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Byron Buxton arrived at spring training in Fort Myers this week healthy, excited, and by his own admission, a little frustrated. The Minnesota Twins center fielder had one of the best seasons of his career in 2025, slashing .264/.327/.551 with 35 ...

It's mid-February, pitchers and catchers have reported, and yet a 30-homer threat with elite plate discipline is still sitting on his couch. Rhys Hoskins is the definition of plug-and-play power: a right-handed bat with a 20-homer floor, elite walk ...

For years, American women's figure skating felt like it was chasing a ghost--specifically the ghost of the 1990s and early 2000s, when names like Michelle Kwan and Sarah Hughes were synonymous with the podium. Then came Alysa Liu. Her journey isn't ...

The writing is on the wall in Indianapolis, and it's being written in red ink. Michael Pittman Jr. -- the most reliable pass-catcher the Colts have had since Reggie Wayne -- is almost certainly suiting up in a different uniform in 2026. Pittman is ...

Trey Hendrickson is a finishing-piece edge rusher who can still decide games, if you are willing to price in the medical risk. Coming off a one-year bridge in Cincinnati and a 2025 season shortened by a hip issue, he will test the market in 2026 as ...

Seattle has already turned its wide receiver room inside out over the last year. Tyler Lockett is gone. DK Metcalf has been moved. What once looked like one of the NFC's most stable position groups now feels like a soft reset built around youth and ...

March 13 is the hard deadline that will define Stefon Diggs' next chapter: stay in New England with a burdensome cap number or become the NFL's most attractive veteran wideout on the market. He delivered a 1,000-yard season and accelerated Drake Maye ...

Max Scherzer isn't retiring on the porch. At 41 and 11 strikeouts from 3,500, the three-time Cy Young winner cleared a high bar for himself long ago, and he's unlikely to walk away on the doorstep of history. After a rough, injury-marred 2025 (5.19 ...

Travis Etienne Jr. just delivered one of the best seasons of his career. He rushed for 1,107 yards and seven touchdowns on 260 carries, added 36 receptions for 292 yards and six more scores, and fumbled only once all year. What makes Etienne special ...

Kenneth Walker III is the first running back since Terrell Davis in Super Bowl XXXII to win MVP of the Big Game. He ran for 135 yards on 27 carries, caught two passes for 26 more, and put on the kind of performance that makes NFL general managers ...