That didn't happen, and now the Nats appear willing to deal the 29-year-old center fielder, according to CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman. Heyman speculates that Washington's willingness to listen to offers on Span could be related to its pursuit of free agent CF Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red Sox. Signing Ellsbury would make Span expendable. But the Nationals have plenty of competition for Ellsbury: Heyman reports the Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros and New York Mets also are interested....

RUMOR: The Royals are interested in acquiring one of the Rockies’ talented outfielders REPORTED BY: ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick THE DETAILS: Kansas City may lose two of its starting outfielders (Alex Gordon and Alex Rios) to free agency in the coming weeks, so the champs are actively searching for quality replacements and the Rockies have plenty of talent for teams in need. After failing to reach .500 for the fifth straight season, Colorado seems destined to sell this offseason....

The Twins are listening to offers for their power-hitting second baseman, and it no longer looks like the Dodgers are the far-and-away favorites to land Dozier. It was reported this week that the Cardinals are very much in the picture, and the Nationals and Giants reportedly have interest, too. It’s obvious why he’s an intriguing trade target for those teams (and whatever mystery teams might be lurking in the shadows)....

J.T. Realmuto blasted a grand slam and three others, including Bryce Harper, hit home runs as Philadelphia beat Atlanta, 9-4. The win also helped move the Phillies within one game of the current National League wild-card teams — the Cubs, Cardinals and Nationals — and 6 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Braves. The win was especially meaningful after Philadelphia lost its past two outings against Atlanta by a combined score of 24-9....

The second baseman went 4 for 4 and hit three home runs in the victory. He also drove in all five of his team’s runs. The Mets also received a solid pitching performance from Jason Vargas, who totaled eight strikeouts in six innings of work. The Padres only managed five hits on the night and have struggled as of late. They’ve lost four of their last five and have dropped to 47-53 on the season....

Previous editions of the All-Star Game have seen the MLS All-Stars take on international clubs like Manchester United, or the more traditional East vs. West or USA vs. World formats seen with other American sports. Seeking to leverage the intense soccer rivalry that exists between the USA and Mexico, reprised in the recent Nations League final, MLS and Liga MX have partnered in recent years to create new competitions involving clubs from both leagues: The annual Campeones Cup is a matchup of the champion from each league and the Leagues Cup competition is a knockout tournament featuring multiple clubs from MLS and Liga MX....

Gerrard, 35, a midfielder for the American soccer league’s Los Angeles Galaxy, is reportedly set to line up a training stint with his former club for December when the MLS season is over. MORE: Beckham through the years | Classic images of Pele | Bad reviews for U.S. vs. Brazil However, Garber is reluctant to see that turn into a temporary switch that involves playing for the Premier League club again, as has been seen in the past with David Beckham enjoying two spells at Milan and Thierry Henry making a brief return to Arsenal....

Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot and injured by police on Sunday in front of his children with protests since breaking out in Wisconsin and across the country. While MLS matches had gone ahead this week, players and fans had called on the league to take a stand and cancel games in a show of support for the black community. Though Orlando City’s match against Nashville did go ahead on Wednesday evening, MLS ultimately decided to call off the remaining five games that were set to take place....

The win gives TFC a bit of revenge for a shootout loss to the Sounders in last season’s MLS Cup final. Tabla shouldering attack for Montreal Altidore’s goal came 23 minutes in after he was taken down in the box by Seattle defender Roman Torres, and the USA striker stepped up and netted to give his side a win despite playing without Italian star Sebastian Giovinco, and three other starters....

The Italian forward, who joined the Montreal Impact on a season-long loan in July from Serie A-side Bologna, doesn’t have any regrets about his soccer career, which is beginning to wind down—he turns 32 in December. In Italy he might be a mostly forgotten name, cast aside into the failure bin together with all those other innumerable players who never quite made it, but Mancosu thinks differently of himself....

A central defender on loan from Tottenham, Walkes had spent the opening months of his MLS stint grabbing minutes off the bench here and there. So it was something of a surprise when Walkes not only got the nod, but did so over veteran Tyrone Mears at right back — a position he hadn’t even trained at. Pulling the young Englishman aside, Atlanta captain Michael Parkhurst had to ask: Did Martino tip him off about the start?...

Those are just some of the top headlines heading into the weekend of Major League Soccer’s 10th week of action. Leading the way is New York City FC’s visit to Red Bull Arena to take on the New York Red Bulls in a clash of two of the league’s best teams. Two of the top teams in the West square off on the other side of the country, as LAFC looks to stay perfect at its new home against an FC Dallas side coming off of its first loss of the season....

That makes the thought of Donovan jumping to a new club in 2017 a bit surprising to some, though it really shouldn’t be. Donovan’s return from retirement late in the 2016 season gave the Galaxy a boost, but it was never going to be a long return — not with the Galaxy preparing shake up their squad ahead of the 2017 season. They passed on bringing back Robbie Keane, and when Donovan told them he was only interested in returning as a designated player, the Galaxy said thanks but no thanks....

After the league’s season was halted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, MLS returned to the pitch last month with the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando, Florida. That competition, which is taking place in a bubble environment that contains all players and team personnel, will conclude on Tuesday with the final between the Portland Timbers and Orlando City. The following day, the two teams that were forced to withdraw from the MLS is Back Tournament due to several Covid-19 cases, FC Dallas and Nashville SC, will meet in Texas with a reduced capacity of 5,110 at Toyota Stadium....

“This is a tough league,” Berhalter said after the Crew’s 2-1 loss to Philadelphia. “You guys see the results today? You see what’s happening in this league? You can’t predict any results right now.” As much as two weeks isn’t enough time to panic about bad starts, or jump the gun because of surprisingly good starts, there still has been enough anarchy in the season’s opening the weeks to wonder just what is going on....

The State Assembly on Tuesday moved New York one step close to becoming the final state to regulate the sport, voting 113-25 to approve a measure that lifts a nearly two-decade-old ban. MORE: 37 astonishing UFC photos | McGregor-Diaz rematch in works The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has said in the past he will sign it if it reaches his desk. Once Cuomo signs the measure, the New York State Athletic Commission will have 120 days to come up with guidelines....

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread globally, a team of University of Oxford-linked scientists have suggested a centralized smartphone app could feasibly be designed to alert people that they had been in close proximity to a person who later tested positive for the respiratory disease. Earlier this month, The New York Times reported a Chinese app was assigning citizens with a color depending on their health, with the result determining if they could travel....

Data compiled by analytics company SensorTower this week suggested the app shot to the top of the rankings in China on January 21 and has attracted a wave of reviews in recent days. The game, released in 2012, is developed by independent studio Ndemic Creations. As of January 21, there were 314 cases of the novel coronavirus globally, but the number has now spiked to over 500. There have been at least 17 deaths....

Andriy Yusov, spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s intelligence directorate, told state television on Monday that recently mobilized Russians have contacted a hotline set up by Ukraine’s security services asking to surrender, reports Ukrainska Pravda. Yusov’s remarks follow other reports of challenges facing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to compel military service to shore up his military campaign in Ukraine. “Now there are a lot of calls to the hotline from newly mobilized Russians or even from those who have not yet been mobilized,” Yusov said during the broadcast, according to Pravda....

Moderna said it will apply for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, and expects around 20 million doses of the vaccine called mRNA 1273 to be available in the U.S by the end of 2020. The drug-maker said a phase 3 study of mRNA-1273 involved 30,000 participants and included 196 cases of COVID-19, of which 30 were severe. The efficacy rate against COVID-19 was 94....