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Jul 31, 2025, 12:29 AM ET The Houston Astros added a utility infield option on Wednesday, acquiring Ramon Urias from the Baltimore Orioles, a source confirmed to ESPN. Baltimore reportedly is receiving minor league right-hander Twine Palmer in return, according to the source. Urias, 31, has spent his entire six-year major league career with the … Read more

Alden GonzalezJul 30, 2025, 06:23 PM ET Close 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. The Seattle Mariners, in search of late-game bullpen help, finalized a deal to acquire lefty reliever Caleb Ferguson from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. … Read more

Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday in connection with a federal indictment that alleges the former NBA star hosted illegal high-stakes poker games at his mansion in Encino, California, according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office of Central California. Arenas is officially charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling … Read more

Jamison HensleyJul 30, 2025, 08:58 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored … Read more

Jul 30, 2025, 07:30 AM ET The 2025 NBA offseason is in full swing, and with a flurry of free agency deals already behind us, teams continue to sort out unresolved agreements as we approach the end of the summer. With the 2025-26 NBA season a few months away, some teams are settling in with … Read more

Buster OlneyJul 30, 2025, 06:39 PM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to a trade for Jhoan Duran, one of baseball’s best relievers, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, and paid a high price to the Minnesota Twins to get … Read more

Jul 30, 2025, 05:11 PM ET The Atlanta Braves said Wednesday that star Ronald Acuna Jr. has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 lower right calf strain. There is no timetable for his return, but the diagnosis takes away any fears that Acuna had suffered a more serious injury to his Achilles tendon. Earlier Wednesday, … Read more

The transfer market keeps soccer fans engaged during the offseason, but it has its own rhythms and cycles. And that may explain why the past 10 days or so have felt as if we were in the doldrums. According to Transfermarkt data — in terms of official, completed deals — there were only 10 transfers … Read more

Jesse RogersJul 30, 2025, 02:49 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. The Cincinnati Reds have acquired third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for left-handed reliever Taylor Rogers and shortstop prospect Sammy Stafura, it was announced Wednesday. The 28-year-old Hayes, who is signed … Read more

Jeff KassoufJul 30, 2025, 08:18 AM ET Close Jeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics. The transition of the U.S. women’s national team since Emma Hayes … Read more