Baseball

The first-place Boston Red Sox, who finished 69-93 just last year, are on the cusp of one of the greatest one-season turnarounds in baseball history, but can they go all the way?

New York Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter has been placed on the disabled list again and, according to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, the trip to the DL will "effectively end his season."

Football season may be underway, but the hardest hit you'll see this weekend may very well be on the diamond.

Forget A-Rod, steroids and the Yanks losing games. In my mind that's all trivial. There's some good coming out of the MLB and it involves an old time first base coach, kids sitting in the stands and some damn good advice.

If you thought that the pitch that hit A-Rod was bad, you haven't seen this. A pitch got away from New York Mets' pitcher Jonathan Niese during Wednesday's game. The result was a 90-mile-per-hour fastball connecting with Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward.

Last night, NFL fans got their first taste of game day, with six NFL preseason games to whet their appetite for the real thing come September. While preseason football games are clearly not as compelling as their regular season counterparts, the majority of my Twitter feed was filled with tweets about the backups that occupied most of these games. This, despite the fact that there were plenty of r

A guy makes a grandiose gesture to show his love. He asks his girlfriend to marry him, in front of thousands of people at a major sporting event. Usually they have happy endings, but not this time.

Pitching is one of the worst stresses a person can put on their arms. Yet that hasn’t stopped thousands of players—both amateur and professional—to pursue a career in it.

Ryan Braun isn’t the only one who’ll have to deal with the fallout of his suspension for being involved with performance-enhancing drugs.

For years, Tampa Bay was seen the ugly stepchild in the American League East, but the Rays have come a long way since being established in 1998.

We're not quite sure how this happens. This opening pitch thrown by 'Call Me Maybe' singer Carly Rae Jepsen at the Tampa Rays game on Sunday is a colossal failure.

His San Francisco Giants may be struggling to defend their World Series title, but the reigning National League MVP is enjoying a personal milestone in 2013.