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8:27 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Major League Baseball is experiencing an epidemic of (mostly) guys being dudes

8:23 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Kumar Rocker tossed a career-high 7 2/3 innings, Brandon Nimmo homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 10-0

8:12 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA's greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and he finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals

8:12 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Iván Herrera hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning — one of four homers by St. Louis — as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night

7:54 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Jarren Duran hit a home run, doubled and drove in three runs, Willson Contreras added two hits and three RBIs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1

7:46 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Jacob Misiorowski pitched six scoreless innings, Brice Turang was 3 for 4 with a two-run homer, and the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Chicago Cubs 5-2 to move into first place in the NL Central

7:42 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Ben Rice hit a two-run homer that broke a fifth-inning tie and the New York Yankees held off the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on a 90-degree night in the Bronx

7:28 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Chase Burns took a 108.8 mph line drive from Bryce Harper and stays composed

7:21 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Jason Alexander scattered four hits over six scoreless innings and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1

7:04 PM on Tuesday, May 19

James Wood hit the majors’ first inside-the-park grand slam since 2022, and the Washington Nationals rallied from an early five-run deficit to defeat the New York Mets 9-6

6:59 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Travis Bazzana hit a two-run homer and Cade Smith pitched out of a jam in the ninth inning and the Cleveland Guardians held off the Detroit Tigers 4-3 for their fourth straight victory

6:44 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Yandy Díaz went 2 for 3 with a home run and an RBI double, Griffin Jax allowed one run and had six strikeouts in five innings, and Tampa Bay beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on Tuesday night for the Rays’ third consecutive win

6:19 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Chase Burns shines for the Cincinnati Reds, striking out nine in six innings during a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies

5:24 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled, walked twice and scored three times in his return and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 8-4

4:55 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Alexander Rossi was sore Tuesday morning after enduring one of the hardest crashes of his career

4:23 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Jason Kidd is out as coach of the Dallas Mavericks after five seasons, and two weeks after the club hired former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri as team president and governor

3:52 PM on Tuesday, May 19

St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn had an MRI on his left knee on Tuesday, and it came back “clean,” manager Oliver Marmol said

3:37 PM on Tuesday, May 19

The Chicago Cubs reinstated left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar from the 15-day injured list before Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, giving their depleted bullpen a boost

3:37 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti paints his conference’s 24-team College Football Playoff proposal as a way of making the regular season more meaningful, not less

12:19 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Pitcher Eric Lauer added just $600,001 to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pricey payroll