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Braves, Phillies dealing aces for key series opener
This National League East four-game showdown gets off to a compelling start Friday when Chris Sale and the Atlanta Braves visit Cristopher Sanchez and the Philadelphia Phillies.,Atlanta (83-57) holds a four-game lead on Philadelphia (79-61) with each team having 22 games left. The Braves and Phillie...
Padres know it's time to heat up as Yankees come to town
At the end of a 1-5 road trip concluding with a 7-3 loss Wednesday in Cincinnati that knocked the San Diego Padres out of the last wild-card spot in the National League, first-year manager Craig Stammen slapped a smiley-face emoji on the situation.,"We didn't play our best baseball, especially here ...
Dominant Nashville SC squad faces middling NYCFC
Winners of four straight games and sitting atop the league standings, Nashville SC have built the most impressive resume of any Major League Soccer team.,They are 10 points clear of their closest competition in the Eastern Conference and nine points ahead of Western Conference-leading Vancouver.,Yet...
Madison Keys staves off 5 match points, advances to US Open third round
If 22nd-seeded Madison Keys makes a deep run in the U.S. Open, tennis fans might refer to Thursday's match on raucous Court 17 as "The Madison Miracle.",The 2017 runner-up rallied from a 5-2 third-set deficit, staving off five match points to edge Hungary's Anna Bondar, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a second...
Cal, UCLA set to renew acquaintances in season opener
New head coaches debut on Saturday when former Pac-12 Conference counterparts UCLA and host California meet in Berkeley, Calif.,Saturday's contest is the first time the programs have faced off since 2023, when Cal breezed to a 33-7 rout to close each university's tenure in the Pac-12. The Golden Bea...
North Carolina football GM Michael Lombardi resigns
North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi resigned his position on Thursday, more than a month after being placed on paid administrative leave by the university. ,In a statement released by North Carolina, the university said its "ongoing investigation" into allegations against Lombar...
Noah Fifita, Arizona keeping guard up vs. Northern Arizona
An in-state rivalry will be renewed when Arizona hosts Northern Arizona in a nonconference game on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz.,The Wildcats are coming off a 9-4 season, just the eighth time in program history they have won at least nine games. ,The Lumberjacks are seeking their third consecutive...
QB Brendan Sorsby shares 'remorse, regret' details betting in new Paramount+ series
Brendan Sorsby confessed to gambling throughout all three of his college stops from Indiana to Cincinnati and even with a newly inflated bank account from NIL earnings when he arrived at Texas Tech via the transfer portal earlier this year. ,Sorsby, banned by the NCAA for sports-betting violations, ...
Giants RB Cam Skattebo 'definitely' considered retiring after ankle injury
A season-ending ankle injury led New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo to consider retirement as a rookie last year, he said on Thursday.,Skattebo was injured in his eighth NFL game, a 38-20 loss at Philadelphia on Oct. 26. He said on Kay Adams' "Up and Adams Show" that he "definitely" contempla...
Blue Jays surge past fellow wild-card contending Guardians
Nathan Lukes delivered the go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run fifth inning and rookie Brett Bateman had three hits as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Thursday afternoon.,Toronto (70-71) scored five consecutive runs to claim the rubber match of the three-game se...
Astros pitching holds down White Sox in series-clinching win
Daulton Varsho ripped a two-run triple and scored as part of a four-run third inning, fueling the host Houston Astros to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon.,The Astros took three-of-four in the series and five-of-seven from Chicago this season.,Jose Altuve belted a two-ru...
Pirates turn small-ball approach into 5-2 win over Giants
Six pitchers combined to allow two hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates were proficient at small ball on offense to pick up a 5-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon.,Pirates rookie right-hander Khristian Curtis (1-0), who was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis before t...
Ghana reappoint Carlos Queiroz as head coach
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has reappointed Carlos Queiroz as the national side's head coach less than two months after the 73-year-old appeared to step down from the role following the team's exit from the World Cup. ,Queiroz took over the Black Stars in April following the dismissal of Ot...
Ghana reappoint Carlos Queiroz as head coach
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has reappointed Carlos Queiroz as the national side's head coach less than two months after the 73-year-old appeared to step down from the role following the team's exit from the World Cup. ,Queiroz took over the Black Stars in April following the dismissal of Ot...
Karen Khachanov ousts No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime from US Open
Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime became the highest seed to exit the U.S. Open as Karen Khachanov ousted the Canadian, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round at Flushing Meadows, N.Y.,Khachanov, ranked as high as No. 8 in 2019, was winless (0-3) on hard courts this summer and unsee...
Karen Khachanov ousts No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime from US Open
Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime became the highest seed to exit the U.S. Open as Karen Khachanov ousted the Canadian, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round at Flushing Meadows, N.Y.,Khachanov, ranked as high as No. 8 in 2019, was winless (0-3) on hard courts this summer and unsee...
Rockets sign G Amen Thompson to extension
The Houston Rockets announced a contract extension with guard Amen Thompson on Thursday.,The five-year, rookie-scale extension is worth $208 million and includes a 10% trade kicker, according to ESPN.,"Amen represents everything we want our organization to be about," general manager Rafael Stone sai...
Rams name Aaron Donald starter for season opener vs. 49ers
The Los Angeles Rams do not intend to ease Aaron Donald into his much-anticipated return, even with the three-time Defensive Player of the Year missing the past two seasons following his retirement.,Donald was listed as the Rams' starter at defensive end for the season opener next Thursday against t...
Seahawks officially complete sale to Khosla family
The Seattle Seahawks officially closed the sale of the franchise to the Khosla family on Thursday.,NFL owners unanimously approved the sale -- at a league-record price of $9.612 billion -- on Aug. 26.,"We are honored and excited to begin this next chapter," the Khosla family said in a statement. "Th...
SEC sues LSU to block use of former NFL players
The Southeastern Conference sued member school LSU in federal court on Thursday in an attempt to stop the Tigers from using former NFL players.,The LSU board of supervisors, university president Wade Rousse, athletic director Verge Ausberry and football coach Lane Kiffin are named as defendants in t...