Month: March 2019

10:51 PM ET Associated Press It’s official: In the NBA, this was the year of the 3-pointer. Again. The NBA has set a record for 3-pointers made for the seventh consecutive year, after the 25,808th of the season was made Saturday night. The league is on pace for about an 8 percent rise in 3-pointers
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10:35 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Colorado Rockies first baseman Daniel Murphy is out indefinitely with a broken finger on his left hand. Murphy was injured diving for a sharp grounder in the fourth inning Friday night against the Miami Marlins. He remained in the game and got his first hit with the Rockies
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10:36 PM ET One of the most anticipated fights of 2019 lived up to the hype, as Justin Gaethje knocked out Edson Barboza in the first round of their main event bout at UFC Fight Night in Philadelphia on Saturday. Gaethje (20-2), with Barboza up against the fence, landed a hard right hook that immediately
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10:19 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — After declaring in spring training he was the “happiest” he had been in seven years, Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish lasted a career-worst 2⅔ innings in his first start of the season on Saturday — against the team he spent most of those seven years with, the Texas Rangers.
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10:22 PM ET Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals became the third player in NHL history to record eight or more 50-goal seasons Saturday night — a list topped by Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky, who each had nine. The goal came with 5:25 left in the third period of the Capitals’ 6-3 road win
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9:56 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Inbee Park curled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for her second straight 5-under 67 and the third-round lead on Saturday in the Kia Classic, the final event before the major ANA Inspiration. Winless in a full calendar year, the seven-time major champion from
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9:01 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — James Harden had 50 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and scored 10 straight points down the stretch to help the Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 119-108 on Saturday. This is Harden’s fifth career 50-point triple-double, the most in NBA history, according to ESPN Stats & Information
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