1:01 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Before the Utah Jazz played the final game of what can only be described as an abysmal road trip against the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Quin Snyder was asked about his team’s uneven start to this season. “Oftentimes,” Snyder said, “growth is not linear.” If the Jazz are going
Month: December 2019
9:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman figures he’ll either find himself back with the World Series champions next season — or out of baseball. “I think I’ve made my intentions pretty clear,” Zimmerman said Monday night, when he attended the premiere of a documentary about last season’s title.
8:10 AM ET It’s time to admit that James Harden is the NBA’s best scorer since Michael Jordan. On Saturday night, Harden dropped 60 points on the Atlanta Hawks in less than three quarters of play. It was another virtuoso performance by the world’s greatest offensive basketball player. Through 19 games, Harden is averaging an
10:48 PM ET Non-tender night has become an increasingly interesting spot on the baseball calendar, as teams increasingly decline to offer contracts to viable and sometimes quite productive major league players who are not so productive that their current teams are willing to pay them what they might earn via the arbitration process. The Baltimore
8:35 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Marc Crawford will be away from the team as it conducts a “thorough review” of “recent allegations that have been made regarding his conduct with another organization,” the team said Monday. The decision comes two days after the New York Post published a story in which former NHL
8:33 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers did not tender a contract to infielder Travis Shaw on Monday, making him a free agent. Shaw had put together two impressive seasons for the Brewers after they acquired him three years ago from the Red Sox in a multiplayer deal that sent reliever Tyler Thornburg to Boston. 1
7:00 AM ET A month in the NHL can repaint the awards picture. The November portrait still has some of broad strokes that we can see in this latest NHL Awards Watch. But there’s a lot of blue and gold that has been erased from the image. A month ago, the Buffalo Sabres were the
7:49 PM ET Reliever Blake Treinen has been non-tendered by the Oakland A’s, making him a free agent. Treinen, 31, struggled in 2019 after a strong 2018 campaign that ended with him tied for sixth in AL Cy Young award voting. Treinen had a 4.91 ERA in 58.2 innings pitched last season. He was 9-2
9:39 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Ed Orgeron has had the better part of two days to watch the game tape over and over again, to play back all the missed tackles and botched assignments against Ole Miss. Coming off a momentous victory against Alabama, his defense looked hung over as it
7:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met Monday with baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to discuss MLB’s proposal that would drop 42 minor league teams from their leagues after the 2020 season. MLB is negotiating a new agreement with the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the governing body