So far, dropping Alex Verdugo down in the lineup in hopes of easing the pressure on the slumping left fielder hasn’t worked. He went hitless again in Sunday’s 6-4 loss to the Rays in The Bronx. Verdugo lined out to first with the bases loaded in the ...

Suppose you went into a long slumber at the end of the night on June 18, woke up again this Monday morning, did some stretching, made a big cup of coffee, then looked at the National League Central standings. Based on where things stood less than two ...

Playing without No. 1 center Leo Carlsson, the Ducks can’t generate much offense and lose for the fifth time in seven games, 3-1, to a Seattle team that wins for just the third time in its past 13

The Phillies have been slumping hard. Heading into Wednesday’s series finale against the Chicago Cubs, they had gone 2-10 over their previous 12 games, and had fallen from atop the National League East to five games out of first place, hanging on to the ...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers can still save their season and clinch another division title. Even with a two-month slump, the path to the playoffs is narrow but achievable.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 33 points and the Indiana Pacers opened a 30-point lead in the first half before holding off the slumping Boston Celtics 117-112 on Wednesday night.Former Celtics player Aaron Nesmith had 15 points, Chris Duarte added 14 and Myles ...

One of the words that bedevils teams at every level, but particularly in professional baseball, is in part because the season is so long. Players experience them individually. Teams go through them collectively. There's an old saying that says baseball is ...

Bouncing back from a horrible start has been one of the Minnesota Twins’ defining characteristics for most of this season. After stumbling out of the gates at 7-13, they had an American League-best 63-40 record from late April through mid-August ...

Brandon Ingram scored 29 points, Scottie Barnes added 24 and the Toronto Raptors beat the slumping Milwaukee Bucks 111-105 on Thursday night.

First, they optioned Matt Wallner, hoping a trip to Triple-A would help him reset. Edouard Julien was next, and on Thursday, Alex Kirilloff officially became the third slumping left-handed hitter the Twins have sent down to the minors this year. The move ...

The final two weeks of the regular season promise to be memorable thanks to a perfect storm of who's hot and who's not. The Lions, Packers, Jaguars and Panthers all have realistic playoff chances after being at least four games under .500 at some point ...