The Detroit Tigers and two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal have their sights set on winning the AL Central for the first time since 2014.
The Chicago White Sox would love to simply get out of the division's basement.
As for the AL Central's other three teams — the Kansas City ...
CHICAGO — Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin made a smooth transition to the major leagues last season. Kurtz was rewarded with the AL Rookie of the Year award, and Baldwin took home the NL honor.
Here is a closer look at a group of rookies looking to have a similar impact this year:
Pittsburgh ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan celebrated its best women's basketball players for the first time this season, honoring Diane Dietz, Katelynn Flaherty Yates and Naz Hillmon by raising maize banners to the rafters at Crisler Center with their names and numbers in blue.
Olivia Olson and Syla ...
DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane scored twice for Detroit to move into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time goals list for NHL players born in the U.S. and lead the Red Wings to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Kane has 504 career goals, trailing Mike Modano ...
Duke forward Cameron Boozer, BYU star A.J. Dybantsa and Darius Acuff Jr. of Arkansas arrived this season as part of what could go down as one of the most heralded freshman classes in college basketball history.
They lived up to their billing, too, and were announced Tuesday as first-team AP ...
CHICAGO — Purdue closed the regular season with four losses in six games. It won four games in four days at the Big Ten Tournament.
Oscar Cluff, Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith played a major role in the turnaround. But coach Matt Painter pointed to one area in particular.
"We're not ...