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The AL MVP race is as close as it gets: Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh are producing identical value, with MLB history on the line.

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Second-ranked Penn State is on the short list of national championship contenders as the Nittany Lions roar into the 2025 opener.,Penn State is propel

The Seattle Mariners are in the thick of the American League's pennant race, but they've already claimed some hardware this season.,Cal Raleigh hit hi

If Cal Raleigh weren't making a mockery of the home run mark for catchers, Shea Langeliers would be the most powerful backstop in the majors.,But due

Drake Lindsey spent his freshman season watching and learning from the sidelines.,One year later, Lindsey is ready to take the reins for Minnesota. Th

Los Angeles Dodgers veteran left-hander Clayton Kershaw will look to keep turning back the clock when he takes a four-start winning streak into a matc

The Seattle Mariners are in the thick of the American League's pennant race, but they've already claimed some hardware this season.,Cal Raleigh hit hi

Texas' Patrick Corbin will chase his first win since July 10 when he starts for the Rangers against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday evening in the s

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante is trying to get his season back on track after a sharp downturn in August.,Fellow right-hander Mi

After suffering their 12th shutout loss of the season on Monday, the Kansas City Royals will aim to bounce back Tuesday night as they continue a three

The Milwaukee Brewers will look for hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski to regain his pre-All Star form on Tuesday night when he takes the mound ag

The New York Mets are chasing the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East because they spent parts of the first four months of the season la

The Minnesota Twins will try to avoid early-inning woes as they attempt to end a three-game losing streak Tuesday night and square their series with t

Like it or not, New York Yankee fans, he's back.,Struggling shortstop Anthony Volpe will return to the lineup Tuesday night when New York tries to sec

The last time the Atlanta Braves missed the playoffs, Ronald Acuna Jr. was 19 years old, starting that year with the Florida Fire Frogs of the high Cl

Junior Caminero signed his first professional contract with Cleveland in 2019 as an amateur free agent. Two years later, he was traded to the Tampa Ba

It's too late for Kyle Bradish to save the season for the Baltimore Orioles, but he will be intent on showing what he can do in his long-awaited retur

Cal Raleigh became the first player whose primary position is catcher to hit 50 home runs in a major league season as the Seattle Mariners defeated th

Andy Pages hit two homers and drove in four runs, Emmet Sheehan tied his career high with 10 strikeouts and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 7-0 victo

Shea Langeliers smoked a grand slam off Tigers ace Tarik Skubal in the seventh inning to help the Athletics post an 8-3 victory over Detroit on Monday

Sporting a closely shaved head while taking the court for his first-round match at the U.S. Open, second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz had a close shave in al

Shane Smith and Tyler Gilbert combined on a two-hit shutout and Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin smacked back-to-back home runs as the host Chicago White

Mark Vientos continued his recent resurgence by hitting a tiebreaking RBI double with one out in the fifth inning as the host New York Mets inched clo

A day after standing alone in the record books, the Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh took his place alongside one of the all-time greats on Monday night.

Venus Williams, returning to the Grand Slam singles stage for the first time since 2023, competed well but fell short on Monday in the first round of

Zach Neto led off the game with a homer and Jose Soriano combined with four relievers on a shutout as the Los Angeles Angels blanked the Texas Rangers

Alec Burleson hit a walk-off solo homer with two outs in the ninth to lift the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 Monday nig

Mark Vientos continued his recent resurgence by hitting a tiebreaking RBI double with one out in the fifth inning as the host New York Mets inched clo

Chelsea Gray hit a deep, go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:37 remaining in regulation as the visiting Las Vegas Aces had to work for their 11th straight win,

Andruw Monasterio and Caleb Durbin homered as the Milwaukee Brewers held off the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Monday night in the opener of a

Shane Smith and Tyler Gilbert combined on a two-hit shutout and Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin smacked back-to-back home runs as the host Chicago White

Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run homer in a four-run first inning and the Toronto Blue Jays went on to defeat the visiting Minnesota Twins 10-4 on Monday

Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jasson Dominguez each homered Monday night while Cam Schlittler fired six scoreless innings as the New York Yankees de

Junior Caminero hit two home runs and Ian Seymour struck out eight over five scoreless innings in his first major league start, lifting the visiting T

Two months before the deadline for the WNBA and the Women's National Basketball Players Association to reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agr

No. 19 Texas A&M will look to make an early statement against a quality Group of Five opponent when it battles UTSA on Saturday in the season opener f

Next month's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black won't be the last time Scottie Scheffler and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy go head-to-head this year.,Accor

Boosted by the return of Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu, the New York Liberty pushed past visiting Connecticut 81-79 in a thriller Monday night a

A matchup between East Carolina and North Carolina State needs no extra hype.,But there's additional fuel for this Thursday night clash in Raleigh, N.

Kalen DeBoer's first season leading the Alabama football program had some high highs and some low lows.,The home victory over then-No. 2 Georgia and t

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington revealed Monday that he underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery shortly after going on medical leave eight

The Los Angeles Dodgers activated utility man Enrique Hernandez from the injured list on Monday after he missed close to two months with left elbow in

Having aided the Chicago Cubs' hopes of winning the National League Central title, the San Francisco Giants now set their sights on the NL wild-card l

The Phoenix Mercury went out and traded for the WNBA's all-time triple-double leader when reshaping their roster in the offseason.,Alyssa Thomas has a

Netflix will stream every game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic exclusively for viewers in Japan, Major League Baseball announced Monday.,The news c

Veteran free agent wide receiver Amari Cooper is signing a one-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to multiple media reports Monday.,Coope

Coming off a riveting victory, the Seattle Storm will aim for a season-best four-game winning streak when they face the Indiana Fever on Tuesday night