1:15 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The camps have opened. Left-handers and right-handers are building their pitch counts. New gloves are being oiled, bent and broken in. Some players are learning new positions. Hitters have worked offseason swing changes into their first rounds of spring batting practice. Opening Day is 39 days away, meaning
6:40 PM GMT The one person South African coach Mark Boucher is sure of ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup did not even play in the series against England, which ended on Sunday. South Africa lost 1-2 and head straight into another rubber against Australia on Friday, where they could sport a very different
1:48 PM ET Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt married Chicago Red Stars midfielder Kealia Ohai in the Bahamas on Saturday. On Sunday morning, he posted several photos and tweeted, “Best day of my life. Without question.” Best day of my life.Without question.❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/hEfQ1N4Bl9 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 16, 2020 pic.twitter.com/xDICcQZau2 — JJ Watt
12:48 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs star Javier Baez promised a better pregame work ethic for himself and his teammates after the club missed the playoffs last season and then switched managers. He often believed they simply weren’t ready for the first pitch last year. “It wasn’t something bad, but we have a
10:18 AM ET Former Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Tony Fernandez has died of complications from kidney disease. He was 57. The Blue Jays announced his death Sunday morning, saying in a statement that Fernandez was “one of our club’s most celebrated and respected players.” The National Baseball Hall of Fame tweeted that Hernandez died Saturday.
8:32 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It is race day at Daytona! Perhaps you are a hard-core NASCAR fan who watches every race from Valentine’s Day to Thanksgiving. But chances are higher that your Daytona 500 viewing habits are much more of a Kentucky Derby/Olympics figure skating kind of approach. You watch because it’s
8:08 AM ET Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended his punishment of the Houston Astros for their sign stealing in 2017 and said Major League Baseball will institute new rules to police the use of technology before the 2020 season. In a wide-ranging interview with ESPN’s Karl Ravech, Manfred explained why he didn’t punish any Astros
8:06 AM ET Fifth seed Magda Linette ended Swiss qualifier Leonie Kung‘s dream run with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the Thailand Open final on Sunday. Linette, a semifinalist in Thailand last year, had dropped just one set heading into the final and she produced another dominant display in Hua Hin to win her second
7:28 AM GMT As Australian rugby keeps its fingers crossed for an improved broadcast deal, this was not the weekend Rugby Australia administrators were after. The Brumbies and Reds were both in positions to win their respective matches over the Highlanders and Reds, only for a lack of discipline — perhaps some dubious refereeing in
6:05 AM GMT The Stormers shot to the top of the South African conference with a breakthrough win on the Highveld as Australian teams plumbed alarming depths in the third round of Super Rugby. A last-gasp try to centre Ruhan Nel secured victory in a 33-30 thriller over the Lions in Johannesburg and ensured the