8:40 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Throughout the dealmaking process and the promotion of their fight, it is obvious that heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury like and respect each other. They don’t even deny it. But despite their positive feelings for each other, they are just days away from trying
9:09 PM ET LAS VEGAS – When Jimmie Johnson tested a Formula 1 car Monday in Bahrain, everyone talked about how it made him confident he could drive an open-wheel car. Missing from the conversation: Johnson regained some much-needed confidence in his ability in a stock car. How so? After the first winless season of
shares © Getty Images “Australia are ‘not going to win s**t” by playing nice, according to former captain Michael Clarke. But an old adversary of Clarke has said that he is “missing the point”. Simon Katich, whose relationship with Clarke fell apart after an argument over singing the team song in 2009, said that
7:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Robert Van Scoyoc, the 32-year-old cutting-edge hitting instructor who helped turn J.D. Martinez into a superstar, was announced as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ new hitting coach on Wednesday. The Dodgers have hired four new coaches to work under manager Dave Roberts, who is currently under contract for only the
11:00 AM ET It’s fun to play the what-if game with Bryce Harper, imagining him dropped into the middle of a particular lineup. There are Braves fans who view this as more than fantasy, however, based on the response to a tweet posted the other day, after Atlanta signed Josh Donaldson. Possible Braves lineup:LF Acuna2B
5:45 PM ET Associated Press Greg McLaughlin is moving from president of the PGA Tour Champions to leading three noncompetitive operations at the PGA Tour, including oversight of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The appointment announced Wednesday gives McLaughlin a sprawling role previously held by three people. Tiger won’t win a major. Brooks Koepka
4:56 PM GMT Exeter Chiefs and England winger Jack Nowell has been ruled out for eight weeks after tearing his hamstring during the November internationals. Nowell, 25, picked up the injury in a training session with Eddie Jones’ national side before their 37-15 win over Australia last Saturday. He played a significant role in England’s
5:37 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — The joke among Jim Williams and his friends back home near Chicago was that the extent of his golf-bag-carrying experience barely covered hauling his own clubs from the truck of his car to the clubhouse. And so there he was on Wednesday morning, lugging that big tour bag with
3:53 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen said everything went “fantastic” with his heart surgery Monday and he plans to be back at Dodger Stadium next week to work on getting his heart rate up. “They found the problem, figured it out, put my heart back to normal,” Jansen told MLB Network on
3:00 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — First came a surprise birthday phone call while he was recovering in the hospital. Then an autographed jersey. Now Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick will honor George Amedeo by wearing cleats this week to honor the National Compassion Fund as part of the NFL’s “My Cause, My Cleats”