(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports) The St. Louis Cardinals will try to locate their power when they open a six-game homestand on Friday. The Cardinals ranked last in the majors with 21 homers heading into the opener of their three-game series with the Chicago White Sox. St. Louis also ranked near the bottom in runs (109), slugging percentage (.338) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.637) heading into pl ..read more

(CN) - On Thursday, the Sixth Circuit heard an appeal from four transgender women who say a Tennessee statute is discriminatory because it prevents them from changing the sex on their birth certificates. The decades-old Tennessee law assigns each child a sex based solely on their external genitalia at birth.  In 2019, four transgender women challenged that law, arguing that they should be able ..read more

Patrik Walker FRISCO, Texas - With Ezekiel Elliott back in a Dallas Cowboys' uniform, the work has already begun to acclimate him to an offense that now has head coach Mike McCarthy calling the plays, but having already played under McCarthy in recent seasons, it should take no time at all - particularly given Elliott's familiarity with All-Pro quarterback Dak Prescott. Loving what they sa ..read more

Dave Spadaro This has played out as A.J. Brown hoped it would when the news first broke in 2022 that the Eagles had traded with Tennessee to acquire Brown, a young and ascending wide receiver who somehow had fallen out of the Titans' long-range plans. The Eagles thought otherwise and went out and brought Brown to Philadelphia to play with another young riser at the position, DeVonta Smith, and a quarterback in J ..read more

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Travis Wingfield When General Manager Chris Grier and Head Coach Mike McDaniel identify a fit for the roster, they are not shy about aggressively pursuing that player. When Tennessee running back Jaylen Wright was on the board with the 120th pick, the Dolphins' brass dipped into the 2025 stockpile of picks in exchange for Wright, who will swap volunteer orange for the aqua and orange of Florida's oldest professi ..read more

(Photo credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports) It's extremely rare that the status of a 39-year-old is the tip of the iceberg for any sport's offseason. However, that's what the Los Angeles Lakers -- and the NBA -- are facing with the uncertain future of LeBron James. James could choose to become a free agent, or he could decide to pick uphis $51.4 million player option for the final year of his current contract. He ..read more

Jim Wyatt NASHVILLE - The draft picks are in, seven of them in all: -Alabama OT JC Latham (1st round, 7th overall) -Texas NT T'Vondre Sweat (2nd round,No.38 overall) -North Carolina LB Cedric Gray (4th round, No.106 overall) -Louisville CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr. (5th round, No.146 overall) -Tul ..read more

Jim Wyatt NASHVILLE - The Titans selected tackle JC Latham in the first round of the NFL Draft. Latham was a dominant player at the University of Alabama, where he played on the right side of the offensive line. With the Titans, he's expected to start his NFL journey on the left side, at tackle. Here's what folks are saying about Latham, who will report to Ascension Saint Thoma ..read more

(Photo credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports) Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley was named the NBA's Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year for the second time on Wednesday. Conley, 36, previously won it with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2018-19. He joined three-time winner Jrue Holiday as the only multiple-time recipients of an award that "recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-c ..read more