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In ESPN The Magazine's MLB Preview, Eddie Matz and Wendy Thurm spent spring training with the Angels and the Dodgers, two teams coming off very fortunate offseasons.

Looking at the good and the bad as baseball's offseason has reached its halfway point.

In his handicapping of the race for 31-year-old outfielder Josh Hamilton (Insider), ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney noted what makes this "the most unique set of circumstances for any free agent since the system began in 1976, a mix of raw power and...

If the cutthroat events of the Romney Family Olympics are any indication, Mitt Romney doesn't wear silver medals well, writes Michael Brendan Dougherty in ESPN the Magazine's DC Issue.

Buster Olney made an important point in his Insider blog today: Rosters for the wild-card game can be changed for the Division Series: The participating teams will set 25-man rosters for this one-game, winner-take-all extravaganza -- rosters th...

Senior baseball analyst for ESPN Insider and former major league GM Jim Bowden argues that no matter what the Rangers do before the trade deadline, there's no way they can match the Angels. Bowden writes that the move for Zack Greinke makes the An...

In ESPN The Magazine, Molly Knight looks at the evolution of Matt Kemp, from an insecure teen in Oklahoma to the star and leader of the L.A. Dodgers' clubhouse.

The Texas Rangers' 8-2 start this season has shoved them up the ESPN power rankings and into the top spot. They were fourth last week. This week's voters: Jim Bowden of ESPN Insider, Tim Kurkjian of ESPN The Magazine, David Schoenfield of the Swee...

Three ESPN contributors discuss storylines from section 201 to 250 of the top 500 player rankings for 2012.

In ESPN The Magazine, Tim Keown writes that Tim Lincecum and Clayton Kershaw faced off in four filthy duels last season, treating fans to baseball's latest, greatest pitching rivalry. And this showdown is just getting started.

In ESPN The Magazine's Revenge of the Jocks issue, Jon Mooallem is on the hunt for the true origins of the high five. The search for truth leads to a sobering end.

ESPN The Magazine raises the lid on the gangs who have co-opted your team's colors in its Style Issue.

How much longer will Frank McCourt be in the middle of big-time Dodgers announcements like Joe Torre's retirement and Don Mattingly's ascension? As long as he's willing to keep paying his attorneys, the end is not in sight.

Big time college football coaches like Texas' Mack Brown pull in millions of dollars each year to shape young football minds. It's the rest of the perks in their contracts that may come as a surprise. Plus, Tom Brady, Floyd Mayweather and Pete Rose.

In light of Armando Galarraga's perfect game that wasn't, ESPN The Magazine polled 100 MLB players about the league's umpires, to see what MLBers really think about the boys in blue. Question No. 4: How would you grade umpire performance?

In light of Armando Galarraga's perfect game that wasn't, ESPN The Magazine polled 100 MLB players about the league's umpires, to see what MLBers really think about the boys in blue. Question No. 5: Should there be replay on base calls?