Month: March 2019

8:53 PM ET The Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Bryce Harper hopes to change all those zeros soon. No, not the ones in his contract. Back in the lineup two days after being hit by a pitch in the ankle, the Phillies newcomer with the $330,000,000 deal was hitless Sunday, leaving him with a batting
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11:50 AM ET ESPN News Services Philadelphia Phillies mega-signing Bryce Harper will serve as the designated hitter Sunday, batting third against a New York Yankees split squad two days after he suffered a right ankle bruise from being hit by a pitch. Harper had sat out Saturday’s game, saying he was “a little sore.” X-rays
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11:05 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has suspended AJ Hinch for one spring training game after the Houston Astros manager was ejected from a recent game and called umpire Angel Hernandez “unprofessional” and “arrogant.” MLB announced the suspension and an undisclosed fine for Hinch on Sunday, two days after the incident in
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10:43 AM ET New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks told ESPN’s Coley Harvey that he will miss Opening Day because of a lower back injury he has been dealing with. Hicks said he will not play in the opening series against the Baltimore Orioles but expects to be back in the lineup for the
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9:45 AM BST Record-breaking Jess Breach scored two more tries in the women’s Six Nations on Saturday as England completed the Grand Slam by crushing Scotland 80-0 at Twickenham Stadium. The 21-year-old winger has scored nine tries in the tournament — and has touched down an extraordinary 20 times in her seven test appearances. Twickenham’s
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6:47 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Red Bull has taken a cheeky swipe at two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso, tweeting the Spaniard’s infamous ‘Now we can fight!’ message after claiming third place at the Australian Grand Prix on its first race with Honda power. The now-retired Alonso first shouted those words in Melbourne
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