12:40 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print ROME — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal‘s opening matches at the Italian Open are being delayed by rain. Federer is slated to meet Joao Sousa while eight-time Rome champion Nadal is scheduled to play Jeremy Chardy. Also, top-ranked Naomi Osaka was to play
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — With free agent Sergei Bobrovsky expected to depart, the Blue Jackets have locked in goaltender Elvis Merzlikins for next season. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen said Wednesday that the Blue Jackets signed the 25-year-old Latvian to a one-year contract for 2019-20. Merzlikins is expected to compete for the
11:57 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The NBA has picked 11 players from the G League Elite Camp to stay for the NBA draft combine that starts Thursday. UCF‘s Tacko Fall, Florida State‘s Terance Mann, Miami‘s Dewan Hernandez, Syracuse‘s Oshae Brissett, Nevada‘s Cody Martin, Tulsa‘s DaQuan Jeffries, Auburn‘s Jared Harper, Iowa‘s Tyler Cook, Iowa
12:00 PM ET In a stunning move, the New York Jets fired general manager Mike Maccagnan and vice president of personnel Brian Heimerdinger on Wednesday. Coach Adam Gase will be the interim general manager while an immediate search begins for a replacement, CEO Christopher Johnson said in a statement. “Mike helped to execute the strategic
11:55 AM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano is set to make his 2019 debut after missing the first quarter of the season when he was injured celebrating a winter league title, while the team put breakout catcher Mitch Garver on the injured list following Tuesday’s collision with Shohei Ohtani. The
11:14 AM ET Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist remains on a personal leave of absence from the team, and court documents filed in Chicago indicate he is getting divorced. According to the documents, his wife, Julianna, is listed as the plaintiff. Julianna Zobrist is a professional singer who has performed the national anthem for teams that
11:16 AM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — A 13th horse has been added to the Preakness field three days before the race. Everfast, trained by Dale Romans, was a last-minute entry to the second jewel of the Triple Crown on Wednesday, hours before post positions were drawn. A Maryland Jockey Club spokesman confirmed the addition
10:38 AM BST South African Super Rugby side the Bulls have confirmed the departure of Springboks flyhalf Handre Pollard for French Top 14 side Montpellier, but will welcome back the experienced Morne Steyn for the 2020 season. Pollard has long been linked to the Top 14 and will join several other Boks in the south
1:35 PM ET Wait a second, Alex Bowman is perhaps the hottest driver in the NASCAR Cup series. There’s a completely intended pun there. In each of the past three weeks, Bowman has finished as runner-up — behind Chase Elliott at Talladega, Martin Truex Jr. at Dover and Brad Keselowski at Kansas. That’s behind two
11:58 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball hopes to refresh its ball- and player-tracking technology with a new optical-based system that could add even more statistical bells and whistles to the game — but won’t necessarily