5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (397+ words) The league suspended Ballmer for one year, fined the team $30 million and forced it to forfeit five first-round draft picks. Ballmer said the team has paid the fine. “While there are still disagreements concerning the findings in the report, this…...

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (278+ words) After allowing 47 runs over a three-game stretch, Reds pitchers kept the best team in the majors — who clinched a playoff berth on Friday night and played their regulars on Sunday — mostly in check to salvage the series finale and avoid…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (832+ words) They didn’t waste any time. Cincinnati’s new-look defense forced four turnovers — including its first fumble recovery for a TD since 2022 — in a 33-27 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneerso on Sunday. “You felt their presence, all of them today,” Taylor said…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (285+ words) The Padres lead the Arizona Diamondbacks by 2 1/2 games for the National League’s final wild-card spot. Jackson Merrill’s two-run, opposite-field double off Logan Webb (8-9) put San Diego ahead to stay in the first inning. The Padres got three more in the…...

7+ hour, 36+ min ago   (307+ words) Amanda Gutierres scored two stoppage-time goals to help the Boston Legacy beat the Washington Spirit 3-0 on Sunday. In the day’s later National Women’s Soccer League match, the Chicago Stars battled back to tie the Portland Thorns 1-1. Boston carried a 1-0 lead…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (238+ words) The A’s took five of seven from Seattle in an 11-day span, including a win Friday on Donovan Walton’s 10th-inning homer. The Mariners fell six games behind for the last AL wild card. Butler had four RBIs and finished with…...

10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (230+ words) Seager, who had three RBIs, hit his 18th homer, a two-run drive off Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6) over the pool deck in right-center in the first inning. The Rangers took advantage of two Arizona errors to score three runs in the fifth. Texas…...

11+ hour, 57+ min ago   (263+ words) Peralta (9-11) walked three and threw 86 pitches for the Rays, who became the first AL team to reach 90 wins this season. The right-hander won his fourth straight start and has surrendered two runs over his last 23 innings. Victor Mesa Jr. had…...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (253+ words) The Indians are one game ahead of Toronto, and have a 5 1/2-game lead over Minnesota, in the race for the final AL wild-card spot. Cleveland hosts the White Sox for a three-game series beginning Monday. Travis Bazzana drove in three…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (366+ words) Schlittler (14-6) allowed one hit over six innings, his 21st start this year allowing one run or none. The only other pitcher 25 or younger with more in the last 110 years was the Los Angeles Angels' Dean Chance with 22 in 1964, according to Major…...