Month: July 2022

9:33 AM ET Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer has said the club have a verbal agreement with Barcelona for the transfer of striker Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski, 33, has twice won the Golden Boot for Europe’s leading goal scorer and finished as runner-up for the 2021 Ballon d’Or. He is set to join Barca for a
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Jul 7, 2022 Fantasy Staff As we enter into the heart of fantasy football draft season, the ESPN Fantasy Football experts are here to bring you their latest sleepers, busts and breakout players for the 2022 campaign, as defined here: Sleeper: A player who is being overlooked and will outperform his average draft position (ADP)
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6:00 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The highly anticipated debut of Tennessee Titans rookie receiver Treylon Burks didn’t produce the best results for the first-round pick. Burks was unavailable for minicamp after being removed from
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1:31 AM ET The San Antonio Spurs and forward Keldon Johnson have agreed to a four-year, $80 million extension, his representative Klutch Sports Agency announced Friday night. Johnson, 22, started 74 games for the Spurs in his third season, averaging a career-high 17.1 points while shooting 39.8 percent from 3-point range. Friday’s agreement comes two
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11:45 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles‘ winning streak ended at 10 as Christian Bethancourt hit his first home run for Tampa Bay and the Rays rallied for a 5-4 victory Friday night. The winning streak was the Orioles’ longest in a single season since they won 13 straight in
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11:59 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray doesn’t recall being part of a run quite like what the Seattle Mariners are on these days. Everything is a new experience in the big leagues for All-Star rookie center fielder Julio Rodriguez, and he just keeps doing
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11:06 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda Championship. Reavie had a 19-point round in the modified Stableford scoring system event at Tahoe Mountain Club, getting five points for the eagle and
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10:25 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook and his longtime agent, Thad Foucher of Wasserman, have parted ways, Foucher told ESPN on Friday night. In a statement to ESPN, Foucher, one of the league’s prominent player representatives, cited “irreconcilable differences” and suggested that there was no longer full alignment with Westbrook about whether
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6:39 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle will undergo an internal brace procedure on his left elbow, ending his season. Doolittle, a left-hander who has been on the injured list since April 20 with an elbow sprain, is expected to be out between five and six months. He underwent platelet-rich
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8:38 PM ET With the deadline to agree on an international draft only 10 days away, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association remain far apart when it comes to the amount of money that would be guaranteed to amateur players. The league submitted a counterproposal to the union on Friday that allocated $181
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7:02 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball will pay $185 million to settle the federal class-action lawsuit filed by minor league players who sought pay for minimum-wage and overtime violations by teams, pending a judge approving
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