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Why Kevin Durant’s Legacy Needs a San Antonio Spurs Chapter to Be Complete
Kevin Durant’s NBA legacy is on the line. A move to the San Antonio Spurs could reshape his reputation, elevate Victor Wembanyama and cement Durant among the league’s all-time greats....
Red Sox visit Rafael Devers, Giants after stunning trade
Rafael Devers will get a visit from his former team less than a week after he was traded when the Boston Red Sox venture into San Francisco to take on the Giants in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,Right-handers Hunter Dobbins (4-1, 3.74 ERA) of the Red Sox and Hayden Birdsong (3-1, 2...
Pirates' Dennis Santana involved in altercation with fan
Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dennis Santana was involved in an incident in which a fan was ejected from the nightcap of a doubleheader against the host Detroit Tigers on Thursday night. ,A spokesperson for the Tigers confirmed the fan was removed from Comerica Park after the altercation, which happen...
Wilmer Flores, Giants eke out win over Guardians
Pinch hitter Wilmer Flores stroked a go-ahead two-run double, Logan Webb threw seven innings of one-run ball and the San Francisco Giants salvaged one win in their three-game home series against the Cleveland Guardians with a 2-1 triumph Thursday afternoon.,Webb (7-5) combined with Randy Rodriguez a...
Dream face Mystics again, look to back up 33-point rout
Meeting for the second time in a week, the Atlanta Dream will look for similar success against the visiting Washington Mystics on Friday in College Park, Ga.,Atlanta (8-4) delivered a crushing 89-56 victory at Washington on Sunday before seeing its three-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday...
Yankees place RHP Yerry de los Santos (elbow) on IL
The New York Yankees placed reliever Yerry de los Santos on the 15-day injured list Thursday with right elbow discomfort.,The 27-year-old right-hander has no decisions and a 1.80 ERA in 14 relief appearances in his first season in the Bronx.,de los Santos retired one batter and allowed one hit and o...
Despite quiet bats, Guardians in position to sweep Giants
The Cleveland Guardians will look to complete their first three-game sweep since April when they wrap up an interleague series against the host San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon.,The Guardians have made the most of 13 total hits in the first two games of the set, getting a key home run from...
Daniel Schneemann's 3-run homer leads Guardians past Giants
Daniel Schneemann hit a three-run home run, the Cleveland bullpen did a masterful job for a second straight game and the visiting Guardians made it two in a row over the San Francisco Giants with a 4-2 victory on Wednesday.,Logan Allen (5-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball, helping the Guardia...
Coastal Carolina blows out Louisville to reach MCWS finals
Colby Thorndyke went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs, including three in a decisive first inning, as No. 13 Coastal Carolina cruised into the championship series of the Men's College World Series with an 11-3 win over Louisville on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,The Chanticleers, who won the 2016 MCWS, wil...
Giants activate RHP Justin Verlander off IL to start vs. Guardians
San Francisco Giants right-hander Justin Verlander has been activated from the 15-day injured list and will take the mound on Wednesday night in a start against the Cleveland Guardians.,Verlander, 42, has been on the 15-day injured list due to right pectoral soreness. He had velocity and command iss...
Panthers dent, crack Stanley Cup mere hours after winning
It didn't take long for the Florida Panthers to make their first impression on the Stanley Cup after winning it for a second time in as many years.,Less than 12 hours after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to win the coveted trophy again, the Panthers appeared to crac...
Chanticleers erupt in 1st, beat Cardinals to advance to MCWS championship
Colby Thorndyke went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs, including three in a decisive first inning, as Coastal Carolina continued to cruise with its 11-3 win over Louisville on Wednesday at the Men's College World Series in Omaha, Neb. ,Thorndyke's bases-clearing double was part of a huge opening innin...
New York Giants Rave About Rookie QB Jaxson Dart
Jaxson Dart is off to a strong start at Giants minicamp, but with Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston in the mix, the rookie QB is likely to take a redshirt year....
Giants expect WR Malik Nabers (toe) for training camp
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Wednesday that he isn't concerned about star wide receiver Malik Nabers' availability for training camp.,Daboll said the team is aware of Nabers' ailing toe, an injury that he has dealt with dating back to his college days at LSU. But, the coach said Nabe...
Justin Verlander next big name to join Giants vs. Guardians
One day after seeing Rafael Devers don their home team's uniform for the first time, San Francisco Giants fans will get an opportunity to get reacquainted with another star, Justin Verlander, when he returns from the injured list to face the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.,Devers had a doubl...
Oddsmakers lean toward Oilers, Hurricanes for '26 title
The Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup last year and retained their title on Tuesday, yet sportsbooks aren't convinced about their prospects for a three-peat.,Two leading gambling sites listed the back-to-back Cup runner-up Edmonton Oilers as the favorite to emerge on top next year, and another si...
Guardians hang on, spoil Rafael Devers' Giants debut
Rafael Devers thrilled his new fans with an early RBI double, but Gabriel Arias' sixth-inning tiebreaking home run spoiled the slugger's San Francisco Giants debut and delivered the visiting Cleveland Guardians a 3-2 win in the opener of a three-game interleague series Tuesday night.,Emmanuel Clase ...
Panthers C Sam Bennett lands Conn Smythe Trophy
The Florida Panthers won a second consecutive Stanley Cup on Tuesday, and now they finally have a Conn Smythe Trophy winner, too.,Center Sam Bennett was chosen the most valuable player of the 2025 postseason after Florida closed out the Stanley Cup Final with a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Ga...
Sam Reinhart scores 4, Panthers beat Oilers to retain Stanley Cup
Sam Reinhart scored four goals to help the Florida Panthers clinch their second straight Stanley Cup Final with a 5-1 victory against the visiting Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Reinhart scored on all four shots he took to become the first player with four goals in a Sta...
Giants' Rafael Devers: 'I am here to play wherever they want me to play'
During his introductory news conference with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, Rafael Devers declared something in Spanish that the Boston Red Sox wished they could have heard from one of the game's elite hitters.,"They're the men in charge," Devers' translator said two days after being acquired ...