HOUSTON — Sam Aldegheri, still in his Team Italy uniform hours after he came out of the game, simply wasn’t ready to take it off Saturday afternoon. He has pitched 95 games throughout his eight-year pro career — 79 games in the minors, seven in the major leagues for the Los Angeles Angels, and nine in the Italian League — ...
John Spytek has plenty of work to do to get the Las Vegas Raiders’ house in order before Fernando Mendoza’s likely arrival. Without specifically naming the Heisman Trophy winner and expected No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL draft, the general manager ruminated at the NFL scouting combine last week about all the building blocks that would be nice to ...
The San Francisco 49ers have locked in their placekicker for the foreseeable future. Eddy Piñeiro and the 49ers have agreed on a four-year, $17 million contract extension, his agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey told ESPN Senior NFL insider Adam Schefter. His contract includes a guaranteed $10 million, the agents told ESPN. Piñeiro was set to become a free agent ...
Center Kristaps Porzingis is available to play tonight for the Golden State Warriors after missing time due to illness. The Warriors traveled to the Paycom Center to play the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, March 7 and Porzingis entered the game in the first quarter. Warriors coach Steve Kerr expects Porzingis to play 15-20 minutes against OKC. ‘Probably somewhere in ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. ― There’s only one way Shaqir O’Neal, son of NBA legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, could describe his senior season of college hoops at Sacramento State. ‘A movie,’ the 22-year-old starting forward told USA TODAY Sports. O’Neal, who’s listed at 6-foot-8, 200-pounds, committed to Sacramento State last spring following his junior year at Florida A&M, ...
Boom! It turns out that Lamar Jackson dropped a bomb of a clue on Friday afternoon when he posted a meme on X of Denzel Washington uttering a signature line from “Training Day.” Hours later, the stunning trade that sends All-Pro edge rusher Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens was revealed to the entire NFL universe. And it’s no wonder ...
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Madison Booker scored a career-best 31 points to power No. 3 Texas to the SEC Tournament title game for the second straight year after the Longhorns defeated Ole Miss 85-68 on Saturday in the semifinals. Booker also had 11 rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks in a do-it-all performance for the Longhorns (30-3). Texas also ...
The Big 12 women’s basketball tournament final is set. No. 2 West Virginia defeated No. 6 Colorado 48-47 in the semifinal on Saturday to punch its ticket to the championship game on Sunday, where they will face No. 1 TCU. Both teams struggled from the 3-point line for a majority of the game, but the closing minutes turned into a ...
With Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira set to face off in long overdue rematch Saturday, March 7, the notion that fists will be flying is more than a metaphor. Holloway has landed 3,655 significant strikes during his UFC career, almost 1,350 more than anyone else. (Sean Strickland ranks second with 2,307 significant strikes.) Will Oliveira be able to survive Holloway’s astounding ...
Live updates: Follow Team USA’s WBC showdown with Great Britain here HOUSTON — Team USA, which has scored 44 total runs in its two exhibitions and 2026 World Baseball Classic opener, shook up the lineup Saturday for the game against Great Britain. Kyle Schwarber, who hit cleanup in Game 1, becomes the leadoff man, his customary spot with the Philadelphia ...