Edward Olivares and Nick Gonzales homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-4, on Thursday night in Chicago. Olivares hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Gonzales hit a solo drive in the fourth, and Jared Jones (3-4) struck out seven in six solid innings.
Skenes was lifted in the top of the fifth inning after 84 pitches.
The Yankees slugger was struggling massively in April. He now leads MLB in home runs.
Fantasy baseball analyst Dalton Del Don highlights a quintet of starting pitchers we should focus on a lot more.
Mike Brown could make up to $10 million annually with the Kings.
The Connecticut Sun extended their undefeated start for the 2024 WNBA season to 7–0. But it was a very close win.
Even before his injury, Acuña was one of many Braves struggling at the plate, and the team now faces a roster-wide power outage.
Birmingham-Southern fell behind 7–0 in its Division III College World Series matchup with Salve Regina and couldn't overcome the deficit in a 7–5 defeat.
Means, a former All-Star, is a free agent after this season.
Jake Mintz is joined by Chelsea Janes to talk about the Jorge Lopez-New York Mets situation that occurred on Wednesday, the Blue Jays going night mode with their City Connect uniforms, an injury to the Yankees' rotation and give their Good, Bad, Uggla picks for the week.
The Yahoo Fantasy football analysts reveal their first defense rankings for the 2024 NFL season.
Johnson was one of the NFL's top coaching prospects this offseason.
Basketball analyst Dan Titus breaks down what the teams and stars who were booted from the NBA Playoffs must do to remain in good fantasy standing next season.
The ex-Mets reliever claimed he actually said he was "the worst teammate probably in the whole f***ing MLB."
Even with the bloated outing, Imanaga's ERA stands at a tidy 1.86.
Skenes now has 30 strikeouts in 22 MLB innings.
The Bears have plenty to figure out in this year's training camp.
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy praised quarterback Trey Lance, saying he's close to mastering the team's offense. Lance did not play last season.
We continue our 'Data & trends that will define 2024 season' series on the pod by looking at how the run game is making a big comeback in ways that you wouldn't think. There is no better topic, we thought, for Nate Tice to make his pod debut as a full time Yahoo member. Tice joins Matt Harmon to look at how teams are weaponizing their run game and which teams could have great rushing attacks in 2024.
The major conferences and television networks revealed early-season and marquee kickoff times for the 2024 season on Thursday.
Waddle is now one of the NFL's highest-paid receivers.
