6:50 PM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate Cleveland Indians pitcher Zach Plesac is on the injured list with a non-displaced fracture of his right thumb — a relatively normal thing for a pitcher to suffer in the course of his job. The thing is, according
7:23 PM ET Dallas Mavericks center/power forward Kristaps Porzingis has been fined $50,000 for violating the rule prohibiting players from going into bars, clubs, lounges or similar establishments, the league office announced Tuesday. Porzingis violated the rule when he attended a club on Sunday but will not miss any games due to the infraction, according
7:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Julius Randle was voted the NBA’s Most Improved Player on Tuesday after leading the New York Knicks to the playoffs during his best season. Randle was a runaway winner after earning his first All-Star berth in his seventh NBA season, receiving 98 first-place votes from a panel
9:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and Brooklyn Nets forward Jeff Green both left with injuries Tuesday night in Game 2 of the first-round series between the two teams. Tatum exited the game with 8 minutes, 48 seconds to go in the third quarter when he was accidentally poked in the
4:00 AM ET Two quick conclusions can be drawn by the move of teenage striker Talles Magno from Vasco da Gama to New York City FC. One is that Major League Soccer is now a serious force in the market for young Brazilian talent. There has always been a strong South American flavour to MLS.
7:52 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Marlins third baseman Brian Anderson will be sidelined for at least several weeks with a partial shoulder dislocation and was put on the 10-day injured list Tuesday. Surgery is a possibility, general manager Kim Ng said. “The most important thing for us right now is to give it
7:17 PM ET Minute Maid Park in Houston opened at full capacity on Tuesday, just in time to welcome the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that seemingly hasn’t forgotten about how the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal might have cost them another title four years ago. “It’ll always be something weird there,”
8:02 PM ET New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard left his second rehab start in the minors after one inning as a precautionary measure due to soreness in his right elbow, the team announced. Pitching for Class A St. Lucie, Syndergaard was scheduled to pitch at least four innings as he returns from Tommy John
7:05 PM ET Add the latest entry to the book chronicling bizarre baseball injuries. Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Tuesday the team will place right-handed starter Zach Plesac to the injured list with a non-displaced fracture of his right thumb. The 26-year old suffered the injury while “rather aggressively ripping off his shirt” and catching
3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list with a bruised left forearm on Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Sunday. The outfielder, who is in an 0-for-16 slump, was held out of the Phillies’ lineup for the past two games. Manager Joe Girardi