NEW YORK -- When he was first hit by a pitch from Colorado's Chad Bettis, Yankees slugger Luke Voit said he was scared. He remembered when Giancarlo Stanton's jaw was broken by a pitch from Milwaukee's Mike Fiers five years ago. "I thought broken ...
Farhan Zaidi took over as the head of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants this year, and it's as if the circumstances of his first trade deadline have been pitched into a blender, with nobody really knowing -- including Zaidi -- what concoction will ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays placed oft-injured center fielder Kevin Kiermaier on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a sprained left thumb and recalled outfielder Guillermo Heredia from Triple-A Durham. Kiermaier is hopeful of missing just ...
After five years of historic dominance, the Golden State Warriors are entering a new era. Their roster, once laden with veteran knowledge and championship experience, is stacked with young players who are just starting their NBA journeys. They will need ...
James Harden has had enough. The Rockets star hit back at reports that he and Chris Paul had a rift and that their relationship was "unsalvageable." "It was a lot of false talk," Harden told reporters Saturday. "Obviously as teammates, as competitors, you ...
San Francisco 49ers running back Jerick McKinnon against the Dallas Cowboys during an NFL preseason football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar). ASSOCIATED PRESS. The San Francisco 49ers head into the ...
LAS VEGAS -- Super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant and Mike Lee traded plenty of harsh words during the lead-up to their fight, with Plant ultimately promising to teach Lee the kinds of lessons he never learned on his way to a finance degree from Notre ...
SAINT-SAVIN, France — It's a Tour de France dilemma: When you've found a gem of a hotel with a knockout restaurant along the race route, do you greedily keep the precious address to yourself? Then again, a pleasure shared is a pleasure doubled, and Le ...
LAS VEGAS — From his first-round knockdown punches to his tenacious 12th-round finish, Manny Pacquiao gave yet another one-sided thrashing to Father Time. Keith Thurman was a whole lot tougher to beat, but the 40-year-old Filipino senator managed to ...
Shane Lowry's parents, Brendan and Bridget Lowry, are hoping to witness their son winning his first major with a bit of added significance given The Open Championship is in Ireland. NBC reported Shane's parents along with the rest of his family are in ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Javier Báez tagged the San Diego Padres in all sorts of ways. The Chicago Cubs star hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, then made a nifty play with his glove in the ninth inning Saturday to help preserve a 6-5 victory. The game started out as ...
Red Bull have made so much progress with their car in such a short space of time that its cornering abilities at the British Grand Prix overwhelmed the programming of Honda's engine. In qualifying at Silverstone, Max Verstappen mashed the throttle so hard ...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos rolled out the welcome mat Saturday for the winningest coach in franchise history, as Mike Shanahan attended his first Broncos practice since he was fired as head coach in 2008. Shanahan, who was 146-91 ...
Entering Sunday's series finale against the New York Yankees and mired in a six-game losing streak, the Colorado Rockies shook up the roster by making some hard but necessary moves. On Sunday morning, the Colorado Rockies announced that they had ...
Derek Holland, the left-handed pitcher who resurrected an injury-plagued career with the Giants last season and earned a $7.5 million contract for 2019, only to have a rough season and lose his rotation spot, has been cut. The Giants announced Sunday they ...
The Crew hadn't created a turning point for itself since a stretch of 13 losses in 16 games began April 13 at Montreal. On Saturday against the same club, the Crew found a glimmer of hope in turning the season around following three dismal months.
The boo birds at Target Field on Saturday night weren't so much vicious as they were understandable. With the Twins clinging to a lead over the Oakland Athletics, the bullpen imploded again, this time with usually reliable reliever Taylor Rogers blowing a ...
In trying to make sense of what Ariarne Titmus achieved on Sunday night at the FINA World Championships in South Korea, it's worth remembering this: nobody gets past Katie Ledecky. Glittering prize: Australian gold medallist Ariane Titmus, centre, stands ...
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has warned against the adulation for emerging scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies after his sparkling man-of-the-match performance on debut in the 35-17 win over Australia on Saturday. The 23-year old Stormers scrumhalf was ...
The defending champion saved two match points in the fifth set before winning the first deciding tie-break played in singles at the All England Club for a 7-6 (5) 1-6 7-6 (4) 4-6 13-12 (3) victory after four hours and 57 minutes.
Cori "Coco" Gauff left sunny London to return home to a soggy South Florida. The teen tennis phenom who grabbed most of the Wimbledon headlines was center court, as it were, for a homecoming celebration in Delray Beach on Saturday afternoon.
Indian selectors on Sunday announced fresh, young faces for the upcoming West Indies tour following the shock semi-final exit in the recent World Cup, and amid speculation about the future of veteran M.S. Dhoni. India start a tour of the West Indies on August ...
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