Legspinner Alana King has been awarded her first Cricket Australia contract after being an integral part of the ODI World Cup triumph with left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux dropping off the list after an injury-hit season. King made her international debut at the beginning of the multi-format Ashes having come in as a replacement for the
Month: April 2022
7:58 PM ET Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall has been suspended for violation of team rules, coach Nick Saban told reporters on Wednesday. “Whether they’re academic or whatever, it doesn’t matter,” Saban said. “Everyone has a responsibility and obligation to respect the principles and values and do what they need to do. They’re all there
3:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season. Only 27% of Americans say they
6:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and NBC agreed to a new Sunday morning package of broadcast streams that will start at 11:30 a.m. and noon ET. The deal requires that all other big league games on those days to be scheduled to start no earlier than 1:30 p.m. The
6:35 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — With Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer unavailable for opening day, second-year right-hander Tylor Megill was given the Game 1 starting assignment for the New York Mets against the Washington Nationals. New Mets manager Buck Showalter announced Megill’s role for Thursday during New York’s workout
5:21 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers worked quickly to replace suspended backup catcher Pedro Severino, acquiring Victor Caratini and cash in a trade with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. San Diego gets outfielder Korry Howell and catcher Brett Sullivan in the deal. The switch-hitting Caratini, 28, played a career-high 116 games for the Padres
12:50 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley said three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson pulled out of this year’s tournament and was eligible to compete if he wanted to. Mickelson notified Ridley, via text message, in late February or early March that he wouldn’t be playing in this week’s Masters.
5:21 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — As tradition dictates, there is now very bad news to report about Canadian golfers Mike Weir and Mackenzie Hughes. Neither will win the Masters. That is, if you believe the superstition — or at least, believe in the historical correlation. No player has won the Par 3
5:20 PM ET BATON ROUGE — LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. said he felt like he showed NFL teams that “nothing has changed over these past couple years” and “I’m still me, everything’s gonna be good” after an impressive pro day workout Wednesday. Stingley, a potential top-10 NFL draft pick who underwent surgery to repair
3:58 PM ET Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Rochester Americans forward Ben Holmstrom has been suspended eight games for using anti-gay language, the American Hockey League announced Wednesday. Holmstrom, signed to a professional tryout in February, was assessed a game misconduct for using offensive language at the end of the first period of a home