By JOE REEDY, Associated Press The NFL and ESPN are expected to announce an agreement next week under which most of the league’s significant media holdings would go to the sports network. People familiar with the transaction said the multibillion-dollar deal would give the NFL an equity stake in ESPN. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized. It was first reported by The Athletic. The NFL and ESPN had no comment. The NFL has been trying to sell its media properties for nearly five years. ESPN and the league…
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The New York Yankees had a busy trade deadline, acquiring relievers Camilo Doval, David Bednar and Jake Bird, as well as utilityman Jose Caballero. The team officially added the quartet of newcomers to their roster on Friday, while also releasing two-time All-Star starting pitcher Marcus Stroman. “Prior to tonight’s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves: • Added RHP David Bednar (#53), RHP Jake Bird (#59), RHP Camilo Doval (#75) and INF/OF José Caballero (#72) to the active roster. • Released RHP Marcus Stroman from the roster,” the Yankees official X account posted. Prior to tonight’s game, the Yankees…
FOXBORO — One of Drake Maye’s best throws of training camp came on Wednesday on a 40-yard deep ball dropped in a bucket to rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams. The 2025 third-round pick believes that shows a growing trust between him and his quarterback. “We just had the look that we wanted. I guess Drake trusted me enough to put the ball in the air and for me to make a second shake,” Williams said. “And I feel like that chemistry, that connection, is steadily growing, and it’s getting better. Who knows what it will look like at the end…
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FOXBORO — Patriots quarterback Drake Maye appears to have a new favorite red-zone target in top free-agent addition Stefon Diggs. Diggs isn’t the biggest target at 6-feet, 191 pounds, but the wide receiver’s mentality gives Maye confidence to target the veteran wide receiver when things get tight near the end zone. “I think it’s just mindset. It’s attacking the football,” Maye said Thursday. “You know, a guy like that, a guy of his stature who’s caught a lot of touchdowns in this league and made a lot of big plays, he wants to go get the football. He tells me…
The New York Knicks are keeping their core together. Despite moving on from head coach Tom Thibodeau shortly after the season, the Knicks’ front office is happy with the roster. New York will have the same starting five next season, and possibly for multiple seasons to come. With news surfacing on Thursday that the Knicks finalized an extension with Mikal Bridges, all of New York’s starting lineup is now under contract for multiple years. ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the news about Bridges. “New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges has agreed to a four-year, $150 million contract extension with the franchise,…
One hour after the buzzer sounded across Major League Baseball on Thursday night, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow addressed the Boston media via Zoom to share his side of what happened — and didn’t happen — before the trade deadline. Breslow swung two deals in the 24 hours before that deadline, acquiring reliever Steven Matz from the Cardinals late Wednesday and getting starter Dustin May from the Dodgers in the final minutes before the actual deadline arrived at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Boston sent outfield prospects James Tibbs III (who had been acquired in the Rafael Devers trade)…
In the hours leading up to the trade deadline, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow says he was willing to get “uncomfortably aggressive” if it meant landing some of the most impactful players on market. But by the time Thursday’s 6 p.m. deadline came and went, it was clear other teams weren’t willing to bite. The Red Sox made two trades in what was largely an underwhelming deadline, acquiring right-hander Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers and left-hander Steven Matz in a separate deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. May is expected to slot into Boston’s starting rotation while…
The Red Sox may go ‘full throttle’ someday. Thursday was not that day. While Major League Baseball was a-flurry with deals throughout the week, the trade deadline came and went quietly for Boston’s ball club, which only made two moves before the 6 p.m. cutoff: Lefty reliever Steven Matz and righty starter Dustin May. Both are short-term rentals headed for free agency at season’s end. Neither were top names on the long list of players expected to be wearing a new uniform this weekend. It would have been difficult for the Red Sox to make any move bigger than June’s…
The MLB Trade Deadline has officially come and gone. The Boston Red Sox made two notable moves, trading for pitchers Steven Matz and Dustin May. However, was it enough? Matz is a good reliever and May provides rotation depth, but neither is the type of high-impact player that makes a team dramatically better. The Red Sox were linked to some of those players, including stars such as Dylan Cease, Joe Ryan and Eugenio Suarez. However, they failed to reel in any of the big fish that were moved at the deadline. While Boston’s upgrades were marginal, several of their competitors…