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HOUSTON — Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the team's lineup Friday so that he could travel to Los Angeles to be with his family, manager Dave Roberts announced.

According to an Instagram post on...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Describing it as a “huge relief,” Mike Trout said the latest setback in his recovery is a minor one.

The Angels embattled star underwent an MRI on his left knee that he said came back clean, ...Read more

PARIS — The 2024 Summer Games began Friday night, with a groundbreaking opening ceremony that sent athletes sailing down the Seine River so an entire city could welcome them.

Marking the first time in modern Olympic ...Read more

PARIS — All around the city there was talk of bad weather and nervous glances toward a dour, gray sky.

Sure enough, the clouds let loose in torrents of rain late Friday afternoon, dousing the streets, threatening to ...Read more

The Olympics opening ceremony had a lot going on — and viewers in the early going were confused.

Whiplashing from a techno can-can line, to a metal opera number, to sponcon for Louis Vuitton, and a loosely strung-...Read more

DENVER — The long-anticipated addition of Russell Westbrook to the Denver Nuggets roster is … almost official.

The former MVP has signed a contract that will make him the Nuggets’ second free-agent signing of the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles acquired right-handed pitcher Zach Eflin in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday for outfielder Matthew Etzel, infielder Mac Horvath and right-handed pitcher Jackson Baumeister, a source with...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — For a few years now, we’ve delved into the very topic we’re about to cover for several hundred words here, though this time the ending will endure a bit of a twist.

That topic: the Patrick Mahomes ...Read more

Just as they expected, the Dodgers were able to find a trade partner for James Paxton after designating him for assignment this week.

On Friday, the team announced it had agreed to trade Paxton to his old team, the Boston...Read more

Had the world not gone mad, as in dangerously loony, this might be the lighthearted Olympics column it wanted to be.

I’d probably start by making fun of the newest Summer Games sport debuting in these Paris Olympics now...Read more

MIAMI — Tua Tagovailoa entering his fifth NFL season can now finally say he feels the full respect, faith and belief the Miami Dolphins haven’t always shown him.

Took awhile, but the team gave him all of that on ...Read more

The wait is over for the Miami Dolphins and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

The two sides finally reached an agreement Friday afternoon on a long-term contract extension that will keep him leading the team’s offense for the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit Friday against the NBA over the new media rights deal that cuts out the league's longtime TV partner Turner Sports.

The suit filed in New York Supreme Court asserts ...Read more

SEATTLE — In desperate need of offensive help to bolster their listless lineup, the Mariners have added one of the best bats available on the trade market.

The Mariners acquired Randy Arozarena, the slugging left ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The first domino has fallen.

In what’s been expected to be a busy trade deadline for the Orioles, the club made its first move Friday afternoon — an unconventional and surprising one.

Baltimore traded ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Charles Barkley took to Instagram on Friday morning to express the sentiment many basketball fans have felt this week:

"It just sucks."

Barkley, a longtime analyst on TNT's popular "Inside the NBA" studio...Read more

CHICAGO — Some people have an admirable capacity to forgive.

Look no further than former Chicago Blackhawks prospect Kyle Beach finding it in himself to have a phone conversation with former general manager Stan Bowman,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — We've laughed together.

Quite a bit.

We've also cried, argued, grieved, taken a tumble, taken a stand, changed diapers, made "awful" Christmas cookies and, of course, talked a lot of basketball with Ernie...Read more

PARIS — To the seven Olympic titles and 15 world championships won during a record-setting track career, Allyson Felix could have added one more distinction: world's fastest mom.

After daughter Camryn was delivered ...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — A week after the Christmas Day fiasco against the Raiders, a shuddering third loss in four games, the Chiefs mustered one touchdown against Cincinnati.

But they prevailed, 25-17, with a boost from six ...Read more