Baseball

Merriam-Webster defines all-star as “composed wholly or chiefly of stars or of outstanding performers or participants.”  On July 16, the stars and outstanding performers from the 30 Major League Baseball teams will assemble at Citi Field in New York to showcase their talents in a battle for World Series home-field advantage.  

Well, that was about as short lived as humanly possible.

Just two days after returning from the 60-day designated list, Franklin Gutierrez' is officially back on the 15-day disabled list with a hamstring injury. The initial diagnosis does not look good:

The beginning of the 2013 season is slowly creeping forward for the Penn State football team.

Summer practices are set to begin in early August, and for most fans, it can’t come soon enough.

There are so many questions coming into this year about who will fill in for graduated seniors on both offense and defense and who will become the leaders on this new team.

In light of how things were going for a while there, it didn't occur to me to imagine a scenario in which there would be a huge fuss over Ricky Nolasco.

But lo and behold, such a fuss is happening now.

Matt Kemp returns to the Dodgers lineup on Tuesday after being out since May 29 with a right hamstring strain.

Will Middlebrooks has been demoted to Triple-A, and it's starting to make fans wonder—did we jump the gun on crowning him the next big star of the Boston Red Sox?

MLB players involved in the Biogenesis scandal may not be suspended in 2013, according to an ESPN Dallas report.

With essentially the same roster back from the team that won it all in 2012, the San Francisco Giants entered the season expected to once again contend for a title, but they have stumbled to a 38-38 start and currently sit in fourth place in the NL West.

They were 28-22 and tied for the division lead back on May 26, but since then they've endured a 10-16 stretch, including just 3-7 in their past 10 games.

Is the entertainment business in New York Yankees' legend Mariano Rivera's future plans? Even if it wasn't, now it could be.

Matt Garza is on the trade block and the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are interested in acquiring his services, according to Ken Rosenthal.