​As is an All-Star break tradition, here’s a look at where I think things currently stand for next season. I planned on a top 400, but I still wound up with too many names I wanted to squeeze in, so 450 is what you’re getting.

   ​NFL players voted Lamar Jackson the 69th-best player in football on Monday, a drop of 67 spots from his No. 2 ranking a year ago. Pro Football Network’s own top 100, published hours earlier the same day, has him at No. 2.That is not a

   ​Beginning with next year’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament, the top 16 teams will be placed in the bracket in their true ranking regardless of conference affiliation.In the past, the top four teams in a conference would be placed in different regions to protect them from

   ​New York defeated Detroit, 86-75, Monday in the NBA Summer League at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada.Former Tennessee basketball player Chaz Lanier started and played 33 minutes for the Pistons. He scored a game-high 24 points. Lanier also totaled two assists and one steal.

   ​Webb City pitchers Beckett Cowan and Chipper Hunt combined for a no-hitter as the Webb City 12-and-under All-Stars captured the Missouri District 2 Little League championship with a 7-2 win over Springfield on Friday night at Sunny Jim Park in Joplin.Cowan gave up two runs

   ​The 78th annual Ozark Amateur at Schifferdecker Golf Course came down to a one-hole playoff Sunday between Missouri Southern State University golfer Zach Gardner and University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Jack Spencer, with Spencer taking the title after logging a birdie on the playoff hole.Spencer (67,

   ​Trent Taylor is walking away from football with gratitude, perspective and one more 49ers connection by his side.The veteran wide receiver and return man announced his retirement Sunday on social media, ending a seven-year NFL career that began and finished in San Francisco. Taylor shared

   ​Collin Sexton hilariously called out LeBron James after signing with the Lakers in free agency GettyThe Los Angeles Lakers have been very busy early on this offseason. Sure, they are set to lose LeBron James in free agency, but they managed to sign Austin Reaves

   ​Unatego graduate Braeden Johnson made the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Team, one of three Oneonta players to earn the honor. In addition, Oneonta graduate Nolan Stark was named the team’s Player of the Game on Saturday, July 11, after a dominant performance at

   ​Philadelphia Phillies slugger and former Middletown High School standout Kyle Schwarber appeared on “Pat McAfee Show” ahead of Schwarber taking part in the 2026 MLB Home Run Derby, and talked about how the derby reminds him of growing up as a Reds fan and pretending