Blue Jays acquire Jesse Chavez from A's to build rotation depth The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed on a deal to acquire veteran Jesse Chavez from the Oakland A's, Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported on Friday afternoon. The Jays will send back 26-year-old reliever Liam Hendriks as part of the trade, though there's no word if any other pieces will be included. This marks the second straight … [Read more...]
Grandstanding Podcast: Will Jeff Gordon win title No. 5?
Grandstanding Podcast: Will Jeff Gordon win title No. 5? Listen to Yahoo Sports' Grandstanding podcast for more: Grandstanding: A Yahoo Sports podcastSubscribe via iTunes or via RSS feed Join us, Jay Busbee and Nick Bromberg, as we break down the final race of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season. Will Jeff Gordon get title No. 5 before he moves to the broadcast booth? Will Kevin Harvick go … [Read more...]
Lassana Diarra tells Marseille coach that soccer will be his escape from tragedy
Lassana Diarra tells Marseille coach that soccer will be his escape from tragedy France midfielder Lassana Diarra has told his club coach at Marseille that he has no intention of putting his career on hold despite being hit hard by last week’s terror attacks in Paris. Diarra was playing for France in last Friday’s friendly against Germany when three enormous explosions were heard […] Photo … [Read more...]
Fantasy football start/sit advice based on Week 11 NFL picks against the spread – SB Nation
Fantasy football start/sit advice based on Week 11 NFL picks against the spread - SB Nation Revenge, retribution and a wild midwest shootout. Matchups and Movements previews and picks all of the potential drama for your fantasy teams in Week 11. Though this would normally be a longer lede -- you know, something meant to stimulate your mind, initiating the idea of some intriguing narrative or … [Read more...]
Cotto vs Alvarez in big middleweight fight in Las Vegas (The Associated Press)
Cotto vs Alvarez in big middleweight fight in Las Vegas (The Associated Press) The grand plan for Canelo Alvarez is to win Saturday night, then set up his pay-per-view franchise on the same Mexican holiday weekends that Floyd Mayweather Jr. always made his millions. The plan for Miguel Cotto isn't nearly as ambitious, though it could be almost as lucrative. After reinventing himself with … [Read more...]
NFL against the spread picks: Underdogs ruled last week
NFL against the spread picks: Underdogs ruled last week If you like taking underdogs, you cleaned up last week. The NFL had an incredible 11 underdogs cover in 14 games in Week 10. Of those 11 underdog winners, 10 won outright. The only one to cover and not win was the New York Giants against the New England Patriots, and we all know how close the Giants came to winning that one. One of the … [Read more...]
Bulls' Butler wants assignment on red-hot Curry
Bulls' Butler wants assignment on red-hot Curry Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff Writer Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. 0 Shares print SAN FRANCISCO -- Jimmy Butler welcomes the challenge … [Read more...]
Report: J.R. Smith accused of choking a NYC teen who mocked his deal to Cleveland
Report: J.R. Smith accused of choking a NYC teen who mocked his deal to Cleveland J.R. Smith was rather unceremoniously dumped by the New York Knicks last season, this cannot be argued. For someone with the talent to start at shooting guard on a team that may very well take the NBA title this year, to deal Smith for two players who currently aren’t on the Knicks plus Lance Thomas clearly … [Read more...]
Cavaliers' Mozgov (shoulder) to miss 10-14 days
Cavaliers' Mozgov (shoulder) to miss 10-14 days ESPN.com news services 0 Shares print Cleveland Cavaliers center Timofey Mozgov will miss the next 10 to 14 days with a right shoulder strain, the team announced Friday. Mozgov sat out the second half of Thursday's win over the Bucks after suffering the injury sometime in the first half. He underwent an MRI on Friday that … [Read more...]
Former Yankees star Derek Jeter denies the infamous gift basket rumors
Former Yankees star Derek Jeter denies the infamous gift basket rumors When you're the marquee player on the most popular baseball franchise in the world for 20 years, you're bound to find yourself the in the news quite a bit. For New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, most of those instances were positive. Most of Jeter's headlines focused on him hitting a walk-off home run, making a diving … [Read more...]