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The experts over at The Athletic have gathered ’round the proverbial roundtable to make their predictions for the 2025 MLB season and the results are in. The Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies are your World Series favorites, according to their preseason poll. All 33 of the outlet’s MLB writers […]

The Michigan Wolverines are headed to the Sweet 16 in Atlanta where they will take on No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Friday. Justin Pippen, Michigan basketball guard and son of Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, won’t be with them. Pippen, who averaged 1.6 points per game in his freshman season, has entered the transfer […]

Lance McCullers Jr. was back on a Major League mound on Tuesday, albeit in a Spring Training game, as his Houston Astros fell 4-3 to the Washington Nationals. McCullers threw only one inning, retiring the side in the top of the first inning before Spencer Arrighetti took over. McCullers did not give up a hit; […]

New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried turned in a sparkling outing as he continues to ramp up for the regular season, shutting the Boston Red Sox out over 4.1 innings with three strikeouts. After the game, which ended in a 4-4 tie, Red Sox manager Alex Cora had plenty to say about the Yankees’ […]

The Texas Rangers added some depth to their pitching staff on Tuesday, signing veteran starter Patrick Corbin to a one-year deal with a little more than a million dollars guaranteed. Texas also placed Jon Gray on the 60-day injured list as he recovers from a wrist injury. Rangers president Chris Young addressed the media after […]

Learning a new position is never easy in baseball, but St. Louis Cardinals catcher-turned-first-baseman Willson Contreras is certainly approaching it with the right attitude. “I don’t think any position is easy to play, but I think the more you enjoy the process, the better you can get at it,” Contreras said, per John Denton of […]

New York Yankees fans got a blast from the past on Tuesday during the team’s spring training game against the Boston Red Sox. Former manager Joe Torre went out to make a pitching change, removing starting pitcher Max Fried from the game in the top of the fifth inning. Just like old times 💙 Joe […]

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has an ally in an unlikely place — the Boston Red Sox dugout. Red Sox manager Alex Cora heaped praise on the oft-criticized Yankees skipper on Tuesday, almost a month after New York signed Boone to a two-year extension. “They’re a really good team, managed by one of the […]

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five innings of one-run ball on Tuesday morning as the Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, in game one of the Tokyo Series. With a fastball that hit 98 and a splitter that baffled Chicago hitters, Yamamoto impressed his manager. Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts has been around […]

Former New York Yankees outfielder Alex Verdugo is still a free agent as Opening Day approaches. Though the Yankees elected not to bring him back after a lackluster season, his ex-teammates and manager are surprised to see he’s still without a job. That includes Yankees captain Aaron Judge. “I am surprised,” he told Brendan Kuty […]

UNLV fired head men’s basketball coach Kevin Kruger over the weekend and while the program begins its search for a replacement, one of its best players is headed to the transfer portal. All-Mountain West third-teamer Dedan Thomas Jr. plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens, his father confirmed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are reigning World Series champions, signed young phenom Roki Sasaki in the offseason and have the most talented team in baseball. But the Athletics, a team that won 69 games last year and doesn’t even have a home city attached to their name, are a tougher ticket in 2025. On its […]

Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers during the offseason after fielding pitches from a host of MLB teams. It was a predictable result, but if you ask some around the league, the road to get there was anything but ordinary. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic published a story on Monday that […]

San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease may or may not be a legitimate trade candidate depending on who you ask. Jon Heyman of the New York Post spoke with multiple executives around baseball and there appears to be no clear consensus. “One American League executive said he hears Dylan Cease, the star Padres right-hander, isn’t […]

San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease has been the subject of trade rumors all offseason, and with the New York Yankees suddenly needing starting pitching help, the rumors haven’t slowed down in spring training. Cease, who is preparing to begin his second season with San Diego, isn’t showing that the rumors are affecting him. He […]

The Iowa Hawkeyes’ men’s basketball program made a coaching change last week, firing Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons. Not surprisingly, some of the players that McCaffery recruited to Iowa City have announced their intentions to enter the transfer portal. That includes two players who saw major minutes last year making their announcements on Monday. Pryce […]

Jose Berrios will start Opening Day for the Toronto Blue Jays, the team announced on Monday. It is his third career Opening Day nod as a Blue Jay and the fifth of his career. The decision came down to Berrios and Kevin Gausman, two starting pitchers coming off of strong years who have been members […]

It happens every year. A team is “snubbed” from the NCAA Tournament and either the university, fan base or state government threatens legal action. This year, it’s happening in West Virginia, where Governor Patrick Morrisey has scheduled a press conference Monday afternoon to announce he is pursuing legal action against the Division I men’s basketball […]

What Los Angeles Dodgers fans have long assumed is now official. Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki will start games 1 and 2 of the Dodgers’ season in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported on Tuesday. The Dodgers and Cubs will participate in the Tokyo Series at the aptly named Tokyo Dome […]

The Houston Astros’ infield is going to look different in 2025. New acquisitions Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker are a major reason why, but so too is what the team decided to do with franchise mainstay Jose Altuve. As Altuve’s defense at second base has cratered over the last few years and the Astros pursued […]

