"That's crazy, he's the oldest?" Yes, Kris Bryant, it's true: The Cubs' skipper still resonates at 64.
- 31 mins ago, 25 Apr 18, 8:10am -

Ronald Acuna, who is ranked No. 1 on ESPN Insider Keith Law's top 100 prospects list, is set to join the Braves on Wednesday in Cincinnati.
- 6 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 2:56am -

The two-way star was dealing heat as he helped the Angels take another game in Houston -- and add fuel to an energized AL West race.
- 6 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 2:48am -

The third man in New York's big-bopping trio delivered two homers to power a fourth straight win for a Yankees team on the rise.
- 7 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 1:33am -

With Kris Bryant out and Anthony Rizzo still trying to find his groove, all four outfield regulars chose a great time to start swinging hot bats.
- 8 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 1:00am -

Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani was lifted after allowing four earned runs in 5 1/3 innings pitched Tuesday night against the Astros. He gave up six hits and walked five while striking out seven.
- 8 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 12:11am -

Tuesday's steady rain in Pittsburgh led to the postponement of a game between the Pirates and Tigers for the third time this season. It was the 28th game overall postponed by weather, the most through April since records were kept starting in 1986.
- 9 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 11:17pm -

Nats reliever Shawn Kelley, who has a history of elbow trouble, is scheduled to undergo an MRI later this week because of ulnar nerve irritation in his pitching elbow.
- 11 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 10:06pm -

Commissioner Rob Manfred applauded MLB's new pace-of-play rules, saying the number of mound visits are "way down" and inning breaks are "significantly shorter" so far this season.
- 12 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 8:31pm -

Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer was placed on the family medical leave list and missed Tuesday night's game against the Rockies.
- 12 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 8:18pm -

As Alex Rodriguez's suspension saga unfolds, the New YorkYankees insist it's business as usual for them.
- 7 Aug 13, 12:31am -

Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams homered in the eighth inning, andthe St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' 15-gameroad winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Tuesday night.
- 7 Aug 13, 12:02am -

Chris Sale allowed one run while outpitching Hiroki Kuroda in tothe eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the New YorkYankees 3-2 on Tuesday night.
- 6 Aug 13, 11:31pm -

Eric Young made a diving catch to take a go-ahead hit away fromTodd Helton in the sixth inning, then raced home with thetiebreaking run in the eighth, and the New York Mets beat theColorado Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night.
- 6 Aug 13, 10:55pm -

Hit by a pitch two innings after homering, Bryce Harper jawedand pointed at Atlanta's Julio Teheran, and the dugouts andbullpens emptied, but the only haymakers thrown during the NLEast-leading Braves' 2-1 victory over the Nationals on Tuesdaynig…
- 6 Aug 13, 10:17pm -

Facebook friends. Transcripts of BlackBerry instant messages.Records of texts.
- 6 Aug 13, 8:43pm -

After more than a year of rehab following Tommy John surgery,Royals left-hander Danny Duffy is ready to make his season debut,pain-free for the first time since high school.
- 6 Aug 13, 7:27pm -

Indians reliever Chris Perez has closed out the local media.
- 6 Aug 13, 7:01pm -

Plate umpire Manny Gonzalez has left Tuesday night's gamebetween the Rockies and Mets after he was struck in what appears tobe the throat by a pitched ball that bounced off the dirt.
- 6 Aug 13, 5:11pm -

After three months out of the Toronto Blue Jays rotation, J.A.Happ is ready to make his return.
- 6 Aug 13, 4:45pm -

Major League Baseball (MLB) has hired London-based Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM) to investigate suspicious gambling activity in professional baseball. The sport has its share of legal gambling and is among the top three favorites of sports betto…
- 12 Nov 15, 2:50am -

Hundreds of thousands of Kansas City fans will celebrate the city's first World Series championship in 30 years Tuesday with a Royals parade and victory rally. The parade will start at noon CT next and will be live streamed for fans who can' t make i…
- 3 Nov 15, 7:41am -

UPDATE: 5:21 p.m. EST -- The final Nielsen numbers are in, and Game 5 pulled in 17.2 million viewers total, confirming that it is indeed the highest-rated Game 5 since 2009.Original story:
- 2 Nov 15, 12:20pm -

(Reuters) - Kansas City ended a 30-year wait for a World Series title as the Royals reigned over Major League Baseball with a 7-2, 12-inning victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.A pinch-hit single by utility infielder Christian Colon scored the…
- 2 Nov 15, 1:27am -

There isn't a hotter player in baseball right now than the New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, who has hit a home run in a record six consecutive playoff games while leading his team to the World Series. But Murphy, who is married to wife T…
- 22 Oct 15, 4:52pm -

Daniel Murphy, once a largely anonymous second baseman for the New York Mets, has set the baseball world afire by hitting a home run in six consecutive postseason games, along the way propelling the Amazins to a National League pennant and a spo…
- 22 Oct 15, 3:11pm -

The Toronto Blue Jays have waited 22 painfully long seasons since Joe Carter’s magical home run to return to the postseason, but that drought ends with the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers starting Thursday night.
- 7 Oct 15, 3:53pm -

