Month: January 2019

7:42 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen has dropped 25 pounds since the end of last season, and on Thursday, he threw his first bullpen session since a heart procedure in November. The procedure, known as an ablation, was Jansen’s second heart operation in six years. It came after he
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7:15 PM ET SAN DIEGO — They shook hands and hugged on the first tee, smiles and fist bumps all around. Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed did their best to put any Ryder Cup animosity behind them, showing off for the cameras and saying all the right things afterward. Justin Rose maintained a three-shot advantage
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6:24 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — City of Light won the $9 million Pegasus World Cup dirt race at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, running away from Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Accelerate for an emphatic victory in the final race before retirement for both horses. City of Light and Accelerate were neck-and-neck on
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5:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for aggressively pursuing and directing an obscene gesture toward an official. NBA executive Kiki VanDeWeghe announced the punishment on Saturday. Gibson grew frustrated after he was called for a foul when Utah’s Joe Ingles drove
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5:34 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — Brianna Decker is getting paid after all. Decker, the U.S. women’s national team player, demonstrated the premier passing drill at the NHL All-Star skills event on Friday night. She appeared to record a time of 1:06 in the demo, which beat out the eight NHL player
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4:52 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The representative for Milwaukee Bucks center Thon Maker has told management that he’d prefer the franchise find a trade to a team that would provide a larger role for the former lottery pick, league sources told ESPN. As Maker’s playing time has diminished under new coach Mike Budenholzer in the
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox say they have a strong pitch for Manny Machado and Bryce Harper. Just don’t expect them to sign both star sluggers. With the offseason providing few answers for baseball’s superstar free agents, we shed some light on where things stand and where they’re headed.
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