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MLB’s worst teams in 2026 are still pretty bad, but at least they are reasonably bad

The full-blown tank is no longer trending in Major League Baseball. After a handful of infamous team performances in recent seasons — like the Colorado Rockies losing 119 games last season and the Chicago White Sox dropping an MLB-record 121 games in 2024 — the worst teams have been much more competitive. In fact, there's a decent chance that no team will lose 100 games for the first time since 2017. The worst teams are the Rockies (46-72), Los Angles Angels (45-73), Athletics (47-71) and Kansas City Royals (49-70), putting them all within reach of avoiding triple-digit losses ...

Sayin returns bigger and stronger as Ohio State’s QB

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Julian Sayin is back, bigger and stronger for a second season as the starting quarterback at Ohio State. Will he be better? That is among the biggest questions facing the Buckeyes, who finished No. 5 in the Associated Press poll last season after spending most of ...

Big Red tops Toronto in shortened golf match

STEUBENVILLE — The Big Red golf team added another victory to its early season tally on Monday, though it was shorter than expected. Steubenville's golfers took on Toronto in what was scheduled to be an 18-hole duel match at Steubenville Country Club, but the storms that moved through the area forced the match to be changed to nine holes. After nine holes of action, Big Red fired a team score of 162, which was 24 strokes better than the 186 carded by the Red Knights. "The team continues to put together a strong start to the year and there is plenty of room for improvement as ...

Trickett is taking everyone back to basics to find WVU’s center

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football offensive line coach Rick Trickett is old school. Heck, he’s 78, so what do you expect? But how he figures out what position each offensive lineman plays is a bit unique in the modern era of college football. Normally, a player comes in, and they’ll be labeled a tackle and will play tackle all their life, until the pros, where they get swapped up based on need. Trickett starts everyone from scratch, and that even goes for the center. “I’ve done that for a long time,” Trickett said. Trickett’s strategy has paid off a couple of times. ...

Browns rookie Spencer Fano nails down starting left tackle

BEREA (AP) — Fights or scuffles during NFL training camps are widely discouraged and rarely benefit anyone. Spencer Fano has become an exception. The ninth overall pick nailed down the Cleveland Browns' starting job at offensive left tackle after holding his own against Pro Bowl edge ...