A pitcher making an improbable run for a National League All-Star berth will go up against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night for the second time in eight days.
DaShawn Keirsey Jr. and Byron Buxton hit back-to-back home runs and Chris Paddack pitched seven shutout innings, but the Minnesota Twins' 11th consecutive victory was soured by a collision among teammates when they beat the host Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Thursday afternoon.
The contest, a celebration of pop music and high camp now in its 70th year, is no stranger to tussles over voting records and rivalries between national broadcasters.
Having warded off the challenge of the third-place Giants, the San Diego Padres can turn their attention upward in the National League West standings when they shoot for a three-game sweep in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon.
Jim Stewart, the white country fiddler whose powerhouse R&B-soul label Stax Records launched such stars as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Sam & Dave, has died at age 92 in Memphis, Tennessee, where he started the label in the 1950s in an in-law's garage.
Investigators combed footage to find answers to how a surge in Halloween party-goers trapped in narrow alleys killed so many.
Luxury retailers in European cities outside France are jockeying for business from deep pocketed tourists this summer, betting on a surge in visitors avoiding crowds and street closures in Paris during the Olympic Games.
The Houston Astros are not used to looking up in the American League West standings.
A new NFT trading craze where names are bought and sold for eye-popping sums is providing a multi-million-dollar lifeline for speculators shivering in the bleak crypto winter.
Seven-time champion Serena Williams suffered a second straight Wimbledon first-round exit as she was stunned by French debutant Harmony Tan in a late-night Centre Court epic on Tuesday.
Mark Zuckerberg is, among other things, resetting his relations with Europe. Towards the end of Tuesday’s five-minute video relaxing content moderation rules, the Meta Platforms chief executive criticised European technology regulations and pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump to “push back on governments going after American companies and pushing to censor more”. That sounds bad for the EU’s agenda to moderate content on social media – but Meta doesn’t hold all the cards.
Wall Street closed mixed at the end of a volatile week of trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average being the only bright spot, as inflation concerns loom over growth names.
Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League after scrapping their way to victory over Newcastle United.
Five games and 14 at-bats is a small sample size but things couldn't be going any better for Gavin Sheets or his new team.
Nationals first baseman Joey Gallo looks to build on his breakout performance when Washington hosts the Pittsburgh Pirates in the rubber game of a three-game series on Thursday.
Italy said a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how to stage such events.
The Seattle Mariners could use some good vibes as they chase a playoff berth.
The Orlando Magic look to complete a sweep of their three-game homestand on Saturday, welcoming a New York Knicks team in the middle of a five-game road trip.
The San Diego Padres will look to keep their winning ways going Wednesday as they play the second of their three-game road series against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.
Robinhood Markets Inc on Thursday unveiled a new platform that will give retail investors the opportunity to buy shares in initial public offerings, something that has long been the exclusive domain of Wall Street funds.