The New York Yankees are one of the most iconic franchises in sports. There’s so much history behind the images the team puts forward; the “NY” logo, the white pinstripe home jerseys and the road grays with “New York” front and center.

But what if the team decided to introduce a new look to that mix? While the Yankees have pushed back against the idea in the past, players reportedly pitched the organization on wearing alternate uniforms for the first time in team history, according to The Athletic.

The players, who were not named in The Athletic’s story, reportedly pushed for the team to wear their navy batting practice jerseys during occasional road games. Those jerseys are placed in every player’s locker during road games, though reportedly have not been approved by Major League Baseball as a uniform that can be worn during games, per The Athletic. If the team wanted to move forward with the idea, the league would have to approve the new jerseys for in-game use.

Whether the players will get their wish depends on how team owner Hal Steinbrenner feels about the proposal. Steinbrenner has shown a willingness to makes changes in the past, abolishing the team’s strict anti-beard policy in 2025. The team has also had some very minor jersey alterations in recent years.

Yankees star Aaron Judge seemed open to the idea on Wednesday, and made a pretty good point when asked about it.

“I’m all about tradition,” he said, via MLB’s Bryan Hoch, “but we’ve got a [Starr Insurance] patch on our sleeves.”

A new in-game uniform, however, would be a drastic step for the Yankees. The team is one of the few to not have a “City Connect” uniform. The Athletics, stuck in the middle of a move to Las Vegas, are the other MLB club without a “City Connect” jersey.

Instead, the Yankees have stuck to tradition and continued to wear the pinstripes and the road grays. Other than “Players’ Weekend” jerseys, the team hasn’t worn any other uniform in games throughout their history.

That could change soon … depending on how Steinbrenner feels about the idea.

The San Antonio Spurs lost star Victor Wembanyama early on Tuesday night after he crashed down to the court and awkwardly smacked his head on the floor.

Early in the second quarter of the Spurs’ Game 2 matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers, Wembanyama went to make a move past Jrue Holiday in the middle of the lane. But as he spun around, Wembanyama collided with Holiday and lost his balance.

That sent Wembanyama crashing face-first down to the floor at the Frost Bank Center. His chin collided with the court hard, and he remained down, clearly shaken up for quite some time under the rim.

Eventually, Wembanyama stood up and jogged back to the locker room on his own. 

Wembanyama drew a foul as he collided with Holiday, but it was called on the floor. So he was allowed to substitute out of the game and remain eligible to return.

Wembanyama had five points and four rebounds at the time. The MVP candidate was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year via a unanimous vote on Monday, too, and received his trophy ahead of Tuesday’s contest in San Antonio.

The Spurs rolled to a 1-0 lead in the series on Sunday after Wembanyama dropped 35 points in what was his postseason debut.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

The San Antonio Spurs lost star Victor Wembanyama early on Tuesday night after he crashed down to the court and awkwardly smacked his head on the floor.

Early in the second quarter of the Spurs’ Game 2 matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers, Wembanyama went to make a move past Jrue Holiday in the middle of the lane. But as he spun around, Wembanyama collided with Holiday and lost his balance.

That sent Wembanyama crashing face-first down to the floor at the Frost Bank Center. His chin collided with the court hard, and he remained down, clearly shaken up for quite some time under the rim.

Eventually, Wembanyama stood up and jogged back to the locker room on his own. 

Wembanyama drew a foul as he collided with Holiday, but it was called on the floor. So he was allowed to substitute out of the game and remain eligible to return.

Wembanyama had five points and four rebounds at the time. The MVP candidate was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year via a unanimous vote on Monday, too, and received his trophy ahead of Tuesday’s contest in San Antonio.

The Spurs rolled to a 1-0 lead in the series on Sunday after Wembanyama dropped 35 points in what was his postseason debut.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

Fun fact: if you discount James McCann’s single inning of work, the Arizona bullpen now has an ERA of 3.81, better than the rotation’s figure of 4.03. Admittedly, I guess you could discount Ryne Nelson’s last start and reduce similarly – by an even larger amount, actually – the rotation ERA, getting it down to 3.40. We probably need to take the good with the bad. But Brandon Pfaadt’s outing certainly saved the bullpen after Nelson’s blow-up. It’s only the third time a D-backs reliever has thrown over six innings. One came in 2001, when Randy Johnson threw seven after Curt Schilling started, when a power outage in San Diego pushed the game to the next day. His 16 K’s is still the MLB record for reliever strikeouts, breaking a mark set in 1913.

However, the “legitimate” record is the 20 outs recorded by Vidal Nuño in 2015. Josh Collmenter got clobbered by the Nationals and left with one out in the second. Nuño took over and allowed two runs through the end of the eight. It was still an 11-1 loss, but again it helped save the bullpen. Vidal threw 105 pitches, eleven more than the Washington starter… Who was none other than Max Scherzer, the starter for Toronto in the game before Sunday’s blow-out. History not repeating itself, but certainly rhyming. In his six year career, Nuño had only a handful of starts where he threw more pitches. But in addition to RJ’s game (109 pitches), Braden Shipley threw more, tossing 108 in relief during a 2017 game in Minnesota.