Yogi Berra, one of baseball's most well-known figures, who was renowned as much for his skills as a catcher on the field as his dizzying malapropisms off of it, died on Tuesday. He was 90.Berra died of natural causes at his New Jersey home, accordin…
- 23 Sep 15, 3:14am -

JetBlue is just fine if nine innings last the whole flight. JetBlue and MLBAM, the interactive media arm of Major Baseball League (MLB), have teamed up to bring free in-flight access to MLB.TV, the MLB’s streaming platform, JetBlue announced on T…
- 9 Jul 15, 10:45am -

Pete Rose bet on baseball games as a player, according to a notebook discovered by the U.S.
- 22 Jun 15, 2:05pm -

Last week, the mayors of 12 cities in South Orange County had the opportunity to cut the Gordian knot that is homelessness. They met at the behest of U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, who’d issued them a warning: Step up and help solve thi…
- 1 hour ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:15am -

Environmental Protection Agency director Scott Pruitt proposed a new rule Tuesday that he insisted would enhance “transparency,” but which critics described as a thinly veiled attack on the use of science and scientific studies to craft regulatio…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:10am -

This week, three Republicans and three Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced a new authorization for the use of U.S. military force in what has become a never-ending war on terrorism. It aims to provide lawmakers with the abi…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:05am -

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder — again —for victims of human rights violations to seek justice in American courts. Five conservative justices held that an 18th century law that allows foreigners to bring lawsuits for violations of th…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:05am -

To the editor: Reading the article, “The food that goes bad in your fridge amounts to trillions of gallons of wasted water,” I was disheartened about the sheer amount of wasted food and resources when so many are without any food at all. I was eq…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:00am -

To the editor: Thanks to David Lazarus for highlighting the real pain and suffering caused by insurance companies’ refusal to cover certain effective treatments. (“The insanity of covering a $50,000 knee operation but not a relatively cheap injec…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:00am -

To the editor: Hopefully, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel can talk some sense to President Trump. (“French, German leaders will bring Trump the same message: Save the Iran nuclear deal,” April 23) The argument…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:00am -

To the editor: Thanks for publishing the article, “Trump’s EPA argues more people will die in car accidents unless California fuel rules are weakened.” Yes, lives are important, so all of the lives that will be affected by weakening fuel econom…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:00am -

To the editor: Californians are overwhelmed from without and within. As President Trump tries to divide and conquer, even sending National Guard troops to our border with Mexico, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper aids and abets him by seek…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:00am -

Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting that also injured a home improvement store employee Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 4:15 p.m. local time as officers were escorting a man from the Home Depot in n…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 6:40am -

The Steelers have a very solid wide receiver group, but that will take a hit next season. The NFL has suspended Martavis Bryant at least one season following a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy. In situations like this, you really hope…
- 15 Mar 16, 7:39pm -

With Brock Osweiler officially a Houston Texan, the Broncos QB situation is extremely murky. Many media reports had Robert Griffin III pegged to land in Denver, but alas, Mark Sanchez was traded to the Broncos. Sanchez is not really regarded as an NF…
- 15 Mar 16, 1:26pm -

In the past few days, promising signs have begun to emerge regarding the potential for undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder facing his No. 1 contender, Alexander Povetkin. According to Povetkin’s promoter, Andrey Ryanbinsky, the fight…
- 15 Mar 16, 1:19pm -

Rugby player Haydn Peacock suffered a horrible injury when his penis nearly got ripped off during a game in France. Peacock, a 23-year-old from Australia, was playing in a French Federation of Rugby League Elite 1 match last month when the unthinkabl…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:59am -

Los Angeles rookie Branden Dawson was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of spousal abuse, a felony charge. He was taken into custody at 8:30am and was released after posting $50,000 bond. The arrest involved his live-in girlfriend. “It’s an aw…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:31am -

On June 11, Ruslan Provodnikov returns to the site of his memorable 2015 clash with Lucas Matthysse, as he faces John Molina in his Showtime debut. I have covered a lot of fights at Turning Stone, which is one of the premier smaller venues in the Nor…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:11am -

The 2016 Printable Bracket for NCAA Tournament March Madness will be updated below with a version that has all the team names on the evening of Sunday, March 13th. So be sure to bookmark this page and check back in the evening of Selection Sunday to…
- 13 Mar 16, 4:53pm -

The Johnny Manziel era in Cleveland is over. Bottlegate, a website dedicated to all Cleveland area sports, created a Johnny Manziel football tribute video to remember his days with the Browns. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot of on-the-field highli…
- 11 Mar 16, 5:15pm -

Prizefighting is an unpredictable activity by its very nature. You never know what’s going to happen when two athletes square off for gloved combat. But sometimes, a fan can have pretty good reason for optimism. Certain combinations of fighters are…
- 11 Mar 16, 4:43pm -

The writing has appeared to be on the wall for the end of 31-year-old Nate Robinson’s NBA career this season as he was picked up for a short two-game stint with the New Orleans Pelicans and hasn’t sniffed an NBA court ever since. Instead of tryin…
- 10 Mar 16, 4:06pm -

