2026 MLB ABS challenge system tracker: Team, player rankings
The ABS challenge system leaderboard ranks batters, catchers, teams and umpires throughout the MLB season.
The ABS challenge system leaderboard ranks batters, catchers, teams and umpires throughout the MLB season.
— MacKenzie Gore continued his home-field mastery this season with 6 1/3 shutout innings, Brandon Nimmo, Nicky Lopez and Joc Pederson homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Friday night.
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast expectations for 2026-27.
WWE Superstar Gunther joins the show ahead of his big match against Cody Rhodes on Sunday at Clash in Italy. Also, the crew talks about the open challenge from Texas Tech to Texas. Then, Can He or Canty, including a live tasting of the famous banana wrap. Plus, Canty's Best Bet, and the most UnSportsmanLike moments of the day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sources: Maryland and Virginia Tech have adjusted the four-game home-and-home series to now play only twice. Maryland will host Tech in 2026 as planned and return the game in 2029. Maryland has added Baylor to replace the other Tech games. Maryland will host Baylor in 2027 and play at Baylor in 2028.
Who could be next season's Trevor Zegras or Kirby Dach? Here are 12 candidates from around the league.
From All-Stars and award winners down to diamonds in the rough, here's who will be available this summer.
After the college withdrawal deadline, a wave of returners reshapes ESPN's latest 2026 NBA draft top 100.
Who is rising up your team's draft board? Here's what we're hearing about the first 40 picks.
— Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes homered in the first inning, and Spencer Arrighetti pitched the Houston Astros past the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Thursday night.
Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said he is proud of transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby for getting help with his gambling addiction.
After Texas coach Steve Sarkisian made headlines by torching Texas Tech's strength of schedule, Red Raiders coach Joey McGuire shot back with an open invitation for the Horns to pay a visit to Lubbock.
Rangers second baseman Josh Smith was back in uniform Thursday for the first time since being hospitalized in mid-May with viral meningitis but said he's unsure when he'll return to play.
The NBA has approved significant anti-tanking measures. Will they work? Tim Bontemps examines the good, the bad and the head-scratching changes coming to the draft lottery.
Vanderbilt stays in the national conversation with Tyler Tanner's return. Here are more high-impact decisions.
What is the most expensive real estate in college football? Answer: the 7 yards between the OT's outside shoulder and the QB's chin. So why not rank the Top 10 defensive line units in college football heading into the 2026 season. Can A.J. Holmes Jr. lead a rebuilt Texas Tech line back to the CFP, is Will Heldt ready to continue the Clemson D-line NFL pedigree, and is everyone sleeping on David Stone and the Oklahoma front? McElroy goes over all it plus tells you why this is the deepest Notre Dame defensive line in a generation, if anyone will be able to run on Texas and why Oregon has far and away the best defensive line in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Linda Kaye immortalized the pitcher in 1990, and their bond lasted for years.
Two months into the 2026 season, the top of our list is becoming more consistent. But Week 9 still brought a top-10 debut and one AL club's highest ranking of the season.
We're picking out the offseason's highs (Vikings getting Kyler Murray on the veterans minimum) and lows (Niners taking Kaelon Black in Round 3) for every NFC team.
We look at five players whose 2025 seasons will be impacted by how they perform in Dallas' spring workouts.
Baylor's Tounde Yessoufou -- a potential first-round pick -- has withdrawn from the 2026 NBA draft and committed to St. John's Red Storm men's basketball program to play for Rick Pitino, his agency THE TEAM tells ESPN.
— Yordan Alvarez homered twice for the second consecutive game, including a tiebreaking solo shot in the eighth inning of the Houston Astros' 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.



