Major League Baseball’s drive to expand the playoffs was, of course, about generating gobs of television revenue thanks to the additional TV inventory. And it also served a secondary purpose: Creating ...

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co is exploring a potential reinsurance deal to reduce its life-insurance-related reserves. The firm has made preliminary contacts with reinsurers, people familiar ...

The formal closing of the deal is expected later this week; MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says good things about new owners. Marc Topkin is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Rays. Reach him at ...

TAMPA, Fla. — As the Rays on Sunday night wrapped up their season-long stay at what some players called their Airbnb stadium, there was much about playing at Steinbrenner Field that went pretty much ...

When the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Harrison Bader from the Minnesota Twins, no one could have expected an All-Star performance from their new defense-first outfielder. The Phillies traded for him ...

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — The Ballpark at America First Square is being turned into a launching pad for former stars of Major League Baseball. Those former players, college talent, and female players are ...

For pitchers, it was once like a $100 bill floating from the sky and landing in the palm of their hand. They would get a ball from the catcher, look it over, and there it was: a scuff mark. They ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. – Arkansas softball alum and 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Bri Ellis, is set to compete in the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby X Finals on Sept. 19-20 in Salt Lake ...

In June, 2024, Perseverance, a NASA rover sent to collect samples on the surface of Mars, came upon a cluster of rocks in what is thought to be a former riverbed. Most of the rocks were identified as ...

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Former Cal Poly pitcher Andrew Alvarez is now a big leaguer — and he got his first win as well. The 26-year-old left-hander from Los Alamitos near Anaheim made his MLB debut for the Washington ...

Sal Stewart made his Major League debut on Monday afternoon in the Reds' 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Great American Ball Park. They won on a Noelvi Marte walk-off single after falling behind ...