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Beset by injuries, the Indiana Fever have added a veteran guard to help them through their next stretch. Indiana has signed Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract, which the Fever qualified for after Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald suffered season-ending injuries — an ACL tear for Colson and a broken bone in the right foot […]

Major League Baseball released its postseason schedule on Tuesday and it comes with one big win for the World Series. The only NFL Sunday on the World Series schedule is the travel day between games 2 and 3, meaning MLB will not have to compete with America’s most popular sports league on its biggest day. […]

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh continues to rewrite the franchise record books, and when he hit his 45th home run of the season on Sunday, he moved into exclusive territory. Only one player in Mariners history has hit more homers in a season than Raleigh, and the name is obvious. It’s Ken Griffey Jr., who […]

When one star comes back for the Dallas Wings, another goes down — potentially. Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale is listed as questionable for Dallas’ game Tuesday night in Indiana against the Fever, according to the team’s injury report, shared by ClutchPoints’ Joey Mistretta. Ogunbowale is dealing with a right knee injury, the report states. Grant […]

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is facing a lawsuit from a Hawaii real estate investor and broker. They claim Ohtani and his agent got them fired from a $240 million luxury housing development that they were hoping the two-way superstar would endorse, according to the New York Post. The Post cites a lawsuit filed […]

New Cincinnati Reds third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes hasn’t done much with his bat this season, but he has been a game-changer with his glove. In the second inning of Cincinnati’s game on Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies, Hayes had an absolute gem of a play to get J.T. Realmuto out at first base. This is […]

Shortstop Carlos Correa is back with the Houston Astros where he spent the first seven years of his career. Ahead of his first home game since the Minnesota Twins dealt him back to Houston at the trade deadline, he revealed the best part about being a part of the club he came up with. “The […]

The St. Louis Cardinals weren’t supposed to contend for the postseason this year, but they’re 3.5 games out of a playoff spot as of August 11. Veteran pitcher Sonny Gray is a major reason why. The Cardinals are 18-6 in his starts this year — a Major League best record among pitchers with at least […]

Ask any Big East fan and they’ll tell you that UConn basketball — on the men’s and women’s sides — has a passionate following. Outside of Connecticut, maybe no one knows this better than St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, who has coached against the Huskies since his days at Providence in the 1980s. Now, his […]

The Boston Red Sox have called up left-handed reliever Jovani Moran from Triple-A Worcester before the team’s series opener against the Houston Astros on Monday, according to Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com. It’s a corresponding move after Boston designated righty reliever Nick Burdi for assignment. “Thank you Red Sox for letting me put on a big […]

Florida State found itself on the outside looking in of the college football preseason AP Poll, but head coach Mike Norvell gave fans something to be excited about after the team’s most recent scrimmage on Sunday. The sixth-year coach met with the media and said that Tennessee transfer Squirrel White has made it all the […]

Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier will make his 2025 debut on Monday against the Boston Red Sox in his return from Tommy John surgery. He will go up against Garrett Crochet in a game that will also be Carlos Correa’s first back in Houston after the Astros re-acquired him at the trade deadline. Javier last […]

The New York Knicks haven’t had much luck against Reggie Miller or the Indiana Pacers over the last 30 years, but New York basketball was still able to score a smaller victory thanks to Becky Hammon and the Liberty. As Hammon tells it, the Liberty Ring of Honor member would face Miller during her playing […]

This version of the New York Liberty — the one without three rotation players, including former MVP Breanna Stewart — is good enough to beat the bottom of the WNBA. They established that once Emma Meesseman joined the fold last week and the team beat the Connecticut Sun and Dallas Wings twice. They can also […]

New York Liberty star and 2024 WNBA Finals MVP Jonquel Jones waited a long time before hoisting a championship trophy last October. She spent the first seven seasons of her pro career with the Connecticut Sun in a tenure that included two WNBA Finals losses — including in 2019 to the Washington Mystics in a […]

WNBA games over the past couple weeks have become victims of a bizarre trend in which fans in multiple arenas across the league have interrupted games by throwing green sex toys on the court. Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham joked about the incidents, but also kept her eye on the larger picture. “If someone threw […]

Shelby Miller took one step closer to making his Milwaukee Brewers debut on Tuesday when the team assigned him to Triple-A Nashville to begin a rehab assignment. Miller last pitched on July 5 for the Arizona Diamondbacks before going on the injured list with a forearm strain. The Diamondbacks dealt him and pitcher Jordan Montgomery […]

Ken Rosenthal is backtracking a bit on his report that the Boston Red Sox made a “feeble at best” attempt to pry starting pitcher Joe Ryan from the Minnesota Twins. “All right, I might have been too harsh when I said on my ‘Fair Territory’ show that the Boston Red Sox’s pursuits of Twins right-hander […]

Add another line to the resume for South Carolina women’s basketball legend A’ja Wilson. The 2017 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player is headed for the South Carolina athletics Hall of Fame when the university inducts its 2025 class in October. Wilson headlines the six-player class, which also includes Natasha Hastings (track and field, 2005-07), Paul […]

There are majestic home runs and then there’s the work of art that Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber graced us with on Monday. In the bottom of the third inning of Philadelphia’s game against the Baltimore Orioles, Schwarber launched a two-run shot into the third deck at Citizens Bank Park to tie the game […]

