Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso spoke ahead of the Copa del Rey tie with Talavera de la Reina from Valdebebas on Tuesday, and addressed his start in the job and said that, “the Xabi who arrived in June is not the same as the one now.

When the news broke that Pete Alonso was headed to the Orioles, former teammate Todd Frazier had to break the devastating news to his Mets -loving son. The reaction? “Fake news,” his son texted back, unable to process that the beloved Polar Bear was really leaving Queens.

Pete Alonso was taken aback, nearly speechless at first. His new boss, the person who will sign his very large paychecks for the next five years, had just compared him to one of the greatest hitters of all time — and one of the best players to ever don an Orioles uniform.

Pete Alonso's arrival adds credibility to a franchise that pulled off an impressive rebuild, only to hit a snag after being somewhat passive in the free agent market.

The Winter Meetings have come and gone, and not much has changed for the Nationals since they traded Jose A. Ferrer to the Mariners last weekend before heading to Orlando.We did, however, see some changes across baseball’s greater landscape,

Six weeks is an eternity in football. Just ask Xabi Alonso. Real Madrid kicked off the Alonso era with 11 wins in their first 13 matches before suffering a 5-2 thrashing at the hands of crosstown rivals Atlético Madrid.

On 26 November, Aston Martin announced that Adrian Newey would be its Formula 1 team principal for the 2026 season. Legendary Formula 1 engineer Newey joined Aston on 1 March as managing technical director and will take over from current team boss Andy Cowell, who is stepping aside to become chief strategy officer.