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DENVER — If a league-ranking think-piece falls in the quiet forest of the NFL offseason, it does, in fact, make a sound. A loud one. Particularly in Denver, this town that demands greatness from its Broncos but bristles ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — It might have raised some eyebrows when the Tampa Bay Lightning signed journeyman forward Jeffrey Viel to a five-year deal on the opening day of free agency earlier this month.

But the Lightning believe ...Read more

MIAMI — Here are three examples of who Jordyn Brooks is as a man, leader, football player and teammate.

The first occurred on Thanksgiving Day of the 2024 season. The Miami Dolphins embarrassed the franchise the way ...Read more

MIAMI — A case could be made that everything changed for the Miami Heat when the Milwaukee Bucks on June 22 agreed to trade Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Yet when asked last week about his team’s dramatic change last season ...Read more

SEATTLE — The last time the Seattle Seahawks gathered on the field for a game, they were celebrating the second Super Bowl win in the franchise’s 50-year history.

The last time they gathered as a team they were ...Read more

NEW YORK — Eliezer Alfonzo jumped on a first-pitch cutter, keeping his hands inside to send it into shallow center field.

Two weeks after making his major league debut under tragic circumstances, Alfonzo recorded his ...Read more

PHOENIX — Not even a seven-run lead was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to overcome a few charitable walks, Nolan Arenado and their own ragged play in the late innings.

The erosion of their lead and their play ...Read more

DENVER — Maybe Hunter Goodman wanted to show the rest of baseball that leaving him out of the Home Run Derby was a huge mistake. Or, maybe it was just a day off on Saturday that gave him some pop back in his bat.

Either...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The San Diego Padres drove in runners. Lots of runners.

More than they had all season.

“It was needed,” Fernando Tatis Jr. said afterward. “It’s definitely great when it’s your team doing ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Johnson made the pitch that was the difference between a good outing and a bad one.

With the bases loaded and Detroit Tigers’ All-Star Dillon Dingler at the plate in the fifth inning, the Angels...Read more

SEATTLE — Luke Raley started so hot — relatively speaking — with his power production at the plate that there was bound to be a course correction.

But maybe not to the extreme of the past six weeks.

Between the ...Read more

HOUSTON — The characteristic of the 2026 Baltimore Orioles that separates them from their competition is the catching position.

Baltimore has a powerful catching duo in Major League Baseball with three-time All-Star ...Read more

CHICAGO – The Minnesota Twins are walking a tightrope, trying to stay afloat in the playoff race with an underwhelming bullpen, a shorthanded starting rotation and an evolving defense that has been one of the worst in ...Read more

TORONTO — Sean Burke allowed two hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings on Sunday, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays in front of a sellout crowd of 41,288 at Rogers Centre.

Burke and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly two years ago, Francisco Lindor stood on the same field where he played Sunday with a group of trainers begging them to let him play on an injured back. The New York Mets were in the mix for a wild-...Read more

CLEVELAND — Billy Cook is one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ avid crossword puzzlers.

They’re a common activity across MLB clubhouses, and Cook can usually be found in front of his locker before games, pen in hand, ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t know when Shohei Ohtani will be on the mound again.

He was tentatively scheduled to start Wednesday against the Phillies, after promising initial reports on his recovery from ...Read more

BOSTON — Over the past three weeks the Boston Red Sox starting pitching has been firing on all cylinders, and most days throughout this historic win streak it’s felt like the starter has had his best stuff.

That was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What if the Los Angeles Dodgers never get a full season of pitching from Shohei Ohtani?

In his first season with the Dodgers, he did not pitch at all. In his second, he did not pitch until June. And, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Steve Gansey was playing with his son a few weeks ago, as ESPN hummed in the background, when he heard something unusual. It was Kendrick Perkins, talking to his "NBA Today" co-hosts, about a photo that ...Read more