New York is exploring a three-team trade which would send Syndergaard to the Padres and help get Marcus Stroman of the Blue Jays, according to The Athletic. Such a trade would land players from the Padres which would then be sent to Toronto in the deal for Stroman. The Athletic suggests Cal Quantrill, who is a native of Canada, may be a logical target for the Blue Jays. Several reports have indicated in recent days the Mets are determined to trade Syndergaard, who has two years left on his deal after this season is done....

The Cubs are running away with the National League Central. Heading into Thursday’s action, Chicago held an 11-game lead over the Cardinals. That’s not much of a surprise, given the team’s supremely talented young team and a starting rotation even the Mets are starting to envy. But the Cubs aren’t the only team with a commanding division lead at the halfway point of the season. The Rangers have a nine game lead in the American League West, over the Astros....

Moments like this are hard to swallow, but a lot of times they’re necessary. Selling now can help build a better team later. But what hurts even worse than a team selling is an organization wallowing in obscurity and failing to win a title because of it. Or worse, failing to even make the postseason. There are several teams this year that are on the bubble coming into the last week before the trade deadline and we think we know who should sell....

Free agent position players started rolling off the board after the Cubs signed Ben Zobrist yet some of the biggest names in one of the deepest classes remain. Let’s look at the top five remaining questions surrounding the offseason: MORE: Winter meetings winners and losers Who’s willing to pay up for Japanese ace Kenta Maeda? Maeda, 28, rocked a 2.09 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, and 175:41 K:BB ratio in 206 1/3 innings with Japan’s Hiroshima Carp last season....

That’s tough to top. This will suffice for the moment: It is a beautiful Monday, and Schweinsteiger is on the field at the University of Illinois-Chicago for his first training session as captain of the Major League Soccer All-Star team that will take on 2017 Champions League winner Real Madrid at Soldier Field (8:30 p.m. ET Wednesday; FS1, TSN, TVA). And his delight is obvious. MORE: All-Star Game rosters, TV info...

I can get to Columbus’ Crew Stadium in 95 minutes. In reality, though, each venue is as close at hand as my remote control. As Major League Soccer endeavors to capitalize on the excitement generated by the 2014 FIFA World Cup, this is the most significant obstacle the league will face. What seems to be a fairly large number of newly minted soccer fans is looking for somewhere to spend this fresh enthusiasm, and the truth is investing all of it into some foreign squad is no more demanding than going crazy for the nearest MLS franchise....

The league announced Thursday that its top individual honor handed out each season will henceforth be known as the Landon Donovan MVP Award. The accompanying trophy, designed by Tiffany & Co., “features a Donovan silhouette applied to a sterling silver MLS crest, which is attached to an ebonized wood base with a sterling silver collar.” Donovan, 32, is MLS’s all-time leader in goals (144) and assists (136) and was named an All-Star 14 years in a row....

International media company MP & Silva offered the league the chance to quadruple its current annual media right haul, but MLS rejected the offer. Get Milan at 6/1 to win Serie A The offer was a 10-year deal starting in 2023, after the expiration of the league’s current deal with ESPN, Fox, and Univision. In a statement provided to ESPN, league spokesman Dan Courtemanche explained that MLS contractually was not even allowed to negotiate with MP & Silva before discussing a renewal with its current media partners....

Martinez scored a hat trick at Mercedes-Benz Stadium as Atlanta equaled the largest margin of victory in MLS history. It took just 73 seconds for Martinez to open the scoring, the Venezuela international finishing powerfully from an angle. New England was reduced to 10 men in the 16th minute as midfielder Xavier Kouassi was shown a straight red card. The Revs’ outing would get much worse, Martinez scoring two penalties – both times after handballs – and Antonio Delamea Mlinar seeing red for giving away the second spot kick....

