By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Having watched the play countless times, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider doesn't want Isiah Kiner-Falefa to be criticized for getting thrown out at home plate in Game 7 of the World Series — inches short of scoring a ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Closer Edwin Díaz has agreed to a $69 million, three-year contract with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The NHL said Tuesday it remains cautiously optimistic about sending the world's best hockey players to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February amid issues with a smaller-than-expected rink size and questions regarding ice quality due to construction ...
By KRISTIE ACKERT Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Hinch has mastered the art of smiling and sidestepping the one question he keeps hearing at the MLB winter meetings. The Detroit Tigers manager has no interest in discussing the possibility of losing his ace, Tarik Skubal, ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Kay wanted to return to the major leagues after pitching in Japan for two years. He thinks he landed in a good situation with the Chicago White Sox. Kay is expected to compete for a spot in Chicago's rotation after finalizing a $12 million, two-year contract ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Chicago Bears went from first in the NFC to seventh with one loss. Could the Bears miss the playoffs entirely? That's a possibility given their tough schedule down the stretch and the inconsistency of quarterback Caleb Williams. At 9-4, the Bears ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Indiana and Ohio State dominated The Associated Press All-Big Ten honors announced Tuesday, with the Hoosiers' Curt Cignetti repeating as coach of the year, quarterback Fernando Mendoza taking two individual awards and Ohio State safety Caleb Downs ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clark Lea can tick off all the statistics Diego Pavia piled up leading the Vanderbilt Commodores to their best season ever as the quarterback put himself all over the program's record books. Defining what Pavia means to the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts had five turnovers that doomed the Eagles against the Chargers —- as many turnovers as losses for the Super Bowl champs this season — that raised the panic level in Philly to, break glass and insert the backup QB levels. The more the Eagles flounder ...
DENTON, Texas (AP) — North Texas has named associate head coach Drew Svoboda as the interim coach for the No. 23 Mean Green and the New Mexico Bowl that will end their record-breaking season. UNT athletic director Jared Mosely announced the move Tuesday, a day after Eric Morris was formally ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts bolstered their injury-depleted quarterback corps Tuesday by bringing 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement and signing him to the practice squad, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — A brief hospital visit won't keep Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf from playing next week against Miami. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Metcalf was hit in the abdomen at some point during Pittsburgh's 27-22 victory in ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is catching up with more legends. The baseball superstar ends 2025 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the fourth time, tying him with Lance Armstrong, LeBron James and Tiger Woods for most ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy given to the top player in college football. The Heisman Trophy Trust announced ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins placed center Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve Tuesday with an upper-body injury. The move comes after the 39-year-old Malkin sat out a shootout loss to Dallas on Sunday. Malkin, in the final season of his contract with the Penguins, is off to one of ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department's requests to unseal material from investigations ...
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Pacific Northwest residents braced for another round of heavy rain Wednesday after a powerful storm clobbered the region the day before, swelling rivers, closing roads and prompting high water rescues. Rivers across the western part ...
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a preliminary ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Brad Lander, the outgoing comptroller of New York City, announced Wednesday that he is running for Congress, challenging U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman in a Democratic primary for a liberal district in lower Manhattan and northwest Brooklyn. Lander, a ...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she "has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump." Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tired of "politics as a blood ...