12:13 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals signed veteran right-hander Homer Bailey to a minor deal Saturday that includes an invitation to big league spring training. While Minnesota has a crop of young players who aren’t far from breaking out, the White Sox seem to be top heavy and
9:00 AM GMT Mathieu Bastareaud is to start for France against England in the Six Nations on Sunday, one of six changes to Jacques Brunel’s side from their opening defeat to Wales last weekend. Bastareaud starts alongside Geoffrey Doumayrou in midfield while Gael Fickou is back in the side on the wing, with Yoann Huget
8:45 AM ET Keith LawESPN Senior Writer Close Senior baseball analyst for Insider Was special asst. to Blue Jays GM Wrote for Baseball Prospectus Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email We already ran down the top 100 prospects in baseball, so now it’s time go deeper by division. Today, it’s the National
8:33 AM ET THE HOUSTON ROCKETS hear the James Harden haters, the Twitter trolls and meme makers who’d rather nitpick the aesthetics of the reigning MVP’s game than appreciate his greatness. Some fans will focus solely on the fouls Harden draws, no matter how many buckets he gets. They’ll whine that he walks, no matter
8:00 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Sione Teuhema was so busy relocating someone else’s life that he missed the call potentially changing his. He and his co-worker, Jerry, had a job to complete as movers for Two Men and a Truck in Houston. Bills needed to be paid. Teuhema packed up the truck, then rode
6:46 AM ET Wade Ormsby will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Vic Open after holding his nerve in testing conditions in Barwon Heads to card a 2-under-par 70 in his third round on Saturday. The Australian recovered from an early double-bogey to move to 15 under for the tournament, two
6:46 AM ET Overnight leader Kim Kaufman maintained her two-stroke advantage heading into the final round of the LPGA’s Vic Open, despite carding a 3-over-par 75 in the third round in Victoria, Australia on Saturday. In difficult conditions in Barwon Heads, American Kaufman scored three birdies but dropped shots at five holes, including a double
shares Pat Cummins made a rare appearance for Sydney Thunder © Getty Images Sydney Thunder 6 for 166 (Ferguson 47) beat Hobart Hurricanes 4 for 166 (Bailey 53, Wade 45, McDermott 44*) by four wickets After the astonishing display by Brisbane Heat on Friday, it was always going to be an uphill struggle for
3:13 AM GMT Wallabies centre Reece Hodge is only an outside chance of playing in the Melbourne Rebels’ Super Rugby opener against the Brumbies next Friday night as he continues recovering from an ankle fracture. Hodge underwent surgery late last year after a mishap at Wallabies training in Japan ahead of their Spring tour and
Manchester United eased past a woeful Fulham side to move up to 4th in the Premier League. ESPN FC’s Paul Mariner recaps Man United’s dominant display against Fulham, in particularly that of the Frenchmen Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba. LONDON — For about 15 minutes, it looked like it would be a difficult afternoon for