Surging Lightning are leaning in
Say you're Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman. Your team is playing its best hockey of the season and trying to stay in the...
Bryce Harper says he’s over 2016; maybe it’s time to start listening
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Bryce Harper is over it.He’s over his monstrously disappointing 2016 season. He’s over the Wrigley Field walk-a-thon that may...
Time is running out for Red Sox’s Rusney Castillo
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It was Aug. 31, 2014, a typically stifling summer Saturday in Florida. Clay Buchholz had just finished off a 98-pitch,...
In a world without stats, who’d be baseball’s best player?
This started with a crush on Starling Marte.Marte is an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates and my favorite baseball player to watch. He's fast...
Miller time? Why there won’t be a bullpen revolution in the Bronx
TAMPA, Fla. -- They are both giants, built more like pass-rushing defensive ends than traditional baseball players. They are also the most dominant players...
Advice from Pujols, Cano pushing Yasiel Puig in right direction
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig closes his eyes and scrunches his face, guzzling shamrock-green juice from a clear plastic tumbler...
Baseball Hall of Fame to honor ‘The Simpsons’
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Baseball's Hall of Fame will honor "The Simpsons" on May 27 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show's "Homer at...
Fernando Valenzuela adds team owner to list of accomplishments
MEXICO CITY -- After a dramatic turn of events that led the previous owners of the Quintana Roo Tigres to pull the team from...
The secret to Andrew Benintendi’s swing? Crushing tennis balls with dad
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Andrew Benintendi stepped out of the batting cage, knocked the dirt from his cleats and began to head to the...
For Jake Peavy, baseball must take a back seat
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After 17 professional spring trainings, Jake Peavy's instincts point him toward the comfort of a baseball diamond. He should be arriving...
Fantasy hoops from A-Z: 26 stats for the stretch run
So here we are ... the All-Star break. The football season is long gone, and we are still more than a month away from...
OKC’s Kanter back at practice after surgery
Oklahoma City Thunder big man Enes Kanter was back at practice Wednesday, getting closer to returning to play after undergoing arm surgery in January.Kanter,...
Yao voted Chinese Basketball Association prez
BEIJING -- Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China's basketball development.The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously Thursday to appoint...
Big questions, lots of answers before NBA trade deadline
Only a week or so ago, most league executives anticipated a quiet deadline. So many teams were in desperate win-now mode, few would sell...
Clippers, Celtics keeping hope of Carmelo Anthony trade alive?
Jeff Hornacek said what you’d expect an NBA coach to say less than 48 hours before the league’s trade deadline: He doesn’t think the...
Sources: Mavs deal Bogut to 76ers for Noel
The Dallas Mavericks have traded center Andrew Bogut to the Philadelphia 76ers for forward Nerlens Noel, according to ESPN's Marc Stein and multiple reports.The...
Source: Nets acquire McDaniels from Rockets
NEW ORLEANS -- In a move to add salary-cap space, the Houston Rockets traded forward K.J. McDaniels to the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday afternoon...
Uni Watch: What have we learned about NBA uniform ads?
As you've probably heard, NBA uniforms will be undergoing lots of changes next season. Nike will be taking over from Adidas as the league's...
Sources: Suns gets Scott from Hawks for cash
The Phoenix Suns are acquiring forward Mike Scott from the Atlanta Hawks for cash, sources told ESPN's Brian Windhorst.Editor's PicksTrade grades: Who wins Hawks-Suns...
Lions could overhaul tight end; Martellus Bennett a potential fit?
The NFL combine is less than two weeks away, and days after that the free agency period will begin with the start of the...