The 2027 All-Star Game is officially coming to Wrigley Field. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Friday morning at Wrigley. The game will be played on July 13, 2027. The Friendly Confines will host the Midsummer Classic for the first time since 1990, marking the fourth time in the ballpark’s history.

Baseball's second-oldest ballpark hasn't hosted an All-Star Game since 1990. Chicago Cubs great Ryne Sandberg — who died Monday of cancer — won the Home Run Derby that year. Wrigley also hosted All-Star Games in 1947 and 1962.

The 2026 contest will take place at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies, to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. The Phillies' former home, Veterans Stadium, hosted the All-Star Game in 1976 to honor the nation's bicentennial.

Seven-time WNBA All-Star Candace Parker was unimpressed by the effort in the All-Star Game. Parker criticized the game on a podcast that aired Wednesday, calling it “awful.” “Y’all cannot come out there with those shirts of ‘Pay Us What You Owe Us’ and then do that,

Former WNBA star and current TNT Sports analyst/commentator Candace Parker believes WNBA players should have given a greater effort in the All-Star Game, especially after they wore "Pay Us What You Owe Us" shirts amid their ongoing negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement (h/t <a href=" West of The Athletic).

"Y'all cannot come out there with those shirts of 'Pay Us What You Owe Us,' and then do that in the All-Star Game," Parker said.

Gilbert Arenas was a three-time NBA All-Star and a former Arizona Wildcats standout. He was indicted along with five others in a gambling ring probe.

Federal prosecutors say former NBA star Gilbert Arenas has been arrested along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal

Federal authorities in Los Angeles charged six people Wednesday, including three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas and an alleged 'Israeli crime figure,' with running an illegal gambling operation.

The New York Yankees released a two-time All-Star pitcher on Friday, making a sudden change to their starting rotation one day after the MLB trade deadline.