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Less than three hours before this year’s All-Star Game, more than a dozen reporters are huddled around Yankees ace Gerrit Cole at his locker in the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium. Cole is in his typical form on days when he’s not pitching, relaxed and at ease talking baseball with…

Juan Soto beat Julio Rodriguez in a scintillating show at Dodger Stadium. Follow along how it went with the SI MLB team to guide you through highlights and analysis.

The most notable league-wide trend so far this year is the lack of offense. Yes, hitting has picked up some since the first month, when the league batting average was a putrid .231. But that was expected to happen as the weather got warmer. For the most part, though, things…

Matt Martell is on a well-deserved vacation this week. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. Of Sandy Alcantara’s many impressive statistics this season—including a 1.82 ERA and an 0.91 WHIP—there is perhaps none so remarkable as his total innings pitched. The 26-year-old has made himself ...

And, Jeremy Woo’s final NBA mock draft.

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…

In 2019, Gleyber Torres was a second-year player who made his second All-Star team and finished the season with 38 home runs. He was the Yankees’ breakout star in that postseason, leading the team with a 1.078 OPS in nine playoff games. He was just 22 years old, and it…

Happy two weeks of baseball! The early stretch of the 2022 season has provided us with some of the best and worst of what this game has to offer. Some of those highlights include Vladimir Guerrero Jr. swatting three home runs against the Yankees, Clayton Kershaw shoving in his first…

Yesterday was an absolute blast, but it was more of an abridged version of Opening Day because there were only seven games. The other 16 teams begin their seasons today, and there are plenty of great matchups to watch. Let’s run through a few of the ones I’m most anticipating,…

Plus, UNC-Kansas matchups to watch.

Making Our PicksMINNEAPOLIS — Two of the most prolific programs in women’s college basketball will meet Sunday night for the national championship as the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed South Carolina takes on Bridgeport Region champion UConn. The Gamecocks are making their fourth Final Four ...