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Reds lock up star RHP Chase Burns with 7-year, $105M extension
The Cincinnati Reds and star right-hander Chase Burns agreed to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension, the club announced Saturday.,Burns, 23, received the largest guarantee of any pitcher in MLB history with less than four years of service time. The deal, which begins next season and runs t...
Yankees, Dodgers postponed due to heavy rain
The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees was postponed due to heavy rain on Saturday and the teams will play a split doubleheader a day later.,Rain was projected throughout the New York area, and the game was postponed roughly three hours before the 8:08 EDT first pitch. It is t...
Matthew Boyd, Nico Hoerner lead Cubs past Twins
Matthew Boyd threw six quality innings and Nico Hoerner delivered the fifth four-hit game of his career on Saturday afternoon, helping the Chicago Cubs earn a 6-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins.,Boyd (6-1) allowed one run on three hits, striking out four and walking one for the Cubs, who ...
Orioles, RHP Kyle Bradish agree to 5-year extension
The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a five-year contract extension with right-handed starter Kyle Bradish on Saturday.,The deal is worth $90 million, per ESPN. Per the report, the length of the contract buys out Bradish's last two years of arbitration and the first three seasons of what would have been ...
Chandler Smith races to dominant Craftman series win at North Wilkesboro
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C - Last year at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Chandler Smith led one lap in winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series over Front Row Motorsports teammate Layne Riggs.,In sharp contrast, Smith was the quintessence of dominance on Saturday, leading the final 105 laps to claim victory...
Mariners activate CF Julio Rodriguez from 7-day concussion IL
Seattle Mariners star outfielder Julio Rodriguez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list Saturday and was in the starting lineup as the designated hitter against the San Francisco Giants.,Rodriguez had been out since leaving a game on July 2 vs. the Los Angeles Angels after he was struc...
Angel Reese faces former team as Dream take on Sky
Angel Reese will get a visit from some old friends when the Atlanta Dream host the Chicago Sky on Sunday afternoon.,Reese, the WNBA's leading rebounder entering Saturday at 11.8 per game, played two seasons for the Sky before being traded to the Dream for two first-round picks in April.,With Atlanta...
Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff to undergo season-ending surgery
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff is set to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.,When speaking to reporters, he made it clear that he is not planning on retiring.,"I'm getting this (surgery) with the intention of rehabbing and taking care of that and being able to pitch again," he s...
ATP roundup: Daniel Merida wins in Umag for first career title
Spaniard Daniel Merida converted 7 of 12 break-point opportunities and won his first career ATP title with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Damir Dzumhur in the final of the Playa Laguna Croatia Umag Open on Saturday.,Merida, 21, became the third-youngest champion in tournament history behind Spain's Ca...
Eyeing sixth straight win, Wings out to extend Sparks' skid
The Dallas Wings will be rested and ready as they try to win their sixth straight game in a clash with the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,The Wings (16-8) return to action after a seven-day break created by a postponement of their scheduled game against the New York Libe...
Chasing first major title, Sam Burns holds two-shot lead at The Open
Sam Burns shot a 5-under par 65 with a clean back nine in the third round of The Open Championship to take a two-stroke lead Saturday at Southport, England.,Burns sits at 10-under 200 and ahead of New Zealand's Ryan Fox, who became part of history with a third-round 62, and South Korea's Si Woo Kim,...
Jared Jones, offense deliver as Pirates cool off Guardians
Esmerlyn Valdez and Jacob Gonzalez both hit two-run homers and Nick Gonzales had a solo shot, all off Gavin Williams, as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday., ,Gonzalez belted a 428-foot homer onto the concourse in ri...
Argentina-Spain tickets soar near $10K for World Cup final
Ticket prices for the World Cup final between defending champion Argentina and Spain continued to soar, approaching $10,000 just 24 hours before Sunday's match in East Rutherford, N.J.,The get-in price has risen 34% over the past three days, reaching $9,627 by 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, according to tic...
ATP roundup: Top two seeds to clash in Bastad final
No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev will face second-seeded Luciano Darderi in the Nordea Open final Sunday after both prevailed in three sets in their semifinal matches Saturday in Bastad, Sweden.,The Russian Rublev defeated No. 3 seed Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, while Italy's Darderi held off un...
Ron Hunt, Mets' first All-Star starter, dies at 85
Ron Hunt, the hard-nosed second baseman who became the first New York Mets player to start in an All-Star Game, has died at age 85.,Hunt, who set a Modern Era record with 50 hit-by-pitches in the 1971 season, had been in hospice care for a month. He died on Wednesday.,Hunt played for five teams duri...
Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar wins grueling Stage 14
Tadej Pogacar won his career 25th Tour de France stage -- and fourth in 2026 -- as he captured the treacherous Stage 14 and increased his overall lead on Saturday.,The 155-kilometer route from Mulhouse to Le Markstein features three difficult Category 1 climbs, and Pogacar patiently stayed with the ...
Spain cancel final World Cup tuneup; Argentina practice after weather delay
Spain were forced to cancel their final training session on Saturday ahead of the World Cup final due to thunderstorms in New Jersey.,The weather system also affected Spain's opponent, Argentina, although the latter held practice after a delay of roughly 45 minutes.,The two nations will battle for t...
Spain cancels final World Cup tuneup; Argentina practices after weather delay
Spain were forced to cancel their final training session on Saturday ahead of the World Cup final due to thunderstorms in New Jersey.,The weather system also affected Spain's opponent, Argentina, although the latter held practice after a delay of roughly 45 minutes.,The two nations battle for the ti...
McIlroy 'not fond' of DeChambeau, held The Open 'hostage' over controversy
While revealing that he's not a fan of Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy said Saturday he had no doubt that the two-time major champion deserved to be penalized for improving "the area of his intended swing" in tall grass on the fifth hole Friday at The Open.,McIlroy, the two-time reigning Masters cha...
Mets' first All-Star starter Ron Hunt dies at 85
Ron Hunt, the hard-nosed second baseman who became the first New York Met to start in an All-Star Game, died Wednesday at age 85.,Hunt, who set a Modern Era record with 50 hit-by-pitches in the 1971 season, had been in hospice care for a month.,Hunt played for five teams during his major league care...