5:55 PM ET Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. — Fernando Tatis Jr. will continue to make his diving, spinning moves at shortstop rather than in center field, rookie San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler said Wednesday. Tingler said he has no plans to give the Padres’ most dynamic player even a few spring training reps in
5:46 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While his status with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers going into next season remains up in the air, quarterback Jameis Winston has taken steps to correct his nearsightedness, recently undergoing LASIK surgery. “He had LASIK. And he didn’t want to count out any options that he had that could possibly
5:38 PM ET Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is “doing very well” after suffering a cardiac episode on the bench during Tuesday night’s game against the Ducks, St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong said on Wednesday. Bouwmeester remained at the UC Irvine Medical Center on Wednesday and is undergoing a battery of tests to determine what happened,
5:28 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day has dismissed Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint from the football program after the two players were booked into jail early Wednesday on charges of rape and kidnapping. “I am not making any statement on the criminal charges, but it is clear they did not live up to
5:11 PM ET PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.– Rory McIlroy is No. 1 for the first time in more than four years, but he doesn’t view it as any grand achievement, especially since he took over the top spot from Brooks Koepka despite not playing last week. “I’ve already had that euphoric moment in 2012,” McIlroy said
9:04 AM ET For as long as six-year pro and super middleweight world titleholder Caleb Plant can remember, he dreamed of having a world title fight in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. “It’s something I have wanted, really, since I was a little kid,” said Plant, who grew up outside of Nashville in Ashland City,
6:50 AM ET The best moves at the NHL trade deadline are usually the ones teams don’t make. Sure, there’s always a chance a team finds that perfect, Butch Goring-sized puzzle piece to complete a championship picture. But more often than not, the NHL trade deadline is like impulse-buying a poorly constructed boat: filled with
4:54 PM ET Middleweight world titlist Gennadiy Golovkin’s mandatory defense against Kamil Szeremeta remains unsettled and likely will move into at least April, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Wednesday. Initially, the plan was for Golovkin to defend against Szeremeta on Feb. 29, probably at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, but that was backed
4:43 PM ET UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn was in a single-vehicle crash last week and is currently under investigation for possible DUI, a Hawaii Police Department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. There are currently no charges against Penn, 41. Police responded to calls of a black truck speeding, losing control and flipping into
4:52 PM ET Montreal Canadiens star defenseman Shea Weber is expected to miss four to six weeks because of a sprained left ankle. The Canadiens announced the injury Wednesday after Weber was evaluated earlier in the day by renowned specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Weber suffered the injury Feb. 4 against the