TORONTO - Hold onto your Dear Leader bobbleheads, baseball fans — this one’s nuclear. In the most geopolitically unhinged transaction since the Cold War, the Toronto Blue Jays have traded struggling left-handed reliever Brendon Little to the North Korea national team, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal was sealed late Monday night, just hours after Little turned a bad night into an international incident. Facing the Colorado Rockies in Toronto’s 14-5 beatdown, Little

Clayton Kershaw celebrates after his complete game shutout gives Texas its first win in Cancun. CANCÚN — The third day of the 2026 Cancun World Classic brought more fireworks inside the Cancun Dome, highlighted by a dominant pitching performance from Clayton Kershaw, a stunning comeback from Russia, and another dramatic late-inning thriller from Greece. With several teams beginning to separate themselves in the group stage, Day 3 delivered high-stakes matchups that could shap

Tony Ohtani winks at teammate Eric Sim after hitting his tenth home run of the game. CANCÚN — Day 2 of the 2026 Cancun World Classic delivered chaos, controversy, and one of the most unbelievable individual performances in international baseball history. Russia survived a furious comeback from North Korea, the Fax Islands powered past Mongolia behind dominant pitching and timely home runs, and North Japan unleashed a historic offensive explosion led by Tony Ohtani, who produc