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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Those ugly batting averages on the scoreboard won't change overnight, but Carlos Santana and Kyle Farmer showed their importance at the bottom of the Twins lineup Saturday

Santana homered for the third...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of lousy sliders from Taylor Rogers sank the Giants in extra innings on Saturday night.

Rogers replaced closer Camilo Doval in a tie game in the 10th inning, then allowed back-to-back home runs on...Read more

SEATTLE — On a night where the Seattle Mariners celebrated the 1990s, George Kirby, who was born in 1998, delivered a brilliant pitching performance, featuring pinpoint command and thread-the-needle accuracy that was ...Read more

TORONTO — With a chance to grab a stranglehold of this first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins played their best game of the series on Saturday night.

Going away from their goalie rotation and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James, in the Lakers’ white uniform, stood at the scorer’s table, filled his hands with chalk and tossed it into the evening air — the same as always.

Yet Saturday, even if it was like the ...Read more

Aaron Boone made a significant lineup change on Saturday night and it paid dividends immediately. Alex Verdugo moved all the way up into the cleanup spot of the order and announced his presence in the top half with a big ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fierceness, the Todd Pletcher trainee who won the Florida Derby by more than 13 lengths last month, was installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s historic 150th edition of the $5 ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Mikhail Sergechev could not sleep Friday night. The Lightning defenseman had just proven to his coaches that, not even 12 weeks after breaking the two major bones in his left leg, he was ready to return.

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CHICAGO — The Rays had a lot going on in Saturday’s game against the White Sox.

Richie Palacios had a breakout performance in the leadoff spot, hitting a homer and reaching base six times. Austin Shenton hit his first...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Trea Turner shattered his bat on the 97-mph fastball that he dropped into right-center with one out in the first inning. Two batters later, Alec Bohm ambushed a first-pitch slider and yanked it over the wall ...Read more

BOSTON — The Patriots selected Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton III with the 193rd overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

Milton is now the fifth quarterback on the roster and the second passer the Patriots have drafted ...Read more

DETROIT — They will frustrate you, even infuriate you at times. But, you have to know by now that they aren’t going to stop fighting.

The Tigers kicked the ball around for the first six innings, repeatedly failed to ...Read more

MIAMI — The Marlins lost just twice against the Washington Nationals all of last season.

It’s a safe bet the Marlins aren’t going to have that same success in 2024 as Washington beat the Marlins, 11-4, on Saturday. ...Read more

BOSTON — Chicago Cubs third baseman Christopher Morel’s all-out effort to snag a popup down the left-field line at Fenway Park nearly ended in disaster.

Morel’s pursuit of a shallow fly ball off the bat of Red Sox ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sonny Gray just might be human after all, but the Cardinals bullpen continues to look super-human and a six-run lead is a considerable cushion for a pitching staff.

Despite some self-inflicted wounds that ...Read more

DETROIT — The shakeup in college football is having an impact on the NFL draft.

Now that college players can make money on their name, image and likeness, without losing their eligibility, there isn't the same urgency ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — There will be no series sweep.

The Florida Panthers couldn’t recover from a three-goal first-period deficit and dropped Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs opening-round series against the Tampa Bay ...Read more

MIAMI — The Boston Celtics offered a reminder Saturday night at Kaseya Center of why they finished the season with the NBA’s best record and entered this opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the ...Read more

TORONTO — For the first time in his debut Dodgers season, there seemed to be a brief injury scare for starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow on Saturday.

After six stellar, suffocating, scoreless innings in a 4-2 Dodgers win ...Read more