12:30 PM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft Baseball has no offseason, as the annual First Pitch Arizona conference, presented annually by Baseball HQ around the beginning of November, attests. “FPAZ”, centered around the prospect-laden Arizona Fall League, gives us not only a good look at some of the upcoming season’s rookie candidates, but also an opportunity
12:02 PM ET After a long rehab from offseason surgery, Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy will make his season debut Thursday against the Calgary Flames. McAvoy, the Bruins’ top-pairing blueliner, underwent a complex left shoulder arthroscopic stabilization procedure on June 3 and was expected to miss at least six months. Boston coach Jim Montgomery, however,
11:33 AM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Two years after it first invested in women’s golf, Golf Saudi is raising the prize money of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International from $1 million to $5 million, making it equal to the men’s prize fund and the seventh-highest in all of women’s
11:53 AM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — The Pelican Women’s Championship will be 54 holes because of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Nicole and will not start until Friday at the earliest, the LPGA Tour says. The one development from washing out the opening round: Hye-Jin Choi decided to withdraw, meaning Atthaya Thitikul has
11:57 AM ET Outrage can be a useful tool. It can clarify, it can focus, it can raise awareness and it can spur to action. It’s less useful when it does a better job at making the outraged feel good about themselves than it does addressing whatever it is that outraged them in the first
12:02 PM ET Nebraska starting quarterback Casey Thompson will be out Saturday at No. 3 Michigan because of an injury to his throwing arm. Cornhuskers interim coach Mickey Joseph confirmed Thursday that Thompson will miss his second straight game. He suffered the injury, which affects his ability to grip the ball, in the second quarter
11:22 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Blue Jays exercised a $3 million option on reliever Anthony Bass on Thursday rather than pay a $1 million buyout. The 35-year-old right-hander signed a deal last winter with Miami that included a $1 million salary for 2022 plus the option. Bass went 4-3 with a 1.54
10:17 AM ET The MLBPA announced that Justin Verlander, Mychal Givens, Tommy Pham and Jordan Lyles resolved option decisions in their contracts and are now free agents. Verlander opted out of the last year of his deal with the Houston Astros, which was due to pay him $25 million in 2023. The 39-year-old righty had
7:50 AM ET To look forward, Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar have to look back. That’s when they start rattling off the names of the people who guided them when they first broke into the NHL. Rob Blake is one of them. So is Dustin Brown. Matt Greene is another, as are Dean Lombardi, Mattias
7:00 AM ET Jack Eichel‘s latest return to Buffalo is about more than just Jack Eichel. The Sabres‘ former captain is a headline. What’s happening in Buffalo this season goes beyond the surface. When the league-leading Vegas Golden Knights drop in to duel on Thursday, it will be the second time Eichel has faced his