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Nashville SC looks for rare road win over surging Toronto FC
Nashville SC look to carry their home success on the road when they travel north of the border to clash with suddenly surging Toronto FC on Saturday in an Eastern Conference match., ,Nashville (7-4-3, 24 points) hits the road after a scoreless draw at home with D.C. United on May 17 extended its unb...

Slump-ridden Inter Miami aim to break out vs. Union
Philadelphia Union leads the Supporter's Shield standings as it prepares to host Inter Miami, last year's Supporter's Shield winner, on Saturday night.,Inter Miami didn't just finish with the most points in MLS in 2024, it set the record for most points in a season.,But things have been quite differ...

Red Sox 3B Alex Bregman exits with apparent leg injury
Boston Red Sox star third baseman Alex Bregman left the first game of Friday's day-night doubleheader against the visiting Baltimore Orioles with quadriceps tightness in his right leg. ,In the bottom of the fifth inning, Bregman lined a hit off the Green Monster in left field and appeared to sustain...

ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic one win from 100th title
With his 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1 semifinal win over British qualifier Cameron Norrie at the Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerland on Friday, Novak Djokovic moved one victory away from becoming the third ATP player to reach the century mark in tour-level titles.,The second-seeded Djokovic will face sixth-seeded...

Martin Ojeda leads Orlando City into clash vs. Timbers
The Portland Timbers and Orlando City will both look to rebound from midweek defeats in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16 when they return to league play on Saturday night in Central Florida.,Orlando (6-2-6, 24 points) sustained a 3-2 loss at home on Wednesday night to Nashville SC in a match in which O...

On hot stretch, San Diego FC out to keep Galaxy winless
San Diego FC announced their presence when they blanked the defending champion Los Angeles Galaxy in their MLS debut on Feb. 22.,Three months later, host San Diego will attempt to knock off the reeling Galaxy again when the teams meet on Saturday afternoon.,The 2-0 victory over the Galaxy at Carson,...

Paige Bueckers and winless Wings face Dream
Two teams looking for bounce-back performances will meet on Saturday afternoon when the Atlanta Dream host the Dallas Wings in College Park, Ga.,Each of Atlanta's first three games have been decided by five points or fewer, including an 81-76 home loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday. Despite Rhyne...

WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina reaches Strasbourg final
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and eighth-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova will meet in the final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Rybakina outlasted No. 9 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-2 in two hours and 46 minutes in Friday's semifinals. Rybakina str...

Nats put OF Jacob Young on IL, call up OF prospect Daylen Lile
Two days after placing Dylan Crews on the 10-day injured list, the Washington Nationals lost another outfielder on Friday with Jacob Young landing on the 10-day IL with a left shoulder AC sprain.,The move is retroactive to Tuesday.,Outfielder Daylen Lile, ranked as Washington's No. 9 prospect per ML...

Reports: Islanders to tab Mathieu Darche as general manager
The New York Islanders are expected to name Mathieu Darche as the team's general manager, multiple media outlets announced on Friday.,Darche, 48, has served as the director of hockey operations for the Tampa Bay Lightning over the past six seasons. The Lightning qualified for the playoffs in each ye...

Pacers-Knicks series opener draws massive ratings
All eyes were on the Indiana Pacers in their stirring late-game comeback and eventual overtime victory versus the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.,The Pacers' 138-135 win at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night drew a 3.5 rating and 6.6 million viewers on TNT, making i...

He's back: Braves activate former MVP Ronald Acuna Jr.
The Atlanta Braves officially activated former MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. from the injured list ahead of Friday's series opener against the visiting San Diego Padres.,The 27-year-old outfielder has not played in the majors since tearing his left ACL almost one year ago on May 26, 2024.,Acuna appeared in f...

Royals designate OF Hunter Renfroe for assignment
The Kansas City Royals designated veteran right fielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment on Friday.,Renfroe, 33, is batting .182 with zero home runs and four RBIs in 35 games this season.,Renfroe is a career .236 hitter with 192 homers and 510 RBIs in 996 games with seven teams in 10 seasons.,He set ca...

Fever host defending champion Liberty in early showdown
After one week of the regular season, the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty already have made WNBA history.,On Saturday, the defending champion Liberty and the Caitlin Clark-led Fever meet in an early blockbuster clash in Indianapolis.,The Liberty (2-0) are coming off a record-setting game from bey...

Twins activate SS Carlos Correa from concussion IL
The Minnesota Twins reinstated shortstop Carlos Correa from the seven-day concussion injured list on Friday.,Correa's injury occurred when he collided with outfielder Byron Buxton as they chased Cedric Mullins' pop-up into shallow center field during the Twins' game against the Baltimore Orioles on ...

LAFC look to extend unbeaten streak in clash vs. CF Montreal
These days, Los Angeles FC don't know what it means to lose. ,CF Montreal wish they could say the same. ,Unbeaten in seven straight matches, Los Angeles will look to extend its run when it visits a woeful Montreal side on Saturday night.,Los Angeles (6-4-4, 22 points) enters the match on a 3-0-4 str...

Stars' Jim Nill finalist for Jim Gregory GM of Year Award
Jim Nill, Kevin Cheveldayoff and Bill Zito have been named finalists for the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award, the NHL announced Friday.,The voting for the award was conducted between league general managers, a panel of executives and media members following the conclusion of the second...

Kyle Larson hoping to complete rare Indy-Charlotte double
By sheer volume alone, Memorial Weekend is a motorsports fan's dream come true with action in multiple time zones on two continents.,Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson is the only one who will participate in two-thirds of the action, including the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte on Saturday night. ,...

Matthew Driscoll resigns at North Florida, joins K-State staff
Matthew Driscoll resigned after 16 seasons as the head coach at North Florida to accept an associate position on Jerome Tang's staff at Kansas State.,Driscoll, 60, and Tang previously worked together at Baylor. The former left that job to become the head coach of the Ospreys in 2009.,"Coach Driscoll...

Belinda Bencic (arm) withdraws from French Open
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic pulled out of the French Open field on Friday due to a recurring arm injury.,"Just two days ago during a morning practice, I re-aggravated the arm injury that caused me to retire in Rome," the former World No. 4 posted on Instagram.,"The very good news is that with two w...