The New York Yankees will be without starting pitcher Gerrit Cole for all of 2025 as he recovers from Tommy John surgery, and the options to replace him aren’t exactly appealing. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman spoke to the media at spring training on Tuesday and he confirmed it’s not likely that the club will […]

Days after scoring 51 points in North Dakota men’s basketball’s Summit League Tournament game against South Dakota State, Fighting Hawks guard Treysen Eaglestaff has entered the transfer portal. Jerry Tipton was first to report the news. Eaglestaff also plans to go through the NBA Draft process this offseason before deciding if he wants to return […]

Boston Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito’s long-awaited return to Major League Baseball lasted only one inning before the team was forced to pull him from his first spring training game with left hamstring tightness. Giolito started Boston’s contest on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Phillies, giving up two runs on one hit and two walks before […]

The oft-injured Boston Red Sox infielder Trevor Story is dealing with another ailment, but this one doesn’t appear to be serious. The Red Sox scratched him from the lineup on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Phillies with “mild upper back tightness,” according to MLB.com’s Ian Browne. The move is precautionary. Story, 32, has been with the […]

Amid widespread backlash, Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers have pulled the Rangers’ New Era overlap hat from its stores after fans pointed out the design appears to spell out a Spanish vulgarity. 59Fifty, a New Era subsidiary, created the hats for all 30 MLB teams. The team nickname or city is spelled out […]

Former American League MVP and three-time AL All-Star Mo Vaughn has admitted to using human growth hormone to help recover from a knee injury late in his career. Vaughn played 12 years in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox from 1991 to 1998. After two years with the Anaheim Angels, Vaughn sat […]

Shohei Ohtani is headed to Fortnite. The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar will be the first Major League Baseball player to get his own custom skin as part of a partnership between the video game franchise and MLB. Ohtani fans will have a choice between which skins to choose from. The game features three versions […]

Louisville basketball went 8-24 last year and won only three games in the ACC. This year, Cardinals head coach Pat Kelsey is the ACC Coach of the Year. Kelsey, in his first year at Louisville, beat out Duke head coach Jon Scheyer for the award. Louisville went 25-6 overall and 18-2 in an albeit horrific […]

Evan Phillips was a critical piece to the 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen, but he had mixed emotions watching his team play in the Fall Classic. Phillips sustained an injury during Game 6 of the NLCS against the New York Mets and did not pitch against the New York Yankees in the […]

Auburn Tigers men’s basketball forward Johni Broome won the SEC men’s basketball Player of the Year award, while his coach, Bruce Pearl, earned Coach of the Year honors, the conference announced on Monday. Broome also earned a spot on the all-conference first team. His teammate, Chad Baker-Mazara, was named third-team all-SEC, and Auburn’s Denver Jones […]

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Michael Grove will miss the 2025 season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, the team has announced. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that Grove tried pitching through his injury last year. “He’s disappointed,” Roberts said, per the AP. “He’s already had Tommy John and […]

The New York Yankees owe ace pitcher Gerrit Cole $36 million in 2025 and there’s a good chance the former Cy Young winner won’t even pitch an inning. Cole woke up with pain in his elbow after his most recent start, and a doctor has recommended Tommy John surgery that would, at minimum, wipe out […]

The Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team has lost just once since December, won the ACC regular season and is a virtual lock for a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Their double-digit win over the arch-rival North Carolina Tar Heels to close the regular season on Saturday was the icing on the cake, and […]

The New York Yankees’ new closer, Devin Williams, made his spring training debut in the club’s 12-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, giving New York players and fans alike the chance to see his famed “airbender” pitch for the first time. Williams did not disappoint. The airbender is his version of a changeup […]

College baseball never fails to provide its fair share of absurdity. Unlike other sports, whose college versions closely resemble a less talented version of the pros, college baseball has a tendency to go completely off the rails at the most unexpected times and places. George Mason baseball is one such example. The Patriots set an […]

The 2024 Texas Rangers’ World Series championship defense fell short for a variety of reasons, but a spate of injuries was one of the main culprits. Now, with 2025 still in the spring training stage, the injury bug is back. This time, it’s 2023 ALCS MVP Adolis Garcia. The two-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner […]

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez is OK after fielding a ball with his pitching hand in the team’s spring training game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. The play happened in the fifth inning off a one-hopper from Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. The Phillies staff came to the mound to check on him […]

St. Louis right fielder Jordan Walker left the Cardinals’ spring training game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday with left knee pain, the team has announced. Walker will undergo further testing. The injury occurred in the second inning as the 22-year-old was pursuing a fly ball. Walker stayed in the game for his next at […]

One day after the Chicago Cubs scratched outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong from their lineup with hamstring tightness, the 22-year-old is expected to return to the lineup. The Cubs will host the San Diego Padres on Tuesday in a 3:05 p.m. start. Crow-Armstrong will play centerfield and bat seventh, easing Cubs fans’ concerns that his removal on […]