Roki Sasaki pitching for the Chiba Lotte Marines earlier this year (Wikipedia) By Dennis Lin / The Athletic As spring training opened in...

By Fred Katz / The Athletic Oklahoma City forward Jalen Williams’ new role emerged without any warning. Williams, who is 6-foot-5, has...

By Joe Vardon / The Athletic Seated in a plastic chair near midcourt in a hot, old gym some 600 miles south of the U.S. border, the...

Austin Hays with the Philadelphia Phillies this past season. After recovering from a kidney infection, Hays is now a free agent, eager to...

By Richard Goldstein Lou Carnesecca, a Hall of Fame coach who took St. John’s University to national basketball prominence and who was...

By Juliet Macur After months at the center of a debate over a transgender woman’s right to compete on a women’s team, San Jose State...

By Michael S. Rosenwald Growing up in Australia, Bill Moyes would spend hours at the beach watching seagulls soar and glide, marveling at...

By Grace Raynor / The Athletic Tobi Haastrup had no idea what to do. He had never lined up in a defensive stance. He was not sure what it...

By Andrew Baggarly / The Athletic Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase had perhaps the most dominant season by a reliever in MLB...

By Victor Mather Rico Carty, a Dominican baseball star whose early exceptional promise was thwarted by untimely injuries, died Saturday....