Center fielder Byron Buxton arrived at the Twins’ summer camp last week at Target Field in hopes of leaving his injury history behind and playing a major role in the team’s 60-game season that has been shortened by the pandemic of coronavirus. Buxton had made seven trips to the disabled …

Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook announced Monday that he tested positive for Covid-19. © Maddie Meyer / Getty Images BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – FEBRUARY 29: Russell Westbrook # 0 of the Houston Rockets reacts during the second half of the game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on February 29, …

CLEVELAND (AP) – The spotlight for change is shining on the Cleveland Indians. Now that the NFL Washington Redskins have withdrawn their controversial nickname and logo after decades of objection and amid a national movement calling for racial justice, the Indians appear to be the next major sports franchise that …

President Donald Trump again endorsed former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville on Monday night ahead of Tuesday’s second-round special election in Alabama. In doing so, however, he may have severely offended all Crimson Tide fans in the state. Trump, trying to praise Alabama coach Nick Saban, repeatedly called him “Lou Saban.” …

“On the left is a composite color image of the Hubble Space Telescope at the center of ‘Mirachs Ghost.’ On the right is the new ALMA image of this same region, revealing the distribution of the cold, dense gas that revolves around this center of this object in exquisite detail. …