Here’s a look at the key players the Clippers will acquire in the deal that sent Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets: Sam Dekker, 6-9, 230-pound small forward A former first-round pick from Wisconsin who essentially redshirted his rookie season while dealing with a back injury, Dekker flashed potential...

The Clippers have traded Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker and a protected first-round pick next year. Paul has opted in on the last year of his contract with the Clippers in order to make the trade happen. The Rockets were led by James...

Social media saw lots of reaction Wednesday from one of the day’s big NBA stories — the Clippers trading Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets for Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell and others. According to The Times’ Broderick Turner, Paul informed the Clippers during a meeting...

Chris Paul is headed to the Houston Rockets. Paul will join the Rockets via a trade where the Los Angeles Clippers will trade the superstar point guard to the Rockets in a multi-player deal. The trade is expected to become official soon. The news of the Los Angeles Clippers agreeing to trade Chris...

Former Wisconsin forward Sam Dekker is a piece in the Chris Paul trade that could rock the NBA. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo’s The Vertical (for now) reports that Paul will be traded to the Rockets with Dekker, Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams. Sources: After Paul informed Clippers hed sign w/ HOU...

The Cubs looked bad Tuesday night. Hopefully, they will look better tonight. So. Any Cubs news today? Of course you know what's been going on, so this is just a preview of the lineups and pitching matchups, with a couple other notes: Even with last night's poor performance by Jake Arrieta, Cubs starting pitchers have a 2.95 ERA (26 ER in 79⅓ innings) over their last 14 games. That's good! Keep it up. The Cubs have two players in the top 11 in OBP in the National League: Kris Bryant is 10th at .393, and Anthony Rizzo is 11th at .389. Rizzo has a .423 OBP over his last 46 games,...

Washington evened things up with the Chicago Cubs with last night’s win in Nationals Park, now the Nats throw Stephen Strasburg at the defending World Series champs. Washington took the second game of four with the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, but Nationals’ skipper...

The Washington Nationals were stealing bases all night long against the Chicago Cubs, recording a total of seven swiped bags in a 6-1 victory on

Stopping by the Cubs television booth Tuesday night at Nationals Park in Washington, Sen. Dick Durbin related how his staff helped Venezuelan catcher Miguel Montero gain United States citizenship. Montero called Durbin's office after hearing how the Illinois senator had paved the bureaucratic road...

Anthony Rendon is not going to win the voting at third base for the NL’s starting lineup in the 2017 All-Star Game, but Dusty Baker isn’t the only one who thinks the third baseman deserves consideration for the All-Star roster... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Dusty...

Miguel Montero's postgame comments were unprofessional, but the Cubs' move to designate Montero for assignment was heavy-handed.

Miguel Montero decided to go all Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler on a teammate, and like Wade and Butler, it was the right point made the wrong way. It’s the Chicago Way, I guess. The Cubs catcher, who throws out runners with the same ineptitude that Wade plays defense, was 0-for-24 throwing out runners...

The Cubs cut ties with Miguel Montero hours after he ripped teammate Jake Arrieta.         

That didn't take long, did it? Reading comments from Miguel Montero after the Nationals' seven-stolen-base track meet on Tuesday night, it was clear there would be blowback from the Cubs. But to eat a little more than $7 million and designate a 12-year veteran for assignment in favor of a second-year...

The New York Yankees have placed designated hitter Matt Holliday on the 10-day disabled list with a viral infection.

The Yankees made a handful of roster moves before Wednesday's game against the Chicago White Sox: Placed DH Matt Holliday on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to 6/25) with a viral infection. Recalled INF Miguel Andujar from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Outrighted 1B Chris...

CHICAGO (AP) - The New York Yankees have placed designated hitter Matt Holliday on the 10-day disabled list with a viral infection. The 37-year-old Holliday is batting .262 with 15 homers and 47 RBIs in 68 games in his first season in New York. The move was made retroactive to ...

Tigers ace Justin Verlander might become available for trade within the next two weeks, sources told Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports. Verlander may hit the market because he has struggled this season after a stellar 2016 in which he finished second in the AL Cy Young Voting. Last year, Verlander led the American League in strikeouts for the fourth time in his career with 254 Ks and posted a 3.04 ERA over 227 2⁄3 innings. This year, the 34-year-old Verlander has a 4.47 ERA, struck out 94 hitters and walked an AL-high 44 batters, a year after only walking 57, in 94 2⁄3 innings. But, as...

