3:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Jed Hoyer has a new contract to go with his new position with the Chicago Cubs. The team announced Monday it had agreed to a five-year deal with Hoyer that runs through the 2025 season. The 46-year-old Hoyer was promoted to president of baseball operations when Theo
1:37 PM ET Florida junior Kyle Pitts, the nation’s top tight end, will return to play against Kentucky on Saturday after missing the past two games recovering from nasal surgery, coach Dan Mullen said. “We’re excited about that,” Mullen told reporters on Monday. Pitts sustained the hit, which prompted surgery and also resulted in a
12:39 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Team Buttler 141 for 4 (Root 45*, S Curran 45*) beat Team Morgan 139 for 9 (Moeen 41, Stone 3-12) by six wickets Olly Stone gave England’s selectors a nudge by taking three top-order wickets in an intra-squad T20 warm-up match at Paarl, before Sam Curran and Joe Root‘s rapid
12:01 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks hired U.S. women’s national team captain Kendall Coyne Schofield as a player development coach and promoted Meghan Hunter, previously general manager Stan Bowman’s executive assistant, to director of hockey administration and amateur scout, the team announced on Monday. The news comes 10 days after Kim Ng was named general
11:40 AM GMT England head coach Eddie Jones has said he met with Liverpool’s director of research Ian Graham to get some insight into the transitional play of the Premier League champions, and it played a role in Jonny May’s sensational try against Ireland. May’s score helped England to an 18-7 Autumn Nations Cup win
7:50 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong have been left out of Barcelona‘s squad for Tuesday’s game against Dynamo Kiev with coach Ronald Koeman saying they both need a rest. Messi has featured in all 11 of Barca’s games to date this season, only sitting out the first 45
8:58 AM ET It’s time. The Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., eight-round exhibition will take place on Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Tyson, 54, hasn’t fought since 2005, while Jones, 51, hasn’t won a significant fight since he defeated Antonio Tarver in November 2003. He did beat Felix Trinidad in 2008, but
2:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mohammed Siraj, who opted to stay on with the India squad in Australia after his father died recently in Hyderabad, said the words of his mother and captain Virat Kohli helped him make the decision. “In this situation, the way the whole team has supported me felt very nice,” Siraj
The Los Angeles Lakers are shoring up their defending championship run by adding a big man with championship experience whose career started with the purple and gold. The Lakers are finalizing a two-year deal with center Marc Gasol, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe. The free-agent signing, which would pry Gasol away from
Nov 22, 2020 LAS VEGAS — Valentina Shevchenko‘s dominance has reached the point where MMA fans are shocked when she loses a round. Shevchenko (20-3) defended the UFC’s 125-pound championship for the fourth time on Saturday, defeating Jennifer Maia (18-7-1) by unanimous decision. All three judges scored it a blowout win for the champ, 49-46.