Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a move that coincides with the league's implementation of the automated ball-strike challenge system.The box itself still can be...

Five-star guard Dylan Mingo announced his commitment to North Carolina's 2026 recruiting class Tuesday on ESPN's "First Take."The 6-foot-5 Mingo, from Long Island's Lutheran High School, is No. 5 overall in the 247Sports composite rankings.Mingo chose ...

Minnesota Twins ace right-hander Pablo Lopez will be sidelined for an extended period while he recovers from a significant tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, general manager Jeremy Zoll said Tuesday.Season-ending Tommy John su...

Carolina Panthers long snapper JJ Jansen will return to the team for an 18th season after signing a one-year contract on Tuesday.Financial terms were not disclosed for the 40-year-old Jansen, who has played in a franchise-record 277 games since 2009. A...

Journeyman first baseman Dominic Smith has joined the Braves' spring training camp as a non-roster invitee on a minor league contract, according to multiple media reports.Smith, 30, is a former first-round pick by the New York Mets in the 2013 MLB Draf...

As Brooks Koepka carefully plots his path back to relevance on the game's biggest stages, his return to the PGA Tour continues to provide a boost for the tour's second-tier events.The Texas Children's Houston Open announced that Koepka has committed to...