Month: April 2019

1:56 PM ET Purdue has finalized a new seven-year, $36.8 million contract for coach Jeff Brohm. Purdue’s board of trustees on Friday approved the agreement, which includes a $1.7 million signing bonus spread over the next two years. Brohm, 47, is 13-13 with two bowl appearances at Purdue and opted to remain with the Boilermakers
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1:47 PM ET NEW YORK — Another day, another New York Yankees star to the injured list. With 11 other players already on their IL, the Yankees announced Friday afternoon that catcher Gary Sanchez would be joining them, retroactive to Thursday, after suffering a left calf strain earlier this week. Sanchez will be replaced on
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1:39 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Stewart-Haas Racing announced a partnership with Toco Warranty that will make the company a primary sponsor of Clint Bowyer‘s No. 14 Ford Mustang for four races this season. The company will debut with SHR during the April 26-28 race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Bowyer’s car will also
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3:02 PM BST The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will hold talks with England’s Billy Vunipola after he publicly supported Australian Israel Folau over his controversial social media comments. Wallabies star Folau posted anti-gay comments on his Instagram on Wednesday and declared that “hell awaits” homosexuals as well as drunks, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and
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5:13 AM ET ESPN staff Renault teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg are among the drivers to have rolled back the years to commemorate Formula One’s 1000th world championship race this weekend. F1 is celebrating the milestone at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai this weekend and has given its driver’s permission to bring a
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9:57 AM ET ATLANTA — Both UFC 236 title fights are now official, as Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya all made weight on Friday. UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will fight longtime lightweight contender Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 236 on Saturday. Who has the edge? We asked
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11:31 AM ET Police on Penn State‘s campus are looking into a sexual misconduct complaint that a student “inappropriately touched” other students at the football program’s training facility multiple times during the last 15 months. The university posted a notice of the complaint Thursday night. University officials would not say whether the students involved are
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