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Reds RHP Hunter Greene set for season-ending elbow surgery
Following a second opinion on his ailing right elbow, Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene will undergo season-ending surgery, Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall revealed Friday.,It will be his second procedure performed on the same joint this year. Greene underwent an arthroscop...
Payton Tolle fans 14 as Red Sox thrash Athletics
Payton Tolle recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts and Jarren Duran homered to help the Boston Red Sox extend their winning streak to nine games by beating the visiting Athletics 13-1 Friday night.,Duran's home run, his 16th of the season, came against starting pitcher Jack Perkins and ignited a five...
Yankees LHP Carlos Rodon (elbow) headed for rehab assignment
The New York Yankees will send left-handed starting pitcher Carlos Rodon on a minor league rehab assignment Saturday.,Rodon, who last appeared in the majors on June 28 before hitting the IL with left elbow inflammation, will throw around 50 pitches on Saturday for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.,Acc...
Athletics, GM David Forst mutually agree to part ways
The Athletics and general manager David Forst have mutually agreed to part ways, ending his 27-year tenure with the organization, the team announced Friday.,Assistant general manager Dan Feinstein will serve as interim GM for the remainder of the season while the Athletics search for a permanent rep...
Brandon Clarke died from heroin, cocaine effects, examiner rules
The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner reported on Friday that Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died due to the effects of heroin and cocaine.,The medical examiner ruled Clarke's May 11 death an accident. The combined effects of multiple prescription medications were also iden...
Twins' Kaelen Culpepper homers in big-league debut
Minnesota Twins rookie shortstop Kaelen Culpepper needed just two plate appearances on Friday to blast his first major league home run.,Facing Milwaukee Brewers starter Shane Drohan in the fourth inning of his big-league debut, the Twins' No. 2 prospect skied a 390-foot shot over the left-center-fie...
Twins promote No. 2 prospect in search of offensive boost
Back in the playoff race, the Minnesota Twins called up Kaelen Culpepper, their No. 2 prospect, in hopes he will provide increased offense at shortstop.,He made his major league debut on Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers, playing short and batting seventh in the lineup.,Culpepper, 23, appeared in...
Report: Giants 3B Matt Chapman (abdomen) needs season-ending surgery
Giants third baseman Matt Chapman is ticketed for season-ending surgery to fix a hernia and a muscle tear in his abdomen, according to the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday.,Chapman becomes the third San Francisco hitter in eight days to be declared out for the year due to an injury.,Infielder Casey...
Carla Leite, Fire seek season sweep versus Storm
Their five-game losing streak a thing of the past after a 97-83 win Thursday night over Toronto, the Portland Fire now shoot for their first back-to-back wins since May.,Based on recent history, Portland has a good chance to wind up in the win column again on Saturday night when it hosts the Seattle...
Beau Hossler leads Wyndham by 1 as playoff picture starts to clear
Beau Hossler hung onto the Wyndham Championship lead after posting a second-round 67 on Friday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.,One day after leaping out to an early lead on the back of a 61, Hossler stands at 12-under-par 128, one stroke ahead of Ben James (67) and England's Jordan Sm...
Defending champ Ben Shelton continues strong run in Montreal
Defending champion Ben Shelton continued his strong run through the National Bank Open with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Belgium's Zizou Bergs on Friday to reach the Round of 16 in Montreal.,Shelton, the highest remaining seed at No. 5, was dominant on his serve with eight aces and no double faults. He won ...
Argentine football prez: Lionel Messi alone will decide when to retire
Especially after witnessing what Lionel Messi was still capable of at this summer's World Cup, the president of the Argentina Football Association is not rushing the all-time great out the door.,Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia said in an interview on Argentine TV that Messi is the only person making the deci...
QB shuffle on both sides of Tiger-Cats' clash with B.C. Lions
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will send Harrison Frost under center for his first CFL start on Saturday when they visit the B.C. Lions in Vancouver, British Columbia.,The Lions, in turn, likely will see the return of starting quarterback Nathan Rourke for the game. The CFL's Most Outstanding Player from l...
Joaquin Niemann extends lead at LIV Golf New York
Joaquin Niemann fired a 6-under-par 65 and extended his lead to five shots halfway through LIV Golf New York on Friday in Bedminster, N.J.,After rounds of 64-65, the Chilean stands at 13-under 129, five strokes ahead of England's Lee Westwood and six better than Spain's Sergio Garcia. Westwood and G...
Revs, Dynamo each bring unbeaten streaks into rescheduled clash
The Houston Dynamo will try to build on their five-game unbeaten streak when they take on the New England Revolution on Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass., in the first meeting between the sides since 2024.,The game was postponed from March 7 due to winter weather delaying the delivery and inst...
Colts CB Cam Taylor-Britt suspended for season opener
The NFL announced on Friday that Indianapolis Colts cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt has been suspended for one game and will not play in the season opener against the visiting Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 13.,The league determined that the former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback violated the league's personal...
WNBA standings toppers face off as Lynx host Aces
The top two teams in the WNBA will square off on Saturday afternoon.,The Minnesota Lynx (25-7) aim to increase their 2 1/2-game lead over the second-place Las Vegas Aces (22-9) when the teams meet in Minneapolis.,Both squads have shined this season, but they will enter the game in different moods. L...
Maxx Crosby blasts Kirk Cousins, fight erupts at Raiders camp
Based on Kirk Cousins' reaction to a second heavy hit from pass rusher Maxx Crosby during training camp practice Friday, he did not, in fact, "like that.",Cousins was hit on the arm a second time during Friday's live 11-on-11 work and responded with shouting, a shove and grabbing Crosby's jersey in ...
WNBPA: 'We will not be pawns' in political conversation
As discussion surrounding transgender athletes and whether they should be allowed to compete in women's sports continues to run rampant, the WNBA Player's Association put out a statement which made its stance on the matter known.,"The WNBPA represents 200+ individual people with different lived expe...
Titans guard Peter Skoronski joins NFL's $100M club
The Tennessee Titans signed guard Peter Skoronski to a four-year, $100 million contract extension, making the 2023 first-round pick the NFL's highest-paid player at his position.,"This is a tremendous blessing. It's a reflection of the work, sacrifice and support that has helped me get to this point...