6:22 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — Coming off a career playoff-low 12 points in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 94-89 Game 2 win against the Toronto Raptors, Joel Embiid vowed to be patient so long as the Raptors keep defending him the way they have been. “It’s all about doing whatever I’m asked to,” Embiid said Wednesday
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6:10 PM ET Tim Heaney In the early going, many fantasy baseball preseason aces have started slowly or scarily, thanks in significant part to the baseball’s rejuiced physics. Heavy investors in pitching should look away: Fantasy aces, or near aces, with a 4.00+ ERA (through 4/30) Pitcher K% BB% K%-BB% BABIP BARRELS/PA LOB% HR/9 ERA
6:01 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn — The Tennessee Titans will not pick up the fifth-round option for right tackle Jack Conklin, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Conklin is set to become a free agent
6:15 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the Parliament of Canada on Wednesday that it would be impossible to ban all hits to the head and maintain hockey as a physical game. Bettman said in testimony that larger players would inevitably land blows on smaller players’ heads in the
6:27 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves hired Houston Rockets executive Gersson Rosas as president of basketball operations on Wednesday, league sources told ESPN. Rosas, a native of Bogota, Colombia, will become the NBA’s first Latino top basketball executive. Rosas met with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor on Wednesday and a deal came together shortly
7:41 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN All season, the top four teams in the NBA’s Eastern Conference seemed to be on a high-stakes playoff collision course. Now those long-awaited postseason meetings have finally arrived, and after four total games in series between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks and between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers,
5:55 PM ET Associated Press BLUFFTON, S.C. — Alex Beach seized control with three straight birdies on the front nine and closed with a 3-under 69 to hold off Danny Balin to win the PGA Professional Championship on Wednesday. They were among 20 club pros who earned spots in the PGA Championship in two weeks
5:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Struggling reliever Jeurys Familia has been placed on the 10-day injured list by the New York Mets because of a sore right shoulder. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Familia informed the team his shoulder was bothering him Wednesday morning, one day after he coughed up a two-run
5:25 PM ET The Washington Redskins declined to pick up the fifth year option on receiver Josh Doctson, a source told ESPN. It was a long-expected decision, but they did not tell Doctson until Wednesday afternoon, two days before the deadline. The option would have cost them $10.3 million in 2020. That’s a steep price
5:12 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings declined to exercise the fifth-year option on wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, the team announced Wednesday. Treadwell, the 23rd overall pick in the 2016 draft, is set to become a free agent in March 2020. The receiver’s option would have cost the Vikings $10.162 million next season. The