Jose Fernandez's knack for connecting with children was one of his greatest gifts. The people who spent time around him at the ballpark each day recall the smiles he elicited over the dugout roof and the buzz he generated when he came out for pregame stretching. Brian Schneider, the Miami Marlins' catching coach, saw that indomitable spirit on display when Fernandez was playing, and his family continues to feel Fernandez's presence on the anniversary of the pitcher's death.

More than a dozen players knelt during the national anthem for Sunday's game between the Ravens and Jaguars at Wembley Stadium. It is believed to be in protest of President Donald Trump's recent comments on protests during the anthem.

The former Tigers catcher has a 312-325 record going into tonight's game.

A young girl was hospitalized after being hit in the face by a 105-mph foul ball Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. The child’s father spoke with reporters briefly at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center later that night. "She's doing all right,” he told WABC-NY. “Just keep her in your thoughts."

Lance Armstrong has a new narrative about his incredible rise and fall. Should we believe him this time?

The Cleveland Indians are officially on baseball’s greatest hot streak in more than eight decades. With 21 consecutive victories, they’re now tied for the longest winning streak in MLB history with the 1935 Chicago Cubs, moving one game ahead of the 2002 “Moneyball” Oakland A’s for the American League’s all-time record.1 If the Indians tack on another win, they’ll break a record older than the franchise’s World Series drought — perhaps a portent of more history to be shattered next month.

To witness the death of the multi-billion dollar National Football League, you really don't need to see sportswriters wringing their hands over the moral

Much of the game’s history can be traced through these five ballparks, which have all been torn down.

Danica Patrick says in Facebook post she will not be driving for Stewart-Haas Racing beyond this season.

When confronted by Major League Baseball, the Red Sox admitted they were using Apple Watches in a scheme to gain an edge at the plate.

Tim Lincecum’s last known address is tucked behind a partial fence, just off a sloped dead-end street near the shores of Lake Washington. Getting to the front door of the barn-red building requires crossing a short bridge. It feels like walking the plank.

He is in his 20th season at the helm of the Oakland A’s, has been the subject of a best-selling book and Academy Award-nominated movie, and is recognized beyond the world of sports for his innovative mind. So is Billy Beane’s legacy established? Or must the A’s executive win a championship or three, as the Bay Area’s other longtime top baseball executive has done, to solidify his place in the sport?

Chase Elliott will be reunited with the number synonymous with his legendary racing family and rookie William Byron will take the wheel of one of the most iconic cars in motor sports history.

Good morning, Detroit. There have a been a few changes while you were sleeping.

NASCAR rules bulletin reveals changes to engine rules for next season.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the face of boxing for more than a decade, punctuated a stellar yet controversial career with a technical knockout over U.F.C. champ and first-time boxer Conor McGregor on Saturday night. In the 10th round of a surprisingly competitive fight, Mayweather backed McGregor onto the ropes with a series of rights and lefts. McGregor’s face was completely bloodied. He was about to fall through the ropes, and the referee stepped in to stop the fight with 1:55 remaining in the round.

The trophy - officially named the "Monster Energy NASCAR Cup" - stands over 37 inches tall and weighs 68 pounds.

Luciano Minuzzi had finished his very precise and very complicated analyses of brain scans from dozens of retired CFL football players and healthy volunteer subjects. Now it was time to look at the results. As Minuzzi performed his calculations, he was blind to the subject’s identity — a key part of the scientific process. He didn’t know if he was examining the brain of a retired player or a control subject.

Iowa Cubs catcher Taylor Davis has an innate talent for finding the cameras and staring into the lens until it becomes uncomfortable, so the team celebrated that skill with a two-minute compilation. Davis does it from the dugout, behind home plate, in the bullpen, during a bullpen visit, and even while standing for the national anthem...

Los Angeles is set to announce it will host the Olympic Games in 2028, meaning Paris will stage the 2024 edition.

One drunken mistake can change your life forever. Just ask Toronto Blue Jays fan Ken Pagan

We’ve all seen a pitcher when he’s zeroed in: His mechanics are clean, his curveball is dropping off the table and he’s painting the edge of the zone. But just as often, a hurler can lose command, and we see pitches that normally look sharp getting hammered into the stands. These streaks are confounding; for no apparent reason, a journeyman can look like a Hall of Famer, or a Cy Young winner can look like an ordinary junkballer.

The former slugger was the singular king of three true outcomes (BB, K, HR), but today’s game features dozens of his heirs.

As the world’s of MMA and proffesional boxing look set to clash for the first time in contract tomorrow night, there are still many fans who think that the best fighter in the world won’t even be stepping into the ring for the Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather megafight. “I think we are all forgetting that outside of the boxing world, and outside of the UFC, there is the WWE” said Joe Rogan.

Kokpar and the Future of Kazakhstan. By Will Boast.

Watch your back, Usain Bolt — there’s a new 100-meter dash superstar and she looks unstoppable. Meet 101-year-old Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins, who on Saturday became the oldest female athlete to ever compete in the USA Track and Field Outdoors Masters Championships. Not only that, but by running the 100 meters in 40.12 seconds, she shaved more than six seconds off the current certified world record for women aged 100 or older.

After a six-year hiatus, Hank Williams Jr. is returning to Monday Night Football this NFL season, again asking America, “Are you ready for some football?” But basic math shows the country singer should be asking us more about our appetite for some commercials.

You’ve gotta have the hat. The hat’s the key. My son, Gunnar, is only 2½ years old, but he already loves baseball. And when we play ball around the house, well, it just being the two of us, you might imagine that rules-wise it’s pretty lax. And that’s true, to an extent. For starters, we barely even have enough players to field two teams — just me on the mound (it’s a thin rotation), and then Gunnar at bat. But no matter how ragtag our games are, there’s always one thing that he insists on...

ong before he flipped his bat, Jose Bautista was known around baseball as a demonstrative player. Major-league umpires had exchanged enough words and glances with him to form their opinions, and Darren O’Day already knew from experience that Bautista wouldn’t hesitate to enjoy a well-timed homer. With two home-run titles and six all-star appearances before he got his first taste of the playoffs, Bautista was a bona fide superstar. But his style of play rankled some observers and the volume of overt criticism surged when...

Summer spending across English Premier League football clubs has been jaw-dropping.

The new schedule purposely keeps the national TV showdowns separate from the back-to-backs.

Roughly one in five American adults suffer from mental illnesses. Athletes might be more at risk. Here, eight of them tell their authentic stories.

ESPN, under intense pressure again in the hypercharged terrain of social media, elicited a rebuke from a White House official on Wednesday in response to a series of tweets posted by a “SportsCenter” host. Jemele Hill, who co-hosts the 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” program, called President Trump a white supremacist on Twitter on Monday, adding: “Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period.”

James Hardy, a historic Fort Wayne sports star and former NFL player, has been identified as the victim pulled from the Maumee River in east Fort Wayne on Wednesday. He was 31. NewsChannel 15 confirmed Hardy’s family reported him missing to police on May 30.

Patric Hornqvist used to be a Nashville Predator. In Game 6 on Sunday night, he was the one who crushed their Stanley Cup dreams and handed the Pittsburgh Penguins their second straight Stanley Cup championship.