Traina Thoughts Mailbag: NBC’s Sports Strategy, Jason Kelce at the Masters and More NBC had different approaches for its NBA and MLB telecasts. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
Mason Miller Is the Closest Thing We Have to Unhittable The Padres closer is on an incredible run of dominance dating back to last year. A deeper look at what he’s done and how he’s done it boggles the mind. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
Five Hot MLB Starts to Believe in for 2026 Separating the noise from the real deal can be challenging in the first few weeks of a baseball season, but these players seem to have turned over a new leaf. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
MLB Salaries Hit Record High As League Heads Toward Looming Labor Battle Major League Baseball’s average salary jumped to a new high in 2026, just as the league and players are set for a big labor fight. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
Longest Fighting Suspensions in MLB History After Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez Get Punished Revisiting some of the longest suspensions handed down in MLB for fighting after Jorge Soler and Reynaldo López’s skirmish. Sports Illustrated · Apr 9
Ranking the Eight New MLB City Connect Jerseys in 2026 From Worst to Best The good, the bad, and the ugly of the new City Connect jerseys that will be debuting on a baseball diamond near you. Sports Illustrated · Apr 9
Nine MLB Stars Struggling to Start the 2026 Season There are a bunch of teams waiting for some big bats to wake up two weeks into the season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 9
Davey Lopes Cause of Death Revealed After Sudden Confusion Leaves Fans Stunned Davey Lopes, Dodgers star and Phillies coach, dies at 80. Cause confirmed as Parkinson's complications, shocking MLB fans and followers worldwide International Business Times UK · Apr 9
There's a First Time for Everything: Tracking All of MLB's ABS Challenge Firsts From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving the new balls-and-strikes arbiter. Sports Illustrated · Apr 9
Mike Soroka Is Starring for the Team That Once Spun Him Into a Crisis The once snakebitten pitcher was sent down to the minors in 2023 after a beating by the Diamondbacks. Now his comeback story is reaching new heights in Arizona. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8
Why White Sox Optioned Opening Day Starter Shane Smith After Just Three Outings Shane Smith will look to reset in the minor leagues after a rough start to the 2026 season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8
Enjoy the Final Season of Baseball As We Know It The 2026 MLB season will likely be the last of its era, as several converging factors could turn the sport on its head by this time next year. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8
Chaos erupts at MLB game as two former teammates are ejected for fighting each other Reynaldo Lopez and Jorge Soler were involved in an on-field brawl during Tuesday night’s game The Independent UK · Apr 8
Angels’ Soler, Braves’ López Throw Haymakers in Wild MLB Brawl Jorge Soler charged the mound against his former team and sparked a full-on brawl in Anaheim. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 Cubs' Updated Starting Pitching Rotation After Cade Horton Injury The Cubs lost another starting pitcher to the injury bug.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 How Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Salaries Compare to Richest NFL, NBA, MLB Stars Dak Prescott, Steph Curry and Shohei Ohtani’s wages don’t quite stack up to soccer’s two highest-paid stars.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 Must-See: LeBron, Anthony Davis Pull Off High-Level Prank on Draymond Green ‘I will f--- you up!’ The Warriors star was on the brink of losing it as the former Lakers teammates pulled the strings.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 Chris Sale Smashed Himself in the Head With a Baseball During Nightmare Inning Chris Sale had a rough night against the Angels and it showed.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 Three Free Agent Pitchers That Could Still Help Playoff Contenders We’re only a couple of weeks into the 2026 MLB season, and already some glaring weaknesses have emerged for some teams. Whether it’s due to underperforming play
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 MLB Panic Meter: Analyzing Three Expected Contenders’ Early Struggles The Blue Jays, Red Sox and Padres have gotten off to slow starts after entering the season with playoff expectations. How worried should their fans be?
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 Willson Contreras’s Beef With Brewers Continues After Latest HBP Contreras has now been hit by a pitch 24 times against the Brewers in his career.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 6 How MLB’s Unprecedented Youth Movement Came to Pass Hide your veterans and hide your wives—25-and-under stars are taking over baseball.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 5 Jo Adell’s Iconic Home Run Robbery Moment Sets Up Early Photo of the Year Candidate The Angels right fielder robbed three home runs against the Mariners on Saturday night.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 4 Updated List of Longest Playoff Droughts in Sports As Sabres Finally Clinch Postseason The Sabres held the longest playoff drought streak in NHL history until Saturday.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 4 Nolan McLean’s Stuff Is Even Nastier Than We Thought New York Mets rookie righty Nolan McLean has already made history, and his pitching arsenal is even better than lofty projections suggested.