5:44 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Even Zack Britton gets confused about the proper spelling of his first name. Known throughout his baseball career as Zach, the 31-year-old New York Yankees reliever said last week that going forward his name should be spelled Zack. “I was born with a ‘ch,’ sorry, excuse me,
5:33 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Garth Brooks has come out of baseball retirement. The country music legend will spend just over a week participating in spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates, reporting Monday with the pitchers and catchers. The 57-year-old has previously been in the camps of the San Diego Padres (1999),
4:47 PM ET Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards received a response from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to the governor’s letter expressing profound disappointment with the outcome of the NFC Championship Game, with a missed call that might have cost the New Orleans Saints a trip to the Super Bowl. Roger Goodell said the league will
shares Joe Denly adds to his runs tally © Associated Press Lunch England 277 and 108 for 2 (Denly 45*, Root 18*) lead West Indies 154 (Campbell 41, Wood 5-41, Moeen 4-36) by 231 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Joe Denly is closing in on a half-century to help push England’s lead to 231
7:00 AM ET It has been an odd game of musical chairs this winter for those donning the tools of ignorance. That might be a reflection on changes in how catchers are evaluated, or it might simply be a lack of supply. Whatever it is, there will be a lot of new faces in new
4:37 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Oakland Athletics added depth at catcher on Monday, agreeing to a minor league contract with Nick Hundley. If added to the 40-man roster, the 35-year-old would get a one-year contract paying a $1.25 million salary while in the major leagues. He was catching during Oakland’s opening
6:17 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Amid an NBA probe into possible tampering, Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand tells ESPN that his star guard Ben Simmons has no intention of working out with Lakers president Magic Johnson and simply wanted the Sixers to help him facilitate “chatting with some of the game’s all-time greats.” “No
4:39 PM ET The son of Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with being drunk in public. According to the police report, Jack Gruden was arrested at 2:15 Sunday morning after a series of confrontations in a popular restaurant and bar district in Ashburn, Virginia, about five minutes
3:14 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN CHICAGO – Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry has been fined $25,000 for his comments regarding Pelicans’ Anthony Davis, a source with knowledge told ESPN. Davis, who requested to be traded from the Pelicans, listed Milwaukee as a preferred landing spot on his revised list of teams he would like to
3:06 PM ET All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is listed as out for Tuesday’s game against the 76ers in Philadelphia with a strained right knee, the Celtics announced. Irving suffered the injury with about five minutes left in the second quarter of Saturday night’s game against the Clippers. The Clippers outscored the Celtics 75-44 after Irving