The New York Times

Sliders: For new Baseball Hall of Fame class, growing the game means rethinking the way in

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner broke his right arm twice when he was 5 years old.
Forbes

The Columbus Sliders Finish off their Cinderella Run To The 2025 Major League Pickleball Title

Your 2025 MLP Premier League Champs. From L-R Andrei Daescu, Parris Todd, CJ Klinger, and Lea Jansen. Major League Pickleball (MLP) presented by DoorDash finished off its highly successful 2025 season ...
Columbus Dispatch

Underdog Columbus Sliders earn Major League Pickleball championship in New York City

Columbus has a new trophy to add to its case. On Aug. 24, the Columbus Sliders came from behind to beat the New Jersey 5s in the best-of-three championship series to earn the Major League Pickleball ...
The New York Times

Sliders: Eugenio Suárez is streaky, superstitious — and now he’s made his mark on baseball history

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of baseball. Sportswriters often honor a player with a “Good Guy” award for cooperation with the ...
Austin American-Statesman

Texas baseball made a change to Jared Spencer's slider. He used it to dominate Georgia

Texas baseball ace Jared Spencer spent most of his life trying to slow down his slider, deploying it as an off-speed complement to a fastball that Spencer can dial up to 97 miles per hour. Max Weiner, ...
Hosted on MSN

How Red Sox starter reinvented slider in 3 days to turn in dominant outing Sunday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Following a tough outing Tuesday against the Rangers at Fenway Park, Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito realized he needed to make some changes. So he got to work. After being tagged for ...