4:40 PM ET NEW YORK — Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will be out for “a couple more weeks” after suffering a Grade 1 hamstring strain during his rehab assignment. “He’s doing pretty well,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone. “He’s getting around well, but there’s something there.” Donaldson’s return appeared to be imminent before the
6:15 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper was in full Phillies uniform not long after a pregame workout where the two-time NL MVP hit pitching, dove head-first into first base and fielded grounders at first. His change into the home uni did not go unnoticed. “I got to do scoreboard stuff,” Harper said.
7:44 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Mark Kotsay is focusing on the Oakland Athletics‘ current season, not on the team’s long-term location. “I’m managing this team and I don’t have control of those decisions,” he said Friday, two days after the team said it purchased land in Las Vegas with the intention of
4:04 PM ET PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. met with his boss, San Diego Padres chairman Peter Seidler, about a week after drawing his steroid-related, industry-rattling suspension. It started off poorly — and Seidler interpreted that as a positive sign. “I could see in his body language how bad he felt,” Seidler told ESPN in
6:52 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell is expected to miss most, if not all, of the remainder of the regular season after an MRI showed damage to the labrum in his right shoulder. Mitchell suffered the injury while sliding into third base during the 10th inning of Milwaukee’s win in
1:36 PM ET Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron did not travel with the team and is expected to miss Games 3 and 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round matchup against the Florida Panthers this weekend. Coach Jim Montgomery said on Friday that his star center is “likely” to return in Game 5. Editor’s Picks 1
3:42 PM ET NEW YORK — Donovan Mitchell still remembers the noise. As a young fan sitting inside Madison Square Garden during a playoff game years ago, he was watching the New York Knicks, his hometown team, play on the game’s biggest stage. On Friday, before a pivotal Game 3 (the series is tied 1-1;
6:01 PM ET Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro underwent surgery to repair his right hand on Friday. The Heat said Herro will be sidelined a minimum of six weeks. Herro underwent a 90-minute procedure to fix the third and fourth metacarpal on his right hand. Editor’s Picks Herro sustained the injury in the second quarter
3:28 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo did not practice with the team Friday but did some individual work on the court, coach Mike Budenholzer said. The Bucks will continue to monitor the two-time MVP’s lower back contusion ahead of Game 3 on Saturday, said Budenholzer, who added Antetokounmpo is still
3:06 PM ET Victor Wembanyama, the projected No. 1 pick, officially declared for the 2023 NBA draft on Friday and has submitted paperwork to the league office, he said on ESPN’s “NBA Today.” “Declaring for the draft … it’s something crazy I’m not realizing yet,” Wembanyama told ESPN. “I realized pretty young I wanted to