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November 13, 2018

Mets' Tim Tebow adds offseason TV hosting job

New York Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow has another offseason job. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback ...

November 13, 2018

For Joe Mauer, being from Minnesota means this isn't goodbye

Yes, the narrative of Joe Mauer's career was missing a championship chapter. That plotline stalled for a few years while the ...

November 12, 2018

Dodgers' Ryu only player to accept $17.9M qualifying offer

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu was the only player to accept among the seven given $17.9 million qualifying offers ...

November 12, 2018

Molina, Realmuto homer to lead MLB All-Stars over Japan 7-3

Yadier Molina had three hits, including a three-run homer, and J.T. Realmuto also went deep to lead the MLB All-Stars over ...

November 11, 2018

It's a girl for model Kate Upton, Astro Justin Verlander

It's a girl for supermodel Kate Upton and her husband Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander. Upton used her Instagram site ...

November 10, 2018

Japan beats MLB All-Stars 12-6 to take 2-0 series lead

Yuki Yanagita had a home run and four RBIs as Japan scored the first nine runs and beat the MLB All-Stars 12-6 Saturday to ...

November 10, 2018

Twins' Joe Mauer retiring after 15 seasons

Joe Mauer is retiring after 15 major league seasons, six All-Star games, three Gold Glove awards, three batting titles and ...

November 09, 2018

Yanagita's HR off Yates lift Japan over MLB in tour opener

Yuki Yanagita hit a game-ending, two-run home run off Kirby Yates in the ninth inning, and Japan beat the MLB All-Stars 7-6 ...

November 09, 2018

No MLB rule changes likely until eve of spring training

Major League Baseball and its players' union likely will not decide until the eve of spring training whether to change rules ...

November 09, 2018

Man wins lottery prize by picking Red Sox jersey numbers

A Massachusetts great-grandfather has won a $100,000 lottery prize by picking the jersey numbers of five members of the World ...

November 08, 2018

Mallex Smith dealt to Mariners by Rays for Zunino, Heredia

Mallex Smith was made a promise by Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto when he was acquired for a second time by the ...

November 08, 2018

Top agent Boras calls rebuilding teams 'competitive cancer'

The agent for free agent Bryce Harper and many of baseball's top players claims rebuilding teams have become a "competitive ...

November 07, 2018

Mattingly, Molina set to lead MLB All-Star tour of Japan

All-Star catcher Yadier Molina hopes to throw out some speedy runners. Don Mattingly looks forward to seeing Japan's national ...

November 07, 2018

Giants hire Farhan Zaidi away from Dodgers

Former Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi is the new president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants.

November 07, 2018

Teams, agents wonder whether slow market will repeat

Agent John Boggs stood in the lobby at the hotel hosting the general managers' meetings and talked about last winter, when ...

November 07, 2018

Rizzo: Nats made offer to Bryce Harper late in season

The Washington Nationals made an offer to Bryce Harper late in the season in an attempt to reach a deal before he became a ...

November 05, 2018

New Rangers manager Woodward already shares bond in Texas

Chris Woodward grew up wanting to be an architect or an engineer. He also had what he thought was a far-fetched dream of ...

November 05, 2018

Brady, Patriots beat Rodgers, Packers 31-17

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers spent the week telling anyone who asked that the other guy was the better quarterback. In the ...

November 04, 2018

Reds: Minor leaguer killed, 2 injured in car accident

Pitcher Jairo Capellan was killed and two other Cincinnati Reds minor leaguers were injured in a car accident Saturday ...