8:08 PM ET Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke was removed in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates with abdominal tightness. He is scheduled for an MRI on Friday, manager Torey Lovullo said after the game. Greinke was rolling before exiting the game. He allowed just four hits and no runs
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10:53 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bruce Willis was moonlighting for the Philadelphia Phillies. Willis, star of “The Sixth Sense” and “The Fifth Element,” threw the first pitch in his No. 19 Phillies jersey before Philadelphia played the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. Willis wasn’t within striking distance of the plate — he one-hopped
6:55 AM ET The history of baseball is so remarkably well chronicled in both statistical and narrative forms that there are countless good stories through the eons that we’ve forgotten. They happen every day, even now, events notable enough that they might lead a highlight package or circulate in a viral clip on social media.
10:26 PM ET Kevin Lee has never been one to mince words in his UFC career. “The Motown Phenom,” however, wants to let his actions deliver his message ahead of his UFC Fight Night main event clash with Rafael dos Anjos on Saturday night. Lee, the former lightweight title challenger, will be moving up to
3:40 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholders Jose Ramirez and Maurice Hooker have both been itching to unify belts and now they just might get the opportunity against each other. Top Rank, which promotes Ramirez, and Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn, who co-promotes Hooker with Roc Nation Sports, are negotiating the potential fight, which is targeted
6:09 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will seek his record-setting eighth Preakness victory Saturday with 5-2 morning-line favorite Improbable, who will start from the No. 4 post in a field of 13 horses. For the first time since 1951, the Preakness will not include the four horses that
5:48 PM ET The New England Patriots have agreed to terms with free-agent linebacker Jamie Collins, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. This is a reunion for the Patriots and Collins, as the club had selected him in the second round of the 2013 draft. The agreement was first reported by the Boston Globe.
5:08 PM ET Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday that right wing Chris Wagner has returned to Boston for tests on his injured right arm and will not be available for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Miss a game from the 2019 Stanley
4:52 PM ET Associated Press FARMINGDALE, N.J. — John Daly hates having to use a cart in the PGA Championship and probably wouldn’t do it unless the major didn’t mean so much to him. Daly used the cart for nine practice holes Wednesday, arriving at the Bethpage Black clubhouse with an elastic bandage around his
7:59 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — It’s a couple of hours before tipoff at Oracle Arena and Damian Lillard is thinking about pizza. Sitting courtside ahead of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors, Lillard points across the court to a spot inside the mostly empty arena. Section 113, Row