7:52 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Jose Berrios will be Minnesota’s Opening Day starter, the first such assignment for the 24-year-old right-hander. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli announced the decision to reporters on Monday, a natural honor for the team’s only All-Star last season. Berrios posted a career-best 3.84 ERA last year, his
Month: March 2019
7:20 PM ET Edmonton Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi had hip surgery Monday and is expected to be recovered in time for training camp in the fall, the team announced. Puljujarvi, 20, who hadn’t played since Feb. 15 because of the injury, was the fourth overall pick in the 2016 draft. He has four goals and
4:37 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray dominated the 2019 NFL combine without even throwing a pass, measuring in at 5-10 ½ inches tall and increasing the chatter that the Arizona Cardinals will pick him No. 1 overall in April’s NFL draft. One sportsbook isn’t buying the hype. From which team will draft Kyler Murray
6:54 PM ET Bryce Harper has overthrown the King. According to retailer Fanatics, Harper’s new Philadelphia Phillies jersey set a company record by becoming the top online seller in any sport for any player during the first 48 hours after its launch. The previous record belonged to LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers jersey,
6:34 PM GMT South Africa lock Lood de Jager will most of the Super Rugby season and will be a doubt to make September’s World Cup with his shoulder injury being worse than first thought. The Bulls captain sustained the injury 15 minutes into their 27-12 defeat to Jaguares in Buenos Aires a fortnight ago
6:56 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seahawks placed the franchise tag on defensive end Frank Clark on Monday, ensuring that Seattle’s top pass-rusher will now stay put through at least the 2019 season. The Seahawks’ announcement that they’ve tagged Clark specifies that it’s the non-exclusive tag, as expected. It means Clark is free to negotiate
5:26 PM ET Former world titleholders Robert Guerrero and Jesus Cuellar will both be in action on the undercard of the Shawn Porter-Yordenis Ugas welterweight world title bout, Premier Boxing Champions announced Monday. While Porter-Ugas headlines the PBC card Saturday (Fox, 8 p.m. ET) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, Guerrero and
5:38 PM ET Top UFC strawweight prospect Mackenzie Dern, who is seven months pregnant and expected to have a child in May, says she still intends to fight later this year. “I’m excited for this opportunity to maybe even make history [as the first mom to win a UFC title],” Dern said on Ariel Helwani’s
11:30 AM ET In July 2008, I sat with Jim Delany in his office at the old Big Ten headquarters, a nondescript building not far from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Delany had led the conference for nearly two decades. The Big Ten Network was about a year old, and it had recently gained distribution on Comcast
2:45 PM ET Featherweight prospect Vladimir Nikitin, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist from Russia, will fight on his second Michael Conlan undercard in a row as Top Rank builds toward their eventual professional rematch. Top Rank announced on Monday that Nikitin will face Juan Tapia in a six-round bout on March 17 (ESPN+, 3 p.m.