The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft in a selection seen by some as a surprise.

A TLANTA – The Toronto Blue Jays selected Mississippi prep shortstop JoJo Parker with the eighth overall pick Sunday evening to open their first draft under new amateur scouting director Marc Tramuta.

Among the 18 Big Ten teams, receiving corps vary from speed, size and talent – the USC Trojans were ranked near the top in a recent ranking of best receiving co ...

Column: Mississippi State baseball star Brayland Skinner, now 26, is still a human blur for the Mississippi Mud Monsters.

Strength of schedule will be discussed more than ever this season, and the cross-country travel isn’t slowing down with ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reminds residents of Jo Daviess and Carroll counties that a black bear ...

Nicole Brown, of Riverside, claimed she was unable to resume working as a Westminster police officer but visited Disneyland, ran two 5K races, went skiing and golfing — among other recreational ...

To the chagrin of advocates and HHS, Mars is not making promises on banning artificial dyes like others in Big Food. What ...

Research conducted by the University of Florida and the University of California used targeted metabolomics in pomegranates to profile essential primary and secondary metabolites, including organic ...

Objectives Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a rare and underdiagnosed disease associated with a high mortality rate. Although, in the last decade, there has been increasing attention in the literature to ...

MLB draft begins Sunday, and the White Sox and Cubs each have 20 picks. And a Whitney Young alum could be a first-round ...

Honored for her poetry and her fiction, Ms. Howe "was truly one of the great poets of Boston and Cambridge," said poet and ...