Giants make trade proposal for Giancarlo Stanton, other teams also in the mix  —  The trade offers are starting to roll in for National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton.  —  The San Francisco Giants have made a proposal to the Miami Marlins for Stanton, and the Marlins expect to receive …

John Hart leaves Braves after being stripped of power  —  ATLANTA (AP) John Hart left the Atlanta Braves on Friday, less than a week after being stripped of his role as president of baseball operations.  —  The decision was not unexpected given the hiring of general manager Alex Anthopoulos …

Athletics hire former Diamondbacks, Nationals manager Matt Williams to coach 3rd base  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics have hired former San Francisco Giants star Matt Williams as their new third base coach.  —  The A's announced Friday that Williams will join manager Bob Melvin's staff.

The NFL Is Investigating Jameis Winston For Allegedly Groping An Uber Driver In 2016  —  “The League has been informed that you may have been the victim of such a violation perpetrated by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Jameis Winston.  The League takes allegations of this nature very seriously …

Phillies hire Jim Gott for bullpen coach as staff slowly forms  —  The Phillies still need a bench coach and a pitching coach for Gabe Kapler's first season as manager, but they have a bullpen coach: Jim Gott, who pitched for 14 years in the majors and worked for the last five seasons in the Angels' minor-league system.

Rumor Central: Diamondbacks open to bringing back Fernando Rodney?  —  Entrusting a 40-year-old pitcher to close games last season wasn't always smooth sailing, but the Arizona Diamondbacks liked enough of what they saw from Fernando Rodney in 2017.  —  According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports …

Roger Goodell has a Jerry Jones problem and nobody knows how it will end  —  THERE WAS A PAUSE.  It was Aug. 9, inside Roger Goodell's sixth-floor office at the NFL's Park Avenue headquarters in New York City — down the hall, past the executives' offices and his assistant's desk …

Cavs' Isaiah Thomas on hip rehab: ‘I see what people say’ about my ability  —  The slow grind, as Isaiah Thomas calls it, is about to speed up.  —  If the Cleveland Cavaliers star has his way, he'll be on the court with LeBron James & Co. late next month and their play will answer all those questions that surround them.

Hitting the reset button on starting pitcher wins  —  This week's results from the voting for baseball's major awards have been pretty much free of controversy.  Everyone who has been honored seems to have deserved it, and there haven't been any clear-cut snubs for players based on widespread faults …

Aaron Boone interviews with Yankees for managerial vacancy  —  NEW YORK — Aaron Boone became the first person with no experience as a manager of coach to interview to become Joe Girardi's successor with the New York Yankees.  —  The 44-year-old interviewed Friday, becoming the fourth …

Rumor Central: Athletics eyeing White Sox OF Avisail Garcia as trade target?  —  The Oakland Athletics don't appear to be done working the phones after trading away Ryon Healy earlier this week.  —  According to John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle, the A's have interest in Avisail Garcia of the Chicago White Sox.