Starting Lineup is a biweekly collection of reporting, observations, and insights from the baseball beat, published every ...

Analyzing Friday’s Chicago White Sox at San Diego Padres odds and lines, with MLB expert picks, predictions and best bets.

Ohtani inaugurates the 50-50 club, the WNBA playoffs are here, the surging Tigers could end the drought, the seventh annual ...

Jackson Merrill and the San Diego Padres will take on Garrett Crochet and the Chicago White Sox on Friday at 9:40 PM ET on ...

Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres will see Garrett Crochet starting for the Chicago White Sox on Friday at 9:40 PM ...

The Orioles were once seen as a top-tier World Series favorite, but after a poor second half, Baltimore looks like a team ...

Picked-up pieces while noting that the NFL’s new “dynamic” kickoff rule has basically changed nothing . . .

Washington at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 5:50 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6:10 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Right now: The Orioles hold the No. 1 wild card spot in the AL and trail the New York Yankees by four games in the East.

The Detroit Tigers need to finish with a better record than the Minnesota Twins in the final nine games for their first playoff berth since 2014.

A look at upcoming area high school and Anderson University events as well as major college and pro games of local interest.