Analysis | Six big questions in baseball with six weeks until spring training

NEW YORK – Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died early Thursday morning. He was 79. The Mets said Thursday that Harrelson died at a hospice house in East Northport, New York after…

Almost certainly facing retirement, Chargers center Corey Linsley explained Monday that he’s more grateful than discouraged. The veteran said he’s “probably 99% sure” that he has played his final football game because of a heart issue that forced him to miss the last 15 weeks of the 2023 season. “Year 10, I don’t know how…

Alex Newhook scored with 3:20 remaining for his second goal of the game, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ducks 4-3 Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Kaiden Guhle and Mike Matheson also scored, Sam Montembeault made 30 saves, and the Canadiens won on the road for the second time in six games….

Tyrese Haliburton was carried off the court on Monday in a painful scene. The Pacer star slipped while driving through the lane in the second quarter of a 133-131 overtime win over the Celtics, landing in a split as his right leg slid out from under him. Haliburton rolled over and grabbed at his left…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Quite a few familiar names headline the United Football League as the rebranded spring football aims to open play in March. The UFL is the rebranded league following the merger of the USFL and the XFL. The next step of filling rosters comes in the second wave of player dispersals on Jan….

CNN  —  Novak Djokovic got his French Open campaign off to a winning start with a dominant victory over American Aleksandar Kovacevic in the first round. The No. 3 seed beat Kovacevic in straight sets, 6-3 6-2 7-6(7-1), at Roland Garros as he begins his quest for a third title at the grand slam. The…