7:00 AM ET Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. With the college baseball season starting Friday, now’s the time to get to know the top college prospects (along with some of the top high
9:22 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Getting around Riviera Country Club unscathed is no small task, which is what made Matt Kuchar‘s day all the more remarkable. Kuchar drove to the edge of the 10th green and two-putted for birdie and kept right on rolling until he had a 7-under 64 on
8:51 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods has had his share of frustration at Riviera Country Club over the years. But Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Invitational offered a different kind of head-scratching for the tournament host. A strong start, excellent putting, seemingly plenty of opportunities, at least early — followed by an
8:02 PM ET The NFLPA is holding a series of membership-wide conference calls Thursday and Friday to update players around the league on the state of collective bargaining negotiations with the NFL, sources told ESPN. The sources said Thursday that there are eight calls scheduled — one for each NFL division — and call-in information
7:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods produced the kind of start that has been so often lacking in his rounds at Riviera Country Club over the years. He just couldn’t quite sustain it. After eagling his opening hole and making two more birdies over the first nine holes to shoot 31, Woods cooled
7:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN The California State Athletic Commission says it has determined the contents of a squeezable bottle in Jermell Charlo’s corner during his 11th-round knockout of Tony Harrison in December to be water and that no rules were broken. The CSAC, in a statement released to ESPN on Thursday, said it came
6:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels right-hander Justin Anderson will be sidelined for four to six weeks after injuring his oblique muscle while playing catch, manager Joe Maddon said Thursday. Anderson said he got hurt Tuesday. He only had a few throws left when he abruptly felt pain “like somebody stabbed me
6:18 PM ET The Boston Red Sox have agreed to a deal with free-agent outfielder Kevin Pillar, according to The Boston Globe. The newspaper reports it’s a one-year, $4 million deal that could become official as soon as this weekend if Pillar passes his physical. Pillar will provide Boston with some outfielder depth with Mookie
11:22 PM GMT Pakistan’s emergence from international purgatory is slowly but surely coming to fruition. In recent years the growth of the PSL, and the willingness of its overseas stars to put themselves forward for the knock-out stages in Karachi and Lahore, has helped to accelerate a process that culminated, late last year, in Sri
6:16 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Max Scherzer grunted and cursed his way to 56 pitches during his first formal bullpen session of spring training — about 20 more throws than other Washington Nationals starters Thursday, but “standard” for him, the righty said — and then was asked about … the