A new study could scuttle one plan to get baseball out of its so-called strikeout era.

The talks represent a significant step for a sport that has seen rising acrimony between owners and players over the slow pace of the past two free agent markets.

People have been using science on the Great Bambino since the 1920s

Rivera, the closer who helped the Yankees win five World Series, became the first player to be elected unanimously.

UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi became an overnight sensation with this awesome floor routine that everyone is talking about.

The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup champions. Lars Eller scored the game-winning goal at the 12:23 mark of the third period as the Capitals edged the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 5 Thursday night to capture their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is a world champion again. Pacquiao defeated Argentine Lucas Matthysse on Sunday to capture the WBA welterweight title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pacquiao improved his record to (60-7-2) after stopping his opponent in the seventh round of their fight. Matthysse, suffered his fifth defeat in his prosessional career.

The New York Mets have been playing the role of spoiler in Los Angeles this week as they took each of the first two games of their three game series against the Dodgers by a score of 4-2. During Monday night’s victory, Mets third baseman Todd Frazier pulled off a pretty incredible catch in the stands…or at least he made it seem like he did.

Andy Appleby, owner of the four-team independent league that plays out of Utica, says he's talking with about 20 cities in seeking a second location.

At Eliud Kipchoge’s training camp in Kenya, where he never misses his turn to clean the toilets or draw water from the nearby well, his fellow athletes call him “the boss man”. And on a pleasant autumn day in Berlin the 33-year-old lived up to that reputation – as well as reinforcing his case to be considered the greatest distance runner of all time – by obliterating the marathon world record. Kipchoge’s time of 2hr 01min 39sec was staggering enough, given it took 78sec off the previous best set by Dennis Kimetto in 2014.

Canadian athletes are not mincing their words when it comes to the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision to reinstate Russia's drug-testing program after a nearly three-year suspension over its widespread, state-sponsored doping scheme.

Tiger Woods has won a PGA Tour event for the first time in over five years after victory at the Tour Championship. The 14-time major winner's triumph at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club was his 80th on the PGA Tour and his first since August 2013. Woods finished 11-under par for the weekend, two strokes clear of his nearest challenger Billy Horschel.

The Canadian sprinter lost his gold medal 30 years ago this week after a positive test at the lab in Seoul. The Star dug up the results which are filled with bizarre notations. “If I had seen this in Seoul, I would have kept my medal.” “If I had seen this in Seoul, I would have kept my medal,” Johnson says while reading pages from the September 1988 lab report containing his drug-testing results. “If you can’t see the evidence, how can others condemn somebody?”

With his unlikely blast, the Brewers reliever joined obscure players like Tom Lawless, Jim Mason and Kurt Bevacqua, as well as greats like Ozzie Smith and Kirk Gibson.

The infield defensive shifts have become a mainstay in baseball. But the Dodgers and the Red Sox use them very differently.

The ball the injured Dodger sent into the stands in the 1988 World Series never turned up publicly. If it did now, who would believe it?

Phil Mickelson beat Tiger Woods to win their highly-anticipated head-to-head golf matchup on Friday — claiming a $9 million purse and a nifty championship belt crafted with 18-karat gold and two karats worth of diamonds. Unfortunately, when Phil tried on the belt at the trophy presentation, it didn’t fit. “They thought you were gonna win,” Mickelson wise-cracked to the slimmer Woods.

Andy Murray will face Kevin Anderson in his fourth Queen's Club final after beating Viktor Troicki in the last four.

Some devastating news for World #1 ranked golfer Rory McIlroy. The star golfer was on crutches Monday after he ruptured ligaments in his ankle while playing soccer over the weekend. The injury leaves his status very much in doubt ahead of next week’s British Open; the tournament he won last year.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic saw off seven-time champion Roger Federer in four sets to win his third Wimbledon and ninth Grand Slam title. The Serb, 28, won 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 to overtake the likes of Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl in the all-time list of major winners. Federer, 33, had hoped to become the first man to win Wimbledon eight times. The Swiss won a thrilling second set tie-break but Djokovic came through to win in two hours and 56 minutes.

Check out a stage-by-stage breakdown of The Alaska Challenge, which bills itself as the longest, toughest handcycle race in the world.

Josh Smith, who signed with the Los Angeles Clippers this month after spending last season split between the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets, said at his introductory news conference earlier this week that his lower salary will be “harder” for his family. Smith’s contract with the Clippers will pay him $1.5 million next season. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Pistons will also pay him $5.4 million for his old deal, which brings his total salary...

Pedro Martinez was the brightest star on a day John Smoltz, Randy Johnson and Craig Biggio joined him in baseball's Hall of Fame.

Carlos Rodon pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and Carlos Sanchez homered for the second straight day, leading the Chicago White Sox to a four-game sweep with a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.

Eric Hosmer drove in four runs, Kendrys Morales added three RBIs and the Kansas City Royals opened a 10-game road trip with a 9-4 victory over the spiraling Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Alex Rodriguez homered on his 40th birthday, helping the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 on Monday night.

When Trevor Bauer’s curveball to Eric Hosmer sunk over the wall in right field, Cleveland’s season dropped to a new low.

Debris that appears to be from a large plane has reportedly been found off the east coast of Africa, raising the possibility it could be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

The latest request to get Major League Baseball to clear the name of former White Sox third baseman Buck Weaver, one of the eight Sox players banned from baseball after being accused of throwing the 1919 World Series , has been denied.

The Cleveland Indians found the perfect way to avoid a win less homestand.

Troy Tulowitzki homered and had three hits in his Blue Jays debut as Toronto beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Wednesday night.

The world’s tallest, and perhaps most famous, barista is stationed behind a busy coffee counter. His smile and easy-going style welcome customers looking for their Starbucks fix as they fastbreak to work or South County’s beaches. “I love North Kingstown. It reminds me of my hometown, so it’s comfortable,” says the man, who stretches to 6-feet-11. “I like this community. Starbucks draws a lot of repeat customers and so many know me now.”

The Indians have received three straight complete games from Carlos Carrasco, Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer. It's the first time the Indians have done that since 1994.

Here are the Major League baseball satndings, scores, and schedules as of 11:46 a.m. Friday, July 31.

Danny Salazar pitched eight innings of one-hit ball, Michael Bourn doubled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Friday night for their third straight win.