Sports

TAMPA — Carlos Carrasco may not have visited the fountain of youth, but he’s hoping he has found the fountain of velocity. The veteran right-hander, who signed with the Yankees on a minor league deal last week to provide starting depth, has been encouraged by the early returns of an offseason spent refining his mechanics … Read more

MONTREAL — When Vincent Trocheck thinks of the late Johnny Gaudreau, the Rangers forward is transported back to when they were roommates playing for Team USA at the 2013 World Junior U20 Championships in Ufa, Russia. He remembers how Gaudreau lived on bread and Nutella for two weeks. How he needed to have “Friends” playing … Read more

One of golf’s biggest stars — and one of LIV Golf’s biggest critics — thinks it is time for everyone to “get over it” when it comes to the anger over those who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour and those who defected to LIV.  In golf’s ongoing civil war, Rory McIlroy believes that will … Read more

It’s not even the All-Star break yet, and the Nets have already won more games than they were supposed to all season. Get used to it, they say. This supposedly-tanking team is enjoying winning, eyeing the play-in, not the lottery. 4D’Angelo Russell, who scored a team-high 22 points, drives to the basket during the Nets’ … Read more

TAMPA — Yankees relief prospect Eric Reyzelman’s first big league camp hit a snag Wednesday when he was taken to the hospital with an allergic reaction.  Reyzelman was in stable condition after experiencing the episode Wednesday morning before the Yankees’ first workout of pitchers and catchers, a team spokesman said. The 23-year-old was transported to … Read more

Cooper DeJean and Caitlin Clark have an Iowa connection, but that doesn’t mean their NFL allegiances align. DeJean, who played at Iowa during Clark’s time there, was one of the Eagles’ Super Bowl 2025 heroes with his second-quarter pick-six of Patrick Mahomes to help seal the win in New Orleans. Clark, on the other hand, … Read more

A.J. Brown felt the high of being a Super Bowl champion just three days ago. But that feeling of elation already has worn off. In fact, Brown is already itching for more winning. 3A.J. Brown carries the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Eagles blowout win over the Chiefs in Super Bowl 2025. AP The Eagles … Read more

Former NFLers Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, hosts of the popular podcast “Bussin With The Boys,” were shocked to find out that their former boss Dave Portnoy was unaware that Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes has an issue with Barstool Sports.  The issue came up after Portnoy went scorched earth on Lewan, who asked Mahomes … Read more

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets can expect a “motivated” Pete Alonso this season.  David Stearns, the team’s president of baseball operations, used that description of the slugging first baseman Wednesday after Alonso’s two-year contract worth $54 million for a return to the Mets became official. The deal includes an opt-out after this season.  Left … Read more

United States’ Austin Matthews, second from left, Jack Eichel, left, and Jack Hughes, right, speak with coaching staff during during a 4 Nations Face-Off hockey practice in Brossard, Quebec, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. AP MONTREAL — It was Team Finland that got in the way of Jack Hughes and Team USA in the U18 World … Read more