From first-year players to returning candidates, here are top names to watch in the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting process.

Eric Allen, known for his exceptional career as a cornerback, is being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Minnesota Vikings aren't playing this week, but the NFL does have a game. The Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Chargers will open the NFL Presason on Thursday. The game normally isn't the highest of quality,

The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 was officially inducted at Cooperstown, New York on Sunday. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and the families of the late Dave Parker and Dick Allen gave speeches before they were honored with plaques commemorating their legendary baseball careers.

NFL scouts worried about the hell-raising. Among the 13 defensive ends drafted before him in 2004 were Ohio State’s Will Smith (No. 18 overall), Hawaii’s Travis LaBoy (No. 42), Ohio State’s Darrion Scott (No. 88) and Georgia’s Robert Geathers (No. 117). Allen (No. 126) soon got to the head of the class.

Former two-division world champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi, who picked up the sport while serving time in prison and went on to gain induction in the International Boxing Hall of Fame, died Friday at 72.

Shaquille O'Neal made the headlines again by firing shots at Rudy Gobert. This has become a regular occurrence between Shaq and the Frenchman, as the three-time Finals MVP is a notable critic of Gobert.

If you ask one of the people who covered him on the biggest of stages in that era, the answer is an unequivocal yes.