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PITTSBURGH — I don’t agree with Aaron Rodgers on a handful of topics surrounding public health, especially his views on vaccinations and the COVID-19 pandemic. But that’s OK.

I respect Rodgers’ right to not only ...Read more

Former Miami Heat player Terry Rozier posed with guns on social media as part of a “crew” with his childhood friends, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn alleged in a filing in his NBA game-rigging case.

The feds brought ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s a word used at every level of sport. Something teams preach as they try to either improve what is a losing standard or continue winning ways.

Culture.

You have heard it time and again. How important ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most likely the name Lynn Stiles is at-best vaguely familiar to Chiefs fans. That was practically by design.

“He was not a man of pretense,” former Chiefs president Carl Peterson wrote in his ...Read more

SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez won’t allow himself to disgrace the pitcher’s mound where he became a Seattle Mariners icon, and certainly not on the weekend where the franchise is celebrating 50 seasons.

The “King” ...Read more

SEATTLE — Nobody asked Troy Melton to fill anybody else’s shoes. It wasn’t his burden to take over the mantle of ace of staff with Tarik Skubal gone.

But if actions speak louder than words, he seems to have accepted...Read more

DENVER — The Rays went 1-for-2 Tuesday in unveiling their top two trade acquisitions, then beat the Rockies 9-7 in 11 innings.

First, the bad.

Starter Freddy Peralta, acquired Sunday from the Mets based on his past ...Read more

PHOENIX — Before the pitchers they brought in to save the season get to work, the Padres got a lift from someone who has been around all along.

Randy Vásquez, whose season began so strong but who had recently been ...Read more

CHICAGO — Southpaw Tarik Skubal’s experience pitching in the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field came with a hostile reception. Cubs fans booed him as he approached the bullpen gate in right field to warm up before the...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Giants’ season is no longer about trying to make the playoffs. That’s been apparent for weeks, but the team’s sell-a-thon ahead of the trade deadline served as the symbolic white flag on the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Memorable debuts apparently run in the Lombard family.

Shortly before top Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. homered in his MLB debut on Tuesday night in the Bronx, his younger brother, Jacob Lombard, ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The Pirates lost, 4-2, to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Tuesday night. Logan Henderson threw six strong innings for Milwaukee, while the Pirates didn’t do much offensively beyond two ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Las Vegas Aces visit Target Center on Saturday to face the Lynx. That means star center A’ja Wilson will be in town to show everyone why she’s the favorite to win her fifth WNBA MVP award.

That ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Twenty-four hours after trading away franchise face Adley Rutschman, the Orioles had a choice.

They could let the emotions of Monday’s trade deadline linger. Or they could turn the page.

They chose the ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Now that the trade deadline is over, what comes next for the moribund Mets?

“Play winning baseball,” said interim manager Andy Green.

The Mets did that Tuesday at Progressive Field, beating the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper jogged out to right field. He turned to face the bleachers, removed his cap, raised both arms over his head, and bowed like an actor on Broadway, not an athlete off Broad Street.

Then, on the...Read more

NEW YORK — The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders had just returned home from Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday when George Lombard Jr. hopped on his first group phone call of the evening.

Also on the line was Triple-A manager ...Read more

Illinois forward David Mirković underwent left foot surgery Tuesday after suffering an injury in a team workout, the Illini announced.

Illinois did not provide a timeline for Mirković’s return but said in a release ...Read more