Notre Dame
9:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Callum Smith is not the first English boxer to face Canelo Alvarez. In fact, he’s not even the first person in his family to
8:26 AM ET The NHL told its seven Canadian-based teams on Thursday that there is a possibility they will have to play in the United States this season due to roadblocks with Canadian health authorities, sources told ESPN. The NHL had been hoping to play a 56-game season starting on Jan. 13 with teams playing
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says there is no rush to finalise Lewis Hamilton’s new contract and it could wait until well into the new year. Hamilton’s deal runs out at the end of 2020 and talks are at an early stage. Wolff said: “We are not worried about eventually getting it done. We
9:00 AM ET Major League Baseball’s decision to alter the status of the Negro Leagues to major league and incorporate Negro Leagues statistics into a historical record in which they did not participate is consistent with two opposing but defining forces of our time. One is the racial reckoning that has defined America post-George Floyd’s
8:50 AM ET The UFC’s final event of 2020, which takes place Saturday in Las Vegas, was originally supposed to feature one of the scariest unranked welterweights on the planet against an established, veteran opponent. Well, even though the main event did change, the storyline around it remained the same. Two-time 170-pound title challenger Stephen
Sergio Perez has signed to race for Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen in 2021. The 30-year-old Mexican, who took his maiden Formula 1 win in the Sakhir Grand Prix this month, replaces British-Thai Alex Albon, who will stay with the team as reserve driver. Red Bull decided Albon had not performed strongly enough in his
Australia played more than 72 overs and scored just 191 runs on Day 2 of the first Test.© AFP Former Australia pacer Glenn McGrath feels the hosts were defensive in their approach on day two of the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval and allowed the Indian bowlers to pile up the pressure on Australia
6:33 AM GMT All Blacks captain Sam Cane is concerned that his bouts of concussion may affect his future health but says rugby officials in New Zealand are focused on minimising the risk of head injuries and are leading the way in player welfare. The openside flanker has suffered several concussions, most recently towards the
Chemical giant Ineos is to become a one-third shareholder in the Mercedes Formula 1 team. It will have an equal shareholding with Mercedes parent company Daimler and Toto Wolff, Mercedes motorsport boss and F1 team principal. The move reduces Daimler’s shareholding from 60% and ups Wolff’s from 30%. Wolff, in charge of Mercedes F1 operations
2:52 AM ET Associated Press ESPN will open its Sunday Night Baseball schedule on April 4 when the Los Angeles Angels host the Chicago White Sox. The game will feature the past two American League MVPs, with the Angels’ Mike Trout facing reigning MVP and White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu at 8:30 p.m. ET.
3:32 AM ET Paul Pogba to Juventus and Paulo Dybala to Manchester United? ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest: PLUS: Lionel Messi waits for the new Barcelona president. Jump to: Messi future depends on next Barca president | Liverpool’s Wijnaldum replacement | Moukoko gives hopes to Germany refugees | Real Madrid kids win 31-0, sparking
12:06 AM ET Quarterback Justin Herbert led the Los Angeles Chargers on a game-winning drive for the second straight week on Thursday, beating the Las Vegas Raiders 30-27 in overtime. It was the Chargers’ first win in division since beating the Denver Broncos in Week 17 of 2018, breaking a nine-game AFC West losing streak.
Domestic cricket in South Africa was put on hold on Thursday after as many as 10 of their 16-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka were exposed to Covid-19 during first-class matches this week. With South Africa officially entering a second wave of coronavirus, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that domestic matches would
11:01 PM ET The Sun Belt conference championship game between Louisiana and No. 12 Coastal Carolina has been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Coastal Carolina program, the conference announced Thursday evening. Because of contact tracing, an entire position group would not be available to play for the Chanticleers due to possible
11:10 PM ET Two fights from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas have been canceled after positive coronavirus tests, the UFC announced on Thursday. Another bout has been changed this week for an undisclosed reason. On Thursday, Aiemann Zahabi announced on social media that he tested positive for COVID-19 prior to flying to
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