Month: December 2022

6:49 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox designated veteran first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment on Friday to make room for right-hander Wyatt Mills, who was acquired from Kansas City for minor league righty Jacob Wallace. 2 Related Hosmer, 33, batted .268 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs last season,
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Dec 15, 2022 Texas added its second five-star recruit to the 2023 class on Thursday, when linebacker Anthony Hill committed to the Longhorns. Hill is a 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker from Denton, Texas, ranked No. 18 overall and the No. 2 outside linebacker in the class. Hill had been committed to Texas A&M since July, but
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5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive hired to be the chief operating officer of LIV Golf has resigned after one year as the Saudi-backed rival circuit moves toward a league format, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. The news was first reported by The New York Times. Atul Khosla
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4:22 PM ET Tiger Woods knows playing through pain caused by plantar fasciitis in his right foot probably isn’t the best thing for his long-term recovery, but the 15-time major champion said it’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make to compete with his son in this weekend’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida. Woods and his
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3:06 PM ET The NHL has discussed expanding its regular season from 82 to 84 games in an effort to create more regional rivalry matchups, sources confirmed to ESPN. The league has been considering alternatives to its current schedule after some teams complained about an imbalanced number of divisional games against rivals. Currently, each team
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3:44 PM GMT England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) on Friday approved the application by a bidder for the planned takeover of Wasps but rejected another for Worcester Warriors after an assessment by the governing body’s Club Financial Viability Group. Financially-hit Wasps and Worcester have both been suspended for going into administration and will drop from
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3:14 PM ET Kristen Shelton Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has been reinstated by the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league announced Friday. On Oct. 19, Vrana entered the program that is designed to offer players treatment for mental health and ranging to substance abuse. He is now available to rejoin Detroit’s lineup while
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11:46 PM ET Brady Henderson Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America SEATTLE — The San Francisco 49ers clinched the NFC West with a 21-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. Rookie Brock Purdy,
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12:06 PM ET Northwestern offensive tackle Peter Skoronski, one of nation’s offensive linemen, has declared his intention to enter the 2023 NFL draft. Skoronski, a junior who recently became the first unanimous All-American in team history, is listed as the top offensive lineman and No. 6 overall prospect for the draft by ESPN’s Mel Kiper.
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7:13 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets has announced his retirement from international football after his country’s World Cup exit at the hands of Morocco in the round of 16. Busquets, 34, was the only remaining survivor of the Spain side that won the World Cup in South Africa in 2010
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