MLB Free Agency Opens With 144 Players on the Market
NEW YORK — Baseball’s offseason market formally opened Thursday when the Major League Baseball Players Association declared 144 players free agents at the close of the 2026 season. The list is only a starting point. More names will join it once teams settle club and player options written into individual contracts, so the pool should
NCAA Signs on to Program Aimed at Online Abusers
INDIANAPOLIS — College athletes who get threatened online by angry bettors have a new line of defense after the NCAA said Thursday it has signed on to the Bad Actor Program, an effort to track down abusers and cut off their access to sportsbooks. According to the association, no other sports governing body had publicly
Packers Beat Panthers 27-19 as Christian Watson Returns
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes and piled up 288 yards on Thursday night as the Packers opened Week 8 of the NFL season with a 27-19 home win over Carolina. The bigger story of the night was receiver Christian Watson. He was hurt on a 53-yard catch early in the
Cameron Boozer Triple-Double Keeps Grizzlies Unbeaten
PORTLAND, Ore. — Memphis rookie Cameron Boozer needed just five games to put his name in the NBA record book. The 19-year-old forward had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists Thursday night as the Grizzlies routed the Portland Trail Blazers 124-103 and stayed perfect at 5-0. It was the first triple-double of his pro
Diamondbacks Weigh Part-Time First Base Role for Nolan Arenado
PHOENIX — Nolan Arenado has spent his entire big league career at third base. The Arizona Diamondbacks are now thinking about giving him some time across the diamond at first base next season. General manager Mike Hazen said the club has discussed the idea with Arenado, who turns out to be open to it. This
Brewers Celebrate First World Series Title
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Fifty-seven years after the franchise was born, Milwaukee gets its first World Series parade on Friday. The Brewers will roll through downtown starting at 10 a.m. Central time from the corner of Vel R. Phillips and Wisconsin avenues, heading east on Wisconsin Avenue toward the lake. The route bends north for a
Phillies to Designate Catcher Garrett Stubbs for Assignment
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have told catcher Garrett Stubbs he is being designated for assignment, closing out a five-season stay with the club just after the World Series wrapped up. Once the move becomes official, Philadelphia has five days to either trade the 33-year-old or put him on waivers. Stubbs came over from Houston in
June Jones, Run-and-Shoot Coach at Hawaii and SMU, Dies
HONOLULU — June Jones, the coach whose pass-happy run-and-shoot teams rewrote record books at Hawaii and helped revive SMU, died Thursday. He was 73. The University of Hawaii, where Jones once played quarterback and later coached from 1999 through 2007, confirmed his death. He had entered hospice care two weeks earlier after health problems earlier
Brewers Win First World Series Title, Beat Rays in Game 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers are champions for the first time. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, wrapping up the World Series in five games and bringing a title to a franchise that waited 57 years for one. Catcher William Contreras was named
Brewers Rout Rays 10-1, Sit One Win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The game swung in the fifth inning. Leading 2-0, Milwaukee strung