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The first significant trade of the MLB offseason went down late Tuesday night and it was a stunner. The Baltimore Orioles sent righty Grayson Rodriguez to the Los Angeles Angels for slugging outfielder Taylor Ward. It’s a 1 for 1 trade. Once seen as the O’s future ace, Rodriguez was instead traded for a rental […]

There’s a pretty wide disparity between the perception and reality of “clutch” basketball. We tend to believe it’s almost genetic: some players and teams have a clutch instinct, while others don’t. The truth is more nuanced than that. Really, clutch performance encompasses such a tiny sample that it can look almost random. Last year’s Bulls […]

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Riverhounds, one of the USL Championship’s most historic teams, have won the first championship in club history following a 5-3 penalty shootout victory over FC Tulsa on Saturday, following a 0-0 draw in regulation. With two of the best defenses in the league meeting in the final in Tulsa, chances came […]

Two star-studded teams in the Washington Spirit and Gotham FC will meet in San Jose for the NWSL Championship, a competitive match likely in store as each side chases their second league title, but the big question looms — will Trinity Rodman play? The pair took contrasting roads to the NWSL Championship, the No. 2 […]

A run of eight consecutive seasons of playoff berths — including four pennants and the first two World Series titles in franchise history — ended for the Houston Astros in 2025. They went 87-75, missing the postseason by a tiebreaker after finishing with an identical record to the Tigers, who ended up in the ALDS.  […]

Getty Images Center back Cameron Carter-Vickers will miss the rest of Celtic’s season with a long-term achilles injury, likely dashing any possible hopes of making the U.S. men’s national team’s roster for next summer’s World Cup on home soil. Carter-Vickers sustained the achilles injury during Celtic’s 2-1 win over Sturm Graz in the UEFA Europa […]

Getty Images We’re still right in the middle of the early part of the MLB offseason where things are painfully slow. Every once in a while, we’ll see a big free agent signing this early in the offseason — Blake Snell with the Dodgers last year comes to mind — but for the most part, […]

The final international break of 2025 has come to an end, and with that period passing, we’ll have uninterrupted club soccer until March. That brings a good time to reflect as the Premier League is through 11 matches, which is a chance to begin looking at trends around the league. But while some things, such […]

After a run of seven straight playoff trips — including a 2021 World Series title — things came to a screeching halt for the Braves in 2025. They started 0-7, climbed to above .500 at 24-23, but then things fell off the proverbial rails for good. The low point was 19 games under .500 (48-67) […]

Two star-studded teams in the Washington Spirit and Gotham FC will meet in San Jose for the NWSL Championship, a competitive match likely in store as each side chases their second league title. The pair took contrasting roads to the Championship, the No. 2 seed Spirit advancing as the favorites in their matchups while Gotham […]