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Sportsbook offering SEC pair as most likely to be first coach fired
The Florida Gators are more than a month away from their 2024 season opener, but coach Billy Napier is already on the proverbial hot seat.,The Gators' third-year coach is being offered at +400 by SportsBetting.ag to be the first NCAA football coach fired this season. Napier, who is 11-14 in two seas...

$1.7M Madden NFL 25 MCS to begin with Kickoff Classic
EA Sports announced the $1.7 million Madden NFL 25 Championship Series (MCS) will feature 25 players competing across six tournaments, begin with next month's Kickoff Classic.,The company also revealed that Australia will join the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada and Germany as eligible...

Surging Angels continue dominance of Mariners with sweep
Brandon Drury's two-out single brought home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of the host Seattle Mariners with a 2-1 victory Wednesday afternoon.,Mitch Haniger homered for the Mariners, who lost for the eighth time in their past nine games ...

WNBA builds on soaring popularity with new media rights agreements
The rocketing growth of the WNBA is reflected in the league's new media rights agreements announced Wednesday for the 2026 through 2036 seasons.,Disney, which owns ABC and ESPN, and Amazon Prime Video remain partners along with a new agreement with NBCUniversal (NBCU) covering broadcast, cable and s...

ESL reveals 11 teams invited to $250k IEM Rio 2024
ESL revealed the 11 teams who have received direct invitations to IEM Rio 2024, which will begin Oct. 7 with a full field of 16 teams.,RIO INVITES,--Astralis (Partner team),--FaZe Clan (Partner team),--G2 Esports (Partner team),--MOUZ (Partner team),--Natus Vincere (Partner team),--Team Vitality (Pa...

Finale of doubleheader between Braves, Reds postponed
The second game of Wednesday's split doubleheader between the visiting Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather.,The game has been rescheduled for Sept. 9.,The new date had been the only off day for Cincinnati during a nine-game road trip and is sandw...

Hunter Brown pitches Astros past A's
Hunter Brown cooled down one of baseball's hottest offenses, Jose Altuve paced an 11-hit attack with a double and two singles and the Houston Astros salvaged one win in their three-game series against the host Oakland Athletics with an 8-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,Chas McCormick homered while...

Brenton Doyle, Rockies pound Red Sox
Brenton Doyle hit his first career grand slam, Ezequiel Tovar and Jacob Stallings homered and finished with three hits each, and the host Colorado Rockies routed the Boston Red Sox 20-7 on Wednesday in Denver.,Ryan McMahon also went deep, Brendan Rodgers had four hits, and Kris Bryant and Michael To...

Big Ten notebook: Ohio State's new Chip
In late July, the heat is on almost everywhere.,But in Columbus, Ohio, the heat has been on Ohio State head coach Ryan Day since 2021. ,Losing three straight rivalry games to Michigan will leave a fan base ticked at the coach who's being paid millions not to lose those games.,With Chip Kelly running...

NBA denies TNT's attempt to be part of new TV rights deal
The NBA rejected TNT Sport's proposal to remain one of the league's broadcast partners past next season on Wednesday, then announced an 11-year agreement with other partners from 2025-26 through the 2035-36 season.,Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), TNT's parent company, said Monday that it had matched o...

William Contreras helps Brewers stymie Cubs
William Contreras delivered a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-2 win against the Chicago Cubs in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.,Jackson Chourio had two hits and an RBI for the Brewers, who have won five of ...

US legend Katie Ledecky at center of anticipated 'Race of Century' 400
PARIS -- Every Olympics has its defining moment: Usain Bolt in the 100 meters at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games or Sydney Crosby's golden goal for Canada on home ice in Vancouver in 2010.,Some appear unexpectedly and others can be scheduled, as in Paris where on the opening night of competition on Sa...

Steelers RB Najee Harris 'disappointed' team declined option
When the Pittsburgh Steelers declined the fifth-year option on his rookie contract in May, running back Najee Harris wasn't pleased, but the feeling didn't last long.,"I was disappointed for a minute, but it's nothing really where me sitting around being disappointed for too long will do anything to...

Max Kepler's winning hit allows Twins to silence Phillies
Max Kepler hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Kepler brought home Trevor Larnach, who was hit by a pitch to open the ninth. Larnach then advanced to second on a wil...

Canadian soccer coach, analyst out of Olympics for drone incident
PARIS -- Canada coach Bev Priestman removed herself from their opening match duties at the Paris Olympics while an assistant coach and a team analyst were kicked out of the Games on Wednesday after a spying scandal engulfed the women's soccer tournament.,Global soccer's governing body FIFA began dis...

Twins CF Byron Buxton (forearm) exits game vs. Phillies
Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton left Wednesday afternoon's game against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies ahead of the eighth inning due to a right forearm contusion.,Buxton was hit by 96-mph sinker from Philadelphia reliever Orion Kerkering in the bottom of the seventh inning. He staye...

Saints RB Alvin Kamara uses 'S' word to explain camp attendance
Fines are on the table for players failing to report to training camp on time, even veterans eager to hit the negotiating table instead. ,Count New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara among that group. ,He left minicamp prematurely last month as a signal to the New Orleans brass that he wasn't ...

Hawkeyes stand behind hungry QB Cade McNamara
Five starts and one ACL surgery later, the Iowa Hawkeyes are not about to run away from quarterback Cade McNamara. ,The Michigan transfer opens fall camp next week as the expected starter in Iowa's new offense, and head coach Kirk Ferentz expects him to prove a lot of naysayers wrong about his abili...

Keegan Bradley wants Tiger Woods 'as involved as he wants to be' in 2025 Ryder Cup
Keegan Bradley admitted Wednesday that he had a brief conversation with Tiger Woods about the latter's input surrounding the 2025 Ryder Cup.,Unfortunately, the timing of that talk with the 15-time major champion wasn't the best. The two were competing in the Open Championship -- so there were more p...

Falcons feeling energy of fresh start under Raheem Morris
Falcons safety Jessie Bates III is nearly a decade removed from his last school day, but that feeling came flooding back on Wednesday when he rolled into Flowery Branch, Ga., for the first official day of training camp under head coach Raheem Morris.,"For me, I woke up this morning like was almost a...