5:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Kansas City Royals owner and chairman David Glass died last week of complications from pneumonia at the age of 84, the team announced. Glass was named interim chairman and CEO of the Royals in 1993 when then-owner Ewing Kauffman died. He and his family bought the team in
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6:00 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was business as usual in Week 17 for Ryan Tannehill and A.J. Brown. The Tennessee Titans quarterback dropped back to launch a deep pass from the 3-yard line
8:09 PM ET The Housoton Astros‘ illegal use of technology fueled further speculation Thursday that Houston players took their methods a step further by wearing concealed devices that notified them of certain pitches. In response, Major League Baseball said Thursday it “explored wearable devices during the investigation [of the Astros] but found no evidence to
4:05 PM ET The Houston Astros and outfielder George Springer agreed Thursday to a one-year deal to avoid arbitration, owner and chairman Jim Crane announced. Financial terms were not disclosed but MLB.com is reporting the deal is worth $21 million. Springer, 30, had been seeking $22.5 million in arbitration while the Astros had been offering
4:45 PM ET Major League Baseball announced punishment for the Houston Astros, including one-year suspensions for GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch, loss of draft picks in 2020 and 2021, and a $5 million fine, after an MLB investigation found the team used technology to cheat during its World Series-winning 2017 season. Luhnow and
Jan 13, 2020 Mike Trout, the player with the most significant contract in baseball, does not play for the Dodgers. Neither does Bryce Harper, who has the second-biggest contract, nor Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole, Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado, Albert Pujols, Stephen Strasburg, Anthony Rendon, etc., etc. In fact, the biggest financial obligation that the Dodgers
4:11 PM ET BOSTON — Alex Cora admitted to playing a central role in the sign-stealing scheme that the Houston Astros used in their 2017 World Series title run, according to the brass for his current team, the Boston Red Sox. Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, chairman Tom Werner, president Sam Kennedy and chief
11:50 PM ET The former 2015 AL MVP cashed in as a free agent on a big bounce-back season with the Braves to reportedly get a four-year contract with the Minnesota Twins for at least four years and $92 million dollars. Whether he eventually earns a fifth year that could take the deal to $104
10:06 PM ET The Boston Red Sox decided not to wait. A day after Alex Cora’s name was mentioned 11 times in the commissioner’s report on the Houston Astros ‘ sign-stealing scandal from 2017 when Cora was the team’s bench coach — a report that implicated Cora as the mastermind behind the entire scheme —
12:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Eric Cressey has been hired by the Yankees as director of player health and performance, a move made after New York had a record 30 players make 39 trips to the injured list last year. New York set a big league record for sidelined players. The 2016