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The series opener between the Tampa Bay Rays and host Kansas City Royals on Friday was postponed by rain and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader SaturdayRead more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers made a slew of roster moves before the second half of the MLB season began Friday, but none of them involved ace left-handed pitcher Clayton KershawRead more...

The Chicago White Sox activated right-hander Michael Kopech from the 15-day injured list to start Friday night's game against the Atlanta BravesRead more...

What is going on in Evanston, Illinois? Northwestern's perception as a pristine academic university that plays sports on the side had already gone through an inferno over the last week with the firing of football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday due to hazing allegations. Turns out, that wasn't the only Wildcat program...Read more...

The Tampa Bay Rays placed All-Star first baseman Yandy Diaz on the paternity list on Friday, two days after his wife gave birth to their sonRead more...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. said the team may still attempt to lure star quarterback Tom Brady out of retirementRead more...

The New York Mets activated left-hander Jose Quintana from the 60-day injured list on Friday, the New York Post reportedRead more...

World sports fans in search of a natural antagonist for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will have to find countries other than Russia and Belarus to root against. The IOC has decided not to invite the countries due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, which started mere days after the Beijing Winter Olympics. The fighting...Read more...

The Philadelphia Flyers placed defenseman Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers FridayRead more...

The Arizona Coyotes terminated Alex Galchenyuk's contract Friday after his arrest on multiple charges last weekendRead more...

The Philadelphia Phillies placed outfielder Cristian Pache on the 10-day injured list Friday with right elbow irritationRead more...

Being a superstar is the lone requirement for receiving superstar treatment - like being on the cover of a video game. Well, that's unless the league you play in has always been Black, and your whiteness has been hijacked as a marketing tool - providing you with superstar treatment when you aren't a superstar.Read more...

Former Pro Bowl defensive tackle Malik Jackson announced his retirement on Friday after 10 NFL seasons.Read more...

The NBA granted the Chicago Bulls a $10.2 million disabled player exception for Lonzo Ball, The Athletic reported FridayRead more...

Top NFL draft picks Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud could be on the sideline when training camps open due to ongoing contract negotiations.Read more...

If Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez can share a set together then why not Richard Sherman and Skip Bayless? That was a one-time viral social media beef 10 years ago. Bayless is several controversies removed from that one. That A-Rod and Jeter beef stewed for decades, much of it with them next to each other in the...Read more...

Something about summer in America will always feel more like the true transition of the year as opposed to New Year's Day. The holiday has so much pomp and circumstance that it's difficult to take the time to truly reflect on the year, and it is also very cold in much of the country. During the summer work slows down,...Read more...

The most deceiving thing about the United States women's national team's chances of a three-peat isn't that it has a major target on its back and therefore is part of the game plan to knock out from every other nation in Australia and New Zealand. That was true for the 2019 showcase in France. How'd that work out for...Read more...

Eduardo Rodriguez's return from the injured list didn't quite go as planned.Read more...

One of the top pitching staffs in baseball gets a crack at the least productive offense so far this season when the Minnesota Twins open a three-game road series against the Oakland Athletics on Friday nightRead more...

The Los Angeles Angels are hoping to exit the All-Star break in better shape than they enteredRead more...

The New York Yankees begin the second half of the 2023 season far from the Bronx, but they are generating a lot of talk back homeRead more...

The St. Louis Cardinals are coming out of the All-Star break 14 games below .500, so the organizational focus has shifted to next seasonRead more...

A pair of teams reeling at the All-Star break will meet Friday as the Tampa Bay Rays visit the Kansas City RoyalsRead more...

Taking advantage of a starting pitching staff ravaged by injuries, Boston Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello is quickly starting to establish himself as an aceRead more...

The Arizona Diamondbacks were one of the biggest surprise teams in what is informally viewed as the first half of the seasonRead more...

The American League West and the American League Central leaders will open the second half of the season when the Texas Rangers face the Cleveland Guardians on Friday in Arlington, TexasRead more...

