12:28 PM ET New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso said his vehicle flipped three times when it was struck by a driver who ran a red light on Sunday. Alonso, speaking Monday from spring training in Port St. Lucie, Florida, said he is fine and will participate in a full workout with the Mets
Month: March 2022
2:23 PM ET Associated Press VENICE, Fla. — Freddie Freeman‘s name wasn’t in the Atlanta Braves‘ megadeal Monday. Standing in front of microphones, general manager Alex Anthopoulos refused even to say it. The tears welling in Anthopoulos’ eyes explained it all. Freeman’s tenure with the Braves appears to be over after the World Series champions
3:51 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Spring training is moving unusually fast this year, and that is especially true at Angels camp. The possibility of Mike Trout moving off center field and into a corner-outfield spot lasted less than 24 hours. Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon floated that as a possibility during his first
4:00 PM ET The trade: Braves acquire 1B Matt Olson from the A’s for CF Cristian Pache, C Shea Langeliers, RHP Ryan Cusick and RHP Joey Estes Baseball is designed to break your heart, former commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote. Indeed, our favorite players get old, they get waived, they get traded — and
3:46 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews was suspended for two games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday for delivering a cross-check to the neck of Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin during Sunday’s Heritage Classic. Matthews, who leads the NHL with 45 goals in 56 games, will miss Toronto’s home
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1:23 PM ET This weekend was again full of talking points, from Cristiano Ronaldo‘s hat trick to lift Manchester United over Tottenham, to Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain being heckled by unhappy fans in their first Ligue 1 game since being dumped out of the Champions League. Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona and Juventus picked up impressive
3:33 PM BST Ireland second row James Ryan will miss their final Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday as he goes through return to play protocols after suffering a concussion in last weekend’s 32-15 victory over England. The Leinster lock left the pitch at Twickenham after less than two minutes following a head-on-head tackle
12:14 PM ET San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. fractured his wrist during the offseason and needs surgery that will sideline him up to three months, according to Padres GM A.J. Preller. Tatis finished third in the National League MVP voting last season, leading the NL with 42 homers in 130 games, batting .282
2:40 PM ET Associated Press VENICE, Fla. — Pitchers, catchers and batters will be able to appeal calls from human umpires to robo umps in the Low-A Southeast League this season, while pitch clocks, anti-shift rules and larger bases will be tried in the minors ahead of possible big league use in 2023. MLB announced