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Since Shohei Ohtani made his major league debut in 2018, the comparisons to Babe Ruth have been unrelenting.Read more...

The series is up for grabs Wednesday when the Pittsburgh Pirates and visiting Colorado Rockies meetRead more...

Paul DeJong hit a tiebreaking, ninth-inning homer and Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar also went deep as the St. Louis Cardinals won their third straight game, beating the host Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday nightRead more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers pounded out three homers and the bullpen covered eight innings after starter Noah Syndergaard exited with an injury to preserve a 6-2 victory over the host Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday nightRead more...

The San Diego Padres snapped a tie by scoring two unearned runs in the top of the seventh without the benefit of a hit, then broke the game open on Manny Machado's three-run, ninth-inning homer to defeat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series in MinneapolisRead more...

Charlie Morton pitched six strong innings and Sean Murphy drove in four runs to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 win over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Tuesday in the opener of their two-game seriesRead more...

Joel Embiid scored 33 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked four shots to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 115-103 road victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Tuesday nightRead more...

Nick Castellanos hit a home run, double, single and drove in two runs to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on TuesdayRead more...

Gleyber Torres homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs as the New York Yankees beat the visiting Oakland Athletics 10-5 on Tuesday nightRead more...

Jonathan India doubled and drove in three runs while TJ Friedl contributed a key two-run triple as the Cincinnati Reds held off a late charge from the visiting New York Mets for a 7-6 win on TuesdayRead more...

Jurickson Profar homered twice and Ryan McMahon hit a two-run triple as the visiting Colorado Rockies clobbered the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 on TuesdayRead more...

Adley Rutschman hit a two-run homer to back 5 2/3 strong innings by rookie right-hander Grayson Rodriguez to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on TuesdayRead more...

Yankees left fielder Aaron Hicks exited New York's Tuesday game due to left hip tightness after scoring a run in the third inning against the visiting Oakland Athletics.Read more...

Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber fouled a ball off his foot in the bottom of the sixth inning in Tuesday's game against the visiting Toronto Blue JaysRead more...

Amed Rosario had four hits and an RBI to help the Cleveland Guardians to a 2-0 win against the visiting Detroit Tigers in the second game of their three-game series on Tuesday nightRead more...

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard suffered a bad cut on his right index finger and left his start against the host Milwaukee Brewers after just one inning Tuesday nightRead more...

The Edmonton Oilers are in familiar territory as they prepare to host the Vegas Golden Knights when their Western Conference semifinals series resumes on Wednesday nightRead more...

The Golden State Warriors will visit a place they have been twice before in the Steve Kerr coaching era when they seek to stave off elimination in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night in San FranciscoRead more...

The Baltimore Orioles placed Ramon Urias on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, with the second baseman expected to miss a significant amount of time with a left hamstring strainRead more...

French sensation Victor Wembanyama will not attend the NBA Draft Combine later this month because his season is still in progress back at home.Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled left-hander Justin Bruihl from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday while left-hander Caleb Ferguson went on the paternity listRead more...

Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang and Chicago Blackhawks goalie Alex Stalock were named the finalists for the 2022-23 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Tuesday.Read more...

The Miami Heat were an unusual No. 8 seed in multiple ways. Now they are one win away from showing, yet again, why that seeding was beneath themRead more...

Perhaps the most respected player in the NBA, Giannis Antetokounmpo has not been feeling the love lately and the Milwaukee Bucks star appears to be promising an even better version of himself next seasonRead more...

Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna pleaded no contest to driving under the influence and was fined $1,000, according to multiple reports Tuesday that cited records from Norcross (Ga.) Municipal CourtRead more...

Geez, if you didn’t know any better, you might get the impression that John Fisher, and Dave Kaval don’t know what they’re doing.Read more...

The Florida Panthers are one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1996Read more...

The Cincinnati Reds designated right-hander Luis Cessa for assignment on Tuesday and brought up right-handers Ben Lively and Kevin Herget from Triple-ARead more...

Micah Parsons will be doing what he does best for the Dallas Cowboys full-time during the 2023 season — rush the passer. Surely he will be depended on to use his linebacker skills to stuff running plays and drop into coverage from time to time, but his main job will be to chase after opposing QBs.

Toronto Maple Leafs starting goalie Ilya Samsonov is out for Game 4 in an Eastern Conference second-round series with an upper-body injury, and Joseph Woll has been named the starter Wednesday nightRead more...

Wide receiver Stanley Berryhill, who was suspended last month for violating the NFL gambling policy, was waived by the Detroit Lions on TuesdayRead more...

New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer was scratched from his start Tuesday night in Cincinnati with neck spasmsRead more...

Two Milwaukee Bucks -- guard Jrue Holiday and center Brook Lopez -- are among the members of the NBA's All-Defensive First Team announced Tuesday.Read more...

The NFL’s wanderlust has led to the league potentially moving a Kansas City Chiefs home game to Germany. Whether or not that occurs is still up for debate, but we should know by Thursday’s schedule reveal. But if the NFL does export its premier team to Europe’s unofficial football capital, chances are they’ll be…Read more...

In the salary-capped NHL, you get one, or two shots with one roster, and then you basically have to reshuffle everything around your core stars, and hope that new hand still produces a flush. It’s a constant game of draw poker.Read more...

The New York Yankees reinstated outfielder Aaron Judge from the 10-day injured list TuesdayRead more...

Thank god Mark Zuckerberg took up jiu-jitsu. Now delusional incels can take a break from saying they can beat WNBA players in one-on-one and pivot to saying they can beat up MMA-trained tech bros. The Facebook founder and overlord of the Metaverse took home gold and silver in his first Jiu-Jitsu tournament, which I’m…Read more...

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The Tampa Bay Rays are finalizing a deal with veteran left-hander Jake Diekman in the wake of losing Garrett Cleavinger, ESPN reported TuesdayRead more...

The San Francisco Giants designated infielder/outfielder Darin Ruf for assignment on Tuesday and called up infielder Casey Schmitt, the No. 4 prospect in the organizationRead more...

Tight end Tyler Kroft agreed to a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins, his agent announced Tuesday on TwitterRead more...

If West Virginia men’s head basketball coach Bob Huggins gets fired for calling Xavier fans “Catholic f**s” on a Cincinnati radio show — whose hosts encouraged and laughed at his behavior — one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport will have earned his termination. And if Oakland A’s broadcaster Glen…Read more...

Saturday's playoff game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors marked the highest Game 3 audience of an NBA semifinals series in 24 yearsRead more...

It says a lot about society that I’m unsure how Tiger Woods fans view the latest alleged drama between him and his ex-girlfriend, Erica Herman. You’d think allegedly having a lawyer break up with a girlfriend, dating an employee, and threatening to fire her unless she signed an NDA would further tarnish Woods’ already…Read more...

The New York Mets are signing former Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez to a minor league contract, the New York Post and MLB.com reported TuesdayRead more...

Punter Matt Araiza, who lost his NFL job after being implicated in an alleged gang rape, wasn't present when the alleged incident occurred, Yahoo reported.Read more...

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will undergo a cartilage transplant in his right knee on Wednesday and is expected to miss the 2023-24 season, the team announced TuesdayRead more...

Turns out Alabama firing baseball coach Brad Bohannon for being allegedly connected with betting on the Crimson Tide’s games might be the tip of the iceberg of gambling by current athletes and coaches in college athletics. As if the NCAA needed more problems to tackle because it’s doing swimmingly with the current…Read more...

Joe Kapp, who played quarterback at Cal and later led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl, died Monday at age 85Read more...

The Atlanta Braves placed left-hander Max Fried on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a forearm strainRead more...