Indiana wins title with $21M. Texas top teams spent nearly double and stayed home.

Ohio State won by spending, but Indiana won by playing Moneyball. Where do Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech fit in?

Jeremy Peña is due for a big payday in 2 years. Will the Astros pony up?

Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker become the latest to make more money leaving the Houston Astros.

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Google has announced a new open-source standard for agentic commerce called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).