Halep sees off Wang, will face Pliskova in Miami semis
Simona Halep overcame a hiccup in the second set to secure a 6-4 7-5 Miami Open quarter-final victory over China’s Wang Qiang on Wednesday, putting the Romanian one win away from reclaiming the world’s top ranking from Naomi Osaka.
NFL notebook: Romo may be $10 million man for CBS
Tony Romo could become the first football analyst to earn $10 million per year. Sources told the Sporting News that Romo’s team is seeking a contract of “eight figures” to stay as the No. 1 football analyst at CBS. He is under contract to the network t…
College football notebook: Hurts not in awe of Oklahoma QB tradition
Jalen Hurts has gone from winning a national championship at Alabama to following in the footsteps of back-to-back Heisman winners Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray at Oklahoma.
A’s get DH Morales from Jays for minor-leaguer
The Oakland Athletics acquired infielder Kendrys Morales and cash from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for minor league infielder Jesus Lopez and international-slot money.
Romo seeking $10 million a year from CBS
Tony Romo could become the first football analyst to earn $10 million per year.
Red Sox name starters, decline to set closer for opener
The Boston Red Sox gave out all the information needed on who will start the season opener Thursday at Seattle, but they would not commit to somebody that would potentially end it.
College basketball notebook: Alabama hires Oats
Alabama has hired Nate Oats as the university’s new coach, the school announced Wednesday.
Tiger, McIlroy winners of their opening rounds at WGC-Match Play
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were among the winners in the opening round of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on Wednesday with both former world number ones taking the chance to fine tune their games ahead of the upcoming Masters.
Washington sports investor Leonsis eyes esports as distribution opportunity
Ted Leonsis, who owns several Washington, D.C.-area professional sports teams and co-founded the esports company aXiomatic, said on Wednesday that he has invested in esports ventures partly in hopes of using their platforms as global distribution chann…
Tiger survives rash of upsets at WGC-Match Play
Tiger Woods took advantage of the uneven play by the youngest competitor in the field to win his opening match Wednesday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas.
