4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners outfielder Keon Broxton has been fined and suspended two games by Major League Baseball for throwing equipment that struck umpire Manny Gonzalez during Monday’s game. Broxton will appeal the penalty, which was announced Tuesday by Joe Torre, the chief baseball officer for Major League Baseball. After striking
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3:06 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez has not been ruled out for the postseason — if Cleveland can make it without him — despite a broken hand. Ramirez had surgery Monday in New York on the broken hamate bone in his right hand, an injury suffered during a hard
2:37 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino feels ready to start a minor league rehab assignment following his second simulated game. Severino, coming back from a lat muscle injury, said he felt good after throwing 35 pitches over two innings against minor leaguers on Tuesday. The 25-year-old also
7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — The run has been historic, though with an under-the-radar feel to it. Perhaps it’s because he has given up a few home runs in between the pinpoint command. Either way, the performance Chicago Cubs righty Yu Darvish is putting on right now should vault him near the top for
7:00 AM ET I get it: Hitting 20 home runs isn’t what it used to be. Thirty home runs in 2019 might barely elicit a yawn at season’s end, and even 40 home runs might register only a simple, “Well, that’s a nice season.” But, come on, 50 home runs is still 50 home runs,
1:31 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Original Tampa Bay Rays owner Vince Naimoli has died at 81. The team said Monday he died Sunday nearly five years after being diagnosed with an uncommon brain disorder. The Tampa businessman had been part of unsuccessful bids to purchase and relocate the Seattle Mariners and San
11:43 AM ET Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson has been activated from the injured list after missing over a month with a foot injury. The Braves announced the roster move before Monday afternoon’s game against the Rockies in Colorado. Atlanta optioned outfielder Adam Duvall to Triple-A Gwinnett to create a roster spot for Swanson. Swanson
9:08 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers slugger Christian Yelich, world No. 1 golfer Brooks Koepka and the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line are among the athletes featured in the final print edition of ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue. The magazine hits newsstands on Sept. 6, its final appearance in print after 21 years. ESPN announced in April
2:09 AM ET LOS ANGELES — They tried to downplay it, in the days leading up and the nights in between, but after it was over and the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers had completed a three-game series that was among the most anticipated of the season, there was an acknowledgement of heightened
11:41 PM ET Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has hired a firm headed by ex-Boston police commissioner Ed Davis to look into the details surrounding the June shooting of Ortiz in the Dominican Republic. Davis was hired a few weeks after Ortiz returned to Boston, Joe Baerlein, a spokesperson for Ortiz and principal owner