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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...

Angel City hires Bayern's Alexander Straus as coach
Angel City FC has named Alexander Straus as its next head coach, effective June 1.,Straus, 49, has been coaching in Europe since 2010. The Norwegian most recently has been the head coach of FC Bayern Munich Women, hired in July 2022.,His Bayern teams won consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga championships i...

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...

Strikeouts likely to be at a minimum when Rangers, Angels meet
Expect the ball to be in play, and likely hit on the ground, when the Texas Rangers host the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday in the finale of a three-game American League West set in Arlington, Texas., ,Los Angeles will start Jack Kochanowicz (1-1, 5.74 ERA) while the Rangers will counter with fellow...

Yankees return 'home' to face tenant Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays will host their second straight American League East opponent when the New York Yankees travel south to start a four-game series on Thursday night.,It will be an unusual series for division-leading New York, as it becomes the visitor at its spring training home of George M. Steinb...

Orioles vie for elusive win streak in clash vs. Guardians
The Baltimore Orioles are in this position again, trying to win consecutive games for the first time this season when they play Thursday evening against the visiting Cleveland Guardians.,"If it doesn't happen early in the season, it eventually will happen," Orioles outfielder Ramon Laureano said of ...

Thriving on the road, Giants look for series win vs. Phillies
Following a series victory in New York, the San Francisco Giants can take a set from the Philadelphia Phillies when they continue their 10-game road trip Thursday afternoon. ,The Giants captured two of three games against the Yankees over the weekend and have taken two of the first three in their fo...
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....
Where Shedeur Sanders Lands Could Make — Or Break — His NFL Future
Shedeur Sanders’ NFL career may hinge on where he lands. From Cleveland to Pittsburgh, some fits are golden — others, disastrous....
The Real MVP of the NBA Postseason? The Referees
The NBA postseason is turning into a whistle fest — and not in a good way. Defense is winning, but the refs are stealing the show....

Brady Tkachuk might return for Senators' finale vs. 'Canes
The Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators are both looking ahead to the playoffs, but first there is the business of the regular-season finale for both teams in the Canadian capital on Thursday night.,The Hurricanes (47-29-5, 99 points) will play the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the Sta...

Golden Knights head into playoffs after topping Canucks
Pavel Dorofeyev scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist to lead the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in the regular-season finale for both teams on Wednesday.,Jack Eichel and Cole Schwindt also sco...

Aaron Judge supplies power as Yankees sweep Royals
Aaron Judge slugged a tiebreaking homer to open the seventh inning for the host New York Yankees, who completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with 4-3 victory on Wednesday night.,The Yankees completed their second sweep of the season and first since scoring 36 runs in three games agai...

Princeton PG Xaivian Lee transferring to champion Florida
Princeton standout point guard Xaivian Lee announced Wednesday on social media that he is transferring to national champion Florida.,Twice an All-Ivy League first-team selection, he made visits to the Gators' campus as well as to Kansas and St. John's. Lee, who has one year of eligibility remaining,...

Jake Burger, Corey Seager lead Rangers past Angels
Corey Seager had three hits and two RBI and Jake Burger added three hits as the host Texas Rangers defeated the suddenly swooning Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Wednesday night in Arlington, Texas.,Left-hander Patrick Corbin, a two-time All-Star and a Cy Young Award finalist, pitched 5 1/3 innings to get...

Blue Jackets, playoff hopes ended, finish vs. Islanders
The Columbus Blue Jackets were hoping to play for a postseason berth on Thursday, but their regular-season finale against the visiting New York Islanders will be another farewell.,The Blue Jackets were eliminated from postseason contention when the Montreal Canadiens held on for a 4-2 win against th...

Just-arrived UNC QB Ryan Browne to re-enter transfer portal
North Carolina quarterback Ryan Browne announced on Wednesday that he is re-entering the transfer portal before ever playing a game for the Tar Heels. ,Multiple outlets also reported that North Carolina's sack leader, Beau Atkinson, is among a handful of other Tar Heels to enter the portal. Atkinson...

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...

Aaron Judges supplies power as Yankees sweep Royals
Aaron Judge slugged a tiebreaking homer to open the seventh inning for the host New York Yankees, who completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with 4-3 victory on Wednesday night.,The Yankees completed their second sweep of the season and first since scoring 36 runs in three games agai...