The St. Louis Cardinals sit a game below .500 and will spend the remainder of the season looking toward the future. With two months remaining, all eyes are on the team’s top prospect, JJ Wetherholt. As they should be. Wetherholt, also ranked the No. 16 prospect in baseball per MLB, has excelled at Triple-A Memphis since […]

Boston Red Sox veteran pitcher Liam Hendriks still intends to pitch this season despite being sidelined since late May with a right hip injury. After Hendriks tried to ramp back up in July, the issue returned and a second opinion revealed a strained abdominal side wall. Speaking to reporters on Monday, he shared the hilarious […]

St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn is in his second full season in the Majors, and while he still has work left to do to reach his potential, fans have seen glimpses of long-term potential. After flashing some leather in the Cardinals’ series over the weekend against the San Diego Padres, the 23-year-old reflected on […]

Minnesota Twins rookie Luke Keaschall appears to be nearing a return to the Major Leagues. Bobby Nightengale of the Minnesota Star Tribune noted before the Twins faced the Tigers in Detroit on Monday that Keaschall has a locker in the visitors’ clubhouse. “Likely a sign that he will be activated from the IL tomorrow,” Nightengale […]

For the second straight month, Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers is your WNBA Rookie of the Month. The runaway favorite for Rookie of the Year, Bueckers had a standout July for a Wings team languishing outside of the playoff picture. Over the course of the month, she averaged 18.2 points per game with 3.2 rebounds […]

NCAA Tournament purists can breathe easy — for now. Men’s and women’s March Madness is going to stay at 68 teams for the 2025-26 season, NCAA vice president Dan Gavitt announced on Monday. Both tournament committees explored expanding the tournament to 72 or 76 teams for next season, and the options remain on the table […]

With the August 7 WNBA trade deadline fast approaching, Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale is the most high-profile name that might move — at least that we know of. A blockbuster deal that would send her to the Las Vegas Aces in exchange for Jewell Loyd, however, seems far-fetched. Or is it? The Ringer’s Seerat […]

Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca still plans to buy the Connecticut Sun, but as he said on Monday, nothing is official yet. Pagliuca released a lengthy statement in which he clarified that the deal is not done, but if he is successful, he intends to keep “New England’s WNBA team in New England” and […]

For a couple hours on Sunday, everything was right in the New York Liberty’s world. After four straight losses, including to two of the worst teams in the WNBA, New York got back in the win column as mid-season acquisition Emma Meesseman made her 2025 debut. Meesseman wasn’t the story of the game — that […]

No one can convince the reigning WNBA champion New York Liberty to take a loss as a moral victory, and that includes their 100-93 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday. But listening to how the team spoke after the game shows that even in the loss, they proved something to themselves. “If there’s ever […]

The New York Yankees have already been aggressive on the trade market as the 2025 deadline approaches. With Ryan McMahon and Amed Rosario both in the Bronx, New York is now believed to be focusing on relief and starting pitchers. Though the Yankees are not planning to trade George Lombard Jr. or Spencer Jones, their […]

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Justin Slaten has been on the injured list since July 1 with right shoulder inflammation, but manager Alex Cora had a promising update on the 27-year-old righty. “I don’t know how fast he’s going to go from now on, but the fact that he was able to do that with […]

The Toronto Blue Jays made a big move on Tuesday, acquiring relief pitcher Seranthony Dominguez in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles. The team may not be done bolstering their bullpen, either. The Athletic’s Blue Jays beat writer Mitch Bannon said as much as the Thursday trade deadline approaches. “This won’t be be Toronto’s only […]

The Houston Astros have endured a mind-boggling number of injuries this season, leaving them looking for a starting pitcher at the trade deadline. The San Diego Padres have one available in Dylan Cease. According to Ken Rosenthal and Chandler Rome of The Athletic, something just might work out between the two sides. “Perhaps it should […]

One day after dealing starter Chris Paddack to the Detroit Tigers, the Minnesota Twins are still working to deal their pitchers. As MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reported via X on Tuesday, “The Twins are not done making trades, after yesterday’s deal with the Tigers. The Cubs, Blue Jays and Dodgers have checked in on the […]

The San Diego Padres are in position for a Wild Card spot, so no, they are not trade deadline sellers. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal shed some light on the team’s position as Thursday approaches. “They would only sell if it enabled them to get other pieces that would help them maybe even better compete this […]

All the talk around Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase this week was supposed to be about whether he would be traded as the deadline approaches. Instead, Clase is on the restricted list as the subject of an MLB gambling probe. He joined Luis Ortiz as the other Cleveland player under investigation for potential sports gambling. […]

The Chicago Cubs family is mourning Ryne Sandberg, their Hall of Fame second baseman, who died on Monday at age 65 after a battle with cancer. Current and former players have come forward over the past 24 hours to share their memories, and that includes one of the newest Cubs, Matthew Boyd. As Boyd told […]

The Nolan Arenado trade talk is heating up again between the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros, just one day after rumors swirled that the Astros were not interested. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reported on Tuesday that the two sides have again discussed a deal for Arenado, but two days before the trade deadline, nothing […]