Tune into baseball for long enough in 2022 and you’re almost assured to come across an unfamiliar term. The “sweeper” is the newest weapon being deployed against MLB hitters. It is revitalizing the ...

Sent in to preserve a 1-0 lead against Atlanta on May 27, Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering turned to his trusted weapon: the sweeper. The first he threw to Ronald Acuña Jr. had the star swinging ...

To some within the Yankees, it was just a tweaked slider. Some viewed it as a sweeping slider. At one point, the organization dubbed it a “whirly,” acknowledging it was a new offering altogether. The ...

Floor dusters and sweepers are great for collecting dust and dirt from your floors. However, disposable pads create a lot of trash and the cost of regular replacements can quickly add up. So, say ...

The sweeper — a horizontal slider — had long been lumped in with other breaking balls. Thanks to a change in the Statcast system, it is suddenly its own thing. Clarke Schmidt is one of several Yankees ...

Protected bike lanes — or cycling paths that are physically separated from roadways to keep cars away from more vulnerable micromobility vehicles — are becoming increasingly demanded by a growing ...

The New York Mets will likely be on the lookout for relief pitching help this offseason, and one of the more under-the-radar names that will be hitting the open market is right-hander Brad Keller.

Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Corey Kluber ...

Swiffer Sweepers were released in 2001 and quickly became an incredibly important tool in the household cleaning arsenal, especially for those of us with hardwood floors. The Swiffer Sweeper is ...

A bicycle-towed electric street sweeper may soon be clearing gravel, broken glass, bits of metal and other debris off a bike lane near you. Known as the Bike Lane Sweeper, the device is already being ...