The San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as their president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi.

China is threatening “serious consequences” after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row.

The U.S. is denying Chinese claims that its military had driven away an American guided-missile destroyer from operating around disputed islands in the South China Sea, in an incident that comes as tensions in the region between the two powers continue to rise.

Buster Posey has joined the San Francisco Giants ownership group less than a year after retiring.

Here we are wading into the deep end of summer where hockey season is but a distant memory for many. And that team, of course, is the Detroit Red Wings. And I have done just that in this piece titled "Red Wings 2019-20 season lineup: Here's what it could look like." Eleven Red Wings are set to come off the books in 2020. Greg Johnson, who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the early-to-mid 1990s, has died.

18 Nov 1996: Center Greg Johnson of the Detroit Red Wings moves the puck during a game against the Phoenix Coyotes at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Glenn Cratty /AllsportDETROIT - Greg Johnson, who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the early-to-mid 1990s, has died at age 48. He began playing for the Red Wings in 1993. Johnson played an important depth role on those Red Wings teams until he was traded in 1997, right before the Wings won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 42 years. Greg Johnson of the Nashville Predators looks on from the bench during the game against the Detroit Red Wings on March 21, 2006 in Detroit, Michigan.

DETROIT Greg Johnson, who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the early-to-mid 1990s, has died at age 48. He began playing for the Red Wings in 1993. Johnson played an important depth role on those Red Wings teams until he was traded in 1997, right before the Wings won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 42 years. Greg Johnson of the Nashville Predators looks on from the bench during the game against the Detroit Red Wings on March 21, 2006 in Detroit, Michigan. "Former National Hockey League player and Thunder Bay native Greg Johnson, 48, passed away on Monday in Detroit, according to friends close to the family," reads a statement from the Chronicle Journal.