Nightengale's Notebook: New Red Sox signing Trevor Story 'can't wait' to play in AL East gauntlet … NEW YORK — It was easily the worst opening-day performance of his career.  —  Trevor Story went hitless in five at-bats, struck out with a chance to be a hero in the 11th inning …

FMIA: Perspective From A Coaching Legend As Bill Belichick Turns 70; Dwayne Haskins Gone Too Soon  —  Bill Belichick turns 70 on Saturday, with no end in sight to his transcendent coaching tenure in New England.  It's so hard today to figure out how big a deal that is, because modern life has changed what age means.

Orioles' offense, new starter Tyler Wells struggle as Rays complete sweep with 8-0 win  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Throughout spring training and even Sunday morning leading into Tyler Wells' first major league start, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said he would limit the 27-year-old right-hander …

Marcus Stroman quickly bonds with the Wrigley Field fans, but his strong Chicago Cubs debut is wasted  —  When Marcus Stroman strolled out to the Chicago Cubs bullpen 40 minutes before Sunday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers, he raised his arms over his head and exhorted fans to start cheering early.

The Lerner family will explore selling the Washington Nationals  —  The family of real estate magnate Ted Lerner, which 16 years ago purchased the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball and oversaw a rebuilding process that eventually resulted in a World Series championship …

Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, 20, throws 19-strikeout perfect game in record-setting performance  —  Pitching phenom Roki Sasaki had 19 strikeouts while throwing a perfect game in a record-setting performance Sunday in Japan's top professional league.  —  Sasaki, 20, recorded the first perfect game …

What's next for Lakers?  Notes on Frank Vogel, Nick Nurse, Russell Westbrook and more  —  After a failed season that started with a draft-night trade heightening championship expectations and ended outside of the postseason, the Lakers must re-evaluate everything, from their decision-making …

MLB Opening Day 2022 — What we saw and takeaways from baseball's return  —  The 2022 MLB season is here!  Thursday's Opening Day action didn't disappoint, and Friday kept the party going with clutch performances, mascot antics and more.  —  The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox wrote another chapter …

Chicago White Sox blow 2 late leads — and Lucas Giolito leaves with an injury — in a 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers  —  DETROIT — As season openers go, the final moments for the Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers game Friday ranks as one of the stranger ones in recent history.

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor ‘doubts’ Nationals' Steve Cishek intentionally hit him with pitch  —  WASHINGTON — Francisco Lindor pulled down his lower lip.  The inside of his mouth was bloodied, the outside cut and swollen.  And despite all that, he said, he felt fortunate.