Two minor league baseball teams in Utah are on the chopping block as top executives for Major League Baseball plan to restructure and eliminate teams. The New York Times reports MLB plans to eliminate 42 of the 160 minor league teams, which include four short season Rookie Leagues — the New York-Penn, Appalachian, Northwest and Pioneer. In a press release, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders blasted the plan that puts the Ogden Raptors and the Orem Owlz on the cut list.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Karter Schult and his Salt Lake Stallions teammates were assembled one day this spring for what began as a position group gathering for the defensive linemen when someone in the room glanced at his phone. Their employer, the American Alliance of Football , was halting operations just two months into its first and only season. "The coaches didn't know. Our general manager wasn't at the facility at the time," Schult said. "We were still skeptical.

WASHINGTON (AP) Alex Ovechkin went airborne, Evgeny Kuznetsov flapped his arms like a bird of prey and the Washington Capitals are flying high, just two wins away from winning the Stanley Cup.Ovechkin dived to score his 14th goal of the playoffs and raise

LOS ANGELES (AP) Marcus Stroman tossed six hitless innings, Ian Kinsler slugged a two-run homer and the United States routed Puerto Rico 8-0 on Wednesday night to win its first World Baseball Classic in four tries.Stroman dominated the tournament's highes