Baseball

7/31/2026 |  Why the Dodgers seem like the favorites in the Tarik Skubal trade sweepstakes ahead of 2026 deadline (CBS Sports) Will the back-to-back champs from Los Angeles make the biggest trade deadline splash of all? 
That's the central question, as the Dodgers are perceived by some within the game as the favorites to land Tigers lefty ace and two-time defending American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal before Monday's deadline, ESPN reports.

7/31/2026 |  Rare, 1-of-1 Shohei Ohtani autographed card sells for $10 million after being found by collector in Florida trading card shop (Yahoo Sports) A one-of-one Shohei Ohtani autographed card with a Gold Logoman patch (a gold patch of the Major League Baseball logo) was found by a collector in Boca Raton, Florida on Thursday.
Soon thereafter, premium collector Matthew Allen (known as "Shyne150" on social media) said on Instagram that he purchased the card for "over $10 million."

7/29/2026 |  A new league marks another major moment in a scattered history for women’s pro baseball (Associated Press (AP)) CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s first women’s professional baseball league in nearly 30 years is about to embark on its inaugural season in what marks a major milestone in the scattered history of the sport in the United States.

7/29/2026 |  Community Members Disrupt Kansas City Meeting on Future Royals Ballpark, Call for Public Vote (Athletic Business) Kansas City, Mo., officials hoped that a meeting on Monday to discuss the Royals’ future downtown ballpark would be an open forum for community discourse, instead the meeting was marred by demonstrations, yelling and significant disruptions that forced city officials to end the meeting early.

7/29/2026 |  A new league marks another major moment in a scattered history for women's pro baseball (Fox Sports) CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s first women’s professional baseball league in nearly 30 years is about to embark on its inaugural season in what marks a major milestone in the scattered history of the sport in the United States.