Less than two weeks after Opening Day, my Ringer MLB Show cohost Michael Baumann and I bypassed a wealth of potential podcast topics to do a segment about blisters. Dodgers starter Rich Hill, who’d signed a three-year, $48 million deal to stay in Los Angeles in December, had suffered a recurrence of his stubborn blister problems from 2016, leaving his value to the team in doubt. His chronic case of blisters seemed so serious that speaking to just one dermatologist on the podcast wouldn’t do, so Michael and I talked to two dermatologists about treatments Hill could try.

A pair of neuroscientists are working with Major League Baseball to help measure the mental aspects of a batter’s swing.

FIFA has charged World Cup host Russia Tuesday with fan racism following chants aimed at black French players last month. The charges came less than two months before the World Cup tournament begins. Monkey chants were aimed at black French players, including Paul Pogba, during France's 3-1 friendly win over Russia in St. Petersburg last month.

Reed pulled ahead of Jordan Spieth with an 8-foot birdie putt at the 14th hole Sunday, saved par with a 6-foot putt at No. 17 and pulled off a testy two-putt at the final hole to win with a 1-under 71. His total was a 15-under 273.

The RCMP confirmed 14 fatalities and 14 injuries in a collision involving a junior hockey team's bus in Saskatchewan on Friday, with rescue efforts ongoing late into the evening.

A real turn out for the books in a whirlwind final two minutes battling for the pole in an action packed Q1.

Are they a good thing? Yes. We should be happy that grace is still considered a goal of fair play.

Belgian cyclist Michael Goolaerts died in hospital on Sunday at the age of 23, hours after suffering heart failure during the gruelling Paris-Roubaix one-day classic race in France. "It is with unimaginable sadness that we have to communicate the passing of our rider and friend Michael Goolaerts," the rider's Veranda's Willems team said in a statement on Twitter.

What do relationships and Olympic games have in common?

NASCAR's Cup Series is hoping to move away from naming rights deals to a new business model after 2019, but a one-year deal to extend Monster Energy's sponsorship of the circuit through next season will serve as a bridge.

"The initial shock happened when I had to dress, and then, I think, you just kind of black out after that,” said emergency goaltender Scott Foster.

Jose Reyes, a Mets infielder, arrived in the major leagues at age 19, smirking at older players like John Franco, the timeless relief pitcher who, at age 42, was still at it. Reyes is 34 now and one of the “seniors” in the clubhouse, to the delight of Franco, who, timeless as he is, still contributes as a guest instructor. “Remember when you first came up and called me Grandpa?” Franco said to Reyes when the team was still here for spring training. “Now, you’re the grandpa. Where’s your cane?”

NEW YORK—After years of complaints from players and fans over the outmoded mandate, the New York Yankees announced Wednesday they would eliminate the organization’s longstanding “no pubic hair” policy. “Effective this season, we are removing most of the restrictions on members of the New York Yankees growing their pubic hair,” said co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner, who admitted that while the rule had been an important part of Yankee culture since the 1960s...

The United States has advised its football fans to “think twice” before traveling to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup amid strained relations between the countries. Global football body FIFA said last week that, with 16,642 tickets bought, American fans were the biggest foreign buyers out of almost 400,000 tickets sold in the most recent sales period. The United States men’s national team failed to qualify for the tournament, which Russia hosts in June-July, for the first time in three decades.

The 2018 Major League Baseball season opened on March 29 with a full slate of games scheduled across the country, plus one in Canada.

Chicago accountant Scott Foster just had the night of his life.

Make no mistake, Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz is a big fan of Tom Brady. But his diet? The love only goes so far. This week, the now-retired slugger appeared on the Pardon My Take podcast to discuss his Red Sox career and a bit of his retirement.

Scott Foster thought it was going to be just another night. Then the 36-year-old accountant signed a contract, put on his goaltender gear and waited in Chicago's locker room. Then he got into the game. Then, it was his night. Foster was pressed into action when Chicago lost Anton Forsberg and Collin Delia to injuries, and the former college goalie stopped all seven shots he faced over the final 14 minutes of the Blackhawks' 6-2 victory over the playoff-bound Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.

Arike Ogunbowale made the game-winning shot right before the buzzer

When 99.9 percent of fans catch a ball at the ballpark, they celebrate as if they just won the lottery. And they should: Given how many people are in the stands, how few balls even come near the section you're sitting in and how hard it is to corral said ball, it is a kind of lottery.

The nine-time World Champion has re-signed with the Japanese manufacturer for two more seasons in MotoGP™

The Italian rider launched his Ducati to victory after a last corner attack by Marc Marquez.

Villanova Wildcats guard Donte DiVincenzo holds the national championship trophy with Jalen Brunson after defeating the Michigan Wolverines 79-62 in the championship game of the 2018 men's Final Four.

Shohei Ohtani is ready for more. Ohtani has pitched twice and been the designated hitter five times in the Angels’ first 13 games. After Wednesday’s game, Ohtani said he understands the team’s caution with him, but he’s hoping to push the envelope. “I talk to the medical staff every day and they see how I’m doing, my strength level, to see if I can play that day,” Ohtani said through his interpreter. “It’s the beginning of the season so I think they are being pretty careful with me right now.

Major League Baseball has spent a lot of time wondering about how to court and keep young fans and how to get more families to the ballpark. While I’m sure they have retained all manner of marketing and demographic experts to look into all of that, the most obvious problem is that baseball tickets have become monstrously expensive over the years, even after adjusting for inflation. If you can’t watch games for free at home...

North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

Such an entertaining routine by Maggie Nichols.

Former figure skater Yuna Kim of South Korea lights the cauldron. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Pit stops could be a lot more challenging this season and the term "Hawkeye" will get a lot of play. What else is different in the realm of officiating and procedures? Here's a breakdown.

The French Alpine skier was kicked out of the Games for the comments he made to reporters after finishing seventh in theFrench Alpine skier Mathieu Faivre, the boyfriend of Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin, has been sent home from the Games after saying he did not care about medals won by his team mates and was only concerned with his own success. The French Alpine team confirmed on Monday that Faivre had been kicked out of the Games for the comments he made to reporters after finishing seventh in the men's giant slalom on Sunday. men's giant slalom on Sunday.

At 19, Elizabeth Swaney ran against Arnold Schwarzenegger to be governor of California.

She's practiced the 'Oops, I did it again' thousands of times in training, and on Thursday her signature trick was worth its weight in Olympic gold as American Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's shootout winner broke a Canadian 16-year stranglehold on the women's ice hockey title.

I remember McKayla Maroney's vault and that it was nearly flawless, even the judges were amazed.

Football is more than just a sport to me — it’s my job. It’s a part of my life nearly every day of the year. My fiancee, Emily, is a Michigan grad who attended one-half of one Wolverines game. (“It was cold,” she explains.) When we first started dating, she knew as little about football as …