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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Through two seasons, there has been an odd pattern to the Mark Pope coaching era at Kentucky.

Under Pope, UK men’s basketball has fared respectably against the best opponents.

Against the least-...Read more

Jake Cronenworth said late Monday night that it was time for the Padres to “dig deep.”

On Tuesday afternoon, he suffered a bloody nose and a scare when he took a ball to the face during batting practice.

Then, after ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Trevor McDonald wasn’t fooling the Toronto Blue Jays. Not in the slightest.

It was reflected in the eight runs he allowed, the most he’s surrendered in a single game in his young career. It was ...Read more

In Shohei Ohtani, who on Tuesday became the first Japanese player to hit 300 home runs in MLB, the Dodgers had the first National League All-Star voted in this year.

They still have a chance for a late addition.

Dodgers ...Read more

BALTIMORE — It was one of those nights for the Orioles.

The visiting Chicago fans seemed to take over Camden Yards, with a sea of blue jerseys and shirts lining the third base side and behind the visitors’ dugout. At ...Read more

Don’t look now, but the Boston Red Sox might actually have something going.

Powered by a dominant outing by Payton Tolle and a pair of second-inning home runs, the Red Sox beat the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox 8...Read more

ST. LOUIS — After they broke through in the sixth inning against Brewers starter Robert Gasser in efforts to avoid losing both games of a Tuesday doubleheader, the Cardinals’ first form of offense in the nightcap was ...Read more

NEW YORK — Tuesday night at Citi Field, there was a brief display of bad baseball in a game between two bad baseball teams. And it certainly opened up with a bang.

In the bottom of the first inning between the New York ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels’ losing streak reached seven games because of a nightmarish sequence in the late innings on Tuesday night.

The Angels took a one-run lead into the bottom of the seventh, and ended up ...Read more

MIAMI — It doesn’t take a new metric devised by genius analysts to say its suboptimal. And while they never dealt with the scenario in their days, you can almost hear the crustiest of the old managers scolding the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — About a month ago, Twins manager Derek Shelton called Taj Bradley into his office and told him that he thought he got “swagger jacked.”

It was a phrase that Shelton picked up from Carl Crawford when he...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons traded Caris LeVert and two second-round picks to the Milwaukee Bucks for forward Taurean Prince and guard Gary Harris on Tuesday evening, a source familiar with the trade negotiation ...Read more

The town of Foxboro responded to the Kraft Group’s lawsuit filed in June on Tuesday, stating the nearly $1 million entertainment license fee at issue was a legitimate billing for safety expenses and filing a counterclaim...Read more

DETROIT — It doesn’t have to be a big swing that changes a game. The Tigers, when they are playing at their best, prove this time after time.

And they did so again Tuesday night in a spirited, 6-2 win over the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Ryan O’Hearn made sure Paul Skenes’ losing streak didn’t reach 10.

He then took an well-deserved curtain call.

O’Hearn set a Pirates franchise record on Tuesday, driving in the first 10 runs with ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Ian Seymour delivered a third straight strong outing, and the Rays got their bats going Tuesday in halting a three-game slide with a 6-4 win over the Yankees at Tropicana Field.

The victory was a ...Read more

The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, saying as the qualification period of the 2028 Los Angeles Games had started all athletes needed to be offered equal...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Facing Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski for the first game of a Tuesday doubleheader at Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals had enough runs to take two different leads over Milwaukee's fireballer but...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers got their backup big man when Kevon Looney signed a one-year, $3.9-million deal on Tuesday, people not authorized to speak publicly told The Los Angeles Times.

The 6-foot-9 Looney ...Read more