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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Six months after he got one of the most amazing phone calls in sports, David Ortiz is still awestruck at his good fortune. Th...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Blame it on lingering effects of the pandemic, resentment over the lockout or economic fears. Major League Baseball is struggling to ...

Yes, I’m still predicting the Pirates to win the World Series in 2027. But I’m wavering. This has not been a great first half. I’m not talking about t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The All-Star Game showcased what baseball has become — home runs, strikeouts and offense-killing shifts. The National League didn’t...

CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros — they’re all just l...

PITTSBURGH — Pitching depth has been one of the obvious flaws with the 2022 Pirates through the first half of the season. There are useful veterans li...

ALBION — Before the season, Wilcox Post #467 head coach Scott Zimmerman had a very specific plan in mind: Protect his pitching staff for the Region 8 ...

KANE — A shortstop with McKean County ties was the 21st player selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. With their first-ro...

LOS ANGELES — Termarr Johnson doesn’t lack for confidence. Not in a cocky way or anything like that, but there’s a clear belief in himself, the type o...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and the rest of major league pitchers are likely to be looking over their shoulders next season — at ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start for the National League on Tuesday night in the first All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium since ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws, ...

ALBION — Much like its 1-3 start to the Pennsylvania American Legion Elk/McKean Senior League regular season, Smethport Post #976 dug itself into a ho...

NEW YORK (AP) — The matchups are set for baseball’s Home Run Derby. Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber will be the top seed next Monday at D...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole brushed back Rafael Devers and struck out 12, Matt Carpenter drove in three more runs and the New York Yankees pounded the...

ALBION — Wilcox Post #467 started its championship pursuit with yet another dominant victory. The Elk/McKean Pennsylvania American Legion baseball sen...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 ...

Max Scherzer misses hitting. He misses pitching to pitchers. And yet the New York Mets right-hander is just fine with the full-time addition of the de...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees acquired utility player Tyler Wade on Thursday from the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named later or cash...

MIAMI (AP) — Brian Anderson atoned for a costly error with a two-run triple in the 11th inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 T...