Welcome to the 2025 MLB 26-and-under power rankings. This is our third year canvassing the baseball talent landscape using this methodology, having introduced the rankings in 2023 at FOX Sports and continued with another edition in 2024 here at Yahoo Sports. The goal remains to paint a broad picture of which organizations have the most … Read more
Alexis Lafreniere Danny Wild-Imagn Images New York Rangers GM Chris Drury could have other deals up his sleeve before the March 7 NHL trade deadline. Drury has made several bold moves this season. Since December, he traded Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks, sent Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken for Will Borgen and swung a … Read more
It’s beginning to feel a lot like March. Three of the top five teams in the Associated Press Top 25 lost last week, clearing the table for a restructuring. Former No. 1 UCLA’s undefeated season ended at the hands of rival USC, while former No. 4 South Carolina and No. 5 LSU lost back-to-back on … Read more
Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout will be switching things up this season. The veteran outfielder told reporters on Monday that he will be making the move from center field to right field this year. Trout said he spoke with the Angels, deciding to make the switch to preserve his body physically for what he … Read more
Alas, poor batting average. For over a century, it was the unrivaled gold standard among baseball statistics. Batting champions were revered. Everyone basically agreed that a .300 hitter was, in fact, a great hitter. Today, if batting average is even referenced on a major league broadcast, it’s packaged with apologies and caveats. It is now … Read more
Ludvig Åberg closed out the Genesis in definitive style. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Welcome to the Monday Leaderboard, where we run down the weekend’s top stories in the wonderful world of golf. Grab an Arnold Palmer, pull up a chair and start to dread the impending Ryder Cup … 1. Ludvig Åberg is officially a Ryder … Read more
With the 2025 NBA All-Star Game’s pickup tournament-style format viewed as a failed experiment, thoughts on what changes can be made for the 2026 showcase were already circulating among the league’s top players. An idea that appears to be gaining support is a USA vs. World matchup. It probably shouldn’t be a surprise that two … Read more
The men’s college basketball season tipped off three and a half months ago with Dan Hurley grumbling about two-time reigning champ UConn only being ranked No. 3. A lot has changed since then. The Huskies have tumbled out of the AP Top 25. So have Gonzaga and North Carolina. Preseason national title favorite Kansas is … Read more
India and Australia, seen here at the 2023 Cricket World Cup, will be among the teams participating at the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament starting on Feb. 19. (REUTERS/Andrew Boyers) From Feb. 19 to March 9, eight of cricket’s most elite teams will compete in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, which will be held in … Read more
In an NBA All-Star tournament that was met with pushback for its format and its coverage, Team Shaq prevailed on Sunday when the basketball was said and done. In the four-team mini-tournament, Team Shaq’s squad of All-Star veterans defeated Team Candace’s roster of non All-Stars in the semifinal round. It then rolled past Team Chuck’s … Read more