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Rockies fire hitting coach Hensley Meulens
Former Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is back on the team's bench after it fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens on Thursday.,Hurdle will take over as hitting coach through the end of the season after the Rockies carried a .220 batting average and .629 OPS into Thursday's off day. Their batting...
French Open to pay tribute to 14-time champ Rafael Nadal
The French Open will honor 14-time champion Rafael Nadal in a ceremony next month on the opening day of play at Roland Garros in Paris.,Nadal, coming off of injuries, lost in the first round to Alexander Zverev at the French Open last summer in his final tournament appearance. The Spaniard retired l...
Report: Rangers' Artemi Panarin, MSG paid to settle sexual assault claim
New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin and Madison Square Garden Sports paid financial settlements last year to a former team employee who made sexual assault allegations against the forward, The Athletic reported Thursday.,The report, citing NHL and team sources, said the alleged assault occurred dur...
Yes, It’s Early, but These MLB Last-Place Teams Should Be Worried
Expanded playoffs offer hope — but not for everyone. Here are the last-place MLB teams that should already be sweating....
Giants post double-digit hits, runs in battering Phillies
Mike Yastrzemski, Jung Hoo Lee, Wilmer Flores and Patrick Bailey each drove in two runs as the San Francisco Giants posted an 11-4 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.,Tyler Fitzgerald added three hits and scored twice for San Francisco, which has won two of the first three cont...
Kaiden Guhle's 2 goals send Habs past Hurricanes, into playoffs
Kaiden Guhle scored twice for the Montreal Canadiens, who clinched the final berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-2 win against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.,Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist and Sam Montembeault made 27 saves for the Canadiens (40-31-11, 91 points), who cl...
Stars deliver big hits as Padres take series from Cubs
Manny Machado recorded a pair of two-out RBIs and Fernando Tatis Jr. also had two RBIs, lifting the host San Diego Padres to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.,Tatis opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third and Machado followed with one of his own later in the inni...
Draft lottery implications at stake as Sabres, Flyers meet in season finale
The Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers share many things in common ahead of their regular-season finale Thursday night in Western New York.,Let's start with the obvious: Both teams were eliminated from postseason contention long ago.,Taken a step further, the Sabres and Flyers were both shut out...
Cubs look to cap California trip with series win vs. Padres
On Tuesday night, the Chicago Cubs became the first team to hand the San Diego Padres a home loss this season.,On Wednesday afternoon, Chicago has a chance to end what shaped up as a difficult swing through National League West powers Los Angeles and San Diego with a 4-2 record if it can win the ser...
In 10th, Cubs hand Padres first home loss
Nico Hoerner tripled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and the visiting Chicago Cubs handed the San Diego Padres their first home loss, 2-1, on Tuesday night.,With Dansby Swanson placed at second base as the automatic runner, Hoerner lined a 2-0 fastball from Yuki Matsui (0-1) to the...
J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper slug Phillies past Giants
J.T. Realmuto and Bryce Harper each homered and drove in two runs Tuesday as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-4 to even their four-game series at one win apiece.,Alec Bohm had the go-ahead hit for Philadelphia, which had dropped four of its previous five games. Br...
More iconic L.A. sites confirmed as 2028 Olympic venues
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday approved more venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, including an additional nine events that will take place in the L.A. city limits.,The nearby cities of Anaheim, Arcadia, Carson, Long Beach, Pomona, San Clements and South El Monte were either adde...
Report: Packers CB Jaire Alexander not close to being dealt
It's becoming clear that cornerback Jaire Alexander won't be on the Green Bay Packers in the 2025 season.,But whether Alexander is traded or released is still in question.,The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday that Alexander isn't close to being dealt, although Green Bay nearly traded the ...
Jaguars wunderkind GM punts scouting norms to find 'intangibly rich' prospects
If you were looking for the new brass of the Jacksonville Jaguars at on-campus pro days or pondering which prospects came to town for "top 30" face-to-face visits, here's the short answer to those questions: They weren't there. ,As a new direction takes shape in Jacksonville with first-timers in the...
Dolphins, CB Jalen Ramsey agree to explore trade
It appears star cornerback Jalen Ramsey's time as a Miami Dolphin could be coming to an end.,The Dolphins and Ramsey have mutually agreed to explore trade options, general manager Chris Grier said Tuesday at his scheduled pre-draft news conference. Grier said Ramsey didn't request a trade but the de...
Wisconsin LT Kevin Heywood (ACL) out for 2025 season
Wisconsin left tackle Kevin Heywood will miss the 2025 season with an ACL injury, Badgers coach Luke Fickell said on Tuesday.,The 6-foot-8, 325-pound sophomore had been in line to replace Jack Nelson, a four-year starter and projected late-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft.,Heywood was a four-sta...
It's a boy! Phils' Bryce Harper uses blue bat for gender reveal
Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper put his spin on the gender reveal trend by stepping to the plate with a blue bat on Monday night.,Harper and his wife, Kayla, are expecting their fourth child. After ordering pink and blue bats from Victus Sports to cover his bases, he went to the plate for hi...
Buffs retiring jerseys of Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders
Colorado is retiring the uniform numbers for Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders at the Buffaloes' spring game on Saturday in Boulder, Colo.,The school announced its plans Monday to honor the No. 12 of Hunter, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner, and the No. 2 of Sanders, the 2024 Big 12 Offensive Player o...
Sens F Brady Tkachuk expected to return for start of playoffs
Expect captain Brady Tkachuk to be on the ice for the Ottawa Senators when the Stanley Cup playoffs start on Saturday.,That word comes from head coach Travis Green, who had this simple response Monday when asked if Tkachuk would be back in time for the start of the playoffs: "I do.",Tkachuk, 25, pra...
Padres host Cubs, look to move to 12-0 at home to start season
It took until late July last year for the San Diego Padres to hit their stride.,As a 14-3 start to the season shows, San Diego didn't quite wait as long to get going in 2025. Its come-from-behind 10-4 win Monday night over the Chicago Cubs upped its home record to 11-0 and tied the 1998 team, which ...