Apr 2, 2019 Stephania Bell Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Certified orthopedic clinical specialist and strength and conditioning specialist Clinician, author and teacher David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 The best part about this baseball
Month: April 2019
3:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor of the Cleveland Indians will miss more time because of a sprained left ankle that has delayed his season debut. Lindor was making a steady recovery from a strained right calf when he injured his ankle while running the bases during a minor league
Apr 3, 2019 Emily KaplanESPN CHICAGO — There are two things Scott Foster would like to clear up. One: Despite ribbing from the Chicago Blackhawks equipment staff, he did not use a wooden stick in his 14 minutes of heroism last spring (his sticks are quite old, but they are foam core). Two: Yes, Foster
1:58 PM ET Jake Owen, country singer and avid golfer, apparently was not a big fan of The Match, a much-hyped 18-hole pay-per-view event won by Phil Mickelson in extra holes over Tiger Woods – with a winner-take-all payday of $9-million – the day after Thanksgiving. And Owen let Mickelson know about it. A day
1:30 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The NWHL expects to have teams in Montreal and Toronto next season, commissioner Dani Rylan told ESPN on Tuesday. The news comes on the heels of the NWHL’s competitor, the CWHL, folding on Sunday morning, news that sent shockwaves across the hockey community. Rylan says the plan will be for
2:07 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson is returning to the lineup for the first time since he was suspended by the NHL more than two months ago for alcohol abuse. Coach Peter Laviolette announced that Watson will play in Nashville’s game Tuesday night in Buffalo. The decision comes
4:04 PM ET After eight weeks of games and less than one season into its existence, Alliance of American Football owner Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all operations, league co-founder Bill Polian said Tuesday. “I am extremely disappointed to learn Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all football operations of the Alliance of American
1:25 PM ET The Alliance of American Football will suspend all football operations Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Michael Rothstein, confirming multiple reports. The league will hold a call with all players and staff at 1 p.m. ET Tuesday afternoon, the source said. Tom Dundon, who became the AAF’s majority owner in February, had said
2:16 PM BST It may not quite be a dirty word like “rotation” was during Mickey Arthur’s stint as Australia cricket coach, but World Cup-aiding “rest weeks” are fast becoming a key factor in this year’s Super Rugby competition. The decision to rest a player this week or that could be the difference between playing
1:10 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles player rep Malcolm Jenkins forecasts that the upcoming collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the NFL Players Association and owners “won’t be as simple” this time around, now that Jenkins’ generation of players has assumed a leadership role. “That’s yet to be seen,” Jenkins told ESPN, when asked if he