Jan 19, 2025, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Closer Tanner Scott and the Los Angeles Dodgers in agreement on a four-year, $72 million contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Sunday. It’s the latest offseason splash for the Dodgers, who also are signing prized Japanese pitching prospect Roki Sasaki, who announced the news on
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Associated Press Jan 19, 2025, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EAST LANSING, Mich. — American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal recently agreed to a one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers and is keeping negotiations about a long-term deal to himself. “I’ll keep that pretty private,” Skubal told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Jan 19, 2025, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pittsburgh Pirates CEO Travis Williams said the organization is committed to winning but declared to frustrated fans that owner Bob Nutting will not sell the team. Williams addressed fans’ frustration over Nutting’s ownership Saturday during a Q&A session at the Pirates’ annual offseason fan fest. As
Field Level Media Jan 19, 2025, 12:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Edmonton captain Connor McDavid and Vancouver defenseman Tyler Myers will have disciplinary hearings with the league for their actions in the Canucks’ 3-2 win over the Oilers on Saturday. The NHL’s player safety department announced Sunday that the dates and times for the
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 19, 2025, 12:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said his Manchester United team might be the worst in the club’s history following their 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday. United failed to register a shot on target in open play as Brighton dominated at Old Trafford.
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 19, 2025, 12:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — The most shocking aspect of Manchester United‘s dismal 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday is that there was little surprise at all. Anyone who watched the first 80 minutes against Southampton — the Premier League‘s worst team —
Andreas Hale, ESPNJan 19, 2025, 01:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Islam Makhachev retained his lightweight title with a first-round submission against Renato Moicano on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome. After being dropped briefly by a right hand, Makhachev (27-1) put Moicano on his
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2025, 10:50 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The 33rd season of the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series will feature two of the biggest stars in the history of the sport — not to
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2025, 12:41 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Merab Dvalishvili had already beaten four consecutive champions going into his first UFC title defense this year — and yet, Saturday still might have
Andreas Hale, ESPNJan 18, 2025, 11:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Pereira will put his light heavyweight title on the line for a fourth time against Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 313 on March 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was announced during the broadcast of UFC 311.
John Keim Close John Keim ESPN Staff Writer John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can also listen to
Open Extended Reactions The first UFC pay-per-view event of the year will be headlined by ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, as Islam Makhachev puts the UFC lightweight title on the line in a rematch against Renato Moicano at UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Makhachev has been nearly perfect in the Octagon,
ESPN News Services Jan 18, 2025, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Dyson Daniels hit a short jumper in the lane with just over a minute left in overtime and Onyeka Okongwu made two free throws with 11 seconds left, lifting the Atlanta Hawks to a 119-115 victory over the Boston Celtics on
Nick ParkinsonJan 18, 2025, 06:26 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Darren Till beat Anthony Taylor via a TKO on Saturday. Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images Darren Till knocked down Anthony Taylor three times to seal a sixth-round TKO win in a
A heavily-rotated United States men’s national team earned a 3-1 victory over Venezuela in the first of its two international friendlies this month. Saturday’s U.S. squad was made up almost entirely of players from Major League Soccer due to the game falling outside of a FIFA international window. Jack McGlynn and Patrick Agyemang scored about
Jan 18, 2025, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KSI confirmed the fight during Darren Till’s victory over Anthony Taylor on Saturday. Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images YouTuber-turned-boxing star KSI confirmed on Saturday he will face former Manchester City footballer Wayne Bridge in a boxing exhibition. KSI, who is CEO of Misfits Boxing, faced off
Jan 18, 2025, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 major season ended with two Americans — Taylor Fritz and Jessica Pegula — playing for the singles titles at the US Open. Their collective success, as well as that of other Americans throughout the year, set up high expectations for 2025. With 14 men
Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom already has thrown off the mound this offseason and said everything felt normal after missing most of his first two seasons with the Texas Rangers because of elbow surgery. The three starts deGrom got