Players say MLB's robot umpires are shrinking the strike zone

The new Automated Ball-Strike system has contributed to a spike in the Major League Baseball's walk rate so far this season

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will miss Day 3 of the NFL draft

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort

NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

Put aside the mock drafts because it’s time for the real deal

Scoreboard roundup -- 4/22/26

Iran government says men's soccer team is preparing for 'proud participation' at World Cup in US

An Iranian government spokesperson says the men’s national team is preparing for “proud and successful participation” in its World Cup games in the United States

Wyatt Johnston's double-OT deflection gives Stars 4-3 win over Wild in Game 3

Wyatt Johnston scored on a power-play deflection at 12:10 of the second overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild early Thursday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series

White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami ties MLB rookie record with HR in 5th straight game

Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami tied a Major League Baseball rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451-foot shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 37 as the Thunder beat the Suns to go up 2-0 in their 1st-round series

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 37 points and nine assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Phoenix Suns 120-107 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series

Shohei Ohtani's 53-game on-base streak ends as Roberts mulls resting him more often when he pitches

Shohei Ohtani’s career-best 53-game on-base streak ended on a night he pitched six scoreless innings

Mets stop 12-game skid with 3-2 win over Twins as Soto returns but Lindor exits with calf injury

Mark Vientos blooped a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the New York Mets snapped their 12-game losing streak, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-2 after getting one superstar back only to see another exit with a similar injury

Juan Soto comes off the injured list and helps the Mets stop their 12-game slide

Juan Soto was back in the New York Mets’ lineup Wednesday night — and boy did they need him

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor exits game with left calf tightness, will have MRI on Thursday

No sooner did the struggling New York Mets get a star player back than another one went down with a similar injury

Pistons pound the Magic in paint and meet them at the rim to end their long home playoff win drought

Ben Wallace and Rick Mahorn watched the Detroit Pistons pound the Orlando Magic in the paint and meet them at the rim in a 98-83 win that tied their first-round series at a game apiece

Pistons beat Magic 98-83 in Game 2 to even series and end NBA's longest home playoff losing streak

Cade Cunningham had 27 points, 11 assists and six rebounds to lead the top-seeded Detroit Pistons to a 98-83 win over the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic, evening their first-round series and ending the longest home losing streak in NBA playoff history

T-wolves are getting the superstar energy they need from Edwards in a tight series with the Nuggets

The Minnesota Timberwolves are getting the superstar energy they need from Anthony Edwards in their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets