The Boston Red Sox have acquired right-handed reliever Adam Ottavino from the New York Yankees. The Red Sox also will receive pitcher Frank German, a Yankees fourth-round pick from 2018, while taking on the majority of Ottavino’s remaining salary. In exchange, the Red Sox will send a player to be named later or cash to New York. Ottavino will
Los Angeles Clippers players Kawhi Leonard and Paul George will miss Tuesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks because of the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols. Leonard and George didn’t travel with the Clippers to Atlanta on Monday. The Clippers will be without their two best players and starting point guard Patrick Beverley for the
Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at Lambeau Field with a score 31-26. The 43-year-old Brady advances to the Super Bowl for a record 10th time in his NFL career. Brady will be the oldest player at any position to play in the NFL’s championship
Dustin Poirier pulled off an upset in the UFC 257 main event with a second-round TKO win over Conor McGregor at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. McGregor had the edge in Round 1 before Poirier came back strong in the second round and stunned him with the knockout win. McGregor, fighting for just the second time in almost three
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Thurday that they have signed former Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins to a one-year contract. Haskins was released by Washington on Dec. 28. Haskins posted on Twitter, saying, “Three (3) in the Bible stands for restoration and eternal life,” Haskins said. “Let’s
The Philadelphia Eagles are set to hire Nick Sirianni to be their head coach. The Eagles fired Doug Pederson following a 4-11-1 season, less than three years after he led the team to the franchise’s only Super Bowl title. Sirianni was the offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts the past three seasons. The 39-year-old Sirianni
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers announced that he will retire after 17 seasons in the NFL. The 39-year-old quarterback completed 68% of his throws for 4,169 yards, 24 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 16 starts this season, and led the Colts to an 11-5 record before losing to the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the
The Carolina Hurricanes won’t play their next two games due to a rising number of COVID-19 issues within the organization. In a statement from the NHL, Carolina’s facilities have been shut down “until further notice” and games through Jan. 23 have been postponed because five players have been placed on the COVID Protocol
The Minnesota Wild sent defenseman Greg Pateryn for Colorado in exchange for defenseman Ian Cole on Tuesday. Pateryn signed a three-year deal with Minnesota in 2018. He logged one goal, 11 assists and 47 penalty minutes in 103 games with the Wild. Pateryn was limited to 20 contests in 2019-20 due to a lower-body injury. Cole, who won
NY Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired on Tuesday morning, hours after acknowledging in a report by ESPN that he sent unsolicited sexually explicit images to a female reporter while employed by the Chicago Cubs as their director of pro scouting in 2016. An explicit image was the final message in a string of 62 consecutive unanswered
