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DENVER -- If you want a positive spin on Mike Foltynewicz's performance Wednesday night at Coors Field, how about this: The last time he gave up 11 hits and eight runs in 3 1/3 innings, at Washington on June 12, the ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A thoroughly unwatchable three-game series of baseball ended Wednesday night in much of the same fashion as it began, with the Detroit Tigers getting beaten badly by the Rangers.

It started with right-...Read more

Here's a potential bust from each NFL team to help your fantasy football draft preparation:

AFC

Broncos

C.J. Anderson, RB: If you promised me he would make it through the season unscathed, I'd be all in.

Chiefs

Tyreek...Read more

MILWAUKEE -- On this day, long ball topped small ball.

The Pittsburgh Pirates kept delivering run-scoring singles Wednesday afternoon and the Milwaukee Brewers kept answering with home runs.

Manny Pina delivered the ...Read more

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker has been active this summer.

He's spent time in town rehabbing his torn left anterior cruciate ligament, grinding his way back from the same injury that ended his rookie ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The Cubs bullpen blew a five-run lead after starter John Lackey threw six-innings of one-run ball Wednesday night. The Reds hit three home runs in the seventh and eighth to forge a 6-6 tie, but Javier Baez led ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Jered Weaver, who won more games than all but one pitcher in Los Angeles Angels history and left about $60 million on the table to play for them, announced his retirement Wednesday.

Weaver, 34, a three-time...Read more

Ron Prince spent six years at the University of Virginia as an assistant coach, had two children born in Charlottesville, Va., and still considers the city "like home."

When he saw rallies and protests and bloodshed ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Alex Gordon finished 2 for 5 and produced a tie-breaking RBI single in the ninth. The Royals survived another bullpen collapse in a 7-6 victory over the Oakland A's on Wednesday afternoon.

The ...Read more

While cornerback Tramaine Brock spent roughly five months wondering what his NFL future held, one team served as a consistent source of hope -- the Seahawks.

"It was like they was the number one choice," Brock said. "When...Read more

CHICAGO -- Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant isn't shy about his admiration of Reds All-Star Joey Votto.

"He's the best player ever," said Bryant, who was flattered this week when Votto told him his approach at the plate ...Read more

James Harrison has a strong opinion about T.J. Watt, a rookie his coach says will replace the 39-year-old at outside linebacker for the Steelers this season.

"He looks good, looks good," Harrison said Wednesday.

The 15th...Read more

Two experienced football men in Bears' Kyle Long's life are mindful of his mental challenges.

Long was absent Wednesday to see a doctor about his surgically repaired right ankle, Bears coach John Fox said. But two days ...Read more

A credible Halas Hall source made a firm assertion after Bears practice Wednesday in Lake Forest: Rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky has a long way to go to be ready to play at a high level in the NFL.

That source? ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Derek Jeter was nowhere to be found when Major League owners took up the franchise sale of the Marlins for the first time on Tuesday. It was lead investor and billionaire businessman Bruce Sherman who met with ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- More than three years after the NCAA opened an investigation into how bogus African Studies courses benefited athletes at UNC-Chapel Hill, university officials convened here on Wednesday for UNC's long-...Read more

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton's last chance to extend his shot at history -- more history -- came in the eighth inning Wednesday, with the Miami Marlins comfortably ahead of the San Francisco Giants and little on the line ...Read more