12:52 AM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Devin Smeltzer took the mound for his first game in the majors, his wife and parents among a sizable crowd at Target Field, set to face NL MVP Christian Yelich and the hard-hitting Milwaukee Brewers. Nervous? After fighting to get this far, no way. Diagnosed with cancer when
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11:25 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder announced on Tuesday night that his next fight will be a rematch with Luis “King Kong” Ortiz. That means regardless of if unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua retains his three major belts against Andy Ruiz Jr. on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York there
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10:11 PM ET Associated Press LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — A Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold privately for $1.2 million. SCP Auctions in Southern California says the 1909-11 T206 card was graded in Good 2 condition on a scale of 1 to 10 by Professional Sports Authenticator. The auction house says this example of
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10:06 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — Derek Dietrich hit three homers — all two-run shots for Cincinnati — and the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered yet another injury to their rotation Tuesday night as the Reds pulled away to an 11-6 victory. Dietrich grounded out in his first at-bat and connected in the fourth off
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10:06 PM ET Associated Press DESTIN, Fla. — Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. won’t play for the Volunteers as a fifth-year senior this fall. Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt told reporters Tuesday at the Southeastern Conference spring meetings that both Kirkland and tight end James Brown have given up football because of injury issues. Kirkland, who
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9:46 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Steven Chervony of Texas made a 15-foot birdie putt to extend the decisive match and won on the next hole to eliminate top-seeded Oklahoma State and send the Longhorns into the NCAA championship match against Stanford. It was the third time Oklahoma State had been the No.
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