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LOS ANGELES — This is Roki Sasaki’s home now. The San Gabriel Mountains at his back as he stands atop the mound at Dodger Stadium. Stands filled with adoring fans. Warm spring evenings that soon will lip into summer ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Kyle Hart retired the first 10 batters he faced Saturday night, which was two more batters than he faced in his previous start.

The Padres got a season-low three hits, but two of them were solo home runs.

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HOUSTON — The most memorable out of Tyler Anderson’s gem was an out that he didn’t even get.

Anderson took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the recently homer happy Angels hit two more in a 4-1 victory over the...Read more

SEATTLE — Is it Brandon Roy? Jamal Crawford? Might Nate Robinson be in the mix?

If we’re talking about the best basketball player to come out of Seattle, those aren’t names you can ignore.

But if this question were...Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters has itself an epic showdown.

Rory versus Bryson.

PGA Tour versus LIV.

Guy who has flailed at Augusta National versus guy who looks like he’s figuring it out.

Tournament leader versus ...Read more

Rory McIlroy has won four major championships and seemingly blown a dozen.

He has been ranked No. 1 in the world for 271 weeks over nine different stints.

He became the European villain of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine...Read more

CLEVELAND — The Kansas City Royals found themselves in a familiar spot Saturday night against the Cleveland Guardians.

The Royals ran into more good pitching. And the offense continued to struggle to score runs and ...Read more

CINCINNATI — On his bobblehead night, the best player on the field showed out.

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz hit a grand slam in the third inning, providing Cincinnati with all the offense it needed in an eventual 5-2 ...Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy is closer to making history, but another muscular obstacle has emerged that he must overcome to make it happen.

McIlroy shot his second consecutive 66 on Saturday, stands alone at 12-under ...Read more

CHICAGO — One thing we know about the Chicago White Sox — they’re familiar with the task of trying to climb out from an early-season hole.

An eight-game losing streak in the first month of 2022 was a harbinger of ...Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy will have a chance Sunday to put a stake in the heart of the specter that has dogged him since 2011 and finally slay his personal white whale.

McIlroy, just 22 in 2011, had a four-shot lead ...Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — What makes the Masters special was sitting directly in front of a black metal gate at 4:30 a.m. Saturday.

The sitter’s name was Ernie Rehnke, a retired surgeon from St. Petersburg, Fla. When I arrived ...Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The stage is set for Rory’s Revenge at the Masters on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy, ranked No. 2 in the world, enters the final round at Augusta National the leader at 12 under and will complete the career ...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A national championship coach and collection of players exited the south end tunnel of the Swamp to reception befitting for a winner.

It had been a while in the place where, “Only Gators get out ...Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funny how time works.

Twenty years seems so short.

And 1.8 seconds seems so long.

That's how long the golf ball that Tiger Woods hit teetered on the edge of the 16th hole at Augusta National in 2005 ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Success, in Carolina Hurricanes parlance, is often defined as “2006.” That season — the end of which resulted in the Canes’ lone Stanley Cup championship — has been the measure by which all ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Mets‘ bats just can’t seem to click.

A lineup that was expected to mash has done so in what seems like fits and starts through 14 games this season. Saturday against the A’s, the Mets...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles’ offense was backed into a corner.

Entering the fifth inning Thursday, their lineup had yet to produce a base runner against starter Bowden Francis with the Toronto Blue Jays leading 3-0. They...Read more

This is shaping up to be a nightmare of a weekend for the Boston Red Sox.

Following Friday’s embarrassing loss, the Red Sox dropped their second straight to the Chicago White Sox in crushing fashion on Saturday, losing ...Read more