Yet another big-name pitcher is shipping up to Boston.
The Red Sox agreed to a one-year, $21.05-million contract with right-hander Walker Buehler, sources told Russell Dorsey of Yahoo Sports.
The deal, which is pending a physical, also contains $2.5 million worth of performance bonuses, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Rickey Henderson, MLB's all-time stolen bases leader and a baseball icon, died at age 65, the league announced Saturday.
The New York Rangers traded forward Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for defenseman Will Borgen, a 2025 third-round pick, and a 2025 sixth-rounder, the teams announced Wednesday.
Kakko has put up four goals and 14 points in 30 games this season while averaging 13:17 of ice time.
He missed Sunday's 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues as a healthy scratch. Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette said the decision was about "putting fresh legs in the lineup," but Kakko expressed frustration with the move Tuesday.
Las Vegas Raiders star defensive end Maxx Crosby will miss the rest of the season due to an ankle injury that requires surgery, he confirmed Saturday.
"As much as it pains me to write, I will not be playing the rest of the season," Crosby said in an Instagram post. "Second time this year getting rolled up on the same ankle and now it will require surgery."
He'll meet with Dr. Rob Anderson and undergo arthroscopic surgery Monday, and that will determine the extent of the damage to Crosby's ankle and whether he needs additional medical procedures, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The superstar outfielder has agreed to a 15-year, $765-million contract with the New York Mets, sources told Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Soto's deal is the largest contract in professional sports history, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Juan Soto looks poised to beat Shohei Ohtani's MLB-record 10-year, $700-million contract.
The New York Yankees and New York Mets upped their offers to Soto into the range of $710 million to $730 million with a decision potentially coming in the next day or two, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
It's believed the Mets made the higher offer to the 26-year-old superstar, per Heyman.
The New York Rangers are signing goaltender Igor Shesterkin to an eight-year contract extension that carries an average annual value of $11.5 million, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.
It's the richest contract handed to a goalie in league history, eclipsing Carey Price's eight-year deal with a $10.5-million AAV signed in 2018.
Shesterkin was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent next summer. He reportedly turned down an eight-year, $88-million offer from the Rangers in October and previously said he didn't want to negotiate a new deal during the season.
Detroit went for it on fourth down for a fifth time to set up Jake Bates’ 35-yard field goal as time expired, Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes and the Lions clinched a playoff spot with a 34-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night.
Campbell has been perhaps the NFL’s most aggressive coach since taking over what was a league laughingstock in 2021, but he turned it up a notch against the Packers with a short-handed defense that he wanted to keep off the field.
The last-place Chicago Blackhawks fired head coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, the team announced.
Rockford IceHogs head coach Anders Sorensen will take over Richardson's post on an interim basis.
Richardson was in his third season on the job, but the club didn't seem to be making progress. Chicago sits last in the entire NHL with 18 points. The team owned a 57-118-15 record under his stewardship.
The Boston Red Sox and free-agent left-hander Aroldis Chapman agreed to a one-year contract worth $10.75 million, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.