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Wisconsin's famous football family stars in "A Watt Holiday Classic," Dick's Sporting Goods' new holiday ad campaign.

Oregon football player and Astros' 13th-round 2024 MLB Draft pick, received the nation's highest honor for a walk-on football ...

Baseball purists pooh-pooh these changes, but as far as I’m concerned, they’ve made the game exciting. The pitch clock? Love it! It’s shortened games and ended the interminable at-bats that ...

How unforgettable was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Mike Trout versus Shohei Ohtani? They made for mesmerizing baseball theater, right? So if you were designing the sport ...

He was one of the toughest players to strike out in the National Collegiate Athletics Association this past season, and now ...

In an off-season the Toronto Blue Jays need to improve their offence, they’ve taken a step back, at least so far. On Tuesday ...

Then Dave Roberts plays his golden at-bat card, and you have to face the best hitter in baseball all over again. Or, say, you're facing the Yankees and load the bases against the Nos. 5 ...

The outfielder chose the Mets out of the many big-moneyed suiters, coming to terms with the Amazins’ on a 15-year, $765 ...

This is the Rob Manfred era in Major League Baseball. And as such ... That’s the “Golden At-Bat,” a colloquialism that seems to have taken hold even if the rule change bearing that label ...

And hoo boy, is this one a doozy. If the Golden At-Bat sounds familiar, it's probably because you've heard of the Savannah Bananas and how they play baseball. For anyone who's not familiar ...