MIAMI — Jose Vilela fled Cuba for the United States when he was 14 years old after spending six months in a concentration camp. Like many of his compatriots, he settled in Miami's Cuban neighborhood, ...

LOS ANGELES -- It's a lesson in sheer determination. A baseball player from Cuba has been sleeping on the sidewalk outside Dodger Stadium for 17 days, waiting and dreaming about one thing: baseball.

— -- About this time last summer, two federal investigations into the smuggling of Cuban baseball players to the United States were gathering momentum. Most Cuban defectors on Major League ...

WASHINGTON – Hope is rising that Major League Baseball’s World Baseball Classic will prompt Cuban players to defect to America, as opponents of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro are readying aid to ...

HAVANA (AP) -- Two of Major League Baseball's biggest names are in Havana as part of a sports diplomacy program that aims to foster personal ties between citizens of the U.S. and Cuba, two nations ...

EXCLUSIVE: A drama series about one of the figures involved in a high-stakes operation to smuggle Cuban baseball players into the U.S. is in the works. Julio Estrada is the figure in question. The ...

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages confirmed that he will not play for Team Cuba in the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic.

MIAMI — A month before their fellow major leaguers will report for spring training, Aroldis Chapman, Yuli Gurriel and several other Cuban big leaguers assembled on an intimate field in Miami this week ...

The 2026 World Baseball Classic is already stirring up excitement, and for good reason. The Cuban team has included six MLB players in its preliminary roster, among them the promising outfielder from ...

Welcome to Derry to his love of baseball, Arian S. Cartaya shares the influences that shaped him long before the cameras started rolling. He reflects on his journey as a young actor, opening up about ...