Month: March 2019

10:08 PM ET Associated Press No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player Naomi Osaka has a new coach: Jermaine Jenkins. Osaka’s agent confirmed in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday that Jenkins has started working with the two-time major champion. Osaka had tweeted about “taking this moment to thank Jermaine for joining us and coming
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9:21 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers say point guard Lonzo Ball will be re-evaluated in a week. Team physicians on Thursday determined Ball needs more “healing and recovery time” because of a bone bruise related to his Grade 3 ankle sprain suffered Jan. 19. The team says Ball will meet with team physicians in
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9:02 PM ET Boston Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart decided to play Thursday, a day after learning that his brother, former New Mexico running back Romell Jordan, had died. “Romell would have been upset with me if I didn’t put on my uniform today,” Swihart wrote on Instagram. Swihart was in the starting lineup against
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9:19 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays and free-agent pitcher Clay Buchholz have agreed to a contract, according to multiple reports. The deal is pending a physical. Terms weren’t immediately available. Following a series of injury-plagued seasons, Buchholz became arguably the Diamondbacks’ best pitcher after signing with the team in May of last season, going
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9:05 PM ET Guard Spencer Dinwiddie, whose career season was interrupted by January thumb surgery, is set to return to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday against the Charlotte Hornets. Dinwiddie hasn’t played since Jan. 23 because of torn ligaments in his right thumb that eventually required surgery. At the time of the injury, he had
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