The Braves agreed to a $3.5 million, one-year deal with Fried and a $1.3 million, one-year deal with Minter. Fried, 26, earned a significant raise for 2020, when his prorated salary was $216,111.
Bryson DeChambeau thinks he knows what caused dizzy spells at the Masters. He says his brain was working too hard. DeChambeau was never a factor when the Masters was played in November.
A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the New York Yankees and AL batting champion DJ LeMahieu are working to put in place a six-year contract worth about $90 million.
The win gives Georgia its first victory in Knoxville since 1996 — a string of 15-straight games. It also improves Georgia’s record to 11-1 overall and 3-1 in the SEC this season.
With college programs announcing their 2021 baseball schedules, SRP Park will be hosting two games in March with 3 different college programs. Georgia Southern, Georgia, and Clemson will all take the trip to North Augusta for games.
Auburn’s Sharife Cooper and Georgia’s K.D. Johnson have enjoyed high-scoring debuts after being cleared to play by the NCAA. Cooper boasts dynamic scoring and playmaking skills.
Former Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox executive Theo Epstein has been hired by Major League Baseball as a consultant for on-field matters and will evaluate possible rule changes.
The only stars at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this year will be the players. The spike in COVID-19 cases in California led organizers to cancel the pro-am portion of a tournament.
The NFL has clarified its eligibility requirements for the draft to allow college players who would’ve played a fourth season during the pandemic-altered 2020 season to be eligible.
Beset by a second-half scoring drought, the University of Georgia men’s basketball team fell, 95-77, to the Auburn Tigers Wednesday evening before 1,638 fans at Stegeman Coliseum.
James Harden doesn’t want to be a Houston Rocket. The Rockets have told him they didn’t want him at practice after his inflammatory comments about the team a night before.
Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump.
The Phoenix Suns are now the latest NBA team to deal with contact tracing issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, and their game Wednesday against the Atlanta Hawks has been called off by the league after it was learned they wouldn’t have enough players cleared to participate. That was the third game on Wednesday’s schedule to be called, joining Utah at Washington and Orlando at Boston. It also marks the second consecutive time that a team ran into issues after playing in Washington; the Miami Heat lost eight players to COVID-related issues following their road game against the Wizards on Saturday.
The only nonconference matchup between top 10 teams this season was an early season contest between then-No. 1 South Carolina and eighth-ranked North Carolina State.
Opposition to the Tokyo Olympics is growing with calls for a cancellation as virus cases rise in Japan. The International Olympic Committee and local organizers have already said another postponement is impossible.
Brees will take the field for the Saints two days after turning 42 as the young gun in this matchup against the 43-year-old Brady, who has shattered nearly every record for longevity in the NFL. It is the oldest combined age for starting QBs in NFL history.
NCAA President Mark Emmert says he is disappointed with the delay in moving ahead with proposals surrounding athletes’ ability to make money and to transfer to another school without having to sit out a year of competition.
The Sony Open features 32 of the 42 players who were on Maui last week for the Tournament of Champions, but it’s missing the biggest stars like Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas and Bryson DeChambeau. The highest-ranked player is PGA champion Collin Morikawa.
Thousands of excited football fans ignored pandemic precautions and partied in streets around the University of Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State for the national championship.
Top-ranked Alabama is the national champion in college football for the sixth time in 12 seasons after DeVonta Smith, Mac Jones and Najee Harris led an explosive offensive performance in a 52-24 rout of No. 3 Ohio State.
The Philadelphia Eagles fired coach Doug Pederson less than three years after he led them to the franchise’s only Super Bowl title. Pederson was 42-37-1 in five seasons.
Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are among the 13 former players and coaches who make up the latest College Football Hall of Fame class.
Harris English went more than seven years without winning on the PGA Tour, and he didn’t mind going one extra hole to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday.
Destanni Henderson scored 22 points and Aliyah Boston added 20, including 10 in the third quarter to put No. 5 South Carolina ahead to stay as the Gamecocks rallied for a 75-70 victory over No. 10 Kentucky.
South Carolina’s new football coach Shane Beamer has hired NFL assistant Marcus Satterfield as offensive coordinator and Western Kentucky’s Clayton White as defensive coordinator.
LaMelo Ball had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists to become the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105 for their third straight win.
Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes and scored another rushing and Micah Hyde batted down Philip Rivers last-second desperation pass in Buffalo’s 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts in a wild-card playoff game.
The NCAA is preparing to delay a potential landmark vote on legislation that would permit college athletes to be compensated for their fame for the first time after receiving a warning from the Department of Justice about potential antitrust violations.
Miami native Travaris Robinson is coming home. Robinson has been hired as the new defensive backs coach at Miami, the first move in what is expected to be a flurry of hires on that side of the football by the Hurricanes in the coming days.
Gordon Hayward scored 26 points and the Charlotte Hornets methodically came back from an 18-point, second-quarter deficit to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 118-110.
The rescheduled date came after No. 19 Clemson paused team activities Friday due to a positive COVID-19 test result and contact tracing, leading to the postponement of the Tigers’ games at North Carolina on Saturday and Syracuse on Tuesday.
Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died.
Alabama coach Nick Saban acknowledged there were discussions about the possibility of moving the national championship game back because of COVID-19 issues.
