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Beginning with next year's NCAA women's basketball tournament, the top 16 teams will be placed in the bracket in their true ranking regardless of conference affiliation ...

Perhaps even more astonishing than the way Jordan Spieth won the British Open at Royal Birkdale is what followed ...

Kyle Schwarber of the host Philadelphia Phillies will lead off for the National League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game as the replacement for designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, who is skipping the showcase to have a knee procedure ahead of the season ...

Major league pitchers are throwing harder than ever ...

Jannik Sinner's Wimbledon triumph over Alexander Zverev showcased the new variety in his game ...

Trevor Larnach homered and drove in two runs, Ryan Jeffers added a two-run double and the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 Sunday and have won eight of their last nine series heading into the All-Star break ...

Manny Machado singled in the tying run in the eighth and Ty France's sacrifice brought in the go-ahead run for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 to take two of three ...

Ildemaro Vargas had two hits, including a go-ahead single in the sixth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame Shohei Ohtani's 22nd home run in a 5-3 victory over the sloppy Los Angeles Dodgers that finished a three-game sweep heading into the ...

Rafael Devers scored the tiebreaking run in a two-run eighth inning when catcher Hunter Goodman threw wildly into center field on a stolen-base attempt, and the San Francisco Giants overcame Jake McCarthy's second leadoff inside-the-park home run ...

Sam Antonacci and Braden Montgomery homered in a six-run first inning and the White Sox extended the Athletics' losing streak to nine with a 9-1 victory that left Chicago atop the AL Central entering the All-Stark break ...