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I was in the store doing my usual last-minute Christmas shopping – thank goodness for gift cards – when my cell phone rang.

All-Star slugger Brent Rooker agreed to a five-year, $60 million contract extension with the Oakland Athletics.

With the end of a year, it's common to get reflective over what has been. This particular year was a little bit different, ...

Lenny Randle, a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy, and was dubbed “The ...

The Mets solidified their shaky starting rotation by re-signing their best pitcher of 2024, Sean Manaea, two days before Christmas. There is no argument that without Manaea’s mound heroics, especially ...

Each year it is good to reflect back on the highs and lows of the year, and we did so with some of the top sports headlines ...

Remembering how the Oakland A's 'Man of Steal' chalked up so many awards it seemed he simply lent them out to others for a while.

2024 is in the books, and it was another year where local athletes did not disappoint, whether it came by clutch heroics that ...

Rickey Henderson, the greatest base stealer in baseball history, has died. He was 65. Henderson, who stole 1,406 bases during ...

He was 89. Rickey Henderson – Rickey Henderson, an Oakland Athletics’ legend, MLB Hall-of-Famer and one of the greatest ...