3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes West Indies won the toss and elected to bat v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Whether the teams like to admit it or not, eyes are already on the World Cup, where No.1 team England are favourites, while No.9-ranked West Indies have not won a bilateral one-day series in 11
6:42 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With a 28-29 record, the Lakers are three games out of the playoff picture with 25 regular-season games left. Even tougher: they have the fourth-toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, according to ESPN Stats & Information projections. So for LeBron James, it’s time to turn on the afterburners,
10:22 AM ET Position-by-position tiers: C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP My favorite metric when it comes to slotting relief pitchers is win probability added (WPA). According to FanGraphs.com, the top five relievers in that category last season were: Oakland’s Blake Treinen, Milwaukee’s Jeremy Jeffress, Seattle’s Edwin Diaz,
6:06 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward sprained his ankle during a workout Tuesday, coach Brad Stevens said, and is listed as questionable for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Stevens, speaking Wednesday on 98.5 The Sports Hub, said the injury was “not a long-term thing.” Stevens said the injury was to Hayward’s right
5:52 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward twisted his ankle during a workout Tuesday and is expected to be questionable for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, coach Brad Stevens said. Stevens, speaking Wednesday on 98.5 The Sports Hub, said the injury was “not a long-term thing.” Stevens said the injury was to Hayward’s
5:16 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Forced into a full season of downtime because of ankle and heel injuries, Troy Tulowitzki watched a lot of baseball last year, and there was one club that regularly caught his eye. “I saw a lot of this team,” Tulowitzki said of his current employer, the New York Yankees.
4:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas has been suspended two games by the NHL for high-sticking Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov on Tuesday night. The play occurred late in the third period of the Lightning’s 5-2 win. Gudas received a minor penalty on the play. He is
4:21 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Goran Dragic and Derrick Jones Jr. are on their way back to the Miami Heat rotation. Both practiced Wednesday and are available for Miami’s game at Philadelphia on Thursday. Dragic has played in only two of Miami’s last 41 games, and underwent surgery to clean out his right
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The trade deadline is less than a week away, but placement in the standings isn’t the ultimate deciding factor on if each team should go all-in. For this week’s power rankings, we identified which teams should buy, sell or stand pat before Monday’s deadline. How we rank: The ESPN hockey
4:14 PM ET The Detroit Tigers and veteran infielder Josh Harrison have agreed to a one-year deal, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Athletic was first to report the deal Wednesday. Harrison, a two-time All-Star, became a free agent when the Pittsburgh Pirates declined a $10.5 million option on his contract in November.