Greg Cote’s Hot Button Top 10, the weekly Sunday notes column, finds the funny, damnable and offbeat in sports ...

12 teams used at least 12 "Tommy John" pitchers this season ... (12), Angels (12), Marlins (12), Mets (12). By the numbers: Messi missed nearly half the year… and still led the league with ...

Loss has Messi, best team in MLS on brink in playoffs ... “This was the coolest thing I’ve ever been a part of,” said pitcher and longest-tenured Dodger Clayton Kershaw.

The Tommy John World Series: The Dodgers (17) and Yankees (16) used the most pitchers during the regular season who've had Tommy John*, and they each have seven of those hurlers on their World Series ...

Lionel Messi had his head down, dribbling down the left side, like he knew he had a teammate wide open to his right. Messi sent a pass into the middle of the penalty area, and Lautaro Martinez ...

Lionel Messi is on Argentina's roster for a pair of 2026 World Cup qualifying matches later this month. Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni called up 28 players Tuesday for a FIFA international window ...