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Buster Olney Close Buster Olney ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Dec 5, 2025, 07:00 AM ET MLB’s winter meetings begin Monday in Orlando, Florida, signaling the time when baseball’s offseason activity is likely to take off. What’s the latest on free…

Teams that are fighting for their playoff lives clash in a key AFC matchup when the Houston Texans battle the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. The Texans (7-5), who have won four in a row, trail Jacksonville and Indianapolis by just one game in the AFC South. The Chiefs (6-6), who have lost…

England’s Ashes hopes are all but over in fewer than six days of cricket after an eight-wicket defeat by Australia in the second Test at the Gabba. England finally showed some application with the bat on the fourth day of the pink-ball match in Brisbane, yet still succumbed to their second crushing defeat of the…

The Orioles have claimed outfielder Will Robertson off waivers from the Pirates, according to Jake Rill of MLB.com. The O’s have also claimed catcher Drew Romo off waivers from the Rockies, according to an announcement from Colorado. There wasn’t any previous indication these players were on the wire but it appears their respective clubs tried…

Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images This one should be pretty quick. Chad has done all the heavy lifting analyzing how Ottoneu players handled the arbitration deadline last month; he presented a high-level recap and broke down arbitration by position. I was interested in taking a different approach: I wanted to confirm what my gut assumed to…

During the 162-game season, baseball is nearly a daily affair. People wonder how I, and other die-hard baseball fans, can keep up with it all. The reality is that if I am not able to critically watch a game and devote the hours needed for that process to be fruitful, I will find ways to…

Welcome back to my weekly rankings. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This week is the Top 50 Dynasty Center Fielders for 2026. The good news when it comes to this group is that it is young. This is position for the younger players. Yes, there are 12 ranked players who are 30 or…

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Hall of Fame players Ferguson Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Juan Marichal, Tony Pérez, Ozzie Smith, Alan Trammell and Robin Yount are among 16 members of the contemporary era committee that will consider an eight-man Hall ballot that includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy. Owners Mark Attanasio of the Milwaukee…