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DETROIT — The Kansas City Royals, who have the fourth-best record in baseball since July 1 (27-16) and had won eight of their last 11, came into Comerica Park fighting for their playoff lives, trailing the Tigers by 9.5 ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Samuel Basallo wasn’t in the lineup Friday. He had more important business to tend to earlier in the day.

The 21-year-old top prospect and the Orioles finalized a long-term contract extension — the first...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The kid was more than all right.

Top prospect Carson Williams made a smashing major league debut Friday, hitting a two-run homer and driving in another run to lead the Rays to a 10-6 victory over the ...Read more

ATLANTA — Nolan McLean wasn’t even alive when the Atlanta Braves won the 1995 World Series, but any pitcher who grew up in the South, like the Mets‘ right-hander did, has undoubtedly heard of the “Big Three” of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Yankees and Red Sox games are known to get wild — just not like this.

A squirrel ran onto the field during Friday night’s game at Yankee Stadium, briefly interrupting play in a viral moment that delighted...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Bubba Chandler ran in from the bullpen to rock and roll. He left the mound to four ovations and fireworks, a perfect major league debut on a perfect day for the Pirates.

Chandler pitched the final four ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jhoan Duran stood behind the mound for a beat. He exhaled.

He had just allowed his first two runs in a Phillies uniform and had blown his first save after entering Friday a perfect 6 for 6 since the trade...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Derrick Harmon had a MRI exam Friday that confirmed the Steelers’ No. 1 draft choice has an MCL sprain that could keep him out 4-6 weeks, sources have told the Post-Gazette.

But because the Steelers have ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Taylor Moton is staying in Charlotte for the long haul.

Moton agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Carolina Panthers on Friday, the team announced. The new deal is worth $44 million, with $...Read more

NEW YORK — The Red Sox are moving Walker Buehler to the bullpen, manager Alex Cora announced Friday afternoon.

Cora and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow spoke to Buehler, who was in line to start Monday’s series ...Read more

TACOMA, Wash. — Shawn Kemp, who was one of the most popular athletes in Seattle in the 1990s when he played for the Sonics, was sentenced Friday in Pierce County Superior Court to 30 days of electronic home monitoring ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Samuel Basallo has played only four games in the major leagues, but he’s already set for life.

The Orioles and the 21-year-old top prospect are finalizing a long-term contract extension, a source with ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The record for the amount paid for a basketball card is about to be broken by Kobe Bryant on what would have been his 47th birthday ... with some help from his "big brother," Michael Jordan.

The 2007-08 ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley is no longer the target of an FBI investigation focused on wire fraud, gambling and prop bets, opening a potential path to return to the National Basketball ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The 49ers added another weapon to their offense in advance of the regular season.

Surprise! It wasn’t a wide receiver.

Brian Robinson Jr., a productive running back for the Washington Commanders...Read more

Players placing bets on games is taboo. Innumerable sports fans were educated on this point in 1989 when hits king Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for betting on games while he was a manager.

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PHILADELPHIA — It may not feel like it, considering the recent sweltering weather outside, but hockey season is just around the corner.

In about a month’s time, the Flyers will reconvene in Voorhees, N.J., for ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Earlier this summer, Jaland Lowe was listening intently to a question related to Kentucky’s backcourt for the 2025-26 season.

It clearly didn’t take Lowe — a veteran point guard with plenty of ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Eight years ago, the only smoke surrounding the Penguins came from victory cigars and Stanley Cup parades. Little different these days.

While on-ice news has been eerily quiet, conversation has shifted from...Read more