MIAMI — Jorge Soler’s solo home run off left-hander David Peterson in the second inning and Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s homer in the eighth were all the Miami Marlins needed to defeat the Mets and even up the season-opening series 1-1. The Mets lost 2-1 on Friday night at LoanDepot park, failing to get the big hit they needed. Peterson (0-1) […]

video Inside Vince McMahon’s WWE misconduct scandal The Ankler CEO and editor-in-chief Janice Min discusses the WWE CEO stepping down after misconduct allegations on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Vince McMahon signed a two-year contract with WWE this week that dates to January, when he returned as chairman of the board to help with a potential sale of the company.  The contract […]

NEWARK — Ryan Graves, the sturdy defenseman for the New Jersey Devils, was one of many players who felt Thursday night’s game against the Rangers had a taste of playoff intensity — and for good reason. With only seven games remaining in the regular season, the Devils are 4 points ahead of the Rangers. If the playoffs started today, those […]

There will be something new in the N.F.L. next year: nothing. Among the usual array of 12s and 88s and 97s dotting the league’s fields next season will be some humble 0s after the league on Monday voted to allow that number on jerseys for the first time in decades. At least one player, Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley, has […]

Carter Mazur’s time is up with the University of Denver hockey program, with the Detroit Red Wings announcing Tuesday they’d signed the sophomore winger to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2023-24 season. Mazur, DU’s leading scorer this season with 22 goals in 40 games, is one of three Pioneers to have professional contract signings announced over the past […]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It is one of baseball’s enduring little mysteries, how a game so rich in possibilities also offers so many precedents. You may see something new at the ballpark every day, yet if you stick around a while, you feel like you’ve seen it all before. So it was in mid-March, when the Mets lost Edwin […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — When a middle reliever published a candid book in 1970, the commissioner of baseball ordered him to his office to formally express dismay. When a middle reliever was writing a book that was published this year, the commissioner granted an interview for it. Joe Kelly is not Jim Bouton, whose “Ball Four” sold millions of copies by […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Miami’s defense was playing at its peak. The Hurricanes had forced the Louisiana State star forward Angel Reese to miss all nine of her first-half shots in Sunday’s round-of-8 matchup in the women’s N.C.A.A. tournament. But at halftime, in a game that statistics suggested Miami should have been dominating, L.S.U. was up by 6 points. That trend […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Inevitably, there will be a moment on Sunday when Creighton’s Arthur Kaluma, a silky, skilled 6-foot-7 sophomore, is isolated against San Diego State’s Adam Seiko, a compact, rugged 6-foot-3 senior, each desperately intent on taking their teams to the Final Four for the first time. It won’t be the first time they lock eyes and fiercely attack […]

Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios Professional soccer has become a global arms race. To compete on the world stage, leagues must invest abroad. Look no further than LaLiga, Spain's top division, which has opened numerous international offices in recent years and placed delegates in over 40 countries. No country is more important to that strategy than the U.S., and LaLiga's robust North […]