Month: August 2021

1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs placed five-time Gold Glove outfielder Jason Heyward on the 10-day injured list Friday because of inflammation in his left index finger. Manager David Ross said the finger has been bothering Heyward for “a pretty good bit” and he aggravated it taking batting practice at Colorado
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2:46 PM ET Texas A&M defensive lineman McKinnley Jackson has been suspended by the team after he was arrested Thursday on two drug charges, including possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony. Jackson also was charged with one misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana under 2 ounces. He was released from the Brazos County
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2:59 PM ET In a press conference on Friday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta reiterated what the club had announced on their website Thursday: after 21 years, Lionel Messi would not be returning to the club. You can read about the background here, but Laporta doubled down on blaming LaLiga’s financial restrictions and the disastrous finances
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11:02 AM ET Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — The New York Islanders and defenseman Adam Pelech agreed Friday on an eight-year contract. The team did not disclose financial terms. Pelech, who turns 27 this month, had four goals and 10 assists in 56 games last season. He added a goal and four assists in
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11:15 AM ET HOUSTON – Everything is bigger in Texas – including this weekend’s super-sized UFC main event. Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane both weighed in successfully Friday morning for their UFC interim heavyweight title bout. Lewis weighed 264.5 pounds and Gane came in at 247. The two men will meet Saturday night in the
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Jul 30, 2019 Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published in March 2019 ahead of Conlan’s fight against Ruben Garcia. BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Everybody wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Unless you’re a fighter. Then you always want to be Irish. It’s good business, after all. Freddie Roach — who’s,
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10:40 PM ET When Peyton Manning is officially enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night, he’ll be surrounded by many former teammates and coaches — and one notable star who falls into a different category. “Tom Brady is coming in, sitting in my section,” Manning said during FOX’s broadcast of Thursday
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