Witten to return to Cowboys, leaving MNF booth INDIANAPOLIS — Jason Witten is returning to the Dallas Cowboys, the team announced Thursday. Witten is leaving ESPN’s Monday Night Football and returning to the playing field less than a year after announcing his retirement. Sources told ESPN that the tight end is getting a one-year deal […]
Bryce Harper agrees to deal with Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Bryce Harper agreed to a record-setting, 13-year $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, completing a protracted, four-month journey through free agency and officially ending his seven-year tenure with the Washington Nationals, the franchise that drafted and developed him, brought him to the majors […]
Liverpool squander chance at Man United, increase pressure on themselves in title race MANCHESTER, England — For the second time in a week, Liverpool drew a massive game 0-0, and they probably don’t know how to feel about it. In theory they should probably be relatively pleased with stalemates first against Bayern Munich and now […]
Manchester City wins League Cup over Chelsea on penalties, keeps quadruple hopes alive (CNN) – It is one trophy down, three to go for quadruple chasing Manchester City after Pep Guardiola’s side won the League Cup final against Chelsea in a penalty shootout that accounted for only part of the drama. Raheem Sterling’s emphatic finish […]
Biggest MLB contracts in history: How Manny Machado’s reported deal ranks all-time The Manny Machado free agency tour has reached its long-awaited conclusion with the prized infielder reportedly agreeing to a decade-long deal with the San Diego Padres. In landing the former Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers slugger, not only have the Padres brought […]
Manchester United knock Chelsea out of FA Cup with Pogba goal, assist Manchester United’s Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba headed first-half goals to claim a 2-0 win that dumped FA Cup holders Chelsea out of the competition and secured a place in the quarterfinals in an intense tie at Stamford Bridge on Monday. Spaniard Herrera […]
College basketball podcast: How Kentucky beat (and humbled) Tennessee at Rupp Arena Matt Norlander was inside Rupp Arena late Saturday to document Kentucky’s impressive 86-69 victory over Tennessee. So, naturally, we opened this episode of the CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball on that development that caused movement in the Top 25 And 1 — […]
Super Bowl LIII Watch Gladys Knight Belt Soulful Rendition of National Anthem Gladys Knight performed a powerful rendition of the National Anthem ahead of Super Bowl LIII Sunday night in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Alongside members of the military, Knight initiated the performance with delicate vocals, but she clenched her fist as she belted […]
Kevin Durant plans to return to OKC for Nick Collison’s jersey retirement BOSTON — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant is planning to travel to Oklahoma City for a March ceremony to retire the jersey of longtime Thunder teammate Nick Collison, Durant told ESPN. “That group was so special, that whole group from 2010 until […]
Novak Djokovic defeats Rafael Nadal to earn his seventh Australian title MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so […]