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The Washington Nationals beat the Astros 7-2 in Game 6 of the World Series, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday.

With every pitch at the World Series hurtling toward that strike zone box superimposed on TV screens, the call gets louder and louder: Bring on the robot umps!

Edward Norton has been in the spotlight for so long it’s almost hard to remember a time when the three-time Oscar nominee wasn’t amongst the most accomplished working actors we have today. A star making debut in 1997’s “Primal Fear” opposite Richard Gere led to high profile projects including “Fight Club,” “American History X,” “Rounders” and “The People vs. Larry...

After missing the postseason for the first time since 2014, the Chicago Cubs have announced that they will part ways with manager Joe Maddon.

John Keenan, the police official who led New York City’s manhunt for the “Son of Sam” killer and eventually took a case-solving confession from David Berkowitz, has died.

Justin Verlander took the mound for the ninth inning, fully aware of the no-hitters he finished — and his near misses, too. Zeroed in, he wouldn’t be denied this time. Verlander pitched his third career no-hitter, punctuating a dominant season by striking out 14 to lead the Houston Astros past the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Sunday.

You’ll finally be able to catch the late J.D. Salinger’s books in digital format. Longtime Salinger publisher Little, Brown and Company said all four of his works, including “The Catcher in the Rye,” will be made available as e-books Tuesday, marking the first time that the entirety of his published work will be available in digital format. His son, Matt...

The Chicago Cubs got more bad news on the injury front Monday with closer Craig Kimbrel being placed on the injured list and catcher Willson Contreras now expected to miss four weeks following a hamstring strain.

The Chicago Cubs are one game out of the top spot in the National League Central, but the club has made a series of moves in the days and hours leading up to the MLB trade deadline to try to address their many deficiencies.

The Chicago Cubs continued their run of trades ahead of Wednesday’s MLB trade deadline, reportedly sending catcher Martin Maldonado to the Houston Astros in exchange for utilityman Tony Kemp.

At Wrigley Field, misters in the back of the bleachers tried to cool the crowd. At Yankee Stadium, only one player took batting practice on the field. In Cleveland, rules were relaxed on what fans could bring into the park. Even for a sport that promotes high heat, Saturday was a scorcher across the majors. The National Weather Service said...

Yankees manager Aaron Boone got fired up at a rookie umpire in a profane rant, and New York awoke from a sleepy start to rally past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in a doubleheader opener Thursday.

An extreme heatwave is settling in over nearly two-thirds of the country.

Mike Montgomery, the Chicago Cubs pitcher who was on the mound when the Cubs clinched their World Series victory in 2016, is being traded to the Kansas City Royals for catcher Martin Maldonado, the Cubs announced Monday.

The shrine that has become Tyler Skaggs’ locker in the Los Angeles clubhouse had a new addition Saturday — the ball from the final out of the no-hitter the Angels pitched while wearing their late teammate’s jersey.

“Robot umpires” have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Star Game. Plate umpire Brian deBrauwere wore an earpiece connected to an iPhone in his pocket and relayed the call upon receiving it from a TrackMan computer system that uses Doppler radar. He...

Lucas Giolito was lost at the end of last season. He found himself in the work.