Cubs’ first baseman says MLB’s 162-game season is too longRizzo says he’s OK with shorter season even with smaller payChicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo believes that baseball’s 162-game schedule is too long.The three-time All-Star said…
- 8 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 5:13pm -

Harper hits broken-bat home run in first inning off Jacob deGromSlumping Nats come together for 8-6 victory over surging MetsBryce Harper hit a startling, broken-bat homer early, then grounded a key single during a six-run surge in the eighth inning…
- 8 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 11:16pm -

Newest chapter of famed rivalry kicks off with bench-clearing brawlYankees snap Boston’s nine-game winning streak with 10-7 victoryThe fuse has officially been lit in the newest chapter of the ramped-up Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. Zim v Pedro. A-Rod v…
- 13 days ago, 12 Apr 18, 1:08am -

Japanese import continues to shine as both pitcher and hitterOhtani flirted with perfect game for six-plus innings on SundayJapanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani continued to display Babe Ruth-like brilliance in the early stages of his Major League Bas…
- 16 days ago, 9 Apr 18, 12:48pm -

This week’s roundup also features more NCAA drama, the evergreen Ichiro Suzuki and Football Italia nostalgia1) The Masters starts on Thursday, so let’s dip into the archive. Bob Goalby seizes the moment after a scorecard error by Roberto De Vicen…
- 20 days ago, 5 Apr 18, 5:00am -

Yankee hits redemptive homer after hearing boos in home debutJapanese star hits homer days after winning as starting pitcherWith one swing of the bat on Wednesday afternoon, Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton managed to turn the boos he absorbed from…
- 21 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 7:31am -

Several inches of snow leave Yankee Stadium blanketed in whiteGame against Tampa Bay Rays will now be played on TuesdayNew York Mets’ meeting with Philadelphia Phillies also called offBaseball, a game that is often all about cold beer and hot dogs…
- 23 days ago, 2 Apr 18, 10:52am -

Who won at home? Who is a proud dad? And who fears for his place? Related: José Mourinho or Donald Trump: who said it? Eight countries have won the World Cup. Which three of them lost to other World Cup-winning nations in the international break?Net…
- 26 days ago, 30 Mar 18, 7:37am -

Latinos account for 31% of professional players and a growing percentage of the fanbase but many owners line up with presidential policies seen as hostileIn between rounds of batting practice in the Florida sun, the Venezuelan-born Minnesota Twins ca…
- 27 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 6:00am -

Will the World Series be a repeat of 2017? Who will be the best pitcher in baseball? Our writers give their verdicts as the new season beginsMost of baseball’s speed-up rules will be a gigantic flop. Fans and players will hate the new mandate (curr…
- 27 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 4:00am -

WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Nationals have activated outfielder Denard Span off the seven-day disabled list after he showed no linger effects from a concussion.Span was in the leadoff spot Saturday against St. Louis. Manager Matt Williams says, '…
- 19 Apr 14, 11:24am -

NEW YORK (AP) Aaron Harang threw no-hit ball for seven innings but was pulled after 121 pitches, and reliever Luis Avilan gave up David Wright's two-out single in the eighth as the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 6-0 Friday night.As Harang's p…
- 19 Apr 14, 2:53am -

DETROIT (AP) Albert Pujols hit his 497th home run and Howie Kendrick added two of his own to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.The Angels chased Detroit starter Drew Smyly (1-1) after three innings an…
- 19 Apr 14, 1:58am -

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ricky Nolasco was virtually unhittable a week ago in Minnesota, shutting down the scuffling Royals over eight innings in an easy victory that came amid a three-game sweep.Nothing was easy for Nolasco on Friday night.
- 19 Apr 14, 12:07am -

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Mets traded slumping first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, parting ways with a power hitter who proved to be too inconsistent at the plate.Pittsburgh sent minor league right-hander Zack Thornto…
- 18 Apr 14, 11:35pm -

BOSTON (AP) David Ortiz wants to visit the Boston Marathon finish line Monday after the Red Sox are done with their Patriots' Day game against Baltimore.Just more than a year ago, two bombs went off near the finish line, less than a mile from Fenway…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:55pm -

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) In three short years, Sean Doolittle transformed himself from a top first base prospect into a shut-down reliever.The Oakland Athletics are rewarding him for it, giving the left-hander a five-year contract Friday for making the…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:46pm -

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Tanner Scheppers felt discomfort in his pitching elbow long before the Texas Rangers went to spring training with a plan to turn the right-hander into a starter.Scheppers finally said something after the fourth start of his big…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:21pm -

DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-hander Justin Miller from Triple-A Toledo and optioned outfielder Tyler Collins to Toledo.The team announced the moves before Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels.
- 18 Apr 14, 7:14pm -

PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have reinstated outfielder Cody Ross from the disabled list and designated left-handed reliever Ryan Rowland-Smith for assignment.Ross sustained a dislocated hip while running to first base against the New York…
- 18 Apr 14, 7:12pm -

Fantasy owners have a deep talent pool this season in their search for youth, upside.        
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