The New York Yankees announced on Tuesday that they’ve signed manager Aaron Boone to a new three-year contract; Boone’s new contract runs through the 2024 season and includes an option for 2025. The 48-year-old Boone’s previous contract had expired at the end of the season. He has a 328-218 regular-season record in his
The Philadelphia 76ers have suspended point guard Ben Simmons for one game for “conduct detrimental to the team,” the franchise announced Tuesday. Simmons will miss the team’s season opener against the Pelicans as a result of the suspension. Coach Doc Rivers threw Simmons out of practice, leading to the eventual suspension.
San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has been suspended for 21 games until Nov. 30 for violating the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The NHL said “that its concurrent investigation into allegations of domestic abuse made against Kane by his estranged wife, Deanna, could not be substantiated.” During training camp, reports came out
Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that running back Kareem Hunt will miss at least one month due to a calf injury hw sustained during the Browns’ Week 6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Hunt injured his right calf in the fourth quarter of the Browns’ 37-14 setback Sunday in Cleveland. He was taken by cart to the locker
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a right calf strain during Sunday’s overtime win against the New England Patriots and will be evaluated on Monday. The injury happened on the last play of the game when Prescott threw a touchdown to CeeDee Lamb. The 28-year-old quarterback told reporters that he “came down
A toxicology report has confirmed that former NHL player Jimmy Hayes had fentanyl and cocaine in his system when he died in August, his wife Kristen Hayes and father Kevin Hayes told Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe. The 31-year-old Hayes spent seven years in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers, Boston Bruins and New Jersey
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in Game 5 of the National League Divisional Series on Thursday night at Oracle Park. With the score tied 1-1 in the ninth, the Dodgers Cody Bellinger drove in the series-winning run with an RBI single against Giants closer Camilo Doval. Dodgers starter Max Scherzer recorded the final
The St. Louis Cardinals fired Mike Shildt as the team’s manager on Thursday afternoon. St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said the decision to part ways with Shildt came due to “a philosophical difference in the direction our major league club is going. After a successful 2021 season, we have determined that we
The Nashville Predators and veteran defenseman Mattias Ekholm have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth a total of $25 million. The deal carries an average annual value of $6.25 million. General Manager David Poile announced the deal Wednesday, saying the multiyear contract will keep Ekholm with the Predators through the 2026
According to a statement from Mississippi State auditor Shad White, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre must return $828,000 he received from federal welfare funds that should have gone to needy families. White said his office previously determined that John Davis, the former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human
