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Shaquille O’Neal and the Sacramento State men’s basketball program have made their first big splash. The Hornets landed a commitment from UCF transfer Mikey Williams on Tuesday, just one day after news broke that the program would name O’Neal its general manager. As a freshman, Williams appeared in 18 games for the Knights and started […]

The Atlanta Braves may have finally found themselves after a disastrous 0-7 start to the season. They’re 13-8 since then and 8-2 in their last 10 games, as the team is slowly starting to resemble what we thought it could be in the spring. On the mound, things have been rocky. Spencer Schwellenbach still has […]

Just two days after the Atlanta Braves claimed relief pitcher Ian Anderson off waivers, the team has designated him for assignment, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Anderson did not appear in a game during his brief second stint with Atlanta. It’s been a whirlwind few weeks for Anderson, who the Braves traded to […]

Rookie Chandler Simpson has eight career games to his name, but the newest member of the Tampa Bay Rays has made the most of them. Tampa is 6-2 since calling up its electric centerfielder, who is hitting .400 with three stolen bases in that time. His teammates are taking notice. “Everybody knew the speed element […]

When a team puts up 19 runs, there’s bound to be some history in there somewhere. For the New York Mets on Monday, that history belonged to Brandon Nimmo. Nimmo, a career Met, went 4-6 with two home runs and nine RBI, tying Carlos Delgado for the single-game franchise record in the Mets’ 19-5 win […]

For more than a century, baseball teams and players have been trying to find any minute advantage they can. So it should be no surprise that the Chicago Cubs and manager Craig Counsell are trying to use their own ballpark, Wrigley Field, to give them the tiniest edge. After the Cubs struggled to score at […]

Teams tend to swing big with their Nike City Connect jerseys and the Chicago White Sox are no different. The team unveiled its Bulls-inspired uniforms and they are, indeed, bold. Similar to the iconic Bulls jerseys of the 1990s, the uniforms are red with black pinstripes and lettering. The sleeves are black with a red […]

The New York Yankees are off to a 17-11 start heading into play on Monday, April 28, but the circumstances haven’t been ideal. Among their issues has been Giancarlo Stanton, who has missed the entire season so far due to an injury to both elbows. Starting pitcher Marcus Stroman hasn’t helped either; he was ineffective […]

Seattle Mariners veteran Jorge Polanco was named American League Player of the Week for the week of April 26, and he made a little history in the process. By earning Player of the Week honors, he and teammate Dylan Moore became the first Mariners to win the award in consecutive weeks since Alex Rodriguez and […]

For the first time ever, every WNBA preseason game will be available to fans, either on TV or through streaming. With a league schedule set to get underway on Friday, May 2, the WNBA announced its full preseason broadcast schedule on Monday. The 15-game slate will feature four nationally televised games and 14 contests available […]

What a time it is to be a college sports fan. With the transfer portal and coaching carousel churning out storylines well into the spring, college basketball is finding new ways to take up more of the sports calendar. Sometimes that means Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood posting AI-generated pictures of himself after landing […]

A Caitlin Clark trading card sold for more than triple what the Indiana Fever guard will make in salary during the 2025 WNBA season. The 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Throwback Signatures Gold Vinyl Prizm Caitlin Clark signed rookie card went for $244,000, according to collectables marketplace Goldin, who shared a pic of the card via […]

WNBA training camp is underway and there has never been a better distribution of talent across the league. It’s made for a truly wide-open championship picture, even if most of the eyeballs are on the two teams with the two biggest young stars in the game. Caitlin Clark is back with the Indiana Fever for […]

Year 2 of the Caitlin Clark Era with the Indiana Fever is poised to look much different than year 1. The Fever started slowly last year, but surged late to make the WNBA Playoffs where they fell to the Connecticut Sun in the first round. Since then, the team has reloaded, bringing in Sophie Cunningham, […]

New York Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice is back in the lineup on Tuesday night after not starting the last two days as he’s dealt with an elbow bruise. Rice did pinch hit on Monday night in the Yankees’ loss to the Cleveland Guardians, grounding out in his only plate appearance. He will DH and […]

Despite the New York Yankees’ 14-9 record to start the 2025 season, much of the pitching staff has had a rough go of it. Closer Devin Williams might be the poster child for the team’s early season struggles on the mound, but he has the support of his manager, Aaron Boone. The first-year Yankee has […]

The Boston Red Sox are poised to get a boost to their starting rotation. The team will activate pitcher Brayan Bello and he will start Tuesday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners. Bello, who started Opening Day for the Red Sox last year, missed spring training and the start of the 2025 season with shoulder […]

Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez has been in the Major Leagues for 13 seasons. In that time, he’s made six All-Star teams, won five Silver Sluggers and placed top-five in MVP voting five times. Yes, he’s a superstar, and everyone knows it. Including Mark DeRosa, the former Atlanta Braves player and current MLB Network […]

Two years after injury forced him to miss the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Minnesota Twins outfielder Harrison Bader has announced he will play for Team Israel in 2026. Bader made his announcement during an appearance on The Max Mannis Podcast, posted on Tuesday. Harrison Bader will play for Team Israel in the 2026 World Baseball […]

