5:03 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Designated hitters J.D. Martinez and Garrett Cooper, and San Francisco Giants ace Carlos Rodon have been added to the All-Star rosters, MLB announced Tuesday. Martinez replaces Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez and becomes the third Boston Red Sox player to land on the American
8:35 AM ET The four days between the end of the draft and the start of free agency occur at a frenetic pace behind the scenes. It’s crunch time for teams to sign their pending unrestricted free agents before they lose their coveted trump card: an eighth year on a contract. Front offices toggle between
4:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jake Paul hopes his fight against Hasim Rahman Jr. on Aug. 6 in New York — his first against a boxer with professional experience — is the springboard to an eventual title reign for the social-media influencer. Paul, 25, told ESPN’s First Take on Tuesday that his “goal is to
4:26 PM ET The House Committee on Oversight and Reform accepted Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder’s offer to testify via video conference on July 28, but said he could not do it voluntarily as his attorney had requested. In a letter Tuesday from Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-New York) to Snyder’s attorney, Karen Patton Seymour, the
4:24 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech is planning a $200 million project consisting of a new four-story building in the south end zone that will include locker rooms, offices for coaches and a field-level club area that the Red Raiders will go through before games. That building will enclose the south
IndyCar driver Colton Herta says it remains his ambition to move to Formula 1 after completing a test for McLaren. The 22-year-old American drove the team’s 2021 car at Portimao in Portugal on Monday and Tuesday. Herta said: “It’s a goal of mine and has been for a while. There have been instances when I
3:40 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Golden State Warriors assistant coach Ron Adams is the winner of this year’s Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association. Adams has spent more than 50 years in coaching and is entering his 30th year in the NBA. He is
2:14 PM ET ESPN News Services 23XI Racing got a jump on the 2024 Cup Series season with the surprising announcement Tuesday that it signed Tyler Reddick to join the NASCAR team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Reddick, a two-time Xfinity Series champion, is in his third full season driving for Richard Childress
USA’s 2022 T20 World Cup Qualifier chances have taken a hit with fast bowler Ali Khan ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a fracture in his right forearm. He will fly this week from Zimbabwe back to Texas, where he is scheduled for surgery to insert a plate and screws to help
2:22 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban believes college football is heading down the path of mega-conferences. During an appearance on the “Always College Football” podcast this week, Saban lamented the way realignment has stripped the tradition associated with playing in the same conference over a prolonged period of time. Last month, USC and UCLA,
2:07 PM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com A Las Vegas judge ruled Tuesday that blood-alcohol tests are permitted as evidence in the case of former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, who has been accused of driving 156 mph while drunk, causing a crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog last November. Ruggs
1:28 PM ET Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold will have an open competition to start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, general manager Scott Fitterer said Tuesday. “This is an open competition. The reason why we added Baker is to make the group better as a whole,” Fitterer said Tuesday during a media availability to
1:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Val Ackerman, Leonard Hamilton, Speedy Morris and Rick Byrd are this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. Ackerman helped found the WNBA and served as the first president. She also has had a successful career as commissioner of the Big East Conference since 2013, leading
Climate activists forced a 10-minute delay during the 10th stage of the Tour de France after trying to stop riders on the road. The race was paused 36km from the finish as the protestors sat on the road, with one of them wearing a t-shirt saying “We have 989 days left”. The activists were eventually
12:28 PM ET BOSTON — Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski said Tuesday that his retirement is final, and he is now focused on business ventures with his family. “I’m done with football,” Gronkowski said Tuesday in Boston. “Love the game. Definitely blessed with all the opportunities the game of football has given me,
Jun 28, 2022 What a treat we have in store for us this weekend. Every series is alive and headed to a decider after all four northern hemisphere nations bounced back last week, but who’ll come out on top? Can Ireland and Wales make history again to claim their series victory? Can the Wallabies overcome
9:01 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Tiger Woods blasted LIV Golf during a news conference at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews on Tuesday, offering his sharpest criticism to date of PGA Tour players who were lured to the Saudi Arabian-financed circuit by lucrative signing bonuses. In some cases, high-profile players such as
11:16 AM BST France displaced South Africa at the top of the world rankings on Monday, while New Zealand slumped to an all-time low of fourth after a stunning northern hemisphere sweep of the major July tests at the weekend. Fourteen months before they host the World Cup, France reached the pinnacle of the rankings