Sources: Mets, Bo Bichette agree to 3-year, $126M contract - ESPN
Infielder Bo Bichette and the New York Mets are in agreement on a three-year, $126 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.
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McIlroy says LIV Golf losing steam with no new big names, Koepka's exit
Jan 16 : LIV Golf is losing steam as it has been unable to attract new major signings to its roster while the return of former world number one Brooks Koepka to the PGA Tour is a huge blow for the Saudi-backed circuit, Rory McIlroy said.
Source: Ranger Suarez agrees to 5-year, $130M deal with Red Sox - ESPN
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to a five-year, $130 million deal with left-hander Ranger Suarez, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports.
First female Kentucky Derby jockey Diane Crump dead at 77
Clark Jr., the grandson of explorer William Clark, founded the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs in the aftermath of the Civil War. The race became part of the nation’s healing process, though Clark Jr. died and never witnessed the Derby's growth.
Russians won't represent their country at Winter Olympics even if Ukraine war ends, IOC chief says
ROME, Jan 2 : Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry said in an Italian newspaper interview.
Kasatkina ready for Brisbane after mental health reset
Dec 30 : Australia's Daria Kasatkina said she feels mentally recharged ahead of her return to tennis at the Brisbane International after taking a six-week mental health break.
In search of the real Nikola Jokić - ESPN
ONE AFTERNOON THIS past summer in Sombor, Serbia, Nikola Jokić sat in an auto body shop and watched his friend Nemanja Pavkov work. They've been buddies forever, but this was the first time Jokić paid attention to how his friend makes a living. Pavkov was in constant motion, going from his phone to his customers in the front of his shop to the back, where he oversaw a paint job for one of Jokić's sulkies, the two-wheeled, chariot-like vehicles that attach to Jokić's horses as they race around his track down the street. It was all Jokić could do to keep up.