4:19 PM ET ESPN News Services The White Sox answered one of their offseason questions Friday, agreeing to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with catcher James McCann, according to multiple reports. Yahoo Sports first reported the agreement. The White Sox had an opening at the position after trading Omar Narvaez to Seattle on Nov. 30
9:01 AM ET Just two weeks ago, Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome were deep into preparations for another season on Team Sky, the most dominant team in pro cycling. Now, everything they have built is at risk with the news that Sky Television will stop support after the 2019 season. With
2:14 PM ET NEW YORK — It’s been an up-and-down 2018 for unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez that’s ending on the upswing. The down was when his May rematch of a controversial 2017 draw with Gennady Golovkin was canceled after Alvarez tested positive for a banned substance and he was suspended for six months.
Dec 12, 2018 When UFC lightweight Jim Miller fights Charles Oliveira on Saturday night in Milwaukee, it will mark his 31st bout inside the Octagon. That number is the most in the history of the promotion. Though he never competed for the belt, Miller has faced some of the sport’s toughest mixed martial artists since
11:47 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Ilima-Lei Macfarlane was in a car with her father after just arriving in Hawaii last Sunday, driving in Honolulu on the way to her family home. They were stopped at a traffic light when her dad suddenly became excited, pointing out of the car window: “Look! Look! Look!” Macfarlane looked.
11:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ashley Giles has been confirmed as the ECB’s new Managing Director of England Men’s Cricket, and will take up the role in January ahead of the team’s tour of the Caribbean. Giles, who played 54 Tests as a left-arm spinner, including the 2005 Ashes victory, is currently Sport Director at
10:50 AM ET Former Maryland coach D.J. Durkin has been at the Alabama football complex this week, meeting with defensive staff members and watching tape, something Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban has done routinely over the years with former head coaches, sources confirmed to ESPN. Durkin was fired at Maryland in October by the university
10:09 AM ET The Professional Fighters League, a new MMA organization, announced a partnership with sports-betting and daily fantasy provider DraftKings on Friday. The partnership will kick off with a fantasy contest for the PFL Championship on New Year’s Eve. The PFL began its inaugural season with 72 fighters in each of six weight classes.
10:09 AM ET Surprises happen. In tennis, they happen a lot. This year, it all started in a big way when Caroline Wozniacki — long known as the “best WTA player not to have won a major” — ran the table to capture the Australian Open. The important thing about surprises, though, is their lasting
11:30 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The Kansas City Chiefs have been one of the NFL’s best and most entertaining teams all season. But after an ill-timed loss Thursday night, they are now struggling to hold on to