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Which NBA players have played for the most teams?

With the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline, quite a few players will be changing teams. For some players, this isn’t anything new. Charlotte Hornets point guard Ish Smith has been traded seven times in his NBA career, including six deals at the deadline. Smith has played for an NBA-record 13 teams, meaning he has suited […]

Sources: Mariners acquire 2B Kolten Wong from Brewers

Seattle entered the winter targeting bats to improve its lineup, and the 32-year-old Wong is its second trade acquisition following a deal for outfielder Teoscar Hernández. Wong, a two-time Gold Glove winner, had a career-best 15 home runs for the Brewers and hit .251/.339/.430 in 2022. Milwaukee picked up a $10 million option on him […]

Ranking some of biggest trades of the past two decades — and how they might inform Kevin Durant’s future

Soon, the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant could become the latest all-time-great player on that list. As the basketball world waits to see what deal could come together for the future Hall of Fame forward, we took a look at some of the biggest names to be dealt over the past 20 years and evaluated how […]

Striking looks from NBA players post-All-Star break

The wardrobe selections of NBA players can be just as likely to go viral as their highlights. Some hoopers push the boundaries more than others when it comes to fashion. Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden is known to spark conversations around his attire. Take Feb. 15 for example, when his distinctive fit at Philly’s game […]

Houston Astros bolster bullpen, get Seattle Mariners’ Kendall Graveman in four-player trade

Graveman and Rafael Montero are going to the AL West-leading Astros with infielder Abraham Toro and reliever Joe Smith going back to Seattle. A teary Graveman said he was shocked by the trade, and had assumed he would be sticking with the Mariners, who’d won four straight against divisional opponents in gritty fashion. “I didn’t […]

Los Angeles Angels fans toss trash cans, jeer Houston Astros in win

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A gray, life-sized, inflatable garbage can was heaved over the right-field scoreboard and made its way onto Angel Stadium’s warning track at the conclusion of Monday’s sixth inning, the latest — perhaps most glaring — indication of the anger that still festers around the Houston Astros. Moments later, with Jose Altuve up […]

Houston Astros survive to force Game 6 vs. Tampa Bay Rays in ALCS

SAN DIEGO — Carlos Correa might have provided the exclamation point, lacing a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday to keep the Astros’ season alive at least one more day, but it was manager Dusty Baker’s cool hand that kept Houston in this game, giving Correa a chance for his […]

Astros’ Carlos Correa asks wife to stay out of salons until season’s end

“When I talk to my wife she knows,” he said Sunday. “No getting your nails done. No getting your hair done right now. So we’re going to be home. We’re going to focus on the baseball season and once everything is done, then you can go to get your nails done and do everything else.” […]

Eight amazing MLB seasons that could only happen in the 1980s

One of my favorite movies is “Midnight in Paris.” Owen Wilson plays Gil, a writer who transports back in time every night to what he considers the golden era — 1920s Paris, where he encounters the Lost Generation and hangs out with Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Picasso, among others. He meets a woman named Adriana, and […]

The best and worst free-agent signing of the decade for all 30 MLB teams

What we can do is check back on the 2010s on how free agency worked — or didn’t work — for all 30 franchises. For each team we’ll list the total dollars committed in free agency (starting with new contracts for the 2010 season, not including money carried over from previous deals), where they ranked […]