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FILE – A pitch clock is deployed to restrict pitcher preparation times during a minor league baseball game between the Brooklyn Cyclones and Greensboro Grasshoppers, July 13, 2022, in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Major League Baseball is set to announce a pitch clock and limits on defensive shifts next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense. The sport’s 11-man competition committee is set to adopt the rules changes Friday, Sept. 9. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

MLB adopts pitch clock, shift limits, bigger bases for 2023 season

September 9, 2022 at 12:15 p.m.

Major League Baseball adopted its first pitch clock, limits on defensive shifts and larger bases for next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense in a tradition-bound...

Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei ...

Ohtani a 2-way All-Star again; 6 Yankees, 5 Braves, Astros

July 10, 2022 at 10:43 p.m.

In a city of stars, the Angels' Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw will be in the spotlight July 19 at Dodger Stadium.

US Soccer equalizes pay in milestone with women, men

May 18, 2022 at 8:38 p.m.

The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes...

Quad Cities River Bandits players warm ...

Minor league players, MLB reach deal in minimum wage suit

May 10, 2022 at 4:10 p.m.

Minor league players and Major League Baseball have聽reached a settlement in a lawsuit聽alleging teams violated minimum wage laws.

Colorado Rockies' Garrett Hampson, right, argues ...

MLB umpires to announce replay decisions for 1st time

April 1, 2022 at 7:53 p.m.

In addition to 鈥淧lay ball!鈥� and 鈥淵er Out!", big league umpires will be heard saying 鈥淥verturned!鈥� and 鈥淯pheld!鈥� for the first time this season.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks before ...

U.S. to play England, Iran and possibly Ukraine at World Cup

April 1, 2022 at 5:19 p.m.

The United States was drawn to play England in a Black Friday match at the World Cup, a high-profile game that gives American soccer a chance to gain respect in...

United States' Deandre Yedlin, above, and ...

U.S. returns to World Cup despite 2-0 loss at Costa Rica

March 30, 2022 at 9:18 p.m.

The United States men are returning to the World Cup after the trauma of missing the 2018 tournament, clinching a berth for this year鈥檚 championship in Qatar on Wednesday despite...

United States’ players attend a training ...

Close to reaching World Cup, USMNT looks to avoid last-day flop

March 30, 2022 at 10:03 a.m.

American soccer鈥檚 harrowing memory of the loss in Trinidad 4 1/2 years ago remains omnipresent, if no longer raw.

United States’ Christian Pulisic reacts during ...

Christian Pulisic 1st hat trick leads U.S. to 5-1 win, World Cup brink

March 27, 2022 at 10:37 p.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- American players unfurled a red-and-blue banner with 鈥淨UALIFIED鈥� in bold, white letters, when Christian Pulisic realized what was going on. 鈥淭he guys didn鈥檛 know at all what...

United States' Christian Pulisic, left, and ...

U.S. gains 0-0 draw at Mexico, in strong position to qualify for World Cup

March 24, 2022 at 10:13 p.m.

The United States escaped a half-full Estadio Azteca with a gritty 0-0 draw against Mexico on Thursday night and moved into position to all but clinch a World Cup berth...

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