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Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu Headline 3-Point Contest at 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend

Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu Headline 3-Point Contest at 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will make her first appearance in the annual WNBA 3-Point Contest on Friday. Clark will join Kelsey Plum and Sonia Citron in competing with former contest winner Sabrina Ionescu and defending champion Allisha Gray for the three-point title at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Gray will also compete in the Skills Challenge, in which she will compete against …

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Column | Jacob Misiorowski is an all-star just because he’s popular? The horror. – The Washington Post

Column | Jacob Misiorowski is an all-star just because he’s popular? The horror.  The Washington Post Manfred defends adding Miz amid All-Star criticism  ESPN Live updates: MLB All-Star Game with Milwaukee Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski, Trevor Megill  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Questions about ‘The Miz’s’ All-Star spot are fair, but he’s there because others won’t be pitching  The New York Times Does MLB need to fix …

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Six players added to 2025 MLS All-Star Roster

Six players added to 2025 MLS All-Star Roster

Surridge has quickly become one of the league’s top strikers, scoring a league-best 16 goals and adding three assists in 22 matches for Nashville. The Englishman, signed from Premier League side Nottingham Forest in 2023, is chasing the MLS Golden Boot presented by Audi alongside a Supporters’ Shield title. Source link

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All-Star Freddie Freeman ready for emotional return to Atlanta

All-Star Freddie Freeman ready for emotional return to Atlanta

Jul 15, 2025, 10:25 AM ET ATLANTA — Four years of return visits to Atlanta has prepared Freddie Freeman for another on Tuesday night, this time as the starting first baseman for the National League in the All-Star Game. Freeman, now in his fourth season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, played his first 12 seasons with the Atlanta Braves. He …

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MLB All-Star Game to feature robot umpires for the first time

MLB All-Star Game to feature robot umpires for the first time

ATLANTA (AP) — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit’s AL Cy Young Award winner said ahead of his start for the American League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system …

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MLB All-Star Game selection needs work to promote merit over marketing

MLB All-Star Game selection needs work to promote merit over marketing

MLB still has the best All-Star Game, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Far from it.  The fan voting is much improved, but the league selection process needs work. Seiya Suzuki, Michael Busch, Cristopher Sánchez and of course Juan Soto shouldn’t be sitting home while MLB invites middle relievers and a just-promoted rookie.  Some veteran players aren’t thrilled to see …

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Cal Raleigh first catcher to win All-Star Home Run Derby

Cal Raleigh first catcher to win All-Star Home Run Derby

Jesse RogersJul 14, 2025, 11:08 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. ATLANTA — Seattle Mariners star and MLB home run leader Cal Raleigh became the first catcher to win the All-Star Home Run Derby as he outlasted young Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero in the final on Monday night to …

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Tarik Skubal got All-Star start after candid call with Max Fried

Tarik Skubal got All-Star start after candid call with Max Fried

1/37 Skubal, Skenes throw at Comerica Park on same day, giving baseball fans a unique experience DETROIT — It was no surprise when Tarik Skubal was named the American League starting pitcher for Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta. The Detroit Tigers ace has, after all, been the most dominant pitcher in baseball over the past two years. If you …

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