6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (834+ words) PITTSBURGH - Their relationship was a joke. At least, that’s how it began. “I just tried a couple jokes on him when he was first here, and he laughed,” Ben Skowronek said. “I figured out, you know what, we’ll probably be…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (546+ words) NEW YORK - Elena Rybakina clinched the world No. 1 spot after rallying to beat Qinwen Zheng 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the U.S. Open semifinals. The 27-year-old from Kazakhstan will usurp Aryna Sabalenka, whose 99-week reign at the top of the rankings will…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (757+ words) SAN FRANCISCO – With a sparse crowd of 27,478 braving the blistering 89-degree temperatures and scorching sunbeams at Oracle Park on Wednesday afternoon, the Giants took to the searing surface with an opportunity to do something the team had failed to accomplish…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (518+ words) SWING: Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani bats in the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS Shohei Ohtani was out of the lineup again Tuesday…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (408+ words) BOSTON - In more than three months since his last disastrous start for the Boston Red Sox, Brayan Bello proved himself as an elite bulk-innings reliever. The opening frame was an achievement in and of itself, as Bello entered the contest…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (731+ words) ROOKIE: Miami Dolphins linebacker Kyle Louis gives an interview during rookie minicamp at the Baptist Health training complex on May 8, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Dolphins rookie safety/linebacker Kyle…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (645+ words) ARRESTED: San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York, speaks at a press conference to "Pledge for a More Understanding and Safer America" at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on Oct. 26, 2017. Sgt. Paul Kelly, right, President of San Jose Police Officers' Association…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (332+ words) YANKED: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Edwin Diaz (3) stands in the dugout after being removed from the game after giving up the tying run on an RBI single by Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell (5) in the ninth inning in the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1072+ words) When the news broke last week that Mark Walter was selling the Lakers just one year after buying the storied basketball franchise, executives working for another crown jewel in his sports empire - the Dodgers - were quick to say the billionaire…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (408+ words) Matt Wilkinson’s velocity, or lack thereof, isn’t what got him to the majors, nor will it be the attribute that keeps him here. Wilkinson’s four-seam fastball barely touches 90 mph, an abnormality in the age of velocity. Still, he’s climbed through…...