Wrigley Field chosen to host 2027 All-Star Game
MLB, Sports
August 2, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — The Friendly Confines are set to host The Midsummer Classic. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made it official, announcing during a news conference Friday at home plate that the 2027 A...
Royals balance winning now and in the future
MLB, Sports
August 2, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals found themselves in a strange and precarious position at the trade deadline: They were both buyers and sellers, interested in supplementing the club to w...
Pirates trade Bednar to Yanks, Falter headed to KC
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 1, 2025
Mitch Keller, Tommy Pham, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Andrew Heaney remain Pirates. The Renegade is heading to the Bronx. The Pittsburgh Pirates dealt two-time All-Star closer David Bednar to the New York ...
Cubs add pitching depth with Soroka, Kittredge
MLB, Sports
By By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer 
August 1, 2025
The Chicago Cubs bolstered their pitching staff ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline by adding righthanders Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals and Andrew Kittredge from the Baltimore Orioles. ...
Mattson puts the cherry on top of Pirates’ sweep
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 31, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of an extra-inning mishap, then placed Isaac Mattson in a predicament. The right-handed reliever rose to the occasion to clinch the team’s first road sweep in mor...
Hayes traded to Reds, first big chip to go for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 31, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Ke’Bryan Hayes to a lengthy contract extension in the spring of 2022, both sides believed Hayes would be a vital part of a franchise-wide turnaroun...
Late runs help Bucs take series against Giants
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
TUESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 31, 2025
The Pirates scored twice in the top of the 8th to clinch series win in San Francisco. The Pittsburgh Pirates rode a bit of momentum into the second of three games at Oracle Park on Tuesday, having won...
Pirates hold off Giants to win series opener
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
MONDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 30, 2025
Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to put the Bucs in front. Less than three full days until the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mitch Keller to the hill...
Misiorowski rebounds for win over Cubs
MLB, Sports
July 30, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers rookie sensation Jacob Misiorowski found out Monday night that it’s not always smooth sailing on the mound in the major leagues. Sporting a 3-0 record with a 0.56 ERA in three...
Bryce Harper confronts Manfred during meeting
MLB, News, Sports
July 30, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper had a spirited exchange during a question- and-answer session between the commissioner and the team, accord...
MLB, Sports
July 30, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s biggest spenders are stumbling, slowed by injuries and scrambling to patch rosters with help for battered bullpens and other positions ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. Op...
Kiner-Falefa wants to ‘keep door open’ with Bucs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 29, 2025
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been dealt at the trade deadline before, so the difficult thing about hearing rumors isn’t that he could be on the move again but rather the disappointment of his tenure in Pitt...
A Tale of 3 cities: Oakland, Sacramento, now Vegas awaits
MLB, Sports
July 29, 2025
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Those chants of “sell the team” that rang from every corner of the Coliseum during the Athletics’ final seasons in Oakland are noticeably less obvious these days as the ...
White Sox slugger being evaluated after being hit by a pitch
MLB, Sports
MLB NOTEBOOK
July 29, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. was being evaluated after he was hit by a pitch in his return to the lineup on Sunday after missing two games because of right adductor tightne...
Cubs’ Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg dies at 65
MLB, Sports
July 29, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball’s best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 65. Sandberg was surrounded by hi...
Pirates legend inducted into Hall of Fame
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 28, 2025
Dave Parker died last month, so his son delivered his acceptance speech. Sunday’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony offered ample opportunity to celebrate the career of Pittsburgh Pira...
Skenes strikes out 9 as Bucs blank Arizona
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 28, 2025
Paul Skenes had recorded his ninth strikeout on his 98th pitch, getting Eugenio Suarez swinging at a sweeper for the second out in the sixth inning, when Don Kelly walked onto the field for a mound vi...
Pirates will have to ‘assume some risk’ in deadline deals
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 28, 2025
Ben Cherington is approaching Thursday’s MLB trade deadline with the intent to build a team that is going to be better in 2026, so the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager is preparing to strike on deal...
Pirates’ first-round pick Hernandez excited to get to work
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 28, 2025
The following interview was conducted with Seth Hernandez, the Pirates’ first-round selection in this month’s draft. What has the past week been like for you? Unbelievable. Obviously, a lot has gone o...
Home run pushes Mike Trout to 1,000 career RBIs
MLB, Sports
July 28, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout hit a two-run homer in a four-run fifth inning to reach 1,000 career RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Sunday. Kyle Hendricks (6-7) ga...