There’s a new big dog in Colorado’s lowest classification. Behind senior Cade Mitchek’s 225 yards rushing and five touchdowns, Cheyenne Wells crushed former No. 1 Granada, 77-20, to take the top spot in this week’s CHSAANow.com 6-man prep football ranking. The top spot in the other classes remained the same with Valor Christian (5A), Palmer Ridge (4A), Roosevelt (3A), Eaton […]

CLEVELAND — Salvador Perez hit his 46th home run Monday, breaking Johnny Bench’s record for homers by a catcher in a season as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2. Perez, 31, hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, topping Bench’s total from 1970 for the most by a player who played at least 75% of his […]

The Yankees and Reds have 12 games left in the regular season. The Phillies, A’s, Padres and Mariners have 13 each. The Mets have … you know what? It doesn’t matter. This is a column about hope and needing minor miracles to reach October and the Mets are four games under .500 with a dozen games remaining in their 162-game […]

There are just two weeks to go in the 2021 MLB regular season and we are pumped. There’s a thrilling National League West race raging between baseball’s two best teams, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The wild-card races are crowded in both leagues, with three American League East teams — the Boston Red Sox, New York […]

The Toronto Blue Jays placed left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu on the 10-day injured list Sunday with neck tightness. General manager Ross Atkins told reporters he is hopeful Ryu misses just one start. Atkins said Ryu woke up with the tight neck on Saturday, the day after his last start, against the Minnesota Twins, when he took the loss after giving […]

Class 5A 1. Valor Christian (3-0) at Mullen, 7 p.m. Friday. Next week: vs. Columbine, 7 p.m. Sept. 24 2. Cherry Creek (2-1) at Arvada West, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Next week: at No. 6 Regis Jesuit, 7 p.m. Sept. 24 3. Columbine (3-0) vs. Highlands Ranch, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Next week: at No. 1 Valor Christian, 7 p.m. Sept. 24 […]

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Wright has been suspended three games and manager Tony La Russa for one on Saturday by Major League Baseball, which concluded Wright intentionally threw at Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani on Thursday. Wright appealed the suspension issued by Michael Hill, who is MLB’s senior vice president for on-field operations. The discipline will be held in abeyance […]

Tensions run high when teams are in the thick of the playoff hunt. Sometimes, that can lead to frustration, even among teammates. That was the case Saturday night as Padres third baseman Manny Machado was seen arguing in the dugout with shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. after Tatis struck out looking in the fifth inning. Tatis had argued with home plate […]

Angels center fielder Mike Trout hasn’t played for his team since May 17, when he suffered a calf strain during a game. He may not return for the remainder of the 2021 season. On Wednesday, Angels general manager Joe Maddon said he doesn’t expect Trout to return in 2021, via The Athletic. This decision isn’t official until Trout speaks out […]

Will Smith is both underrated and overlooked. Why? That’s hard to say. Maybe it’s because the Dodgers catcher plays the same position in the same division as a likely future Hall of Famer in Buster Posey. Maybe it’s because he plays on a team of superstars, full of MVPs, Cy Young winners and future Hall of Famers. Maybe it’s because he […]