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Giants' college-to-majors manager faces Yankees in debut
Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees will be the invited guests Wednesday night when the San Francisco Giants open the Tony Vitello managerial era in a nationally televised interleague 2026 curtain-raiser.,The only game on the Opening Day baseball schedule will feature an All-Star pitching matchup o...
NL West capsules: What's stopping Dodgers from another World Series?
Los Angeles Dodgers,2025 record: 93-69 (1st place, NL West, World Series champions),He gone: RHP Michael Kopech, RHP Kirby Yates, RHP Tony Gonsolin, C Austin Barnes, OF Michael Conforto, LHP Anthony Banda, OF Justin Dean, C Ben Rortvedt, OF Esteury Ruiz,New faces: OF Kyle Tucker, RHP Edwin Diaz, OF ...
'Desperate' Kraken out to boost playoff hopes vs. ailing Panthers
The Seattle Kraken have gone cold, and their frigid play has put their shot at the playoffs in serious jeopardy.,Seattle (31-29-9, 71 points), which has lost three straight and seven of its past nine, visits the Florida Panthers (34-32-3, 71 points) on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla.,The Kraken are 0...
Pitt hires Charleston's Robin Harmony as head coach
Pitt named Pennsylvania native Robin Harmony as head coach of the women's team on Monday.,Harmony, 64, has spent the past seven seasons at the College of Charleston and led the Cougars to a 27-6 record and their first NCAA Tournament appearance this season.,"We are thrilled to welcome Robin Harmony ...
Braves RHP Spencer Strider (oblique) to start season on IL
Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider will begin the season on the injured list with an oblique strain, the team announced Monday.,Strider, 27, was scratched from Monday's scheduled spring training start against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Fla. The former All-Star was 2-0 with a 3.24 ...
Surging Hawks look to take advantage of short-handed Grizzlies
The streaking Atlanta Hawks will try to enhance their push for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference when they host the struggling Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.,Atlanta (39-32) has won 12 of its last 13 games and won its 10th straight home game Saturday by defeating the Golden State Warriors ...
Giants RB Cam Skattebo says he's sorry for 'tasteless joke'
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo said he had a "lapse in judgment" when he made a comment saying chronic traumatic encephalopathy and asthma were not legitimate conditions.,"I recently did an interview and had a lapse in judgment, which resulted in me making a tasteless joke about CTE and a...
DC United, Atlanta United struggle to find chances, play to 0-0 draw
Host Atlanta United and D.C. United ended their meeting on Saturday night the same way it started as the Eastern Conference foes played to a 0-0 draw.,Atlanta (1-3-1, 4 points) came into the night having picked up its first win of the season a week ago, a 3-1 victory against the Philadelphia Union t...
Flames defeat Panthers for 7th straight time at home
Joel Farabee and Victor Olofsson scored second-period goals and the host Calgary Flames rode the momentum to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday.,Matt Coronato and Morgan Frost also scored for Calgary (28-34-7, 63 points), which has won two straight but remains second-last in the leagu...
Kevin Durant, Rockets halt Hawks' 11-game win streak
Kevin Durant scored 25 points in three periods as the Houston Rockets snapped the visiting Atlanta Hawks' 11-game winning streak with a 117-95 victory on Friday.,Jabari Smith Jr. added 23 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets (42-27), who blitzed Atlanta from the deep in the third quarter. Housto...
Balanced attack pushes St. John’s over Northern Iowa
Zuby Ejiofor racked up 14 points and 11 rebounds but was just a cog in the balanced St. John's machine as the fifth-seed Red Storm defeated No. 12 Northern Iowa on Friday in an NCAA Tournament East Regional first-round contest in San Diego.,St. John's advances to play the winner of Friday's late gam...
Atlanta welcomes D.C. United following breakthrough win
Atlanta United hope to build on some newfound confidence when they face visiting D.C. United on Saturday evening ahead of the FIFA international break.,Miguel Almiron assisted on all three goals last Saturday as Atlanta (1-3-0, 3 points) beat the Philadelphia Union 3-1 to win for the first time this...
Otega Oweh, Kentucky escape Santa Clara in OT thriller
ST. LOUIS -- Otega Oweh saved Kentucky with a game-tying halfcourt shot off the glass to force overtime and the Wildcats owned the extra session, escaping Santa Clara in the first round, 89-84, on Friday afternoon.,Santa Clara center Allen Graves hit what looked to be a game-winning 3 with two secon...
Why a Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Rematch Won’t Happen
Florida’s injury-riddled season ends its Stanley Cup hopes while Edmonton faces major concerns heading into the playoffs....
Panthers, Flames fight to extend flickering postseason hopes
The Florida Panthers continued their mastery over the Edmonton Oilers with a decisive 4-0 road victory on Thursday in a Stanley Cup Final rematch.,Now the Panthers are on a quest for an Alberta sweep when they visit the Calgary Flames on Friday to finish a four-game road swing.,The Panthers (34-31-3...
Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers blank Oilers in Final rematch
Sergei Bobrovsky pitched a 21-save shutout for the visiting Florida Panthers in a 4-0 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.,Four players scored, and Evan Rodrigues, Matt Benning and Sam Bennett each had two assists for the Panthers (34-31-3, 71 points), who split the two-game season ser...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Gabriel Pec fires Galaxy into quarters
Gabriel Pec added two goals Thursday night to his hat trick in the first leg last week as the Los Angeles Galaxy trounced Mount Pleasant 3-0 in Kingston, Jamaica, to complete a 6-0 aggregate victory in the CONCACAF Champions Cup's round of 16.,The Galaxy advance to oppose Mexico's Toluca in the quar...
Streaking Hawks putting pieces together while Rockets deal with leaky defense
The Atlanta Hawks had, for a large chunk of this season, endured so many nagging injuries and roster permutations that it was quite difficult to envision the result of a static and settled rotation.,Seemingly that moment has arrived, and to suggest that the Hawks are enjoying the best-case scenario ...
No. 10 Santa Clara reaching to steal one from No. 7 Kentucky
ST. LOUIS -- There is a common denominator in the 13 losses Kentucky carries into the NCAA Tournament. All Santa Clara must do to have its best chance of reaching the second round on Friday is keep the Wildcats from scoring. ,The mission sounds simple, but assuredly seventh-seeded Kentucky (21-13) w...
Struggling Panthers look to ice-out familiar foe Oilers
The Stanley Cup Final reunion returns to Wild Rose Country as Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers host the Florida Panthers on Thursday., ,This marks the teams' second regular-season meeting. The Oilers won 6-3 in Sunrise, Fla., on Nov. 22, five months after the Panthers claimed their second stra...