Month: March 2019

12:21 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The team that finished last in the NL Central in 2018 might have one of the deeper lineups in the division, the best closer and perhaps the best bullpen. The fourth-place finisher might have the best starting rotation in the group. The best offseason improvements may have been
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7:23 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Mark O’Meara shot a 3-under 70 on Saturday to take the second-round lead in the Cologuard Classic, while former baseball star John Smoltz closed with a double-bogey to drop 11 strokes back in his PGA Tour Champions debut. O’Meara, 62, finished with a bogey on the par-4
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7:14 PM ET Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Farrell was taken to a hospital Saturday after being struck on his jaw by a line drive. Farrell was hit by a shot from San Francisco Giants prospect Jalen Miller in the ninth inning in Scottsdale, Arizona. The right-hander fell to the ground but walked off the field
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10:35 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Before UFC 235’s main event between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith for the light heavyweight title and co-main event between welterweight champ Tyron Woodley and Kamaru Usman, a multitude of undercard fights are taking place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Here’s how it all is going down. Pedro Munhoz defeats
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8:19 PM ET CLEARWATER, Fla. — From the roof of a dugout inside the Philadelphia Phillies‘ sun-soaked spring training home Saturday, Bryce Harper was formally introduced by his new club. Focused, he said, on establishing a long, winning career in a place where he also felt a strong familial connection, Harper and agent Scott Boras
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Danny Farquhar took the mound in a game again. That was more than enough on Saturday. Farquhar’s spring training appearance for the New York Yankees was his first game since the 32-year-old reliever collapsed in the Chicago White Sox dugout on April 20 because of a ruptured
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