5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants added a veteran option for the rotation alongside ace Johnny Cueto by signing right-handed pitcher Anthony DeSclafani to a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The deal is worth $6 million in salary, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Giants still will look to
8:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Life on the line of scrimmage is hard. Offensive and defensive linemen battle each other week in, week out and by Week 15, there are bumps and bruises, sprains and strains that just won’t go away. And teams are seeing the attrition in their linemen, but so are their quarterbacks.
9:35 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have a talented young core that they are determined to keep together, and they exercised the 2021-22 options for reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Brandon Clarke and Grayson Allen. The Grizzlies announced the moves Wednesday night. The No.
8:00 AM ET Men’s tennis’s governing body has announced the Australian Open will start on February 8, three weeks later than planned. While Tennis Australia and the Victorian and Australian governments are yet to confirm, the ATP on Thursday revealed its revised 2021 calendar with the Melbourne Park grand slam front and centre of pandemic-forced
7:53 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Australian Open is set to begin Feb. 8, three weeks later than planned, as part of a pandemic-altered 2021 tennis calendar released by the men’s professional tour Wednesday. The ATP said that men’s qualifying for the season’s first Grand Slam tournament is being moved to Doha, Qatar,
5:11 PM ET Michigan State is adding quarterback Anthony Russo, a record-setting passer at Temple, as a transfer. Russo announced his transfer destination Wednesday, tweeting that he is “blessed, honored, and excited to be a Spartan.” Blessed, Honored, and Excited to be a Spartan 🙏🏼 @MSU_Football pic.twitter.com/YymZUxBZKi — Anthony Russo (@Anthony_Russo15) December 16, 2020 Along
11:45 AM ET Yoel Romero said his release from the UFC was “completely unexpected,” explaining that he was training with the hope that he would be one or two wins from another title shot. Instead, Romero will now work toward getting a shot at a Bellator title, and he said there’s a “huge possibility” his
4:52 PM ET UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili‘s next fight is still up in the air. Most expected Zhang to fight former 115-pound champion Rose Namajunas in 2021, but UFC president Dana White recently told BT Sport that fight wasn’t finalized. “What I’m hearing is Rose does not want a title shot,” White said. “Rose
4:12 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta is still searching for a route out of Arsenal‘s malaise but keeping 11 men on the pitch might be a good place to start. As Gabriel jogged off, after being shown a second yellow card in the 62nd minute, midfielder Dani Ceballos turned to the assistant referee and
7:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Trevor Lawrence has admired the Manning family since he was a kid. He wears No. 16 at Clemson because Peyton donned it at the University of Tennessee, Lawrence’s favorite school growing up. Two summers ago, he attended the Manning Passing Academy and spent time with Peyton and Eli.