CHICAGO — Seven weeks before the July 31 trade deadline, the first-place Chicago Cubs are positioning themselves to be buyers when that time arrives. In his first season as Cubs president of baseball operations, tough decisions loom for Jed Hoyer, who is…

Lonzo Ball and LeBron James’ time in Los Angeles together may have been short, but it certainly left a lasting impact on the former’s career and life. Ball was traded to New Orleans for Anthony Davis after one season together with James…

Mike Hazen will be away from the D-Backs indefinitely. (Photo by Sarah Sachs/Arizona Diamondbacks/Getty Images)Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen is taking some time away from the team as his wife, Nicole, battles brain cancer, according to the Associated Press. Hazen will…

Associated Press Analysis: In the NBA, a breakthrough win awaits for a GM Phoenix general manager James Jones was the guy who would routinely hold court at his locker a half-hour before games and engage in all sorts of conversations in…

By most accounts, the Cleveland Browns have had a very good offseason. On top of keeping the front office and coaching staff in place therein finally providing stability for Baker Mayfield and Myles Garrett, the team added a lot of talent to…

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The stage is set for the middleweight title rematch between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori in the UFC 263 main event. After Adesanya (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) and Vettori (17-4-1 MMA, 7-2-1 UFC) made weight on Friday morning, they…

Now that the 2020-21 Boston Celtics season is firmly in the rear-view mirror, it’s possible to spend some time taking stock of how each player did with the opportunity he had. To that end, we are grading every player who put in…

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo felt relaxed and calm as he heard crescendoing cheers from 35,112 fans at Wrigley Field reverberating around the ballpark. For 14 pitches during the sixth inning Friday afternoon, Rizzo battled against St. Louis Cardinals…

ESPN released its college football’s future top 25 power rankings recently and Auburn comes in at No. 20. With a brand new head coach and coaching staff, there's a new era for the Auburn Tigers. That’s what Auburn has ahead of itself…

College football fans are the biggest winners when the College Football Playoff working group recommended expanding the playoffs to 12 teams. It obviously increased the odds of a fan’s favorite team is included in the hunt for a national championship. Teams seeded…