The Boston Red Sox have rehired former manager Alex Cora, the team announced Friday. Cora led the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series title but mutually agreed to part with the club amid the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. He was suspended for one season by Major League Baseball for his role in the scandal. […]
A first-round pick, No. 15 overall, was used on left tackle in Kolton Miller in 2018. Richie Incognito was initially coaxed out of retirement to play left guard by a one-year "prove-it" deal in the spring of 2019 before earning a two-year, $14 million extension with $6.365 million in guarantees last winter. Rodney Hudson's three-year, […]
Las Vegas Raiders right tackle Trent Brown was returned to the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday, the second time he has been on the list after testing positive for the coronavirus two weeks ago. The Raiders made the move because Brown still has complications from the illness. Brown had come off the list last week and […]
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has said he is looking forward to seeing how the media in Madrid react after Gareth Bale scored the winner in Sunday's 2-1 victory against Brighton, his first goal since returning to the Premier League. Bale left Spurs to join Real Madrid seven years ago but returned to the north London […]
The New England Patriots have suddenly gone from top dog to underdog. They have a 3% chance to win the AFC East, according to ESPN's Football Power Index, which are long odds for a franchise that has grown accustomed to winning division crowns over the past two decades. The Patriots have won 11 straight AFC […]
The NBA is pursuing a pre-Christmas Day start and a reduced regular-season schedule for the 2020-2021 season, abandoning plans to delay the opening with hopes of incorporating fans back into arenas, sources told ESPN. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is proposing several changes to next season that include a 72-game regular season, a play-in […]
Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey returned to the practice field Monday for the first time in five weeks, but his status for Thursday night's game against the Atlanta Falcons remains in doubt. "It's a possibility,'' coach Matt Rhule said, when asked if McCaffrey could be ready for the Falcons. "That's sort of out of […]
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is approaching this week as if his job is in jeopardy after being pulled early in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 33-6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. "The first thing I said to myself coming home was, 'You keep playing games like that, bro, and it's going to […]
Both the allure of and the disgust for this time of year can be captured in how the minute details profoundly impact what resonates. If Kevin Kiermaier's shattered-bat, ninth-inning blooper is hit an inch or two more shallow, Enrique Hernandez probably pulls off a diving catch, and maybe we're talking about how Justin Turner -- […]
It happened just past midnight on the East Coast, 34 years to the day the last time a World Series game concluded like this. There are so many possible outcomes for the final play of a baseball game. Home run. Strikeout. Single. Groundout. It's a testament to how good players are that what unfolded in […]