Baseball

The Kansas City Royals continue to be the best story in sports. Not only are they winning and ending decades of futility, but they're also making sure their fans are enjoying every minute of the ride.

Two familiar franchises battle in the National League Championship Series, and two upstart teams clash in the American League Championship Series. Here's a preview of both matchups:

The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will meet in the National League Championship Series for the second time in three years beginning on Saturday. Here's a recap of Tuesday's action:

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kolten Wong hit a two-run homer to snap a seventh-inning tie as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 last night to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five NL Division Series. Two runners reached against Trevor Rosenthal in the ninth before he earned his second save of the series...

There is no more feel-good story in sports right now than the Kansas City Royals. And you're about to like them even more.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Gordon hit a bases-clearing double in the first inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 last night to finish a sweep of their AL Division Series. The wild-card Royals will face the Orioles in the AL Championship Series beginning Friday night in Baltimore...

The Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles each swept their respective American League Division Series on Sunday to advance to the American League Championship Series.

Not since Kirk Gibson's game-winning home run in the 1988 World Series have we seen such a dramatic round-tripper. Okay, maybe not, but this tater is still pretty amazing.

Major League Baseball's 2014 season is down to just eight teams, all of whom will begin Division Series play on Thursday or Friday. Here's a preview of the four, best-of-five series:

If the San Francisco Giants should go on to win the World Series, we can only wonder how Madison Bumgarner will celebrate.