8:04 PM ET Alabama starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is dealing with a sprained knee he suffered during last weekend’s win over Arkansas, but coach Nick Saban said Wednesday it has not caused him to miss any reps in practice. Tagovailoa, a Heisman Trophy front-runner, returned to Saturday’s game after suffering the injury and played briefly
8:09 PM ET ASHBURN, Virginia — Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman is back where he’s comfortable: dealing with critics. In the past week they’ve called him the team’s third-best corner and also someone focused on celebrity who has gone Hollywood. They watched him get benched for the start of the second half in Monday’s 43-19
7:28 PM ET Orlando Magic rookie center Mo Bamba said he sustained a bruised wrist against the Miami Heat on Monday but that an MRI showed no damage. He won’t play in Wednesday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. “We’re just trying to be as precautionary as possible,” Bamba told OrlandoMagic.com. Bamba was the sixth overall
7:08 PM ET Here’s one way it could have gone differently: Eduardo Nunez was playing 115 feet from home plate. The average third baseman this year, with two strikes on Gleyber Torres, played 117 feet deep. What if Eduardo Nunez was playing 117 feet from home plate? What if he’d been playing even 116 feet
7:11 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have moved up the start time of Saturday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings to 3 p.m. ET to avoid a conflict with the Red Sox playoff game. The hockey game had been a 7 p.m. start. Game 1 of the AL Championship Series between
6:37 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa says he is in pain: Every swing-and-miss hurts his aching back, and on the bad days, it can even be uncomfortable to walk. Correa often puts on a brave face but he told The Associated Press that he is hurting as the Astros
6:46 PM ET Reliever Brad Ziegler announced his retirement after 11 major league seasons on Wednesday, his 39th birthday. The right-hander, known for his submarine delivery, finished last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks after being traded by the Miami Marlins. He made his announcement via his Twitter account. “I’ve been living out the dream of
6:43 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Terry Francona’s emotions are still raw and real. The postseason pain hasn’t subsided just yet. Still feeling a “sting” after another successful season for the Indians ended in disappointment and well short of a World Series title, Francona tried to explain on Wednesday why his team looked so
12:00 AM ET This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! On a Monday morning in Tokyo’s chic Harajuku district, I meet three-time All-Star and three-time champion Draymond Green outside a bustling train station and begin a stroll down the busy, bizarre and impossibly pink Takeshita Street, a shopping haven for
5:48 PM ET HOUSTON — Before the Houston Texans‘ game on Sunday night, defensive end J.J. Watt had the chance to watch his younger brother T.J., an outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, deliver another impressive three-sack performance. J.J. also knew that with those three sacks, T.J. had taken the lead in the family with