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Leading off at the Subway Series, new St. John’s coach Rick Pitino. Just before the New York Yankees faced the Mets on Tuesday night at Citi Field, the Hall of Fame basketball coach threw out a ceremonial first pitch to Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell — who played for PitinoContinue Reading

Mike Caldwell doesn’t need to look far to find the excitement around the Jaguars. The defensive coordinator said that the biggest thing that he’s seen between his first year in Jacksonville and now is the rock-solid commitment by players to get better. And that doesn’t mean just getting better onContinue Reading

Odell Beckham Jr. is finally back. For the first time in 16 months, Beckham participated in a live practice Tuesday as the Baltimore Ravens opened mandatory minicamp. And even for a player who earned Pro Bowl acclaim his first three seasons and helped the Los Angeles Rams win the SuperContinue Reading

There is only one more day of minicamp for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Then the team will have six weeks off until returning for training camp. Now is the time for the younger guys to get more attention from the coaches. When you look out at the field during Jaguars minicamp, youContinue Reading

A stadium financing bill aimed at drawing the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas cleared a major hurdle Tuesday after being approved by the Nevada Senate, but not before lawmakers amended the measure to strengthen its benefits for the community. The 13-8 Senate vote marks another step as the bill movesContinue Reading

Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury’s first two road trips have put the travel issues facing her and the league back in the spotlight. For the Mercury’s season-opening weekend trip to Los Angeles the team traveled on a business jet that didn’t require the Phoenix travel party to go throughContinue Reading

Brooks Koepka is at a major and feeling as good as ever. His health. His trophy count. His mood. Especially his mood. Koepka all but shrugged at the chaos surrounding golf, an agreement between the PGA Tour and the Saudi national wealth fund that pays for LIV Golf, which turnedContinue Reading

The New York Yankees’ Hal Steinbrenner says he’s open to other baseball owners’ consideration of proposing a salary cap for 2027, but only if small-market teams like the Oakland Athletics are subject to a payroll floor, too. Major League Baseball owners are meeting in New York this week following renewedContinue Reading

Some are raising eyebrows at the proposal of a billion in taxpayer dollars for Jaguars stadium improvements while nearly half the city’s pools are closed going into the hot summer months because of repairs and staffing shortages. Some shuttered city pools are growing algae. The city’s parks and recreation directorContinue Reading