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Clemson, Brad Brownell agree to extension through 2031
The Clemson board of trustees has approved men's basketball coach Brad Brownell's new six-year contract extension through the 2030-31 season.,Financial terms were not disclosed in Friday's announcement, however The State reported it was worth a total of $27.5 million. Brownell's total salary will be...

Home favorite Paula Badosa (back) WDs in Madrid
Home favorite Paula Badosa withdrew ahead of her second-round match Friday at the Madrid Open due to a back injury.,The ninth-seeded Spaniard was replaced by lucky loser and countrywoman Cristina Bucsa for the match with Russia's Veronika Kudermetova.,Badosa, 27, said before the start of the WTA 100...

Padres face Rays, hope for home advantage to continue
Petco Park has been home, sweet home for the San Diego Padres early in the 2025 season.,With four starters and a backup outfielder currently out with injuries, San Diego will need to tap into its huge home-field advantage more than ever on Friday night when it opens a three-game series with the Tamp...

Joao Fonseca, 18, wins Madrid opener with Tommy Paul up next
Brazilian 18-year-old Joao Fonseca took down Danish qualifier Elmer Moller 6-2, 6-3 in a tidy 73 minutes in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday in Spain.,Fonseca outstripped Moller 5-0 in aces and pushed Moller to break point 13 times. Though Moller managed to save nine of those, he...

Grades for all 2025 first-round picks
Grading the draft in real-time is an exercise in scrutiny, projecting player and position value against the history and roster needs of each team as the picks come off the board. ,We're slapping letter grades on each pick in the first round with a summary of what we love, dislike and all things in b...

Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff escape with three-set wins in Madrid
Polish No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek and American No. 4 Coco Gauff bounced back from first-set defeats to win their respective matches in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday in Spain.,Swiatek, the defending champion in Madrid, rallied past Filipina teenager Alexandra Eala 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. E...

Kyle Isbel, Royals jolt Rockies in opener of doubleheader
Kyle Isbel had three RBIs and Salvador Perez drove in a pair of runs, lifting the host Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon.,Drew Waters had two hits and an RBI and Michael Massey also drove in a run for the Royals, w...

St. Louis City acquire Xande Silva from Atlanta United
St. Louis City SC acquired Portuguese winger Xande Silva from Atlanta United on Wednesday night.,Atlanta United will receive a guaranteed $100,000 in 2025 general allocation money, plus up to $150,000 in 2026 GAM based on incentives.,Silva, 28, has four goals and four assists in 40 MLS matches (27 s...

Crew acquire F Ibrahim Aliyu from Dynamo
The Columbus Crew acquired forward Ibrahim Aliyu from the Houston Dynamo on Thursday.,The Dynamo will receive $450,000 and up to $750,000 in conditional performance-based incentives. The club also will retain a sell-on percentage in the event of a future transfer.,"Aliyu is a young and dynamic playe...

Canadiens look to solve Logan Thompson, Capitals
The Montreal Canadiens will need production from their top players to climb back into their Eastern Conference first-round series against the Washington Capitals.,The Capitals hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series heading into Game 3 on Friday in Montreal.,Canadiens forward Patrik Laine did no...

Flyers D Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps) out 6 months
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen will be out at least six months following surgery for a ruptured right triceps tendon, the team announced Thursday.,Ristolainen, who missed the final 16 games of the regular season with an upper-body injury, had the procedure on March 26 and will be ...

Austin FC acquire M Robert Taylor from Inter Miami
Austin FC acquired midfielder Robert Taylor from Inter Miami CF on Wednesday night.,Inter Miami will receive up to $750,000 in general allocation money in exchange for the Finnish international.,Taylor, 30, had 18 goals and 18 assists in 116 matches in all competitions for Miami since his 2022 MLS d...

Carlos Alcaraz withdraws in Madrid with right adductor strain
Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday because of a groin injury, shifting his focus to taking the court in Rome and then returning to defend his French Open title.,Ranked No. 3 in the world, Alcaraz underwent tests to determine the severity of hamstring and groin injuries incurred...

Stars prevail in OT to spoil Gabriel Landeskog's return for Avs
Tyler Seguin scored 5:31 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Denver on Wednesday night to steal home ice back in their Western Conference quarterfinal series.,Jamie Benn also scored and Jake Oettinger turned away 27 shots for Dallas, which leads the series 2-1.,Gam...

Stars prevail in OT to spoil Gabriel Landeskog's return for Avalanche
Tyler Seguin scored 5:31 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Denver on Wednesday night to steal home ice back in their Western Conference Quarterfinal series.,Jamie Benn also scored and Jake Oettinger turned away 27 shots for Dallas, which leads the series 2-1.,Gam...

Bianca Andreescu cruises to first-round win in Madrid
Bianca Andreescu, in her second match back on tour after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in February, picked up a first-round win Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open.,The Canadian downed the United States' McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-4.,Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, returned to action las...

Gael Monfils becomes oldest player to win a match at Madrid Open
Gael Monfils earned his first Madrid Open victory since 2022, and at age 38 became the oldest player to win a match at the event with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Croatia's Borna Gojo on Wednesday.,The two-time quarterfinalist continued his success at the event, rallying from a one-sided, 21-minute loss...

FIA approves GM to become F1 engine supplier in '29
General Motors engines will be available for use in Formula 1 races beginning in 2029, FIA, the circuit's governing body, announced on Wednesday.,GM will power cars for the Cadillac F1 team, a new entity that will start racing in 2026. The Cadillac team will use Ferrari engines from 2026 through 202...

Connor McMichael's pair guide Caps to 2-0 series lead over Canadiens
Connor McMichael scored twice and Logan Thompson made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period as the Washington Capitals beat the visiting Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round matchup in the Stanley Cup playoffs.,Dylan Strome also scored for Washington while Tay...

Reese Olson, Tigers two-hit Padres in 6-0 victory
Reese Olson pitched 7 1/3 innings of shutout ball, Justyn-Henry Malloy supplied a homer and RBI double, and the host Detroit Tigers downed the San Diego Padres 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,Olson (3-1) limited San Diego to two Jose Iglesias singles while recording seven strikeouts.,Dillon Dingler blas...