()According to Lucas Casaletto of The Score.com, Dave Dombrowski may be dealing for yet another former member of the Tigers in Justin Verlander. While the 34-year-old former Cy Young award winner has been up and down this season, his addition to a rotation with Chris Sale, Rick Porcello, Drew Pomeranz,...

Would Detroit trade its longtime ace? One report says the Tigers will shop him around

WASHINGTON -- Neither of the past two NL Cy Young Award winners had his best stuff, though Max Scherzer handled things much better than Jake

Catch up on the last 24 hours in Nationals news before the third of four with the Cubs in D.C. Wow. Only six strikeouts, Max? Do better. The offense, you can stay. Here’s the scoop from South Capitol Street. Trea Turner is already in uncharted territory in terms of stolen basesTrea Turner has only...

The Cubs could not stop the Nats’ running game. And after the game, there were complaints. With Max Scherzer dominating teams this year, winning Tuesday’s game was going to be a difficult task. So the Cubs losing this game 6-1 to the Nationals shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise to anyone. It...

The former NFL wide receiver knows his pass catchers and he considers Edelman is to be one of the most valuable in the league. “Valuable” doesn’t always mean “Best” as we’ve seen over the years in “Most Valuable Player” awards. Sometimes “Most Valuable” means the player that received the least amount of help from their supporting cast, like when Falcons QB Matt Ryan defeated Patriots QB Tom Brady in the MVP voting for 2016. Other times “Most Valuable” only looks at the team record, like when Panthers QB Cam Newton defeated Patriots QB Tom Brady in the MVP voting for...

On Tuesday’s NFL Total Access, Stephon Gilmore got into what it was like joining the Patriots and what he and Malcolm Butler would have to do to be considered the best cornerbacks in the league. Remember when Bill Belichick the GM was just killing Bill Belichick the Coach? Bill wasn’t getting...

SB Nation had a heck of a story idea today looking at the New England Patriots best losses. And by best, I mean the ones that the fans of the other 31 teams loved to watch. The Patriots are dynasty in the NFL so fans like to see them knocked down. The Kansas City Chiefs popped up on that list with...

Hicks played in eight games during Martinezs absence, starting four. DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers activated designated hitter Victor Martinez from the disabled list on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. To make room for Martinez, the Tigers optioned catcher/first baseman John Hicks to Triple-A Toledo. Hicks played in eight games during Martinez's absence, starting four. During three separate stints with the Tigers this year, Hicks is hitting .299 (20-for-67) with three home runs and 12 RBIs. Martinez, 38, has...

The Detroit Tigers are 2-0 since manager Brad Ausmus shook up the lineup on Sunday in San Diego. The next wrinkle will come Wednesday when Victor Martinez is expected to return from the disabled list.

Michael Saunders is headed back to the Toronto.Well, Buffalo, if we're being technical.Saunders on Wednesday signed a minor-league deal with the Blue Jays and will

TORONTO — Michael Saunders is back in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

SAN FRANCISCO – Giants closer Mark Melancon is going on the disabled list for the second time this season. Melancon, who has been unable to shake the right elbow tendonitis that has dogged him all year, will be examined by Dr. Ken Akizuki and get another MRI exam. Melancon threw one shutout inning in Tuesday […]

More about Moreland with a discussion of Ramirez’s struggles and Barnes’ ambitions to be more like Andrew Miller. We got the links going with Mitch Moreland yesterday and now we’re back again with him leading off. That’s because he’s been an absolute free agent steal. (Alex Speier; Boston Globe) With Moreland mashing, it has made up for a less than stellar campaign from Hanley Ramirez. (Michael Silverman; Boston Herald) If Ramirez doesn’t start producing soon, maybe the Red Sox need to look at other options. (Evan Drellich; CSNNE) The Red Sox offense has been through its highs...

Former NBA Finals MVP and Golden State Warrior Andre Iguodala is working with a former BuzzFeed executive's startup on a late-night TV show.

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox have activated left-hander Carlos Rodon in time for Wednesday's start against the New York Yankees. Penciled in as the No. 2 starter behind Jose Quintana, Rodon has been sidelined all season because of bursitis in his left biceps. Reliever Zach Putnam - recovering ...

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) -- Two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry is set to test his golf game against the pros.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado made an amazing defensive play.