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LOS ANGELES — Jason Heyward didn't give Freddie Freeman the heads up that he'd secured a job in the Dodgers' front office. He hadn't told any of his former Dodger teammates. But Freeman, who's known Heyward for two ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This one time, anyway, winning a preseason game was a cause for the Chiefs.

Months after the then-American Football League team had been clobbered by Green Bay, 35-10, in the first Super Bowl in 1967,...Read more

ANAHEIM — An early five-run lead with one of their best starters on the mound should have been an easy victory for the Angels.

But nothing is easy this season.

Walbert Ureña couldn’t get out of the fourth inning, ...Read more

Furious George returned in the best way.

But the seething anger that fueled and at times engulfed George Kirby during his early days in a Mariners uniform due to walks, missed calls, cheap singles, bad innings and really ...Read more

Taj Bradley became the first pitcher in Twins history to complete an immaculate inning, striking out three batters in nine pitches during the fifth inning, but there wasn’t much else for the Twins to celebrate Tuesday in...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Paul Skenes had his best outing in months. It almost wasn’t enough.

Skenes threw six shutout frames, then Oneil Cruz’s ninth-inning, two-out solo homer off Mason Miller gave the Pirates the run they ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The already lean San Francisco Giants pitching rotation appeared to lose a second member in as many nights on Tuesday.

Starting pitcher Adrian Houser left Tuesday’s game against the Reds after only 1.1...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — The Patriots have been more willing than Christian Gonzalez to publicly discuss their contract negotiations with the star cornerback.

Gonzalez doesn’t seem particularly thrilled by it, and he ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — There was the metaphor, right overhead.

Just past 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, a helicopter descended while Christian Gonzalez took questions from reporters a few hundred yards from its landing pad. The Patriots ...Read more

Within the next week the Red Sox expect to get Trevor Story, Roman Anthony and Isiah Kiner-Falefa back from injury. When that happens the club will have some tough decisions to make, and in all likelihood a couple of key ...Read more

ATLANTA — In right-hander Tyler Glasnow’s first game back from the injured list, he pushed through bad luck, made an adjustment between innings, and showed how big of an impact he can make when healthy.

Even so, the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees shared encouraging updates on two of their stars before Tuesday’s series-opener against the Houston Astros, as Aaron Judge and Max Fried have both taken steps in the right direction this...Read more

DETROIT — Finally, a much needed victory for the Detroit Tigers.

They needed it, having lost six consecutive games and nine of 10, but on Tuesday they scratched out a 4-1 victory over American League-leading Tampa Bay. ...Read more

MIAMI — Klay Thompson wasn’t going to allow numbers to get in the way, not when the opportunity was there to join Giannis Antetokounmpo as part of this latest Miami Heat rebuild.

So salary was sacrificed.

And, at 36,...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jed York’s 49ers practiced Tuesday without him present, as they have throughout training camp, as they did two days earlier when the franchise’s 46-year-old owner sat in a suburban Ohio jail.

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PHILADELPHIA — It’s been over a month since LeBron James announced he was coming to Philly to finish his career with the 76ers, and the fanfare has not slowed down.

The Sixers team store at Xfinity Mobile Arena opened...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter isn’t backing down after the WNBA team ejected former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom from Sunday’s game against the Indiana Fever.

Kanter Freedom attended the game at ...Read more