NEW YORK – A fourth-inning blitz and a 6-foot-6 beast of a rookie were all the New York Yankees needed to finally conquer their heated rivals in an elimination game. Cam Schlittler, touching 98 to 100 mph on 64 of his 107 pitches, blasted through a largely overmatched Boston Red Sox lineup to strike out 12 and toss eight shutout ...
NEW YORK — The play of the night belonged to Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon, who tracked Jarren Duran’s foul pop-up with one out in the top of the eighth inning to the Red Sox dugout … and caught the ball while his whole body flipped over the railing. McMahon was not hurt on the play and received a standing ...
Longtime MLB scout Dick Groch died Wednesday, according to his family. He was 84 years old. A cause of death was not disclosed. Groch worked in the scouting department throughout his MLB career with the New York Yankees, Montreal Expos and Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees held a moment of silence for Groch before Game 3 of their American League Wild ...
Sophie Cunningham hasn’t been at a press conference in a minute. The guard, who played 30 games before tearing the MCL in her right knee in August, had plenty to share at her Indiana Fever exit interview on Thursday. Cunningham took aim at WNBA officials and leadership in her 12 minutes at the dais. ‘Our leadership needs to be held ...
The Vikings and new-look Browns kick off Sunday in London. ‘Sunday Night Football’ features an AFC East clash between the Bills and Patriots. Week 5 ends Monday with surging Chiefs trying to ruin the Jags’ return to the prime-time stage. The 2025 NFL season has somehow already reached October. That means loads of international games, the onset of bye weeks ...
LAS VEGAS — Alyssa Thomas’ competitiveness stretches far beyond the basketball court. Just ask Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper, who lost a not-so-friendly game of UNO during the team’s journey to Las Vegas ahead of Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday against the Las Vegas Aces. Thomas and Copper may be teammates when they suit up in purple ...
All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell was asked about her future with the Indiana Fever at the team’s exit interviews on Thursday, Oct. 2 in Indianapolis. Her answer was a dire warning. ‘I hope we got a league,’ Mitchell said. ‘I hope that when it’s all said and done … we can have a season, period. For all the girls, every person, ...
The first of three win-or-go-home Game 3s in MLB’s wild-card round pitted two American League Central division foes against each other one last time in 2025. Thursday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field was the ninth time the rivals faced off in 17 days. The Guardians had won five of the last six regular-season matchups ...
Rankings – and the debates those create – fuel the NBA, more so than any of the major domestic sports leagues. Player rankings in particular span generations and eras, showcasing the league’s elite starpower. We enlisted 12 NBA experts across the USA TODAY Network and asked them to rank a field of 40 players, taking the weighted average to generate ...