NEW YORK (AP) — Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic…

DALLAS (AP) — The New York Yankees hope Max Fried pitches like he did in 2021 — when he won the World Series clincher for the Atlanta Braves. Two days after the Yankees lost Juan…

NEW YORK — Imagine you’re a closer getting ready to face the opponent’s No. 9 hitter with two outs in the ninth inning of a one-run game, and all of a sudden, Juan Soto steps…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The cruel joke before the season was that someone would win the AL Central because someone had to win the AL Central. They were five teams with modest payrolls and…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tarik Skubal allowed three hits over five innings for his 17th win and the streaking Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday night to move within a…

Even by their lofty standards, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani had quite a week. Judge homered seven times in six games for the New York Yankees, including twice on Sunday to bring his season total…

ATLANTA — From 1903 through 1994, a team had to finish first in something to have a chance at winning the World Series. That held until the 1993 Giants won 103 games but went nowhere,…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Jack Flaherty, San Diego added All-Star closer Tanner Scott, and Arizona, Baltimore and Pittsburgh made significant deals for the stretch run ahead of Tuesday’s trade…

PITTSBURGH — A full month remains between here and the annual outbreak of NFL training camps, with their daily medical updates about nettlesome knees, cranky quads, unstrung hamstrings and far worse, but it’s not exactly…

PITTSBURGH — Pardon me if I am confused about Major League Baseball’s stance on gambling. I tune into games on MLB Network and see gambling odds, up to the minute, sponsored by a prominent online…