MLB.com is keeping track of all the latest Yankees-related free agent and trade rumors right here. Nov. 25: Could Yanks reunite with Montgomery, Montas?Starting pitching is one area of focus for the Yankees in free agency after their rotation turned in a 4.44 ERA this past season. That ranked 18th in MLB. If you subtract American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole, that ERA jumps to 5.08. MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, writing in the New York Post, reports that the Yankees “have been particular” about their starting pitching targets. They won’t consider every big-name hurler on the market,…
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We are deep into the 2023-24 NBA season and teams have just about established the rotations. Some teams like the Timberwolves had it mostly figured out before the season started, while others like the Suns needed time to figure out their guys. Every year there are a handful of players who are good enough to get regular minutes but for one reason or another aren’t playing. Below is a list of players that are either out of their team’s rotation, or don’t project to be in it when their team is fully healthy and could become trade candidates this season.…
Nov 25, 2023, 08:00 AM ETIt’s Thanksgiving Week, and we’ve all got a lot to be thankful for. Things like football, illegally small puppers, Dan Campbell, mashed potatoes and gravy, and Liz Loza. Plus, we had three NFL games Thursday, got another game Friday and will have a bunch more on Sunday and Monday. If that’s not something to be thankful for, I don’t know what is!But seriously, Liz and I want to say thank you for reading this column every week. We’re so grateful you’d take time out of your day to read our thoughts, opinions and charming, witty…
George Ford kicked the only points of the second half in Sale’s win against BathSale Sharks: (5) 11Try: Hill; Pens: Ford 2Bath: (9) 9Pens: Russell 3George Ford kicked a late penalty to preserve Sale Sharks’ 12-month winning Premiership run at home as the leaders overcame fellow higher-flyers Bath.Three Finn Russell penalties put Bath 9-5 up at the break, with Jonny Hill grabbing a try in response for Sale.Two penalties from England fly-half Ford in a tense second half sealed the hard-fought come-from-behind triumph at the Salford Community Stadium. Victory moves Sale five points clear of Bath, who remain second in…
Melbourne Stars 118 (Sutherland 36, Harmanpreet 2-13, Wareham 2-18) beat Melbourne Renegades 27 for 2 in 5.3 overs (Matthews 17*, Garth 2-2) by eight runs (DLS)Wet weather brought an end to drab WBBL campaigns from both Melbourne sides in Stars’ rain-affected derby win at the MCG on Saturday night.Annabel Sutherland top-scored as Stars were bowled out for 118, and Kim Garth’s early wickets in Renegades’ run chase gave Stars, the hosts for the game, the upper hand.Garth reduced Renegades to 12 for 2 inside three overs before rain temporarily forced players off the field and sent most fans in a…
By Ben Sully @SullyBen Union Berlin will play their first match since Urs Fischer’s departure when they face Augsburg on Saturday. Photo: 1. FC Union Berlin Union Berlin There will certainly be a strange feeling around Stadion An der Alten Försterei following Fischer’s departure before the international break. Fischer mutually agreed to end his five-year tenure after overseeing a poor run of form, consisting of 13 defeats and one draw. In his final game in charge, Fischer saw his side comfortably dispatched by leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who cruised to a 4-0 win thanks to goals from Álex Grimaldo, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan…
UEFA have revealed whether they will take any further action against Marcus Rashford after he was sent off in Manchester United’s Champions League defeat to Copenhagen.The Red Devils stand on the brink of elimination at the group stage after losing 4-3 in Denmark prior to the international break, claiming just three points from their opening four games.Erik ten Hag’s side looked to be heading to a second European victory of the season when an early brace from Rasmus Hojlund put them two up at Parken Stadium, but the game flipped on a controversial red card just before half-time.Rashford was surprisingly…
Arsenal have lost ground in the race to sign Brentford striker Ivan Toney with the Telegraph revealing that he is likelier to join Chelsea now. Brentford star Toney will be free to play top-flight football once again when his eight-month ban comes to an end in January. The England international has been attracting interest from top sides in the Premier League despite being banned since the 2022-23 season. Toney is expected to remain in London, as his major admirers are based in the city. The 27-year-old striker has caught the eye of London’s biggest sides, Arsenal and Chelsea, who are…
Olivier Aubin-Mercier gutted his way through a grueling fight with Clay Collard to become a two-time lightweight champion in the PFL World Championship 2023 main event. Nothing came easy once Aubin-Mercier dealt with a potential leg injury after absorbing several calf kicks early in the fight but he kept pushing for takedowns, which allowed him to control Collard on the ground for huge swaths of time. Late in the fifth and final round, Aubin-Mercier nearly pulled off a fight finishing submission with a rear-naked choke but Collard fought his way free to make it to the final bell. In the…
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has said on more than one occasion this season that he had plans to get Arch Manning into a game only for the plans to come undone for one reason or another, but Sarkisian was finally able to pull the trigger in the seventh-ranked Longhorns’ 57-7 beatdown of Texas Tech. The No. 1 overall prospect in the Top247 for 2023, Manning made his collegiate debut at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium against the Red Raiders in relief of redshirt sophomore Quinn Ewers, who helped build a 50-7 lead late in the third quarter when…