Author: Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

At a White House news conference on MLB’s opening day, President Trump revealed he’ll take the mound before August 15 Yankees-Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium.

Collector pays $1.845 million for LeBron James rookie card, the highest ever for a basketball card and a record for modern-day cards.

Christian Yelich, Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer move up in the fantasy baseball rankings while Mike Trout and Freddie Freeman go down.

If Tommy Tuberville wins Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat in November he’ll join a list of former sports figures to make a successful jump to politics.

Yasiel Puig, the last big-name unsigned free agent available, has agreed to a one-year deal with the defending NL East champion Atlanta Braves.

Ed Orgeron, coach of the defending champion LSU Tigers, tells VP Mike Pence at an education roundtable college football can return safely this fall.

Notre Dame-Wisconsin and Ohio State-Oregon among games canceled after Big Ten announces football teams will play only conference opponents this fall.

On the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks next year, the New York Yankees and Mets are scheduled to play each other at Citi Field.

Mike Greenberg, who co-hosted network’s flagship morning show for 18 years, will be back on ESPN Radio as part of new programming lineup in August.