major-league

While football - or soccer - is Canada's most-played sport, its commercial success is overshadowed by the nation's love affair with ice hockey and the popularity of major-league baseball and basketball franchises.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Dodgers right-hander Evan Phillips is in line to make his first major-league appearance since May 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Though Muncy is in his 11th major-league season, and has played all around the infield for most of it, 2022 marked his first season making the majority of his appearances at third base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

And he began his major-league career with the St. Louis Cardinals as a 20-year-old with a historic 12-game hitting streak, establishing himself as one of the sport’s most coveted prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

He’d already been scouted by three major-league teams.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

While every major league adopted VAR in the name of tyrannical accuracy, fans of Sweden’s top division mounted a resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Would the Dodgers improve their major league roster?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

DR Congo, the last African nation to qualify through the inter-confederation play-offs, has 24 players in Europe - though only 11 in a major league.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Klein, who joined his fourth organization when the Dodgers acquired him in a minor league trade last June, is in his first full major league season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

It would have been highly unusual to be a New York Yankees fan in Philadelphia, which had two major league baseball teams of its own, one in each league, through the mid-1950s.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove