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Flyers G Dan Vladar to start Game 4 vs. Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar will start Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series versus the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, head coach Rick Tocchet announced.,Vladar appeared to sustain an injury to his right arm during a chaotic sequence in front of the net in the ...
Rockies-Mets to play Sunday doubleheader after postponement
The Saturday scheduled game between the Mets and the Colorado Rockies in New York has been postponed due to rain in the forecast.,The game is scheduled to be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader at 1:40 p.m. ET on Sunday. The second contest will begin approximately 30 to 45 minutes aft...
Lane Hutson notches OT winner to give Habs 2-1 series lead on Lightning
Lane Hutson scored 2:09 into overtime and the host Montreal Canadiens took Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Friday, moving ahead 2-1 in the best-of-seven set.,While Hutson scored the game-winner and his second goal of the series, it was Montr...
Cowboys acquire 49ers starting LB Dee Winters for 5th-round pick
The Dallas Cowboys continued to bolster their defense on Friday, trading a fifth-round draft pick for San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dee Winters.,Winters, 25, started all 17 regular-season games last season and had team-high 101 tackles as well as eight tackles for loss, five passes defended and one...
Dino Prizmic halts Ben Shelton's win streak in Madrid upset
Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic earned his first career top-10 win, toppling No. 4 seed Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) in a marathon three-hour match to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Friday.,Prizmic, 20, was excellent on his serve, winning 70.6% of his service points (77 of 109) and...
Caty McNally beats Victoria Mboko in Madrid for 1st top-10 win
Caty McNally recorded the first top-10 victory of her career when she scored a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over No. 10 Victoria Mboko on Friday in the second round of the Madrid Open.,McNally needed just 79 minutes to land her first win in nine attempts against top-10 opponents. ,"I feel like I've been knockin...
Offenses ready to shine as Padres, D-backs meet in Mexico City
The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres will meet in the third incarnation of the Mexico City Series in a two-game set beginning Saturday.,If form holds, runs will follow.,The Padres and San Francisco Giants combined for 37 runs in the inaugural two-game set in 2023, which the Padres swept wit...
Rays acquire RHP Casey Legumina from Mariners
The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Casey Legumina from the Seattle Mariners on Friday in exchange for fellow right-hander Ty Cummings.,To make room on the 40-man roster, the Rays transferred right-hander Edwin Uceta (right shoulder impingement) to the 60-day injured list.,Legumina, 28, is 0-1 with a 4.63 E...
Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch bring rivalry to Talladega
The NASCAR Cup Series gets crazier this weekend as it shifts to Alabama, but the white-knuckling, anxiety-producing track known as Talladega Superspeedway would not be the best place to resolve the back-and-forth between veteran drivers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.,The prosperous pair bring a much-h...
Trade tracker: Chiefs move up to take CB Mansoor Delane No. 6
The Kansas City Chiefs made the first move up the board of the 2026 NFL Draft, swapping three places with the Cleveland Browns to select LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane on Thursday night.,The Chiefs moved from No. 9 to No. 6 overall, while the Browns received a third-rounder (74th overall) and a fifth...
Canadiens, Lightning head into critical third game of OT-laden series
The Montreal Canadiens return home for Game 3 of their best-of-seven series against the Tampa Bay Lightning and have a chance to maintain the home-ice advantage they claimed in the opening game of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal.,Both of the games in Tampa went to overtime, with each team taki...
Padres score 5 in ninth to rally past Rockies
Gavin Sheets' three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Thursday capped a five-run rally enabling the San Diego Padres to outslug the host Colorado Rockies 10-8 in Denver.,Sheets' third homer of the year, all against Colorado pitching, scored Xander Bogaerts and pinch runner Bryce Johnson. It s...
Qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo stuns Grigor Dimitrov in Madrid
Qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo of Paraguay won in his ATP Masters 1000 debut as he set aside Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the second round of the Madrid Open.,Vallejo, 21, is just the second Paraguayan to register a Masters 1000 win since the series began in 1990. The other was Ram...
Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner, 2B Willi Castro injured vs. Padres
The Colorado Rockies lost their starting pitcher and second baseman to injures in the first three innings of Thursday's home game with the San Diego Padres in Denver.,Right-hander Ryan Feltner departed after two innings with right triceps tightness. Feltner, 29, worked a 1-2-3 first inning before al...
Anna Bondar upends Elina Svitolina in Madrid
Hungary's Anna Bondar delivered a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,It was the first career top-10 win for Bondar, who advanced to face Czech teenager Laura Samson in the third round of the WTA 1000 clay-court tournament...
Report: Brazil's Eder Militao not expected to miss World Cup
Brazil defender Eder Militao is dealing with a thigh injury but is not expected to miss this summer's World Cup, ESPN reported on Thursday.,Militao, 28, sustained his latest injury during Real Madrid's 2-1 win against Alaves in LaLiga on Tuesday.,"Following tests carried out today on our player Eder...
Canadian team signs Yasiel Puig, despite potential prison sentence looming
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League signed former Major League Baseball All-Star Yasiel Puig for the 2026 season.,How long his tenure with the team will last is up to Judge Dolly M. Gee in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. Puig is sche...
Padres, after rare loss, aim to start new win streak against Rockies
The San Diego Padres probably almost forgot just what a loss felt like.,Their 8-3 loss at the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday was their third in the past 17 games and the first in six games against Colorado. The Padres will look to flip back into the win column in the finale of a three-game series at ...
Solid hitting, pitching lead Rockies to easy win vs. Padres
Hunter Goodman homered and doubled twice, Mickey Moniak also had two doubles, and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-3 in Denver on Wednesday night.,TJ Rumfield, Jake McCarthy and Willi Castro had two hits each to back a strong outing by Colorado starter Tomoyuki Sugano (2-1), who allo...
Dramatic goalkeeper goal earns Toronto FC draw with Philadelphia
A header from goalkeeper Luka Gavran six minutes into second-half stoppage time gave Toronto FC a dramatic 3-3 draw with the visiting Philadelphia Union on Wednesday.,Gavran was downfield with the rest of his teammates during Daniel Salloi's late free kick, bidding for an equalizer. Salloi's initial...