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Gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz (hamstring) out of Olympic trials
Matthew Centrowitz, who won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, pulled out of the 1,500-meter competition at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday due to a hamstring injury, just hours before racing was set to begin in Eugene, Ore.,Centrowitz ended a 108-year drought for U.S. men's Olympians in the 1,5...
NASCAR arrives in New Hampshire, but many minds already on 2025
Stewart-Haas Racing announced last month that it would cease operations at the season's end, but the situation took a major turn on Thursday when part-owner Gene Haas decided to keep one of the organization's charters and stay in NASCAR.,The formation of the Haas Factory Team means that one of the f...
Carlos Correa (2 HRs), Twins topple A's in twin-bill opener
Carlos Correa went 3-for-5 with two homers and three RBIs and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in the first game of a split doubleheader Sunday in Minneapolis., ,Royce Lewis and Carlos Santana added one home run apiece for Minnesota, which won its fourth conse...
Report: Big 12 considers selling league's naming rights
The Big 12 Conference is considering selling the league's naming rights to a title sponsor, ESPN reported Thursday.,The potential revenue would be in the "hundreds of millions" over the course of such a deal, per the report.,The commercial sponsor's name reportedly would replace "Big" in the name of...
Max Verstappen back atop the podium with Canadian Grand Prix victory
Reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won for the sixth time this season, navigating wet and dry conditions and a challenge from Lando Norris to capture the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday in Montreal.,Verstappen's Red Bull Racing Honda finished the 70 laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve by...
Oilers' Warren Foegele to play in Game 1 vs. Panthers
Edmonton Oilers forward Warren Foegele will return to the lineup for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed on Saturday morning that Foegele will return from a three-game absence for undisclosed reasons. H...
Oilers' stars meet redemption-minded Panthers in Stanley Cup Game 1
This is Leon Draisaitl's 10th NHL season and Connor McDavid's ninth. Reaching the Stanley Cup Final has been a long, arduous journey for the Edmonton Oilers' dynamic duo, but they have finally completed that quest.,McDavid, Draisaitl and company will kick off the best-of-seven championship series ag...
OG reach 1-year extension with F1KU
Rifler Maciej "F1KU" Miklas signed a one-year contract extension to compete on OG's Counter-Strike2 team, the organization announced Friday. ,The 21-year-old Poland native joined OG in May 2022 and helped the team advance to the semifinals at BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022.,"We're thrilled to annou...
Kristaps Porzingis' return sparks Celtics in Finals opener
BOSTON -- Kristaps Porzingis returned from a 10-game absence to record 20 points off the bench and the Boston Celtics snuffed a second-half rally to beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.,Porzingis hadn't played since Game 4 of Boston's first-round series aga...
Florida ends Oklahoma's WCWS win streak; elimination game Tues.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Florida hit four home runs, including two by Skylar Wallace and an inside-the-parker by Kendra Falby, as the Gators knocked off Oklahoma 9-3 in the Women's College World Series on Monday.,The teams will play again Tuesday in an elimination game for a berth in the WCWS Championship S...
Esteban Ocon parting with Alpine at end of '24 season
French driver Esteban Ocon will be leaving Alpine at the end of the 2024 season, the Formula One team confirmed on Monday.,Ocon, 27, has been with the team since 2021 and delivered Alpine's first F1 victory at that year's Hungarian Grand Prix.,"It's been a significant period of my life to be racing ...
Matt Vierling powers Tigers past Pirates 8-0 in opener
Matt Vierling hit a three-run homer for a second straight game, Tarik Skubal tossed seven strong innings, and the host Detroit Tigers rolled past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-0, in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon.,Vierling, who had three hits and drove in four runs, smacked a ga...
Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman help Dodgers stun Mets in 10
Mookie Betts delivered the tiebreaking RBI single leading off the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a late two-run deficit to defeat the New York Mets 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon.,Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer with one out to provide insurance for t...
Pac-12 Network signs off from final live broadcast
The Pac-12 Network signed off from a live broadcast for the final time late Friday as the conference will cease to exist in advance of the 2024-25 school year.,Roxy Bernstein, one of the network's original broadcasters going back to 2012, delivered a heartfelt message for both the network and his pe...
Report: Power 5, NCAA reach historic agreement to pay players
The SEC and Pac-12 joined the three other power conferences - the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 - and the NCAA in agreeing on a multi-billion-dollar settlement that would allow schools to directly pay student-athletes for the first time in NCAA history, ESPN reported on Thursday.,"The five autonomy confer...
Eternal Fire lower boom on Liquid in grand final of CCT Global Finals
Eternal Fire recorded a 3-1 win over Team Liquid in the grand final of the Champion of Champions Tour Season 1 Global Finals on Thursday. ,Eternal Fire pocketed $250,000 after posting a 13-5 victory on Interno and 13-10 triumph on Anubis in the first two maps and a 16-14 win on Nuke in the fourth. L...
Report: NCAA agrees to settlement in House v. NCAA
Former college athletes are due for a payday after the NCAA Board of Governors voted to agree to settle House v. NCAA and other antitrust cases related to it, ESPN reported Wednesday. ,With the NCAA's board agreeing to the terms of the settlement, former college athletes are one step closer to getti...
Roger Goodell resurfaces potential 18-game season at NFL meetings
At the NFL annual spring meeting in Nashville, commissioner Roger Goodell resurfaced the idea of playing 18 games.,Goodell closed the three-day rules and planning session Wednesday with another round of discussion about the potential of an 18-game regular season. The NFL season as constituted is 18 ...
Faker named inaugural inductee in Hall of Legends
Longtime League of Legends star Sang-hyeok "Faker" Lee was announced Wednesday as the first inductee into the Hall of Legends.,A news release from Riot Games said Faker, a midlaner, was being honored for his "mastery of League of Legends gameplay, numerous contributions to the sport, and for inspiri...
Report: ACC teams up with Big 12 in House vs. NCAA case
The Atlantic Coast Conference will be working alongside the Big 12 in House v. NCAA, and it will vote to settle that case in addition to other antitrust cases related to it, ESPN reported Tuesday. ,A settlement is expected to pass, which would create a framework that would allow schools to give mill...