There are big questions about how Jimmy Butler fits next to Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid in the Sixers’ struggling offense.
Rays left-hander Blake Snell was named the 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Wednesday night, topping Justin Verlander of the Astros and Corey Kluber of the Indians. The National League Cy Young Award is up next.
A day after Alex Cora finished second in the American League Manager of the Year Award race, the Red Sox gave their skipper the ultimate vote of confidence by redoing his contract to include a raise, an extra guaranteed year in 2021 and a club option that can keep him in Boston through ’22.
Houston’s problems go far beyond Melo, but the team that was “a hamstring away” from dethroning Golden State is starting to show flashes of turning its bizarre start around.
Celtics forward Marcus Morris won’t play Wednesday night against the Bulls due to illness.
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has moved the Chargers at Steelers game on Dec. 2 to prime time, replacing the 49ers at Seahawks matchup originally schedule for Sunday night.
Dontari Poe weighed in at 330 pounds on Wednesday, earning the Panthers defensive tackle a $125,000 incentive bonus, a league source told ESPN.
Dion Lewis called the Patriots cheap after the Titans beat New England, and Bill Belichick responded.
Tennessee Titans running back Dion Lewis doesn’t seem to have much regret, but he did blast his former team after the Titans beat the Patriots last week. He wasn’t happy that he wasn’t brought back to the Patriots. “That’s what happens when you go cheap,� Lewis said. From 2015-17 the Patriots helped Lewis reinvent himself.
Carmelo Anthony is finally facing the question that the general basketball-watching public has been asking for years now.
