Month: October 2021

1:31 PM ET Joey Cora, the third base coach of the Pirates and the brother of Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, has been let go by Pittsburgh, the team announced Saturday. “We would like to thank Joey for his passion for the job and his commitment in continuously helping our players grow as big
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1:21 PM ET Cleveland Browns left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers with a left ankle injury. That likely will leave the Browns with Blake Hance or rookie James Hudson protecting quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s blind side as he plays through a torn labrum in his
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12:23 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have secured yet another member of the team’s secondary through at least the 2023 season, signing nickel corner Taron Johnson to a three-year extension on Saturday. Johnson, whose extension runs through the 2024 season, joins cornerback Tre’Davious White and safety Micah Hyde as
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11:39 AM ET Gonzaga coach Mark Few has been suspended through the team’s season opener following his citation for driving under the influence in early September. “I have had a month to reflect on the regretful decisions I made on Sept. 6,” Few said in a statement Saturday morning. “I again offer my sincere apology
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11:00 AM ET Newcastle United are officially under new ownership after their protracted Saudi Arabia-backed takeover was finally approved by the Premier League on Thursday, potentially putting the club on the fast track to football’s top tier. It’s reported that the Public Investment Fund (PIF) consortium has assets totalling around £320 billion, which puts Newcastle
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News The former Zimbabwe captain and England men’s team coach joins Shaun Tait and Lance Klusener on the coaching staff Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe captain, has been named Afghanistan consultant for the T20 World Cup starting later this month. An Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) release said Flower, who oversaw England men’s’s title-winning 2010 T20
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2:23 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb pitched one of baseball’s most epic postseason games in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, and he did it by forcing the Dodgers to turn into their own worst enemies. Webb was masterful in his first career postseason start, mixing a diving changeup and a
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1:45 AM ET The Red Sox offense knew they needed to pick up Chris Sale after the first inning on Saturday. Their lefty ace — coming off of Tommy John surgery — did not have his best stuff on Friday night allowing four hits and allowing five earned runs in an inning pitched. After scoring
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12:44 AM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota running back Trey Potts was discharged Friday from an Indiana hospital where he spent six days after an unspecified medical condition developed during the team’s game at Purdue. The university’s athletic department announced that Potts returned to Minnesota for follow-up care and said he was “doing well.”
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8:42 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals‘ preseason finale against Philadelphia on Friday night with what the team called a lower-body injury and is set to be examined further Saturday. Ovechkin bumped into Flyers forward Travis Konecny midway through the first period and then went down to the ice.
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