Rockies right-hander has cancer setback
“It’s unfortunate. It (stinks), honestly,” said Bettis, whose wife, Kristina, is expecting a girl.
Authorities in Port St. Lucie, Fla., said a Colorado woman claiming to be in a relationship with Tim Tebow was charged with trespassing after going to the team’s facility twice last month and looking for the former NFL quarterback.
A police report said Michelle Marie Thompson, 36, was arrested at First Data Field on Feb. 28, two days after being issued a trespass warning. Mets staffers reported Thompson to the police Feb. 26, saying she had been hanging around all day and asking about Tebow.
Reliever T.J. House was taken off the field in an ambulance in Lakeland, Fla., after being hit on the head by a line drive in the ninth inning against Detroit.
House was bloodied, but the team said test results were normal, though House would remain hospitalized overnight for observation.
The pitcher was hit on the back of the head by a ball off the bat of John Hicks.
Mets: Blue Jays:
The game was called with Toronto ahead 6-2.
NL MVP Kris Bryant agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.05 million in the majors, a record for an unsigned player under club control with less than two years of major league service.
Manager Bob Melvin left spring training to tend to a personal matter, and bench coach Mark Kotsay is taking over during Melvin’s absence.
Slugger Albert Pujols played in his first game since foot surgery, going 0 for 2 with a walk as designated hitter against San Diego.
Cubs: Athletics: Angels: United States 3, Colombia 2 (10 innings):
Adam Jones hit the winning RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning in Miami as the United States overcame a two-run deficit in its opener.
Cuba 4, Australia 3:
Alfredo Despaigne hit a grand slam in Tokyo as Cuba reached the second round.
Seiji Kobayashi and Sho Nakata hit two-run homers as Japan finished pool play 3-0.
Japan 7, China 1:
Andrew Wiggins scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and hit the goahead free throws with 12.8 seconds left for Minnesota as Golden State fell to 2-4 without injured Kevin Durant.
Kemba Walker scored 23 to lead Charlotte to its third win in four games, while Marvin Williams added a career-high 18 rebounds.
Houston dominated in the third quarter and got 19 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds from James Harden.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton each scored 21 in Milwaukee’s season-high fifth straight win. Dennis Schroder scored 26 for Atlanta, including 13 in the final period. Late Late Late
All-Star Kawhi Leonard will miss the showdown with Golden State today with a concussion. Leonard was injured in the second half of the loss Thursday night to Oklahoma City, which ended San Antonio’s nine-game winning streak.
The league fined Jared Dudley $35,000 for headbutting Washington’s Jason Smith on Tuesday night.
Ex-Sacramento mayor and NBA star Kevin Johnson is joining the agency Independent Sports and Entertainment, while agent Dan Fegan was ousted in a shake-up.