Some health updates. You’ll note that Corbin Carroll is back, and should have no limitations, Torey Lovullo calling him “good to go.” Gabriel Moreno is eligible to come off the IL today, but it appears that won’t happen before the weekend series in Mexico City. He still needs to take full-blooded swings to confirm everything is good there. Finally, tidying up something from earlier in the week. Jack discovered that the unexpected return of Tommy Henry to the mound last week is because he did indeed only need the internal brace procedure, not full Tommy John, allowing for a quicker rehab. A.J. Puk had something similar, but it is his second operation. He said today he expects to go on a rehab assignment at the end of May.

After coughing up a three-run lead in a loss last night, the Mariners hope to even the series against the Athletics Tuesday night.

Luis Castillo gets the ball for the M’s, still in search of his first win of 2026 in his fifth start. With a 5.40 ERA this season, the results haven’t been on La Piedra’s side to this point, though his 3.30 FIP suggests some bad luck.

Last time out in San Diego, Castillo allowed quite a bit of hard contact for one earned run over 5.1 innings — though that line is a tad deceiving. He gave up four runs in total, all of which came during an ill-fated second inning in which he made an error on a throw to Josh Naylor at first that maybe should’ve been picked, making three of the runs unearned. All in all, no one is accusing the Mariners infield of putting on a defensive clinic lately, but Castillo didn’t exactly look sharp either. He’ll look to bounce back in the friendly confines of T-Mobile Park.

The Athletics will counter with Jacob Lopez (1-1, 6.38 ERA), who is also making his fifth start of the season. For more on the pitching matchup, you can check out the series preview written by Jake Mailhot.

In other news this afternoon, the Mariners designated RHP Casey Legumina for assignment in the aftermath of his losing decision last night. As a corresponding move, RHP Alex Hoppe was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and will join the Mariners bullpen. His first appearance will be his major league debut. John Trupin wrote about the roster move here.

Lineups

The Mariners are rolling out their righty platoon to face the lefty Lopez. Cal Raleigh will get a DH day while Mitch Garver is behind the dish. With Rob Refsnyder in the lineup batting leadoff, J.P. Crawford slots down to sixth.

Game Information

First Pitch: 6:40 p.m. PDT

TV: Mariners.TV, with Aaron Goldsmith, Ryon Healy and Ryan Rowland-Smith

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports, with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.

The Buffalo Sabres brought in the most popular athlete in the city to fire up the crowd before Game 2 of their playoff series against the Boston Bruins.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, wearing Alex Tuch’s No. 89, had the honor of banging the drum for the Sabres on Tuesday night, leading the chant of “Let’s go Buffalo!” After his final hit, Allen tossed the drumstick aside and pulled out what appeared to be a beer from his back pocket. He proceeded to chug the drink (most of it anyway), to roars of approval from the crowd.

The Sabres, who last made the playoffs in 2011, entered Tuesday’s game with a 1-0 lead in the series after a dramatic comeback victory in Game 1.

Watch: Josh Allen chugs beer, fires up crowd

JOSH ALLEN ON THE DRUM 💥

BUFFALO IS ALIVE ‼️ pic.twitter.com/ElCRchT1rE

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 21, 2026

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NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney is coming off the best season of his three-year career despite the fact that the Nets finished with the third-worst record in the NBA (20-62). Brooklyn went into the 2025-26 season with the goal of developing as many of the young players as possible and while Clowney played well, he knows what he needs to improve on this summer.

“Well, I think I worked on it and so I kind of did it a whole lot more so I was bound to get better at it. With that being said, I still drew fouls. I was good at that,” Clowney said during his exit interview when asked what allowed him to be a better scorer going to the rim. Clowney had his best season when it came to getting to the free-throw line after being run off the three-point line, but he knows that developing counters is the key.

“But, when teams didn’t foul me, sometimes I struggle to finish. Sometimes, I get caught on one foot instead of [taking the] bump, I could play off two [feet], really. The second level move like bump, step-throughs, things like that,” Clowney continued. “If I can get better at that, I think that’ll help me too, but ain’t much to it.”

Clowney, 21, finished the 2025-26 campaign with averages of 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.6 assist per game while shooting 39.6% from the field and 32.9% from three-point range. While Clowney’s shooting percentages were down across the board compared to his first two years in the league, he still managed to produce within a heavier workload and he seemed to figure out how to draw fouls at an above-average rate.

Clowney went from averaging 1.6 free-throw attempts per game in his first two seasons to shooting 3.4 free-throw attempts per contest while shooting 80.4% from the charity stripe. As Clowney admitted, he did struggle to counter defenses when the gameplan was to run him off the three-point shot so it seems like this offseason should end with him learning how to play around that strategy.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets’ Noah Clowney details how he can improve his game this offseason