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Major League Baseball has yet to commit to a pitch clock during the regular season, but they’re going to test it in spring training ahead of possible implementation. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Sunday that the pitch clock will be used …
The Los Angeles Angels aren’t expecting Shohei Ohtani to return to action until May, but that’s not stopping him from targeting a much quicker return to action. Ohtani, coming off Tommy John surgery and expected to play exclusively as a …
There appears to be some movement in the Bryce Harper sweepstakes. Multiple reports indicate that the Philadelphia Phillies appear to have taken the lead in the pursuit of Harper. According to Andy Martino of SNY, rival clubs are beginning to act as …
The state of MLB free agency is such that there has been increasing talk of a potential strike when the CBA comes up for negotiation, but one player seems relaxed about the whole thing. Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto already knows what …
By any measure, J.D. Martinez had a remarkable 2018 season. The Boston Red Sox DH hit .330 with 43 home runs and a league-best 130 RBIs, but those numbers were only good enough for a fourth-place finish in the race for American League MVP. It turns …
Have the Toronto Blue Jays made any effort to keep pitcher Marcus Stroman long-term? One side says yes, the other says no. On Sunday morning, Stroman publicly vented that he’d been offered “nothing” by the Blue Jays despite his …
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal is an All-Star from a non-contending team, and he wants to change that. How? By tampering, according to Fred Katz of The Athletic. Beal intends to use his status to try to bring some of the star players around …
Former Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie reportedly has a new job. According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, McKenzie is joining the Miami Dolphins’ front office as a senior personnel executive. Former raiders GM Reggie …
Anthony Davis has refused to rule out any team publicly, but at least for the moment, the list of teams he’d currently consider committing to long-term remains at four, and the Boston Celtics aren’t one of them. Davis raised some eyebrows …
Pablo Sandoval wants to do a little bit of everything for the San Francisco Giants. Sandoval served as a pitcher in one April appearance for the Giants last season in a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manager Bruce Bochy said Saturday that …
Free agent wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was involved in a rollover accident in downtown Denver early Saturday morning. According to Denver police, Thomas was the driver of a vehicle when he lost control and rolled into a grassy median at around …
For many, Tim Tebow will always be best known as a football player. Perhaps that’s somewhat true in his own head as well. Tebow had a media availability Saturday and was discussing his work in the outfield — or, as he put it, his lack of …
Antonio Brown wants to leave the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he appears willing to go scorched earth on his way out. Brown blasted quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Twitter Saturday when asked by a fan about the source of conflict between the two. Brown …
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant was once again presented with Kristaps Porzingis questions on Saturday, and he wasn’t happy about it. Meeting with the media at All-Star weekend, Durant again dodged questions about what other teams …
Carlos Correa was plagued by back issues for a significant portion of 2018, and he’s taking steps to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. The Houston Astros shortstop said Saturday he’s begun to do a lot more physically to try to …
Much has been made of Anthony Davis’s supposed list of preferred trade destinations, but Davis himself says there is no list. Davis told NBATV on Saturday that the only thing that mattered to him in a trade was going somewhere he could win. …