Two teams that have turned into surprise playoff contenders begin the second half by facing one another.Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets each reached the All-Star break just 13 losses shy of matching the number of defeats they suffered all of last seasonRead more...

James Harden prefers to play next season with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to multiple reportsRead more...

The Atlanta Braves take a franchise-record home run streak into the second half on Friday, when they host the Chicago White Sox to open a three-game seriesRead more...

Running backs have been devalued for some time in the NFL. Top RB paydays palecompared to quarterbacks and wide receivers around the league. NFL offenses once coveted backs who could carry the rock 20-plus times each game and were willing to pay them accordingly. Now all that's out there for the league's top RBs is...Read more...

One of the tight division races in baseball resumes Friday when the Milwaukee Brewers visit the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a three-game weekend seriesRead more...

If the NBA's goal with its in-season tournament is to simply further pad its upcoming national television rights deals, that's fine. A few more nationally televised contests will always increase the package, and the players on the floor for these games will compete. However, stars won't change their rest patterns to...Read more...

The New York Jets and All-Pro defensive tackle Quinnen Williams agreed to a four-year, $96 million extension, multiple outlets reported ThursdayRead more...

Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez and right-hander Jose Urquidy will begin rehab assignments Friday at Triple-A Sugar LandRead more...

The internal changes at ESPN, dubbed as cost-cutting measures that included the layoffs of Suzy Kolber, Keyshawn Johnson, and many more, have been made perfectly clear. It's only a way for those at the top to keep their pockets protected at whatever cost necessary. Disney owns 80 percent of ESPN and its CEO, Bob Iger,...Read more...

Be it actual, or unspoken, the rules change for most postseasons. Hockey leaves its 3v3 overtime format in the regular season so game No. 57 doesn't last forever, but reinstalls the old rules for the playoffs, leaving open the possibility for four-hour marathons. What is and isn't a foul change in NBA and NFL...Read more...

In what is informally considered the start of the second half of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates and visiting San Francisco Giants open a series Friday still looking to solidify their identitiesRead more...

The Dallas Stars re-signed restricted free agent Ty Dellandrea to a one-year, $900,000 contract on ThursdayRead more...

The internet is a place that constantly gets people into trouble, especially when social media is involved. Whenever athletes want to be honest or keep it real," they usually do so on some social platform. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson did not hold back when asked to rank his top 5 current NFL...Read more...

The San Diego Padres and Phillies meet for the first time since last season's National League Championship Series when the teams open a four-game set in Philadelphia on FridayRead more...

The intellectual elite" are failing in Evanston. In the same week in which we discovered that Northwestern's head football coach Pat Fitzgerald's laughable two-week suspension should have led to his eventual firing for running a program that's allegedly" allowed hazing and racism to run rampant for years from the...Read more...

Bill Belichick on the hot seat sounds like sci-fi fiction, but according to the Boston Globe, Robert Kraft might be losing his patience. There are truths, lies, and somewhere in between that sandwich are juicy, salacious rumors.Read more...

The Montreal Canadiens agreed to terms Thursday with defenseman Nicolas Beaudin and forward Lucas CondottaRead more...

About 95 percent of the time, Mike Gundy's rants are nails on a chalkboard, a car alarm at 5 a.m., or any alarm in the morning. However, the other 5 percent? Gold, Jerry, gold! The latest redeemable instance came at Big 12 media days, when the Oklahoma State head coach tore into Oklahoma, and justifiably put the blame...Read more...

The New York Rangers reached a one-year contract extension Thursday with defenseman Ty EmbersonRead more...

The question in all sports has been that once you break through and win, does winning again become easier? Is the mental block gone? Or does the pressure simply build even more, as triumphs go from hoped for to expected? This is only one of the few things that England will be wrestling with at the World Cup.

The reinforcements won't be coming from this group. Outside of goalkeeper Matt Turner - whose status as the unquestioned No. 1 goalkeeper for the United States men's national team didn't change after five games in this year's CONCACAF Gold Cup - what player from this American squad that only defeated lowly Trinidad...Read more...

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