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Atlanta United, Union each pick up pivotal point in draw
Saba Lobjanidze scored his team-leading eighth goal in the 72nd minute to lift visiting Atlanta United to a 1-1 draw at the Philadelphia Union on Saturday in a match pivotal to the playoff chase.,Lobjanidze's header leveled the game 11 minutes after Nathan Harriel scored for Philadelphia (9-12-10, 3...
Giants take advantage of error to beat Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals reliever Matthew Liberatore fielded a Brett Wisely two-out bunt in the eighth inning and threw wildly past first base, allowing Tyler Fitzgerald to score from first with the San Francisco Giants' difference-making run in a 6-5 home victory Saturday afternoon.,Entering a 5-5 game ...
Braves activate All-Star RHP Reynaldo Lopez, to start vs. Royals
The Atlanta Braves activated All-Star right-hander Reynaldo Lopez from the 15-day injured list and slated him to start Saturday night against the visiting Kansas City Royals.,Lopez, selected to his first All-Star Game this season, went on the IL on Sept. 11 because of right shoulder inflammation.,Hi...
San Francisco Giants Are MLB's Biggest Disappointment in 2024
The San Francisco Giants are baseball's biggest disappointment in 2024 due to mismanagement of players, lack of talent, and underperforming superstars....
Giants' Tristan Beck, not Blake Snell, starts vs. Cards
Blake Snell's abbreviated season with the San Francisco Giants apparently is coming to a premature end.,Snell, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, was due to start Saturday in the next-to-last contest of the year against the visiting Cardinals. However, after St. Louis won the opener...
Lars Nootbaar helps Cardinals rally past Giants
Lars Nootbaar homered, tripled and drove in three runs as the visiting Cardinals rallied for a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a season-ending, three-game series Friday night.,Masyn Wynn doubled, singled and scored twice for St. Louis (82-78), which assured itself of a win...
Royals, shut out by Braves, still clinch playoff berth
Max Fried scattered three hits over 8 2/3 scoreless innings and Sean Murphy belted a two-run homer to lift the host Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.,Shortly after losing, the Royals clinched a playoff berth when the Minnesota Twins fell 7-2 to the Baltimore Orio...
Max Fried stymies Royals in Braves' 3-0 win
Max Fried scattered three hits over 8 2/3 scoreless innings and Sean Murphy belted a two-run homer to lift the host Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.,Fried (11-10) retired the first 10 batters he faced and struck out nine batters overall to highlight his 98-pitch...
Union look to continue fine form vs. Atlanta United
The resurgent Philadelphia Union can take another step toward sealing a playoff place when they host an Atlanta United side trying to prolong its own postseason hopes Saturday in Chester, Pa.,Philadelphia (9-12-9, 36 points) has won five of its last seven to climb above the playoff line into ninth p...
Giants rookie WR Malik Nabers in concussion protocol
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll wasn't too forthcoming Friday when discussing the health of rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers.,"Yeah, with Malik he's in concussion protocol. Any other updates, I don't have for you," Daboll said.,Nabers did his best to ease the nervousness of his fans after N...
Cards' Paul Goldschmidt looks to make himself at home vs. Giants
The San Francisco Giants will find themselves staring at a potential difference-maker in their future when Paul Goldschmidt and the St. Louis Cardinals visit Friday night for the start of the final three games of the regular season.,Neither the Giants (79-80) or Cardinals (81-78) will be participati...
Giants WR Malik Nabers sustains concussion in loss
New York Giants star rookie receiver Malik Nabers sustained a concussion late in his team's 20-15 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, bringing a premature end to his fourth game as a pro.,With the Giants facing a fourth-and-6 from their own 39-yard line and trailing 20-15 with 3 1/2 minutes to p...
Cowboys hold Giants to 5 FGs, edge past New York
Dak Prescott tossed two touchdown passes and the Dallas Cowboys held New York out of the end zone en route to a 20-15 victory over the Giants on Monday night at East Rutherford, N.J.,CeeDee Lamb caught seven passes for 98 yards and a touchdown and Rico Dowdle also had a scoring reception for the Cow...
Raiders star WR Davante Adams (hamstring) limited at practice
Las Vegas Raiders star wide receiver Davante Adams, who has not previously appeared on an injury report this season, was limited in practice on Thursday because of a hamstring issue.,Raiders standout defensive end Maxx Crosby missed his second straight day of practice because of an ankle injury.,The...
Report: Atlanta to be awarded Super Bowl LXII
With an owners' vote on the horizon, the NFL plans to award Super Bowl LXII in February 2028 to Atlanta, Sports Business Journal reported Thursday.,Team owners are scheduled to meet in Atlanta in October to hold a vote on the matter.,It would mark the second Super Bowl held in the Falcons' Mercedes-...
Reigning MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. targets Opening Day '25 return
Ronald Acuna Jr. hopes to return to the field in time for Opening Day in 2025, but the Atlanta Braves' star outfielder said he is not rushing his recovery from a torn left ACL he sustained this May.,"I'm just going to be a little more cautious and careful with (my recovery)," Acuna said Wednesday, p...
UFC reaches $375M settlement with fighters
The UFC has agreed to pay $375 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.,TTKO Group -- the UFC's parent company -- reached an agreement with the plaintiffs of Le v. Zuffa, a case in which former fighters allege the promotion violated antitrust laws. The lawsuit, which goes back...
Higher-Stakes Second Chance Awaits Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young
Andy Dalton certainly isn't the quarterback of the future, so Bryce Young has a high-stakes second chance on the way with the Carolina Panthers, who will not trade him....
Week 4 TNF: Cowboys-Giants Preview, Props, Prediction
The Dallas Cowboys whipped the New York Giants twice last season, including a 40-0 demolition in a primetime affair at the Meadowlands.,Dallas (1-2) returns to the scene for another primetime contest against the Giants (1-2) on Thursday night when the two NFC East teams meet at East Rutherford, N.J....
Why Tarik Skubal and Chris Sale Will Win MLB Cy Young Awards
Tarik Skubal and Chris Sale are the two frontrunners set to win MLB Cy Young awards, and these are the reasons why they deserve to win....