National Sports

The Chicago Cubs will travel to London in June 2023 for a two-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The mushroom-like contraptions NFL players are wearing on their helmets during training camp may look strange, but they’re a part of an ongoing safety experiment

UConn star Paige Bueckers will miss the 2022-23 season after suffering a torn ACL in her left knee during a pickup game earlier this week. How the injury impacts the Huskies' national championship hopes and the women's college basketball landscape.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, the team said. He was 94.

The Chicago Cubs on Tuesday traded David Robertson to the Philadelphia Phillies and Mychal Givens to the New York Mets.

The public blowback was so swift that Arizona already has agreed to remove the clause from Murray’s contract.

Russian officials gave no public hint whether U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had made any headway, only issuing a chiding statement afterward urging the U.S. to pursue the Americans’ freedom through “quiet diplomacy, without releases of speculative information.”

When Texas and Oklahoma defected from the Big 12 to the SEC, 22 schools changed conference membership.

Marte, Escobar and Scherzer were all getting their first taste of the Subway Series, and it’s safe to say they liked the flavor.

The Hot Stove is heating up.

The opening ceremony Tuesday was highlighted by the giant-scissor ribbon cutting at the hands of Robinson’s widow, Rachel.

The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia, is regarded in other countries as having legitimate medicinal use.

The U.S. women pulled a shocking upset over Jamaica in the 4x100 relay at the world championships Saturday, securing a .04-second victory.

Former Navy standout Malcolm Perry has retired from professional football and is looking forward to serving his five-year military commitment, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the move told The Capital.

“It’s a showcase of excellence,” he says. “Fireworks and a victorious night for me.”

The Toronto Blue Jays set a franchise record for runs with a 28-5 blowout of the Boston Red Sox.

Johnny Egan, who played for the Baltimore Bullets and five other NBA teams and recorded more than 5,000 points, 2,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds in his 11-year pro career, died Thursday in Houston at the age of 83.

Noah Lyles led wire to wire and routed the field in the 200 meters Thursday in 19.31 seconds, the third-fastest time ever, to lead America’s second sprint sweep at the world championships.

Former Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel has been designated for assignment by the Arizona Diamondbacks after four ineffective outings.

Giancarlo Stanton homered in his Dodger Stadium homecoming, Byron Buxton followed with another drive and the American League won its ninth straight All-Star Game, beating the National League, 3-2, on Tuesday night.