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Six teams have clinched playoff spots with one week left in the regular season
Tampa Bay, New York Yankees, Boston, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Los Angeles Dodgers have all clinched postseason berths (Atlanta, Milwaukee and the Dodgers have clinched their divisions outright). The AL Central and AL West division races remain separated by a single game apiece, and the NL wild card is a three-way tie among the Cubs, Padres and Phillies entering the final week. The postseason begins Sept. 29.
MLBAngels owner Arte Moreno agrees to sell team to Stan Kroenke in record $4 billion deal
Moreno has agreed to sell the majority stake in the Angels to Stan Kroenke, owner of the NFL's Rams and a stake in the Premier League's Arsenal, in a deal reported at a record $4 billion valuation for an MLB franchise. The sale is pending review by MLB's executive ownership committee and a vote requiring at least 75% (23 of 30) owner approval, with a close expected in early 2027.
MLBMLB and MLBPA continue CBA negotiations with a salary cap at the center of talks
With the current collective bargaining agreement set to expire at season's end, the league and players' union are negotiating what both sides describe as fundamentally different visions for the sport. MLB has proposed a salary cap along with draft-eligibility and international-draft changes; the MLBPA has publicly called the league's proposals 'flat out bad for baseball,' saying they would eliminate over a billion dollars in player compensation from the international and domestic system over five years.
MLBKyle Schwarber closing in on Babe Ruth's 102-year-old home-run record
The Phillies slugger has 231 home runs since joining Philadelphia before the 2022 season, four shy of tying Ruth's mark of 235 homers in a player's first five seasons with one franchise, set with the Yankees from 1920-24.
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Sample · 2026 World Cup
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood · Jul 10, 2026
You know this exact torture — Spain, a quarter-final, the ball worked half to death and the goal that will not come, and somewhere in your chest the ghosts of every tournament that ended right here. Belgium had drawn level and settled in for extra time, and you had already started bracing for the old, familiar heartbreak. Then Merino…