9:20 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — The Raiders are closing in on an agreement that would have them play the 2019 season at the Oakland Coliseum, with a team option for 2020 as insurance, should the team’s Las Vegas stadium not be ready. The Coliseum Authority would first have to sign off on the lease
6:17 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — The Raiders are making progress toward completing a lease to keep the team at the Oakland Coliseum for at least one more season. Coliseum Authority director Scott McKibben said Monday that the two sides are having “good, constructive talks” for finalizing a new lease for 2019 with
7:00 PM ET Dallas Stars forward Mats Zuccarello will have surgery Tuesday to repair the arm he broke while blocking a shot in his Stars debut Sunday. “It’s a surgery to put a plate in place. It just helps it to heal faster. It’s nothing major,” general manager Jim Nill told the team’s website. “It
6:48 PM ET Leading up to Monday’s trade deadline, Eric Staal‘s name was thrown around as a possible trade chip, but he ended up getting a new deal from the Minnesota Wild. According to reports, he has agreed to terms on a two-year extension with an average annual value of $3.25 million. He would have
6:03 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Think of a baseball topic making news these days and there’s a good chance Chicago Cubs lefty Jon Lester is against it. As one of the old school players left in the game, he frowns upon the idea of openers, the designated hitter and, of course, a pitch clock.
5:55 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, who was scheduled to face Kelvin Gastelum two weeks ago but was pulled from the title defense on fight day and rushed to a hospital in Melbourne, Australia, said Monday that upon being examined he was told, “You need emergency surgery or you’re gonna die.” Whittaker, 28,
5:27 PM ET Featherweights Bryan De Gracia and Eduardo Ramirez will meet in world title elimination bout announced Monday that is a late addition to Saturday’s Brian Castano-Erislandy Lara card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. De Gracia-Ramirez will open the Showtime-televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET). The fight was added to the card when
5:19 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Revenge was at the forefront of Troy Tulowitzki‘s mind when he showed up at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Monday afternoon, and it took him very little time to exact it. Just two pitches into his first spring training game in two years, the New York Yankees shortstop deposited
4:57 PM ET Corey Crawford, who has been out since the middle of December after suffering his second concussion in two years, was activated by the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. The team sent goalie Collin Delia to Rockford of the AHL in a corresponding move. In a Dec. 16 game against the Sharks, Hawks forward
4:18 PM ET George Dobell in Grenada West Indies can cause a shock – and perhaps even win – the World Cup, according to the England and West Indies coaches. While West Indies’ recent record is not promising – they have not won a bilateral ODI series since 2014, have won only two of their