Month: July 2019

8:41 AM BST Former European player of the year Steffon Armitage has signed with the San Diego Legion for next season, becoming the latest established player in Europe to head for Major League Rugby. Armitage, who made five appearances for England and played more than 300 professional matches in England and France, winning three European
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3:58 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Baseball players’ union head Tony Clark says a poor job has been done of marketing Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts, the reigning AL MVP. “Mookie should be a household name,” Clark told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday. “Mookie should be a one-name guy. You
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1:06 AM ET Retired NFL player Chris Long and Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire have been honored at the fifth Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards. Long, whose retirement from football in May ended an 11-year NFL playing career that included winning two Super Bowl titles and the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award,
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12:32 AM ET The Minnesota Timberwolves have declined to match the three-year, $28 million offer sheet restricted free agent Tyus Jones agreed to with the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this week. “We sincerely thank Tyus for his contributions on the court and Tyus and the entire Jones family for their genuine impact on the Twin Cities
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12:14 AM ET Associated Press Former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson has died. He was 48. Tom Laidlaw, his former agent, told USA Today that Johnson died Monday at his home in Michigan. No other details were provided. Johnson also played for Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago during his 12 seasons in the NHL, finishing with
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