10:20 PM ET Catcher Stephen Vogt completed his long road back to the major leagues Wednesday after the San Francisco Giants selected his contract from Triple-A Sacramento. The 34-year-old is available off the bench Wednesday night as the Giants host the Los Angeles Dodgers. Working to bounce back from shoulder surgery that cut his 2018
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10:16 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Pac-12 has no plans to change its football scheduling policies and philosophies, including playing nine conference games, to enhance the league’s chances to place a team in the four-team playoff. Commissioner Larry Scott said Wednesday conference coaches and administrators discussed during meetings this week whether there
9:10 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani is now, precisely, seven months removed from Tommy John surgery. He has taken 31 at-bats in simulated-game environments. His timing, he said, is on point. His body “feels great.” And yet Ohtani remains on the injured list and in recovery. The Los Angeles Angels, predictably cautious with
11:15 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber has a nondisplaced fracture of his right ulna after he was hit on the arm by a line drive off the bat of Miami Marlins outfielder Brian Anderson on Wednesday, the team said. The Indians initially said Kluber had a right forearm
8:55 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow. Manager Dave Roberts says Pollock will undergo the operation on Thursday. Roberts had no timeline on how long Pollock will be sidelined but acknowledged “it’s going to
9:01 PM ET New York Giants sixth-round pick Corey Ballentine is not expected to attend rookie minicamp this weekend after being shot in the glutes early Sunday morning. The Washburn cornerback was the 160th pick in the 2019 NFL draft the previous day. Ballentine’s teammate Dwane Simmons was killed in the shooting. His funeral is
Steve Nicol gives his thoughts on Liverpool losing the Premier League title this season after a title race for the ages against Manchester City. Our midweek treble is still alive ahead of Chelsea’s European date with Eintracht Frankfurt but we took a hit in the Champions League as Liverpool somehow failed to score against Barcelona
8:38 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Marco Trungelliti has received support from the Tennis Integrity Unit more than two weeks after he complained that he’d been “used” and felt abandoned after acting as a witness in the prosecution of three fellow Argentinian players who subsequently received bans for gambling-related activities. In a statement Wednesday,
8:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer wouldn’t rule out star captain Joe Pavelski returning to his lineup during their series against the Colorado Avalanche. Pavelski has missed the first three games of the series, which San Jose leads 2-1, following a gruesome injury he suffered when he head slammed to
11:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At first pitch Wednesday afternoon between the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays, about 500 fans dotted the stands at Kauffman Stadium. It was a weekday