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Samad Taylor, Padres hand reeling Reds fifth straight loss
Samad Taylor knocked in a career-high three runs Monday night while Freddy Fermin homered as the San Diego Padres came from behind to post a 6-2 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds.,San Diego trailed 2-1 before Xander Bogaerts started a two-run seventh with a double off Andrew Abbott (4-4). Gavin ...

Samad Taylor, Padres hand reeling Reds sixth straight loss
Samad Taylor knocked in three runs Monday night while Freddy Fermin homered as the San Diego Padres came from behind to post a 6-2 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds.,San Diego trailed 2-1 before Xander Bogaerts started a two-run seventh with a double off Andrew Abbott (4-4). Gavin Sheets slapped...

Reports: Kings to hire Peter Laviolette as head coach
The Los Angeles Kings are set to hire Peter Laviolette to a three-year deal as their next head coach, Sportsnet and ESPN reported Monday.,Laviolette had been in talks to become the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs as recently as last week, according to multiple reports, and the Edmonton Oilers ...

Jim Curtin named Austin FC's new coach for '27 season
Jim Curtin, a two-time MLS Coach of the Year, will take over as Austin FC's next manager at the conclusion of the 2026 season, the club announced Monday.,He's set to replace Nico Estevez, who was fired on May 18, midway through his second season leading the club. The team entered the World Cup break...

Plane headed to transport Yadier Molina crashes
A plane that crashed and erupted into a fireball was on its way to pick up former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and his family in Texas, Molina confirmed on social media.,The crash occurred Sunday at the airport in La Romana, Dominican Republic, minutes after the private, U.S.-registered...

Report: Red Wings' Dylan Larkin has 3 teams on trade radar
Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin has a short list of three teams where he would accept a trade, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday.,He would be willing to waive his full no-trade clause to make a deal with the Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild or Vegas Golden Knights, per the report.,The Michigan-b...

Reds, Padres each free-falling entering 3-game set
One might look at Monday night's series opener between the visiting Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres as a matchup of the stoppable object against the movable force.,Cincinnati comes into town with eight losses in 10 games, including a 5-3 setback Sunday in St. Louis that marked the Reds' fourth ...

NYPD nixes Knicks watch party with President Trump attending Game 3
Due to increased security with President Donald Trump set to be in attendance, there will be no watch party outside of Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, the New York Police Department announced Sunday afternoon.,The New York Knicks are bringing a 2-0 lead back to Ne...

Carson Benge (5-for-5) powers Mets past Padres
Rookie Carson Benge went 5-for-5 and supplied one of his team's three home runs Sunday as the visiting New York Mets won the rubber game of their weekend series with the San Diego Padres 7-3.,Benge clubbed his seventh homer of the year an estimated 389 feet to right-center in the sixth inning, two b...

Phillies flex on offense, beat White Sox for 9th win in 12 games
Brandon Marsh homered for the third consecutive game, drove in two runs and scored twice, fueling the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.,Rafael Marchan belted a two-run homer and Alec Bohm also had two hits and two RBIs as Philadelphia won the decisive ...
Five NFL Coordinators Facing The Most Pressure Entering The 2026 Season
Several NFL teams enter 2026 with Super Bowl aspirations, placing enormous pressure on a handful of new coordinators to deliver results....

Reports: Canada D Moise Bombito (leg) to miss World Cup
Canada is set to replace injured defender Mosie Bombito on its 26-player World Cup roster, multiple outlets reported on Sunday.,The 26-year-old center back's surgically repaired left tibia is not sufficiently recovered for the competition that begins next week, multiple sources confirmed to TSN and ...

Losing skid behind them, Padres push for series win vs. Mets
It wasn't like the San Diego Padres started knocking down the walls at their home ballpark Saturday night. Their five hits were pretty much on par with their paltry production lately.,But one of them was a two-run homer by Freddy Fermin, breaking an 0-for-30 skid and enabling the Padres to snap a si...

Freddy Fermin's 1st '26 homer helps Padres beat Mets, snap 6-game skid
Freddy Fermin delivered a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday night and the San Diego Padres snapped a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 decision over the visiting New York Mets.,With Sung-Mun Song on first after legging out a two-out infield hit, Fermin jumped on a first-pitc...

Gabriel Bonfim stays hot at UFC Fight Night, defeats Belal Muhammad
Former UFC welterweight champion and Chicago native Belal Muhammad had no answers for Brazil's Gabriel Bonfim, who secured his 20th win in 21 MMA fights by securing a unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) win in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday night., ,Bonfim (20-1) use...

Denzel Ward wants to stay in Cleveland despite Myles Garrett trade
With star defensive end Myles Garrett traded away from Cleveland, cornerback Denzel Ward became the longest-tenured player on the Browns, and he has no plans to change that.,"I definitely still want to be here," Ward said Saturday at his inaugural celebrity softball game in Eastlake, Ohio, according...

Cubs recall RHP Javier Assad, option RHP Ethan Roberts
The Chicago Cubs recalled right-hander Javier Assad to the major league roster Saturday, while right-hander Ethan Roberts was optioned to Triple-A Iowa.,Assad, 28, made eight appearances (three starts) with the Cubs this season, going 3-1 with a 5.88 ERA. He was optioned to Iowa on May 17 with the o...

Reports: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce to wed at MSG
The NBA Finals may not be the only significant event being held at Madison Square Garden in New York.,The New York Post reported that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plan to get married at the legendary arena on the weekend of July 3.,Per the newspaper, Madison Square Garden has no events scheduled fr...

Mets look to continue turning corner at Padres' expense
Things have picked up lately for the New York Mets, with the recent play of first baseman Jared Young nudging them in the right direction.,Young enjoyed his second straight two-hit game Friday night in his team's 5-0 blanking of the San Diego Padres, giving them a chance for their first road series ...

SoFi Stadium workers authorize strike a week out from World Cup
UNITE HERE Local 11, a union representing more than 2,000 SoFi Stadium workers, voted to authorize a strike on Friday, a week out from the site's first scheduled World Cup match.,The union, which is mostly composed of concessions workers, overwhelmingly voted in favor of the strike, which has been l...