Compared to where Nolan Arenado and the St. Louis Cardinals were in the offseason, not a ton has changed. St. Louis is still in rebuild mode, Arenado is still making a ton of money and both teams can still benefit from parting ways. Of course, if it was that easy, the Cardinals would have traded […]

A trio of national champions headline Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum‘s 2025 Dawg Class, meant to help women’s basketball players bridge the gap between the college and pro games. UConn’s Azzi Fudd and KK Arnold, fresh off their title run earlier this month, as well as South Carolina’s Tessa Johnson, who won a ring […]

New York Mets outfielder Jose Siri is likely looking at another couple months on the shelf. Team president David Stearns spoke to the media on Monday, where he revealed the timeline for the first-year Met. “I think from the point of injury it’s probably 8-10 weeks,” Stearns said. Siri last played on April 12 when […]

Luis Arraez seems to have avoided serious injury, but the San Diego Padres have placed their first baseman on the seven-day concussion injured list, the team has announced. Arraez sustained his injury in the first inning of the Padres’ 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday. The three-time batting champion laid down a drag […]

The Seattle Mariners have won eight of their last 10 games, so it’s no surprise that the team has been swinging the bats well — particularly infielder Dylan Moore. Behind a .385 average over his last six games, along with three home runs and three stolen bases, Moore is the American League Player of the […]

The Cleveland Guardians have designated right-handed pitcher Triston McKenzie for assignment, the team announced on Monday. The move comes amid a catastrophic start to the season in which he has thrown to an 11.12 ERA over four relief appearances. It’s a sharp fall from where McKenzie was just a few years ago. In 2022, the […]

It’s hard to be better than pitcher Craig Yoho has been so far in Triple-A. The Milwaukee Brewers prospect has a perfect 0.00 ERA through eight appearances this season, and the big league club has called him up, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Yoho is a 25-year-old reliever who was a […]

The Georgetown men’s basketball rebuild took a major hit on Monday when ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported that rising senior Jayden Epps has entered the transfer portal. In his second season with the Hoyas, Epps averaged 12.8 points, 2.3 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. He is now seeking his third school after playing his freshman […]

It appears that New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto is turning a corner. The MLB offseason’s biggest pickup got off to a slow start with his new team but is now 5 for his last 10 over the last three games with two walks and five RBIs. That includes a 2-for-3 performance on Sunday, and […]

Former Florida men’s basketball guard Denzel Aberdeen has committed to Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, according to a report from On3. The junior averaged 7.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, primarily coming off the bench for the 2024-25 National Champions. His best game in the 2025 NCAA Tournament came in the […]

The best bet in sports isn’t a Nick Castellanos home run after a major news event. It’s that baseball fans will go crazy to place a bet on the Phillies slugger to go yard after something happens. So, when news broke on Monday that Pope Francis had died, social media lit up with screenshots of […]

As teams throughout Major League Baseball recognize Jackie Robinson Day, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge took time to reflect on the Brooklyn Dodgers’ trailblazer. “I wouldn’t be standing here today without all the sacrifices that Jackie made, and a lot of people before me,” Judge said, via MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch. “It’s a humbling reminder, […]

The Chicago Cubs made a slew of roster moves on Tuesday, including one to send top prospect Matt Shaw back to Triple-A Iowa. Shaw, the 23-year-old third baseman that broke camp with the team, is the highest-ranked prospect in the Cubs’ system, according to MLB.com. He’s struggled at the plate in his first few weeks […]

Outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. took a major step toward a return to the Atlanta Braves lineup on Tuesday when doctors officially cleared him to “ramp up activity and begin progressing toward a rehab assignment,” according to Braves beat writer Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Toscano added that there’s still no timetable for Acuna’s return […]

Atlanta Braves sideline reporter Wiley Ballard went viral on Monday night for getting a fan’s number during an on-air interview. He said after that he was speechless, but since that moment, the internet has been anything but. It happened in the fifth inning of the Braves’ game in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Ballard found […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are bringing in an LA sports legend on Jackie Robinson Day. The team announced on Tuesday that Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be one of the scheduled speakers for the club’s team reflection prior to its game against the Colorado Rockies. Teams league-wide celebrate Jackie Robinson Day each year on April […]

Former Kansas Jayhawks guard AJ Storr has committed to Chris Beard and Ole Miss Rebels basketball, the rising senior confirmed via his Instagram. This will be Storr’s fourth college in as many years and, dating back to high school, his eighth school in the past eight years. With this being Storr’s final year of college […]

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal has been a lights-out starting pitcher for three years now, proving his success has been anything but a flash in the pan. Now established as one of the best starters in all of baseball, he’s begun to draw comparisons to All-Star pitchers of the past. Milwaukee Brewers catcher Eric Haase […]

The No. 1 player in the 2026 high school boys basketball class will take a visit to Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks this weekend, according to Joe Tipton of On3. Tyran Stokes, a forward out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA, will also skip the grassroots circuit this summer, leading to […]

The Kansas City Royals came up short against the New York Yankees on Monday night, falling 4-1 at Yankee Stadium in the first meeting between the two teams since the 2024 ALDS. Royals starter Seth Lugo took the loss, but if it’s any consolation, he pulled off a bonkers feat in the process. As Tom […]