7:00 AM ET Just less than three weeks ago, news leaked that MLB was considering a new expanded playoff format that would blow up the bracket from 10 to 14 teams and add a reality-style selection show to the mix. I hated it. Look, I’m not a hot take guy. One of the reasons I
5:46 PM ET The NBA fined the Minnesota Timberwolves $25,000 Thursday for violating the league’s player resting policy, marking the first time the league has enforced the load-management rules put in place in 2017 and clarified in November. The violation occurred when the Timberwolves rested D’Angelo Russell — a healthy player under the policy —
5:53 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss has joined a list of players through the years who have arrived at the NFL’s scouting combine to discover they had an injury they didn’t know about. During the medical exam that each prospect receives, often the most stringent exam they have had with any
6:00 PM ET The public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the others who tragically died with them was on Monday, but the sports world will continue to pay tribute to the NBA legend — including at the NASCAR race in California this coming weekend. Let’s start with Ryan Blaney, who is
4:36 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keeneland and Churchill Downs will enact safety reforms that include the race-day ban of Lasix for 2-year-olds along with mandatory veterinary inspections before workouts and race entry. The measures announced Thursday include enhanced reporting of horses’ fitness for trainers and vets. They will take effect for spring
4:21 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Madison Bumgarner showed the Arizona Diamondbacks he’s more than a rodeo star. The team’s marquee free-agent acquisition of the offseason was solid in his first spring training outing on Thursday. He retired his first five batters, including four on strikeouts, before giving up a solo homer to
7:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ian Watmore has been named as the ECB’s new chairman and will succeed Colin Graves when he leaves the post in November 2020. Watmore, 61, was chief executive of the FA for nine months in 2009-10, during which time he launched the Women’s Super League and the St. George’s Park
4:44 PM ET Associated Press An all-female broadcast team in Canada will cover an NHL game next week between the Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights. Play-by-play announcer Leah Hextall, game analyst Cassie Campbell-Pascall and reporter Christine Simpson will work the March 8 game in Calgary on Sportsnet, a group of Canadian regional sports networks.
7:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday will be the third day of on-field workouts at the NFL’s scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. A look at what you need to know: The workouts: From 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, the defensive linemen and linebackers will go through the vertical jump, broad jump, the 40-yard
Feb 27, 2020 Los Angeles Angels pitcher Griffin Canning will undergo treatment on his sore right elbow before throwing again after an MRI on Thursday revealed chronic changes to the ulnar collateral ligament and acute joint irritation. Canning is expected to throw after receiving treatment to see how his elbow responds, at which point the