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Victor Vodnik beat his chest, mouthed some choice words, and received a celebratory hug from catcher Hunter Goodman.

Why not? Vodnik had just closed out the Rockies’ grittiest victory of the season.

After giving up a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In Sacramento, the Athletics are mired in last place, struggling to fill the minor league ballpark they call home. That does not mean our state capitol is lacking for some serious hardball.

California ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. isn’t going into the Home Run Derby with any grand expectations or bold predictions.

While the Yankees second baseman says he’s “really excited” to be competing in MLB’s annual ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mark Buehrle achieved perfection, tossing the 18th perfect game in Major League Baseball history on July 23, 2009, against the Tampa Bay Rays.

He played a crucial role during the 2005 postseason, recording a ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Miami Heat’s opening game at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League was decided in the first quarter.

Technically the 105-98 loss Friday to the Atlanta Hawks at Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus played ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees had a bead on Seattle Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz.

That’s according to M’s catcher Cal Raleigh, who believes Muñoz was tipping pitches during the ninth inning of the Yankees’ come-from-...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas ballpark work forges ahead on the 9-acre site a few weeks after the Athletics held a groundbreaking for the $1.75 billion project.

Crews have been continuing excavation work to get the site down to...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Tucked away in a separate space at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV is a large conference room. If you walked in there Friday afternoon, a podium with a large screen in the background greeted ...Read more

CHICAGO — Luis Robert Jr. launched a two-run home run to left field in the second inning during Game 1 of Friday’s split doubleheader at Rate Field.

The Chicago White Sox had just one more hit, a Chase Meidroth single...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears have rewarded general manager Ryan Poles with a contract extension that will keep him with the team for the next five seasons, per multiple reports. The news was first reported by ESPN’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani has the bestselling jersey in baseball.

Again.

He is joined in the top four by Dodgers teammates Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts.

Again.

According to rankings released Friday based on ...Read more

MIAMI — A month after being charged with attempted murder, former NFL star Antonio Brown has posted videos on social media flaunting his lavish lifestyle abroad — riding around in expensive cars and sauntering on a ...Read more

DETROIT — Randy Arozarena’s recent hot streak at the plate has earned the Mariners left fielder a chance to play in Atlanta next week.

He’s headed to his second All-Star Game.

Arozarena was added to the AL roster ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis was arrested Friday morning in Florida, nearly a month after an alleged domestic dispute involving his former partner, according to the Miami Dade County State’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Another Yankee is heading to the All-Star Game.

With Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Max Fried already on the American League roster, Carlos Rodón was added on Friday. Rodón is actually taking the place ...Read more

SEATTLE — Last summer, Matthew Boyd was coaching his kids’ Little League teams in a suburb of Seattle. He was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery by himself at Athletic Training Institute in Bellevue. He was throwing at ...Read more

LITTLETON, Colo. — Here’s a switch: The Broncos killed Justin Simmons with kindness.

“What’s up, J?” Courtland Sutton asked.

First down.

“Hey, J!”

Sutton again.

First down.

“Good hit, J!”

Still ...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins had a disastrous 2024 season, one in which nearly everything that could go wrong did.

The Pro Bowl tailback (Raheem Mostert) and fullback (Alec Ingold) both sustained injuries that hindered ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres’ big bats were big. That was different.

The Padres’ bullpen was the big difference.

With home runs from Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado and their highest-leverage relievers ...Read more