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Nation Aug 06

MLB calls up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Marlins-Braves game

Pawol, a 48-year-old from New Jersey, worked spring training games in 2024 and this year. She will become the fifth umpire to debut this year.

Nation May 13

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, baseball stars once tarnished by scandals, will now be eligible for Hall of Fame

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the MLB's policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death. …

Nation Jan 22

Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame with more than 99 percent of the vote

Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Nation Oct 31

Dodgers win World Series in Game 5, overcome 5-run deficit after series of Yankee errors

Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo's RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second and Giancarlo Stanton's third-inning homer against Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 lead for New York.

Nation Jul 11

Berhalter fired as U.S. men’s soccer coach after ‘disappointing’ Copa America first-round exit

Berhalter's second term as coach was cut short 10 months after he returned to the bench with high hopes and proclaimed the team's goal was "to change soccer in America forever."…

Nation Dec 09

Shohei Ohtani agrees to sign record $700 million contract with Los Angeles Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani has set a financial record to go along with his singular on-field performance, getting a record $700 million to make a 30-mile move up Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Arts Jun 03

Kaija Saariaho, pioneering composer hailed as one of the 21st century’s greats, dies at 70

Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday. She was 70.

Nation May 07

Vida Blue, pitcher who led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to…

Arts Mar 22

In a storybook ending, Ohtani strikes out Trout at World Baseball Classic for Japanese championship

Shohei Ohtani emerged from the bullpen and fanned Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout for the final out in a matchup the whole baseball world wanted to see, leading Japan over the defending champion United States 3-2 for its first…

Arts Feb 07

Gustavo Dudamel to become New York Philharmonic music director, leave Los Angeles

Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of the New York Philharmonic for the 2026-27 season, ending a tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic that began in 2009.

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