Andrea Fuentes of the Cangrejeras of Santurce (Giuliano Torres / FPV) By THE STAR STAFF The Cangrejeras of Santurce moved within four wins of finishing the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) regular season undefeated on Friday night, securing their 16th victory over the Valencianas of Juncos in four sets. The set scores were 25-19, 18-25, 25-10 and 25-17. Helena Grozer led Santurce with 18 points, followed by Tamara Otene with 16 and Andrea R

A walk-off home run by Darell Hernaiz in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Puerto Rico over Panama, 4-3, on Saturday night in a World Baseball Classic Group A pool play game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey. By THE STAR STAFF A walk-off home run by Darell Hernaiz in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Team Puerto Rico over Panama, 4-3, in Saturday’s second game in Group A of the 2026 World Baseball Classic at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey. With the score 3-2 in fa

By KATIE WOO / THE ATHLETIC To this day, Edwin Díaz does not know how it happened. One moment, he was jumping in jubilation, engulfed by his teammates in Miami near the pitcher’s mound after punctuating the most momentous strikeout in Puerto Rico’s recent international baseball history. The next thing he knew, he was on the ground, grasping at his right knee in pain. It has been three years since Díaz, the closer for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, ruptured hi