Pete Alonso, then the New York Mets first baseman, heads to the on-deck circle during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field in New York, April 26, 2019. The Baltimore Orioles have injected power into their offense by signing Alonso (38 homers for the Mets in 2025) to a five-year, $155 million pact and trading for outfielder Taylor Ward (36 home runs for the Los Angeles Angels in 2025). (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By JIM BOWDEN / THE ATHLETIC The MLB offsea

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles during a news conference outside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, July 18, 2024. Olympic fans had their first chance to buy tickets to the 2028 games in Los Angeles; starting Wednesday, prospective buyers could enter a lottery to get a chance to purchase the first tickets in April. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times) By JESÚS JIMÉNEZ The 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles are still two long years away — and the 2026 Winter Games in Italy haven’t

Erick Vázquez Martínez, a 6-foot-4-inch opposite hitter, earned Most Valuable Player honors after leading South Coast to a five-set victory over Barceloneta. By THE STAR STAFF South Coast Volleyball achieved its first victory of the season on Tuesday night, winning a close five-set match against the Barceloneta Ninjas in men’s Division B of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation (COPUVO by its acronym in Spanish). The match was held at the Caguas Private School court, wher

Andrew Velázquez starred for Santurce, going 3-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and a walk. By THE STAR STAFF The Santurce Crabbers mounted a five-run rally in the second inning and went on to defeat the Ponce Lions 8-2 on Tuesday night at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey to take a 2-0 lead in the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League finals. After a rest day on Wednesday, the best-of-seven series moves to Ponce for three games. Game 3 is slated for 7 p.m. toni

Cleveland Guardians reliever Emmanuel Clase and a second Guardians pitcher’s case has shed light on the world of prop bets and microbets, which have emerged as a core business for gambling companies. (Wikipedia) By SANTUL NERKAR For more than two years, one of Major League Baseball’s most feared pitchers would alert sports bettors to his strategy on the mound, allowing them to illicitly rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars with the inside information, according to federal

By THE STAR STAFF The Men’s Superior Volleyball League announced its 2025 All-Star Team on Tuesday, chosen through voting by the media and authorized representatives of the participating teams. This year’s voting reflected strong support for several of the season’s most outstanding players, including Pelegrín Vargas Jr. of the Caribes of San Sebastián and Spencer Olivier of the Plataneros of Corozal, both receiving more than 20 votes for the outside hitter positions. Their of

Santurce’s Rubén Castro stroked the game-winner to deep left field after Ponce reliever Gabriel Rodríguez walked Jeremy Arocho with one out in the bottom of the ninth. By THE STAR STAFF A walk-off RBI double by Rubén Castro in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Santurce Crabbers to a 5-4 victory over the Ponce Lions in the first game of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League championship series at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey on Monday night. Castro str

Dominican Álvaro Abreu Martínez won his second-straight overall title at the Toa Baja Marathon with an official time of two hours, 16 minutes and five seconds. By THE STAR STAFF Dominican Álvaro Abreu Martínez successfully defended his title at the Toa Baja Marathon this past Sunday, winning the second edition of the event with an official time of two hours, 16 minutes and five seconds in a race that featured more than 1,200 runners and other participants. In the women’s cate