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TAMPA, Fla. — Shame about Mike Evans, wasn’t it?

You thought he’d go straight from a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform to a gold Hall of Fame sports coat in Canton. But, hey, not every story ends happily when money is ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — There was muffled chatter among the grounds crew as the six of us stood on the steps waiting for our cue.

I was already hot. A sheen of sweat was building on my forehead, and I felt the heat in my face, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As the 2020s move toward their ending, Kentucky men’s basketball has only three years remaining to avert producing the worst decade in the storied history of the Wildcats’ program.

If you wonder why...Read more

DENVER — If Wellesley Bush were Sean Payton, she’d have zero tolerance for 0 in orange.

“My opinion is that no, I don’t think he should go to training camp,” Bush told me Monday when I asked about Broncos pass-...Read more

ANAHEIM — A night after the Angels intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to load the bases in the ninth inning, they pitched to him.

Neither decision worked out.

Left-hander Mitch Farris threw one pitch to the Houston ...Read more

Dominic Canzone’s go-ahead home run in the eighth spoiled a Tuesday night of leaderboard climbing for Max Muncy and Shohei Ohtani as the Mariners beat the Dodgers 7-6 in the first game at Dodger Stadium since before the ...Read more

That’s baseball.

After so many games this season, some version of that adage, a verbal shrug and a nod to how unpredictable the sport is, has been uttered in the Padres clubhouse.

Yes, it is baseball.

But the Padres ...Read more

He had them from the jump.

Coming into Tuesday night’s outing Athletics rookie Gage Jump’s numbers didn’t exactly leap off the page. The 23-year-old left-hander had an unremarkable 4.42 ERA over his first 11 big ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The pregame news dump on Tuesday afternoon was one of the most brutal in recent memory.

Utilityman Casey Schmitt was diagnosed with a torn meniscus and could miss the remainder of the season. Rookie ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh Pirates comeback came out of nowhere.

It wasn’t quite enough.

The Pirates trailed 6-0 going into the eighth inning, but scored six runs on Tuesday night at PNC Park to force extra innings. ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — When the Cardinals slipped beneath the winning waterline for the first time this season it wasn’t a slow sink or even a sudden cannonball, but an absolute dunk by their archrival.

The Cubs drubbed the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees finally added a catcher on Tuesday … via a minor league contract.

The team signed veteran backstop Christian Bethancourt and assigned him to Triple-A before beating the White Sox, 3-2, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Starting pitcher Seth Lugo gave the Royals a solid performance in the series opener at the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

And the Royals gave him just enough support — to the point of being one out ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — There are coaches in the NFL who carry with them a bizarre reputation.

They’re called whisperers.

And, frankly, no one really knows what that means.

Players that you coach at a position ...Read more

MIAMI — As MLB’s trade deadline approaches on Monday, Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara once again is dominating trade rumors.

And after the Marlins saw their hopes of reaching the postseason take a hit over the past ...Read more

NEW YORK — A foreboding forecast in Queens caused Tuesday night’s game between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves to be postponed, setting up a split-admission doubleheader on Wednesday.

Wednesday’s first game at ...Read more

DETROIT — There are ugly games, and then there’s what happened at Comerica Park on Tuesday night.

Dean Kremer set a new career high with eight runs allowed and the Detroit Tigers scored in all eight of their innings ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants’ season took yet another bizarre turn Tuesday when the team announced that outfielder Harrison Bader was involved in a scooter accident this past weekend and suffered additional damage to the...Read more

TAMPA, Fla.— The Tampa Bay Rays had a lot go right over the previous week in winning six of seven games.

And then there was Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.

An infield single and an errant pickoff throw led to one run...Read more

CHICAGO — Ben Johnson is open to the idea that this year will be different. In fact, the Chicago Bears’ second-year coach is more than open to it.

He’s embracing it.

“This is our chance to forge our identity,” ...Read more