4:45 PM ET CHICAGO — Count New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso in for this year’s Home Run Derby at hitter-friendly Coors Field. Alonso won the contest the last time it was held, in 2019, edging fellow rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at Cleveland’s Progressive Field for his first derby title. “I’m all-in,” Alonso said Thursday
Month: April 2021
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mel Kiper Jr. hasn’t simply heard the arguments against taking a running back in the first round of the NFL draft. The ESPN senior draft analyst might have helped to spearhead the movement. But that didn’t stop him from projecting the Buffalo Bills to select Alabama running
4:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Guard Montez Mathis has transferred to St. John’s after three seasons at Rutgers. St. John’s coach Mike Anderson announced the move on Thursday of the Baltimore native who played in 90 games and made 67 starts for the Scarlet Knights. Mathis averaged 8.3 points and helped Rutgers
1:51 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Simona Halep returned from injury to start her clay-court season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Marketa Vondrousova on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix. The third-ranked Romanian was back on court for the first time since a shoulder injury forced her out
4:48 PM ET ESPN News Services MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia is adding two years to coach Neal Brown’s contract, extending him through the 2026 season, athletic director Shane Lyons announced Thursday. Brown coached the Mountaineers to an 11-11 record in his first two seasons, including a 6-4 mark in 2020. He had four years
4:20 PM ET College football teams will be required to attempt 2-point conversions after touchdowns in the second overtime period of games rather than the third, according to a change approved Thursday by the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel. The NCAA Football Rules Committee last month recommended the change, as part of an effort to
4:18 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett is salivating at the team’s potential after seeing the free agent additions made by the Cleveland Browns this winter. With Jadeveon Clowney coming aboard, the Browns’ defense will be better. Maybe even dangerous. “We’ll be very scary,” Garrett said. The All-Pro defensive end spoke Thursday
4:33 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has added Oklahoma transfer Brady Manek. The school announced Thursday that the 6-foot-9 graduate is joining the Tar Heels after spending the past four seasons as a Sooners starter under now-retired coach Lon Kruger. Manek provides the Tar Heels with an experienced big man
Apr 18, 2021 Call of Duty: Warzone pits players against one another in a battle royale in the fictional area of Verdansk. Or, at least, it did up until a special event on April 21 where the map was hit by a nuclear weapon. For a full day, players were unable to drop on the
3:15 PM ET As Texas wrangles with controversy around its school song, “The Eyes of Texas,” the university announced Wednesday that all members of the Longhorn Band and Longhorn Pep Band will be required to play it. As part of the release, Texas also announced the formation of a University Band beginning in fall 2022
2:50 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While several NFL players expressed excitement this week over a newly adopted rule that allows more flexibility when it comes to the numbers worn on players’ jerseys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is not at all a fan. Brady took to Instagram on Thursday to express his dissatisfaction
3:13 PM ET Central Michigan is hiring Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee as its next men’s basketball head coach, sources told ESPN. Barbee replaces Keno Davis, who was fired earlier this month after nine seasons with the Chippewas. A former head coach at UTEP and Auburn, Barbee spent the past seven years under John Calipari at
2:46 PM ET Associated Press Former Top 10 tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro says she finished treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and is cured of her cancer. “Another step forward,” the 32-year-old from Spain wrote Thursday on Twitter. “Every word of support gave me strength during the past few months,” she added, ending her message with
News He is back to full fitness and participated in his first team training session on Friday After spending nearly three weeks in a medical care facility in Mumbai, India and Delhi Capitals allrounder Axar Patel has bounced back from Covid-19. Patel, who tested positive in early April, rejoined the Capitals on Thursday in Chennai.
12:38 PM ET Associated Press Dave Wallace will be Mike Scioscia’s pitching coach for Team USA as it tries to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. Scioscia’s staff will also include Jerry Weinstein (bench coach), Ernie Young (hitting and first base coach), Darren Fenster (third base coach) and Roly de Armas (bullpen coach), USA Baseball
2:47 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Cameron Krutwig, who helped Loyola Chicago reach a Final Four as a freshman and return to the Sweet 16 as a senior this year, has decided to turn pro and skip his final year of eligibility. Krutwig announced his decision Thursday in a YouTube video, saying it was
12:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Willie Mays has won the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. The Hall of Fame center fielder was honored Thursday with a new accolade to be given annually recognizing a living individual who has made “significant contributions to the national game.” Mays, who turns 90
2:20 PM ET Dave Gettleman insists he would trade back in the NFL draft and called it an “urban myth” that he’s unwilling, despite never having done so in his eight years as a general manager with the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers. Gettleman, the current general manager of the Gaints, has the 11th
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