Author: Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

The Padres get their All-Star back this week from suspension to help bolster a position that’s suffered some painful injuries in the early going.

After Bill Polian criticized Ryan Leaf’s dedication, the former No. 2 overall draft pick hit back for continuing “to spew this (expletive) narrative.”

In a video of a heated exchange with a Suns fan, Russell Westbrook is heard saying, “Watch your mouth” to and punctuating it with an expletive.

“It’s something that I’ll never forget,” John Rhys Plumlee said after his historic feat Friday on the diamond and the gridiron.

Noted Warriors fan Earl Stevens, known as E-40, was kicked out of his courtside seat in Sacramento on Saturday after an altercation with heckler.

If fan safety is paramount, veteran LHP Matt Strahm says faster-paced games should have alcohol cut off earlier. Which MLB teams have extended sales?

With hits in his first 12 career games, St. Louis outfielder Jordan Walker has tied the longest streak by an MLB player 20 years old or younger.

Rick Wolff, who began hosting “The Sports Edge” on WFAN in 1998, was also a writer, editor and former minor league baseball player. He died at 71.

Two-time Olympic champion and two-time World Cup winner Carli Lloyd resumes analyst’s role for network’s Women’s World Cup coverage this summer.

Brittney Griner calls 10 months she spent in Russian custody “an unfathomable period in my life” she’s ready to share in book to be released in 2024.