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 …

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 …

Scherzer credits college ball at Mizzou for his staying power  —  • At a ballpark in Nebraska, way back in 2005, a year before he was a first-rounder and 12 before he won his third Cy Young Award, Max Scherzer finished the seventh inning of a tense college game and told his coach he was spent.

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.

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 …

Jose Altuve a deserving MVP, but Aaron Judge was more valuable to Yankees than Altuve was to Astros  —  Getting to watch Jose Altuve up close during the ALCS against the Yankees only added to my appreciation for everything he can do on the baseball field, leaving no doubt that he's a deserving winner of the American League MVP Award.

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.

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.

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 …

WATCH: Justin Verlander talks about wedding to Kate Upon on ‘Today’  —  Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander visited the “Today” show Friday morning to talk about his two new rings — the one he got from his marriage to supermodel Kate Upton and the one he will receive for his World Series win with the Houston Astros.