The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are off to good starts — and their MVPs are finally starting to hit.

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Jose Fernandez strode to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning during his first big-league game in a pressure-packed spot against four-time All-Star closer Kenley Jansen.

The Dallas Wings won the WNBA draft lottery for the second consecutive season on Sunday night.

Sarah Strong had 29 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, five steals and three blocked shots and Azzi Fudd added 19 points and seven assists as top-ranked UConn defeated Ohio State 100-68.

The WNBA will hold its annual draft lottery on Nov. 23 with Dallas having the best chance to win it for the second consecutive season.

Jose Fernandez has been named the new coach of the Dallas Wings.

Longtime University of South Florida women's basketball coach Jose Fernandez is set to become the coach of the WNBA's Dallas Wings.

USF football coach Alex Golesh wears a headset with the initials of former South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.

Juan Soto, Blake Snell and Clay Holmes debut for new teams.

Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes will be the youngest pitcher in 11 years to start a season opener when he takes the mound for the Pirates.

Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens after seven cases of avian flu were detected and state officials ordered markets in the metropolitan area to close for a week.

The U.S. State Department has set up an eight-person team known as “the firm” to provide help to countries cut off from Chinese trade.

The 14th-ranked Bulls were put on pause because of COVID-19 issues on Jan. 21, 2021 when a Tier I member in the women's basketball program tested positive. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Fernandez and his South Florida team. The 14th-ranked Bulls were put on pause because of COVID-19 issues within the women's basketball program on Jan. 21. You’re risking soft tissue injuries if you come back right away.”This pause came a few days after the Bulls were awarded a rare forfeit win over Memphis. AdSo, South Florida’s only game in the conference standings since Jan. 13 was the forfeit win over Memphis.

2016: Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, 24, dies along with two other men when his boat collides with a jetty off Miami Beach, Florida, in the early morning hours. Toxicology reports later showed the Cuban-American ballplayer had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of the crash, although it remains unknown who was driving. Fernandez, the National League Rookie of the Year in 2013 and a two-time All-Star, posted a record of 38-17 with an ERA of 2.58 and 589 strikeouts in his brief career. Hide Caption