Marvin Miller's Cooperstown journey began with the 1981 players' strike  —  Marvin Miller, the late baseball union boss who changed the sport, finally gets his induction into the Hall of Fame  —  Marvin Miller goes into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, over his dead body.

Mets waste standout performance from Javy Baez to drop Miami series  —  Home run.  Ground-rule double.  Walk.  Stolen base.  Aggressive running.  Stolen base again.  —  Javy Baez tried to do it all in the Mets' 3-2 loss to the Marlins on Thursday night, backed up by Marcus Stroman's six strong innings of one-run ball.

MLB: Hunter Renfroe ‘completely wrong’ in saying that Boston Red Sox were told to stop testing amid COVID-19 outbreak  —  Major League Baseball on Thursday denied Boston Red Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe's allegation that the league told the team to stop testing for COVID-19 amid the outbreak spreading through its clubhouse.

Derek Jeter enters the Hall of Fame - Oral history of the Yankees shortstop's greatest play, The Flip  —  It is the most iconic, most brilliant play in the career of New York Yankees Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter, the play that personifies his remarkable combination of athleticism, agility and, most important, awareness.

Press-Telegram boys athlete of the week: Damian Henderson, Jordan  —  The Jordan junior scored three touchdowns, two on special teams, in a victory over Fairfax  —  Press-Telegram boys athlete of the week:  —  Name: Damian Henderson  —  School: Jordan  —  Grade: Junior  —  Sport: Football

California exodus?  Rents jump inland, flat by the coast  —  If rent hikes are a popularity measure, well, Eastward Ho!  —  The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist's “glass half-full” and the pessimist's “glass half-empty.”

BREAKING: Braves' Ozuna agrees to diversion program in domestic violence case  —  Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna on Thursday entered into a negotiated resolution that could result in his domestic violence charges being dismissed.The 30-year-old was arrested in May after Sandy Springs officers reported seeing …

New York Yankees' Jameson Taillon placed on injured list; Zack Britton undergoes Tommy John surgery  —  The New York Yankees have placed right-hander Jameson Taillon on the 10-day injured list because of a partial tendon tear in his right ankle, while reliever Zack Britton is unlikely …

MLB Power Rankings Week 22: Where all 30 teams stand as the wild-card races heat up  —  We're a week into September and there's plenty of question marks in MLB's playoff races.  —  Which teams battling it out for the two American League wild-card slots will hang tough?

Daily News Girls Athlete of the Week: Danica Rach, Sierra Canyon  —  Rach had a stellar week as she led Sierra Canyon to two league wins  —  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.  Subscribe now.  —  Daily News Girls Athlete of the Week

Slumping sluggers, a struggling closer and red-hot opponents: How the Yankees got into big September trouble  —  When the New York Yankees awoke in the Bay Area on Aug. 28, life couldn't have been much better.  They'd just won their 13th consecutive game, a rampage that began …

Biden faces hard truths of the pandemic ahead of major speech  —  (CNN)The thing Americans want most from Joe Biden is beyond his power to deliver: an end to the pandemic.  —  But the President will make a new attempt on Thursday to chart a path out of a national nightmare that is beginning …

Wander Franco moves past Mickey Mantle in extending on-base streak  —  Published Earlier today Updated Earlier today  —  BOSTON — Wander Franco has earned an impressive place in baseball history, extending his on-base streak Tuesday to 37 games.  —  That moved him past Yankees legend Mickey Mantle …

The second wild card is still within reach, but the San Diego Padres' playoff hopes took a crushing blow  —  For six innings on Tuesday night, Blake Snell had San Diego Padres fans cheering every first-pitch fastball and standing on their feet for every two-strike wipeout slider.