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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 […]

When UConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd left Tampa last week as a National Champion, she had added her name to the annals of one of the most storied programs in all of college sports. Fudd was named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player, and her UConn Huskies dominated two No. 1 seeds that weekend […]

The 2025-26 UConn Huskies men’s basketball backcourt got another major boost on Monday when the six-time national champions landed Dayton guard Malachi Smith via the transfer portal. Smith joins Georgia transfer Silas Demary Jr. and returnee Solo Ball as the most experienced players in what should be one of the best backcourts in the country. […]

With the 2025 WNBA Draft just hours away, this year’s draftees took to the Empire State Building for an early photo op and sight-seeing opportunity. It’s become a tradition on draft day for the green room invitees to join WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert on the ride to the top. This year, presumptive No. 1 pick […]

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge, a two-time American League MVP and the AL’s all-time home run king, earned another prestigious honor on Monday when he was named captain of Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. It will be Judge’s World Baseball Classic debut. The career Yankee is off to a scorching start […]

There may not be a more obvious trade candidate in all of Major League Baseball than Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara. The 29-year-old has two years left on his deal, is by far the highest-paid player on the roster and is pitching for a team that isn’t expected to contend for a playoff spot. That […]

Memphis Grizzlies rookie forward Jaylen Wells left Tuesday night’s game against the Charlotte Hornets on a stretcher after taking a scary fall following a dunk attempt. The play occurred with 1:10 remaining in the second quarter. Wells went up for a dunk and was hit from behind by a trailing KJ Simpson. Simpson was issued […]

The New York Yankees have released a statement following the death of former relief pitcher Octavio Dotel. Dotel, who pitched for 13 different teams in his career, including the Yankees, died after sustaining injuries when a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed on Tuesday morning. He was 51. “The Yankees mourn the passing of former Yankees pitcher […]

Corbin Burnes is opening up about his free agency and how he ended up a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Burnes was the Baltimore Orioles’ ace last year, going 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA and an All-Star nod. Though the O’s remained in the running to retain him until the end, he settled on Arizona […]

Right-handed pitcher Spencer Arrighetti joined the stable of injured Houston Astros starters on Tuesday when the team placed him on the 15-day injured list with a broken thumb. It was a hard luck injury for Arrighetti, who took a line drive off his throwing hand while playing catch in the outfield during batting practice Monday […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are off to a 7-2 start and are one of the reasonable picks to challenge the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the National League. They won 95 games last year and, rather than go big during the offseason, decided to mostly run it back in hopes that this time they can break back […]