Major League Baseball is bringing the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee next month for a historic baseball experience.

The Mets are acquiring Orioles left-handed reliever Gregory Soto, according to multiple reports on July 25. The Mets are sending pitching prospects Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster to the Orioles in the deal, according to Andy Martino of SNY.

The Washington Nationals shouldn’t even entertain the thought of trading James Wood at the deadline for reasons like this latest accomplishment.

Nick Ahmed Announces Retirement After 12-Year MLB Career originally appeared on Athlon Sports. A Gold Glove-caliber shortstop who briefly played for the Los Angeles Dodgers is hanging up his cleats after a 12-year major-league career.

On Aug. 2, the 2025 MLB Speedway Classic will take place at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. It will mark the first time a Major League Baseball game will be played in the Volunteer State.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Edwin Arroyo (80) fields a groundball in the eighth inning during a MLB spring training baseball game, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Ariz. / Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

The league has opened offices in India and launched youth programs to grow the sport in the cricket-loving nation of 1.4 billion people.

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For the better part of a decade, strikeouts have outnumbered hits as the quality of MLB pitching has reached unprecedented levels. But the pendulum may finally be swinging back.

We take a look at the MLB players in their 30s, in the middle of their pitch for Cooperstown enshrinement, and gauge their chances.

Rock and roll legend Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday at age 76, setting off a wave of memories and mourning throughout the world. Osbourne had suffered from Parkinson's disease since 2020 that severely limited or took away his mobility.