BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz will start the season in the minors.
The team optioned the towering 6-foot-7 shortstop to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday.
While the 23-year-old Cruz had put together a solid spring training — going 5 for 15 with two home runs in Grapefruit League play — manager Derek Shelton said the team believes Cruz needs a little more experience before being called up for good.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes spent most of 2021 dealing with an aching left wrist that forced him to miss nearly half the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman is hoping for smoother sailing in 2022.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds knows he earned a hefty raise after making the All-Star team and becoming a finalist for both the Gold Glove and the Silver Slugger awards, all while playing for $601,000 last season, just above the major league minimum.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Ben Gamel watched in awe at Oneil Cruz as the 6-foot-7 shortstop prospect dropped almost to one knee before sending a pitch that looked like it was going to bounce in front of home plate sailing over the right-center fence.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Top-ranked American and Olympic gold medalist Nelly Korda has a blood clot in her arm and is home seeking treatment.
Korda, the No. 2 player in the women's world ranking, posted on her social media accounts that she was in Ponte Vedra Beach on Friday for a commercial shoot when her arm felt as though it was swelling following a routine morning workout.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A man walked into a Florida sheriff's office and confessed to killing a woman a decade ago because he “found Jehovah and couldn't live with the guilt anymore," officials said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chiney Ogwumike is already one of the busiest athletes in professional sports but the multifaceted basketball player and radio host added another accomplishment during the offseason...
Canada will play its next two World Cup qualifiers in the United States due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
The Canadians' road game against Aruba on June 5 will be played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, the Canadian Soccer Association said Monday...
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Canada's World Cup qualifier against the Cayman Islands at the IMG Academy was postponed by a day until Monday...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — The red shirt for Collin Morikawa to wear on Sunday at the Workday Championship never arrived in time.
The comparisons with Tiger Woods keep coming up in other ways.
When Morikawa turned pro in 2019 after graduating from Cal, he began his PGA Tour career by making the cut in 22 consecutive events.
Orlando midfielder Andrés Perea has been given approval by FIFA to switch his affiliation to the United States from Colombia...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird helped Seattle finish off a dominant season with another championship...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving is making sure WNBA players can sit out the season and not stress about a paycheck...
NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert believes the measures that the league has taken to ensure the players are safe as they work toward their season have been effective...
Sue Bird has seen a lot in her storied playing career in the WNBA, overseas and the Olympics. While nothing the 39-year-old Seattle Storm guard experienced has prepared her for life in the WNBA bubble, she is making the best of the situation...
Candace Parker and her 11-year-old daughter are braving the start of an unprecedented WNBA season together in Florida...
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Another Chicago Sky player has tested positive for the coronavirus...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman who is wanted in connection with her husband's death is now charged with killing a Florida woman who resembled her, then stealing the woman's identity as she eluded authorities, officials said Friday...