Joon Lee, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate The Pittsburgh Pirates unveiled their City Connect uniforms Thursday, a yellow and black look that pays homage to the city’s bridges and exemplifies the city’s shifting from the steel industry toward medicine and technology. “We anchored in

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 11:52 AM ET The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has agreed to pay the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles around $100 million each following a protracted dispute over the value of the Nationals’ television rights from 2012 to 2016, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The person spoke on condition

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 02:15 PM ET DENVER — Seventeen former Major League Baseball scouts who say they were discriminated against because of their age sued the league, its teams and Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver. The former scouts allege violations of the federal

ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2023, 10:54 PM ET CHICAGO — The White Sox said four fans were injured in a hit-and-run collision outside Guaranteed Rate Field ahead of the team’s game Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers. The pedestrians were injured just after 6:20 p.m. local time, Chicago police and fire officials said. One

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 12:24 AM ET HOUSTON — For much of the past few years, the Houston Astros depended on Justin Verlander to lead their rotation. With the three-time Cy Young Award winner gone to the New York Mets this season, that role shifted to Framber Valdez. And on Tuesday night, Valdez outpitched

Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 12:26 PM ET NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. The 10,800-seat stadium, opened in 1910, is the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S.

ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 05:06 PM ET The Chicago White Sox placed infielder Romy Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list because of right shoulder inflammation and right-handed pitcher Lance Lynn on the bereavement list Monday. The Gonzalez move is retroactive to Sunday, and to fill the roster spots, the White Sox recalled right-hander

Jun 19, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dick “Turkey” Hall, a member of the team’s Hall of Fame, died Sunday at the age of 92. The Orioles announced his death on Monday. Hall was inducted into the Orioles’ Hall of Fame in 1989. Hall began his career as an outfielder with the

Associated Press Jun 18, 2023, 09:17 PM ET BOSTON — Juneteenth flag designer Ben Haith stood on the mound at Fenway Park before the Red Sox hosted the Yankees on Sunday, waving his arms to pump up the crowd. A collection of Black community leaders and Red Sox employees fanned out behind him, all wearing

ESPN News Services Jun 18, 2023, 02:12 PM ET Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora doesn’t know yet whether pitcher Tanner Houck will need surgery for a facial fracture he suffered when he was hit below the right eye by a line drive by the New York Yankees‘ Kyle Higashioka on Friday. “He’s going to