3:14 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have set loose parameters for an Antonio Brown trade. The team would prefer to send Brown to an NFC team for competitive reasons, a source told ESPN. The New England Patriots and AFC North rivals are considered no-trade zones, but the Steelers would rather see Brown affect wins
4:10 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball will implement a 20-second pitch clock for spring training games, and sources told ESPN that adding it for this regular season is a real possibility. MLB announced the parameters
3:00 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Washington Capitals landed perhaps the best rental defenseman on the market in Nick Jensen, but Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland looks good after this one too, landing a young blueliner in return as well as a second-round pick in 2020. The deal: Capitals get: D Nick Jensen, 2019
2:20 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Columbus Blue Jackets made the biggest trade of deadline season to date, adding Matt Duchene for their playoff push. And Jarmo Kekalainen did it without giving up top prospect Emil Bemstrom in return to the Ottawa Senators. We grade both general managers on the swap. The deal: Blue Jackets
1:44 PM ET Columbus has traded for Ottawa Senators center Matt Duchene, the Blue Jackets announced Friday. Duchene is set to make his Blue Jackets debut against his old team, as Columbus plays at Ottawa on Friday night. Minor league defenseman Julius Bergman is also heading to the Blue Jackets, while the Senators will receive
2:12 PM ET Associated Press CHONBURI, Thailand — South Korean golfer Jenny Shin snatched the lead at the LPGA Thailand with a birdie on the last hole of the second round at Siam Country Club Pattaya Friday. Shin bogeyed the sixth hole but sunk five birdies in the rest of the round, including the par-5
2:19 PM ET PEORIA, Ariz. — After realizing the San Diego Padres were making no progress in the trade market for a third baseman, general manager AJ Preller pivoted to the free agent market. Waiting for him there was one of the premier talents in the game, and the pursuit for Manny Machado began. Manny
1:38 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Unseeded Belinda Bencic stopped Elina Svitolina‘s bid for a third consecutive title at the Dubai Championships by beating her 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) in the semifinals Friday. The 45th-ranked Bencic won her third match in a row against a top-10 opponent and will face yet
2:39 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Rickie Fowler was a victim of golf’s new rules on Friday when he failed to take a proper drop from knee height during the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship. On his first hole of the day, the par-4 10th at Club de Golf Chapultepec, Fowler shanked his second
1:37 AM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns has entered concussion protocol and did not play in Friday night’s 115-104 win over the host New York Knicks after being involved in a car crash in the Minneapolis area Thursday. The Star Tribune reports that Towns was headed to the airport when he