The 29-year-old defender had spent the entirety of his MLS career with the LA Galaxy, winning three MLS Cups. But as 2016 came to a close, he felt a change of scenery was needed. “The season didn’t go the way I had hoped last year in the sense I was pulled out in crunch time, the playoffs,” DeLaGarza told Goal. “I was obviously disappointed but at the end of the year I was looking to get traded, to go somewhere where I could play and make a difference....

That may sound like an insult — but it’s actually a compliment. Entering his third MLS season, Polster no longer had a spot in his natural holding midfield position. Instead, the Chicago Fire decided to shift him to right back, and gave him instructions you might not expect to hear. “The message was like, ‘Hey, we would like to play you at right back and your role is not to be a right back,’ even though it’s kind of weird saying that,” Polster told Goal....

During the rally Saturday evening in Cullman, Alabama, Brooks at first told rally-goers to “put that behind you” with regards to disputing the 2020 contest and “look forward” to upcoming elections. “There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud and election theft in 2020…Beat them in 2022, beat them in 2024,” he said. As boos erupted, Brooks said, “All right, well, look back at it, but go forward and take advantage of it....

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That means there are some intriguing changes on the battlefield, as well as some new killstreak and scorestreak options to choose from. If you’ve been playing every new iteration of Call of Duty from start to finish every year, you’ll no doubt be familiar with what’s on offer. It’s all pretty standard stuff, ranging from UAVs for surveillance to the all-powerful Juggernaut. On the other hand, if this is your most recent brush with Call of Duty and you need a refresher as to what you can use as you rack up kills and points, we’ve got a list of all of the killstreaks and scorestreaks you can use while playing one of the several multiplayer game modes in the Modern Warfare 2 beta....

The Croatia international spent four years with Spurs before heading to Spain, during which he made over 150 appearances and established himself as one of the finest playmakers in world football. He was, however, to depart with no tangible reward to show for his efforts, and that still rankles the 32-year-old. Modric told FourFourTwo on his time at White Hart Lane, which ended rather acrimoniously as he forced through a move elsewhere: “My one regret is that I didn’t win a trophy with Tottenham, despite us being a strong team who played good, attractive football....

Mohamed Salah has been an unstoppable force for Liverpool, netting 43 goals in all competitions in one of the greatest debut seasons in football history. That is more than both Ronaldo (42) and Messi (40) have managed this season. In the process Jurgen Klopp’s men have strolled into the Champions League semi-finals and also look set to finish in the top four of what has been an extremely hard-fought Premier League in 2017-18....

It was not the first time his attributes and accompanying data illustrated his suitability to the Merseysiders, so his dominance during the analysis came as no surprise. Almost four years after Mohamed Salah was initially seduced by a move to Anfield before Chelsea became the ones to agree a fee with Basel, the Egypt international is a Red. How LFC could line-up with Salah A deal was finally completed on Thursday , following lengthy negotiations with Roma and the forward passing a medical....

The Kolkata giants conceded a cheeky goal in the first half due to some sloppy defending. Rainbow’s Suraj Mahato headed in an easy goal from Sujoy Dutta’s cross. A lazy Kinshuk Debnath failed to keep an eye on Sujay who floated a cross from the left side. The other Bagan defenders were caught napping as an unmarked Suraj headed in an easy goal. Coach Shankarlal Chakraborty made four changes in the starting from Tollygunge Agragami match....

This comes in light of the ugly scenes during the recent contest between the two clubs which saw missiles being hurled into the ground after the supporters got upset with the referee’s decision to award a penalty to the away side. Earlier this season, East Bengal were locked in the dressing-room for almost 45 minutes after the match as the crowd protested against a comment by former coach Khalid Jamil, calling him a traitor....

Rather than bend to the pressure, Emma addressed her critics in a TikTok video, writing: “[It’s] 2022. Let’s educate ourselves & NORMALIZE natural term breastfeeding!!!” It has amassed over 200,000 views and more than 1,800 comments. You can watch the full video here. Emma’s video opens with a screen recording of some negative comments she received on her first post. Per the recording, some viewers called Emma “sick” and “ridiculous” and said she “waited too long” to wean her son....