ThunderRidge junior guard Andrew Crawford’s basketball resume is impressive. He stands 6-foot-6 and has added two inches to his vertical leap, meaning he skywalks 31 inches above the court. As a sophomore, he averaged 11.4 points, 3.3 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game. He already has scholarship offers from Colorado, Colorado State, Denver, Montana, Seattle, […]

Class 5A No. 5 Pine Creek (10-2) at No. 1 Cherry Creek (10-2), 1 p.m.: Once a big fish in the smaller 4A pond, Pine Creek has proven it can play with the state’s best in its first year at the 5A level. The Eagles just held Grandview, the same team that upset Cherry Creek […]

With the World Series in our rearview mirror — though the champion Astros are surely still reveling in their victory — the 2022 season is all but done, with one final piece left: awards! The winners of MLB’s four major end-of-season awards — Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award and […]

MIAMI — Caroline O’Connor didn’t know what her ceiling was when she entered the sports business world, simply because there were so few examples of women who traveled her path. Turns out, she had no limit. The Miami Marlins promoted O’Connor to president of business operations on Monday, making them the first U.S. major sports […]

Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 The 2022-23 MLB offseason is underway, and we’ve got you covered with grades and analysis […]

The Los Angeles Angels are not trading Shohei Ohtani this offseason, general manager Perry Minasian told reporters on Monday. Ohtani agreed last month to a one-year, $30 million deal with the Angels for the 2023 season, his final year before free agency. The Angels are coming off their seventh consecutive losing season and missed the […]

The Rockies needed to make some changes to recharge their stagnant, road-challenged offense. To that end, the club hired Hensley Meulens as their new hitting coach and promoted Warren Schaeffer to third-base coach. Schaeffer had managed at Triple-A Albuquerque the past two seasons. The club announced the moves on Monday. Meulens replaces Dave Magadan and […]

Star closer Edwin Diaz and the New York Mets are in agreement on a five-year, $102 million contract, pending a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Sunday. There’s an opt-out and a full no-trade clause, plus a sixth-year option, in the contract, sources said. The Diaz deal is the first […]

ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. HOUSTON — The center-field fence at Minute Maid Park sits 409 feet away from home plate. The green batter’s eye that resides behind it stands 40 feet tall. Players don’t ever hit […]

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. PHILADELPHIA — The baseball gods wasted no time in giving Philadelphia Phillies boss Rob Thomson his first big managerial moment in the Fall Classic. Five months after taking over from the fired Joe Girardi, Thomson had already navigated the Phillies’ underwhelming end to […]