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The Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed on a plan to expand the playoffs to 16 teams by the 2020 season, sources told ESPN’s Marly Rivera. A playoff expansion still needs final approval from MLB owners, the sources said. All second-place teams in all six divisions would now qualify …

USATSI Major League Baseball will have 16 playoff teams in its 2020 season of 60 games. ESPN’s Marly Rivera reported that the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) had approved the plan for the 2020 season only earlier Thursday afternoon, and Joel Sherman of the New York Post confirmed later that night …

Tonight’s Cup race at Kansas Speedway (7:30 pm ET on NBCSN and the NBC Sports app) marks the start of the second half of the Cup season. So here are 18 questions for the last 18 Cup races of the season. 1. Will Jimmie Johnson win another race? Dover’s double …

The name Seattle Kraken seems to have had an air of inevitability since the early days of the NHL expansion franchise. “The first time in our office, there are only 10 of us in our office, and we posted our NHL Seattle sign on the front door. And the next …

Channel browsing is becoming the new on-demand, with Plex becoming the latest video streaming service to add a swath of free, ad-supported live TV channels to its lineup. Mentioned in this article Plex DVR Plex, the popular DVR and media streaming service that has been impacting with its growing library …