Jeff PassanESPN11:55 AM ET4 minute read How MLB rule changes will affect the 2023 season Jeff Passan explains how MLB games will be different in 2023 with rules that will change the pace of play and the length of games. Major League Baseball is making slight changes to its new pitch clock rules, but won’t … Read more
Ramona ShelburneESPN Senior Writer11:07 AM ET3 minute read After missing nearly four months with a Grade 3 calf injury, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns plans to return for Wednesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, he said. told ESPN. Towns will do a final check before the game, but said he expects to play for the … Read more
Imagine if your local forecaster predicted a blizzard for what would become a beach day with 80 degree blue skies and low humidity. An appropriate punishment would be a splash in the nearest ice bath. Maybe I should get my glasses. In June, when the Bruins fired then-head coach Bruce Cassidy, my analysis was that … Read more
Last week, Manchester United opened their doors to potential buyers to sound out senior figures in the club’s hierarchy. It was the most significant public development since the Glazers announced the club was up for sale in November. The boots on the pitch have added a touch of seriousness to the negotiations and the parties … Read more
MIAMI – The script, everyone kept talking about the script. Over the past month and a half, Mike Trout has heard all about how this should play out. Him in the batting box. Shohei Ohtani on the mound. The perfect match for the World Baseball Classic. And, once USA and Japan reach the final, the … Read more
Comment this story Comment MIAMI — The big tragedy in Shohei Ohtani’s MLB career — and after seeing it in the World Baseball Classic final, the tragedy only seems like a minor exaggeration — is that he never had the chance to put a team on his shoulders in October. Because at the World Baseball … Read more
The Boston Celtics ended their six-game road trip on a high Tuesday night in Sacramento. After a brutal loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday, the C’s bounced back with an impressive performance against the Kings. They took a 19-point lead with a 40-point third quarter and this time they didn’t look back as they … Read more
After his team’s latest disaster, Buffalo Sabers coach Don Granato was part exasperated and downright defiant. “We’re going to get through this,” Granato said after Tuesday night’s 7-3 loss to the Nashville Predators at KeyBank Center. “We’ll get through this. There’s no doubt about it.” We will see. Hurry up. The playoffs are now a … Read more
NEW YORK — If Tuesday night was a first-round playoff preview, the Cavs would have plenty of reason to like their chances. In the first of two meetings between the Eastern Conference playoff hopefuls over the next few days, Cleveland edged Brooklyn, 115-109, on Tuesday night. It’s the Cavs’ fourth win in the last five … Read more
NHL By Andre Crane March 21, 2023 | 10:15 p.m. For two spells, Igor Shesterkin made a subdued Rangers performance look lasting. But with less than three minutes left in the third, there was Shesterkin, sprawled out on the ice, a group of Hurricanes surrounding him and celebrating after Brent Burns’ pass to an unmarked … Read more
