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The Indiana Fever are about to enter the WNBA season with higher expectations on them than anyone on the current roster has ever experienced. The team ended the 2024 season red-hot, forcing its way into the WNBA Playoffs, and reloaded in the offseason by bringing in a bevy of veterans to complement a core led […]

Veteran third baseman Nolan Arenado is about to break camp with the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s played four years in St. Louis, but even with two more years remaining on his contract, it seemed unlikely this winter that he would stay a Cardinal for year five. Arenado was at the center of trade rumors all […]

Christian Walker, the Houston Astros’ major offseason signing, will be on the Opening Day roster as he comes back from an oblique injury. Walker took seven at-bats in a minor league game on Tuesday and will travel to Houston tonight. The Astros open the season at home on Thursday against the New York Mets and […]

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto wants to set the record straight about his free agency. After spending 2024 across town with the New York Yankees, Soto could have returned to the Bronx, signing a lucrative deal that would have lasted the rest of his career. When he settled on the Mets instead for a […]

The Houston Astros have released first baseman Jon Singleton two days before Opening Day, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported. Singleton’s release clears the way for offseason acquisition Christian Walker to man first base as he continues recovering from an oblique injury. Singleton played 119 games for the Astros last year, taking over first when it became […]

The Los Angeles Angels have released outfielder Mickey Moniak, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on Tuesday. The former first overall pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2016 MLB Draft, Moniak has never caught on in the Major Leagues like expected. He debuted with the Phillies in 2020 but never played in more than 85 games […]

New Mexico basketball fans were dealt another tough blow on Tuesday when guard Donovan Dent, the 2024-25 Mountain West Player of the Year and All-American honorable mention, hit the transfer portal. On3’s Joe Tipton was first to report the news and he added that Dent will consider a return to New Mexico. The Lobos’ season […]

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery will undergo Tommy John surgery next week and miss the 2025 MLB season, according to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. It’s another setback for the 32-year-old Montgomery, who is coming off the worst season of his career. After winning the World Series with the 2023 Texas Rangers, he […]

Arkansas men’s basketball enters its Sweet 16 game in the 2025 NCAA Tournament against Texas Tech as 5.5-point underdogs, but the Razorbacks got some good news on Tuesday. Leading scorer Adou Thiero will be available Thursday night when Arkansas faces the Red Raiders, head coach John Calipari has revealed. “Adou Theiro is available. He is […]

With four Big Ten teams remaining in the 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament, the conference still has a lot to settle before the season ends. Iowa basketball, however, has already made a major move for the 2025-26 season. The Hawkeyes hired Drake coach Ben McCollum to replace Fran McCaffery earlier this week. His star for the […]

With the Los Angeles Dodgers assembling an MLB superteam on the heels of their 2024 World Series championship, some have begun chirping about the need for a salary cap in Major League Baseball. The MLBPA isn’t buying it. MLBPA special assistant and former MLB relief pitcher Andrew Miller spoke out against the idea on Monday. […]

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza spent time in the New York Yankees organization as a minor league player and a coach. In that time, he got to know lifelong Yankee Brett Gardner. Gardner and his wife, Jessica, tragically lost their youngest son, Miller, at age 14 last week after he and several family members […]

The Kansas State Wildcats are in the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 and they have senior Temira Poindexter to thank. Not only was Poindexter the game’s leading scorer (24 points) in Kansas State’s Second Round win over Kentucky on Sunday, but she made some history along the way. Her […]

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 […]