11:51 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two players from Japan, Shun Yamaguchi and Ryosuke Kikuchi, have been made available to major league teams through the posting process. Clubs have until Jan. 2 (5 p.m. EST) to negotiate with them, Major League Baseball said Tuesday. Yamaguchi, a 32-year-old right-hander with the Yomiuri Giants, was
10:14 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Three-time Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker will perform a pre-race concert before the Daytona 500 in February. It will be Rucker’s fourth appearance at Daytona International Speedway and first at the “Great American Race,” which will again serve as NASCAR’s Cup Series season opener. The 500-mile
5:19 AM ET Laurence Edmonson ABU DHABI — Sebastian Vettel has admitted his season was not up to the standard he or Ferrari expected in 2019. Vettel left preseason testing as one of the favourites for the title, but finished the year fifth in the standings behind teammate Charles Leclerc, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and
1:35 AM ET Steve KimESPN Andy Ruiz was a 10-1 underdog when he turned the boxing world on its head in June, stunning Anthony Joshua with a seventh-round knockout at Madison Square Garden. He took three world titles in the process and handed Joshua the first loss of his career. Ruiz stepped in as a
8:41 AM ET Spain’s Jon Rahm has been named the 2019 European Tour Golfer of the Year. Rahm finished the year as the No. 1 ranked player on the Euro Tour with victories at the Irish Open, Spanish Open and the World Tour Championship in Dubai. He finished second at the BMW PGA Championship and
11:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Green, the globetrotting Australian offspinner, has signed a deal to return to Birmingham Bears for the 2020 Vitality Blast, and will captain the side in the format. Green, who has made his name as one of the best Powerplay spinners on the T20 circuit in recent years, played six
5:07 AM ET Former champions McLaren left the Abu Dhabi Formula One finale celebrating their best championship finish since their time as grand prix winners, but team boss Zak Brown is not expecting any miracles to speed up their climb back into the sport’s elite. The Woking-based outfit ended the season fourth in the overall
2:55 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Seahawks cornerback Tre Flowers and receiver David Moore went from puking to producing Monday night. Those two were among the hardest hit by a flu bug that started making its way through the Seahawks’ locker room midway through last week. They combined to lose at least 22 pounds
12:34 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN MILWAUKEE — After a 29-point, 15-rebound performance in 22 minutes, Giannis Antetokounmpo stretched out in front of his locker using leg recovery technology while recapping highlights from the Milwaukee Bucks‘ latest 132-88 win against the New York Knicks on his phone. By halftime, the game was well out of reach
Dec 1, 2019 New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) and 96 for 2 (Williamson 37*, Taylor 31*) trail England 476 (Root 226, Burns 101, Pope 75, Wagner 5-124) by five runs Joe Root confirmed his return to form with a masterful innings of 226, and Ollie Pope passed his own