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Boston acquires hometown D Lilly Reale from Gotham
Boston Legacy FC acquired defender Lilly Reale from Gotham FC on Wednesday in exchange for $400,000 in allocation money and transfer funds.,The 22-year-old native of Hingham, Mass., joins her hometown club on a four-year contract through December 2029.,Reale was the 2025 NWSL Rookie of the Year and ...
USGA, R&A delaying golf ball rollback till at least 2030
The proposed "rollback" of the golf ball will not begin in 2028, the USGA and the R&A announced Wednesday in conjunction with the PGA and DP World tours.,The topic has been a flashpoint in the sport for years, and many professional players have been against new testing standards for balls aimed at c...
Jesse Love lands Cup ride with Wood Brothers Racing
Jesse Love will drive the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2027.,The team announced the news Wednesday, a week after confirming that driver Josh Berry will not return next season.,Love, 21, will make his debut for the venerable NASCAR shop at the 2027 Dayton...
Angels' Sam Aldegheri aims to follow up strong effort in finale vs. D-backs
Los Angeles Angels left-hander Sam Aldegheri hopes his performances this month will be enough to keep him in the starting rotation this time.,Aldegheri will get his next opportunity to impress his major-league club when he takes the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the decisive contest of t...
Angels give Reid Detmers plenty of support in rout of Diamondbacks
Reid Detmers allowed three hits over seven shutout innings to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 7-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of their three-game series on Tuesday night in Phoenix.,Detmers (3-5) struck out three without a walk and the left-hander threw first-pitch...
Report: Former Bears GM Ryan Pace joins Vikings
Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace has joined the NFC North rival Minnesota Vikings' front office, ESPN reported Tuesday.,New Vikings general manager Nolan Teasley hired Pace this week as a football adviser, according to the report.,Pace, 49, was the GM for the Bears from 2015-21 before ...
Chris Buescher signs extension with RFK Racing
RFK Racing announced a multiyear contract extension with NASCAR Cup Series driver Chris Buescher on Tuesday.,Buescher, 33, has been driving the company's No. 17 Ford since the 2020 season.,He currently ranks seventh in the Cup Series standings with eight top-10 finishes through 16 races, including a...
Former Blackhawks F Kyle Calder dies at 47
Kyle Calder, a forward who played 10 seasons in the NHL for five different teams, died Monday. He was 47.,The National Hockey League's Alumni Association announced the news Tuesday but did not disclose a cause of death.,"(Calder) earned the respect of teammates, opponents and fans alike through his ...
Angels LHP Reid Detmers in a groove ahead of clash with D-backs
Los Angeles Angels left-hander Reid Detmers has won just two games this season, but over his past four starts, he has been a pitcher no one wants to face.,Detmers (2-5, 4.00 ERA) will try to help the Angels even their three-game series with the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Arizona won 4...
Pavin Smith hits first homer of season as Diamondbacks edge Angels
Pavin Smith had two hits, including a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, to help lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series on Monday in Phoenix.,Geraldo Perdomo had an RBI double, walked twice and also scored a run for Arizona,...
MLB suspends Padres RHP Ron Marinaccio 3 games for intentional HBP
San Diego Padres right-hander Ron Marinaccio was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount on Monday for what Major League Baseball called intentionally hitting the Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson with a pitch.,Marinaccio filed an appeal on the suspension, which would have started wi...
Officials to wear pink in World Cup match at Miami Gardens
Officials at Monday evening's Group H World Cup clash in Miami Gardens between Uruguay and Saudi Arabia will be wearing pink shirts in what FIFA says is a tribute to South Florida's largest city.,Unofficially, it also could be a nod to the most well-known MLS club side outfitted by Adidas, the same ...
Tunisia coach Sabri Lamouchi bracing to be fired after World Cup loss
Tunisia head coach Sabri Lamouchi was bracing to be fired on Monday after a lopsided loss in their first World Cup game.,Sweden routed Tunisia 5-1 in Sunday night's Group F opener in Guadalupe, Mexico, and multiple outlets reported Lamouchi would be replaced. ,No immediate change was made Sunday nig...
PWHL Las Vegas hires Kim Weiss as first head coach
Kim Weiss was named head coach of the PWHL expansion club in Las Vegas on Monday.,Weiss most recently served as an assistant coach for the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles, a Colorado Avalanche affiliate.,Promoted to that role January, she became just the second woman in AHL/NHL history to w...
Tunisia fires coach Sabri Lamouchi after World Cup loss
Tunisia fired head coach Sabri Lamouchi on Monday after a lopsided loss in their first World Cup game.,The Tunisian Football Federation announced his dismissal on its Instagram account. Written in Arabic, the statement was translated by Google.,"An agreement has been officially reached to dismiss co...
Hot Angels rookie Walbert Urena gets first look at Diamondbacks
Rookie Walbert Urena, riding a five-start hot streak, will attempt to get the Los Angeles Angels back on track when he pitches the opener of a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday in Phoenix.,The Angels saw their four-game winning streak end on Sunday when they lost 8-3 to th...
Zach Johnson pulls out Principal Charity title in native Iowa
Zach Johnson broke away from the pack to post a four-shot win in his home state, capturing the Principal Charity Classic title on Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa.,Playing his first season on the 50-and-older PGA Tour Champions, Johnson prevailed in his first start at Des Moines' Wakonda Club as he follow...
Three homers lift D-backs to rubber-game win over Reds
Tommy Troy, Geraldo Perdomo and Gabriel Moreno homered to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earn a 5-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen allowed three runs and six hits on 85 pitches in six innings....
Three solo homers lift Diamondbacks past Reds
Tommy Troy, Geraldo Perdomo and Gabriel Moreno homered to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earn a 5-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out...
Germany overcomes slow start to rout World Cup debutante Curacao
The match didn't go as expected early when one of the most experienced World Cup nations played against a debutante but in the end, Germany scored the final six goals, two by Kai Havertz, for a 7-1 rout of Curacao in the Group E opener for both teams in Houston on Sunday.,The match was surprisingly ...