Michael VoepelFeb 2, 2025, 12:57 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The Indiana Fever revitalized their franchise last season, returning to the WNBA playoffs for the first […]
Cooper Neill/Getty Images Veteran cornerback Darius Slay said Friday that while he wants to play one more NFL season, he does not expect it to be as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. According to Ashlyn Sullivan of NBC Sports Philadelphia, Slay said he is “preparing” for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game to be his final […]
New York Yankees’ Max Fried smiles while posing for photographs following a baseball news … [+] conference, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The AL East often gets referred to as the best division in baseball but while the Yankees won the […]
Dec 23, 2024, 10:08 AM ET Just like that, the 2024-25 MLB hot stove has kicked off! We had a trade just one day after the Los Angeles Dodgers hoisted the World Series championship trophy. All eyes this winter were on the top free agent, young slugger Juan Soto, who left the New York Yankees […]
The biggest free agent domino has fallen. Juan Soto is off the market with a record-setting 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets. Not to be deterred, the Yankees then awarded an eight-year $218 million contract to Max Fried, the biggest ever guaranteed deal for a left-handed pitcher. Both moves came on the heels of […]
The biggest free agent domino has fallen. Juan Soto is of the market with a record-setting 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets. This comes on the heels of the Giants’ seven-year, $182 million deal with shortstop Willy Adames during what was an eventful weekend heading into the Winter Meetings. That’s right, the Hot Stove […]
The first marquee free agent has come off the board, with the Dodgers agreeing to a five-year deal with Blake Snell Tuesday. It’s a reminder that hot stove season is here, and so are Chris Towers and I to guide you through the transactions of actual consequence for Fantasy Baseball. That’s right: You’ve landed in […]
Nothing is ever guaranteed in baseball, though the safest bet of the offseason is the Chicago White Sox trading ace Garrett Crochet. The ChiSox somewhat surprisingly did not move Crochet at the deadlinepossibly because he demanded an extension in exchange for pitching in the postseason, but Chicago is unlikely to keep him this winter. Crochet’s […]
Roki Sasaki of Japan pitches during their Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World … [+] Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved This offseason will have feature more than its share of high-end player movement via […]
Arguably the most talented pitcher in the world not currently pitching in MLB will make his debut in 2025 after the Chiba Lotte Marines announced this weekend that they will be posting the 23-year-old Roki Sasaki. Sasaki has been one of the most discussed pitchers in the world over the past few seasons. He showed his upside […]
