Month: March 2019

4:15 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will miss the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season. LeBron James‘ season will end in April for the first time since 2004-05, his second year in the NBA, snapping personal streaks of 13 straight postseason appearances and eight straight NBA Finals berths. There is rarely a single moment
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8:39 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is back at the Miami Open after complaining last year about crowd behavior. Wozniacki said she decided to return partly because the tournament moved from Key Biscayne to the Miami Dolphins’ stadium complex. “It feels like a new tournament,” she said
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7:25 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bregman‘s decision to sign a long-term contract with the Houston Astros was not impacted by the second slow free-agent market. “I wanted to play here,” the third baseman said Friday after the team announced a $100 million, five-year contract covering 2020-24. “I didn’t want
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7:31 PM ET Houston Astros owner Jim Crane said Friday that there is mutual interest in a contract extension for ace Justin Verlander. However, Crane said if a new deal for the 36-year-old right-hander does come, it will most likely have to happen while the team is still in Florida for spring training. “I don’t
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7:32 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Brewers‘ vaunted bullpen is entering the season without a couple of its most imposing pieces. Corey Knebel is out indefinitely with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the type of injury that sometimes ends in Tommy John surgery. He’s expected
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6:35 PM ET Oakland Athletics Gold Glove first baseman Matt Olson had surgery on his right hand, the team announced Friday. The team said the surgery was on his hamate excision. No timetable was given on when the 24-year-old would return to play. He was injured in Thursday’s game in Japan against the Mariners in
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7:37 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Cincinnati Reds All-Star second baseman Scooter Gennett injured his groin while fielding a grounder against Milwaukee and was helped off the field. Gennett ranged to his left for a ball off the bat of Yasmani Grandal leading off the second inning Friday. Gennett slid to make the
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6:07 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — “Trader Jack” is back at spring training and couldn’t be happier. Back in baseball, where he belongs, after a season away. Now a special adviser to the Washington Nationals‘ general manager, Jack McKeon feels refreshed after a bit of a break from the place that’s
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6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Seattle outfielder Eric Filia, the Mariners’ No. 22 prospect according to MLB.com, has been suspended for 100 games following a third positive test for a drug of abuse under baseball’s minor league drug program. Filia went 1-for-8 in six spring training games this year before being
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