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Byline: Gabe, Lacques, Columnist NEW YORK - The franchise waited 15 years to reach baseball's biggest stage, only to shrink in the biggest moments. They pride themselves on developing and [...]

Byline: Bob, Nightengale, Columnist NEW YORK - It's the wee hours of Thursday and Freddie Freeman was in a hurry, walking in the tunnel in the bowels of Yankee Stadium. [...]

NEW YORK - Newly minted World Series most valuable player Freddie Freeman laughed at the question, though not because its subject was absurd. Did Freeman, who hobbled his way into [...]

Byline: CATHAL KELLY; Staff The play that best illustrated this year's World Series happened in the fifth inning of the final game Wednesday. For the first time in the championship [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees season ended in a comedy of errors that left them to pursue Juan Soto without a title glow. Soto [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Jimmy Gomez: ùRepresentative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)áintroduced a resolution to congratulate the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning the [...]

Byline: Connor Burke The 2024 Major League Baseball World Series saw two historic foes take center stage to culminate the 2024 MLB season.. The top-seeded New York Yankees claimed the [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, Columnist, USA TODAY NEW YORK - The champagne was on ice. The Commissioner's Trophy was lurking in the bowels of Yankee Stadium. And Game 4 of the [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist NEW YORK - The electronic board in the New York Yankees clubhouse Tuesday night revealed their strategy in this World Series for everyone to see. "Win [...]

The Los Angeles Dodgers produced a stunning fightback to defeat the New York Yankees and clinch the World Series with a dramatic come-from-behind 7-6 victory at the Yankee Stadium. On [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga NEW YORK - Get out the scalpel and the forceps. Let's dissect the inning that cost the New York Yankees - the proud, 27-time World Series champion [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes NEW YORK - The Los Angeles Dodgers plan for everything, but even they could not plan for this. When Game 5 of the World Series began Wednesday [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Two fans found their stay at Game 4 of the World Series to be brief after one grabbed the glove of Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie [...]

Two fans were ejected from Yankee Stadium after trying to rip a ball out of a player's glove. It was a striking example of ''fan interference,'' which is more common [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga NEW YORK - Before we get to the swing Anthony Volpe authored to keep the New York Yankees alive in the World Series, it's imperative to understand [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Two fans found their stay at Game 4 of the World Series to be brief after one grabbed the glove of Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes NEW YORK - What a difference a day makes. How quickly baseball can change its mind. Look at this New York Yankees clubhouse, bustling with activity, no [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist LOS ANGELES - High-powered agent Scott Boras stands near his front-row seat at Dodger Stadium, looks at his client - soon-to-be one of the wealthiest athletes [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes NEW YORK - It was nearing 1 a.m. when Aaron Judge emerged to atone for another silent October night, dour and dutiful, as the captain of the [...]

Byline: Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY The 2024 World Series showdown could be epic and set records - in stores and in the stands. As the New York Yankees and [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers don't want to sound flippant. They know just how much Shohei Ohtani means to their team, their franchise and [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, Columnist, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - As Juan Soto lashed a single into right field leading off the ninth inning, the visitor's dugout at Dodger Stadium erupted [...]

Byline: James H. Williams, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues to prove his worth in his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers signed the 26-year-old [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga LOS ANGELES - Aaron Judge stood in the center of the infield Saturday night. He had to know he was at Dodger Stadium in the middle of [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the World Series two games to none, and Shohei Ohtani's left shoulder might be just fine. For most of [...]

The best World Series outcome for one particular subset of fans? The Dodgers slugger hits four home runs in a game, and the Yankees win 5-4. Masa Kawai wore his [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga LOS ANGELES - Six more of these, please. Give us Freddie Freeman, testing his rickety wheels by tripling for the Los Angeles Dodgers' first hit. Give us [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes LOS ANGELES - A baseball generation will remember Freddie Freeman. They will show their children replays of that whip-fast swing on screens big and small. In their [...]

Byline: HAL BOCK; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hal Bock was a sports writer for The Associated Press from 1963-2004 and covered 30 World Series for AP. In the beginning, the World [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist LOS ANGELES - Reggie Jackson - Mr. October - has a tough call. 2024 World Series (Best-of-7; all 8:08 EDT on Fox) Friday: Yankees at LA [...]

Byline: CATHAL KELLY; Staff The business problem of sports isn't attracting customers. If your TikTok is slick enough, you could start a league throwing rocks against a wall. The problem [...]

Even as the sport and the country have changed, the rivalry has produced some of baseball's most memorable moments. From the Bronx to Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, Columnist, USA TODAY Game 1 of the World Series will be contested on stolen land Friday night. It has always been the most inconvenient and disturbing truth [...]

Byline: STEPHEN WADE; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO -- Jiro Nishi wore a New York Mets cap as he browsed a Tokyo sporting goods store this week that boasts the largest [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes LOS ANGELES - The 2024 National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers were supposed to win this pennant, though that has been true before. They did not spend [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes NEW YORK - The 2024 New York Mets are never more alive than when they are nearly dead. They are memorable because they were nearly forgettable. They [...]

Byline: MIKE FITZPATRICK; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Pete Alonso golfed an early threerun homer and the New York Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist NEW YORK - Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden are living legends in New York. They won a World Series in 1986, broke numerous records, had their [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist LOS ANGELES - New York Mets third baseman Mark Vientos, standing in the on-deck circle Monday afternoon, watched Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts put up [...]