The United States outblocked Puerto Rico 11-1 en route to a straight-sets win at the Men’s Pan American Cup in Mexico. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rican men’s national volleyball team fell 3-0 (21-25, 24-26, 18-25) to the United States at the 2026 Men’s Pan American Cup in Morelos, Mexico on Tuesday. At the Poliforum 2 of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, the U.S. secured its second victory of the tournament, improving its Group A record to 2-0, while Puerto

Kamila Colón Ayala, center, gets encouragement from her Puerto Rico teammate Arianna Pantojas Padilla as Carinialys Kuilan Román looks on during their match against the Dominican Republic at the FIVB U17 World Championship in Los Andes, Chile on Tuesday. The Dominican Republic won, 3-1. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico had its moments, but the Dominican Republic prevailed 3-1 (25-23, 25-12, 18-25, 25-17) at the Liceo Mixto in Los Andes, Chile during Group D play Tuesday at the F

Kiandraliz Vega of Bravas of Cidra was selected as the best defensive second baseman of the 2026 Women’s Premier Softball League season. (LPSF) By THE STAR STAFF The Women’s Premier Softball League (LPSF by its initials in Spanish) announced this week the nine players comprising the 2026 Defensive All-Star Team, an honor recognizing the best defensive players at each position during the regular season. The 2026 Defensive All-Star Team consists of Amanda Campos (catcher, Junco

A Brown Sugar Bakery employee dips ice cream in chocolate to make ice cream bars, before storing them in a freezer, at the bakery’s production facility in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2026. The bakery lost 500 ice cream bars when a storm knocked out power in June 2026. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By LYDIA DePILLIS In early June, the power went out at Stephanie Hart’s bakery on Chicago’s South Side, during an intense storm and a suffocating heat wave. Five hundred ice cream