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Tony Clark blasts MLB salary cap idea as 'collusion' during All-Star break
MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark doubled down on his opposition to a salary cap on Tuesday, saying during All-Star festivities in Atlanta that such a change to the game's economic structure would move the game "backward.",Both Clark and commissioner Rob Manfred addressed several...
Dynamo begin key stretch with visit from Whitecaps
Houston Dynamo coach Ben Olsen said his team is living on the edge.,The Dynamo fell off that edge Saturday night at Real Salt Lake when they gave up a set-piece goal late in the first half that held up in a 1-0 loss, which put them out of the Western Conference playoff table.,That makes Wednesday ni...
Houston Dynamo begin key stretch with visit from Vancouver Whitecaps
Houston Dynamo coach Ben Olsen said his team is living on the edge.,The Dynamo fell off that edge Saturday night at Real Salt Lake when they gave up a set-piece goal late in the first half that held up in a 1-0 loss, which put them out of the Western Conference playoff table.,That makes Wednesday ni...
Katherine Legge joins Indy field for Xfinity, Cup races
Katherine Legge will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time in more than a year, this time in a stock car.,Legge is set to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series races in Indianapolis later this month after last racing on the famed Indy track in the 2024 Indianapol...
Alyssa Thomas' last second free throw pushes Mercury past Valkyries
Alyssa Thomas capped a frantic finish by making the second of two free throws with one second remaining, breaking a tie and giving the visiting Phoenix Mercury a 78-77 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Monday night.,Thomas' free throw came after the Valkyries, attempting to avenge an earlie...
Napheesa Collier leads Lynx past Angel Reese's Sky
Napheesa Collier made four 3-pointers and finished with 29 points as the visiting Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 91-78 on Monday night.,Former Sky Courtney Williams had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, while Kayla McBride made three 3s and scored 17 for the WNBA-leading Lynx (19-4),...
Napheesa Collier's leads Lynx past Angel Reese's Sky
Napheesa Collier made four 3-pointers and finished with 29 points as the visiting Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 91-78 on Monday night. ,Former Sky Courtney Williams had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, while Kayla McBride made three 3s and scored 17 for the WNBA-leading Lynx (19-4)...
Quarterfinal matches set at Esports World Cup 2025 playoffs
The Gaimin Gladiators, PARIVISION, Tundra Esports and Team Falcons emerged from the elimination phase with sweeps on Sunday to advance to the playoffs at the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The quarterfinals are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The elimination phase began...
Angels error leads to Diamondbacks' big inning and victory
Merrill Kelly allowed one run on one hit over five innings en route to his eighth win of the season and Jose Herrera hit a check-swing two-run double to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Kelly (8-5) walked four and struc...
Rangers jump on Astros early to complete season's first half with win
Adolis Garcia and Marcus Semien each homered while Nathan Eovaldi capped his stellar first half with another quality start as the visiting Texas Rangers claimed the rubber match of a three-game series against the Houston Astros with a 5-1 victory on Sunday.,The Rangers completed a season-long 10-gam...
Former Oriole Kyle Stowers blasts 3 homers as Marlins rout O's
Kyle Stowers hit three home runs in a five-hit, six-RBI performance against his former team as the Miami Marlins blew past the host Baltimore Orioles 11-1 in the teams' final game before the All-Star break on Sunday afternoon.,Stowers had talked earlier in the series about his close ties to the Orio...
Marcel Hartel (2 goals) lifts St. Louis past Timbers for rare victory
Marcel Hartel's second-half brace on Sunday night enabled St. Louis City SC to win for just the second time in four months as they rallied for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Portland Timbers.,Trailing 1-0 in the 54th minute, St. Louis (4-12-6, 18 points) equalized through Hartel. He won a loose bal...
Alex Palou notches 7th win of season in second half of Iowa DH
IndyCar Series leader Alex Palou won for the seventh time in the first 12 races of the season, continuing his dominance Sunday at the Farm to Finish 275 in Newton, Iowa.,Palou, who finished fifth on Saturday in the first of two weekend races at Iowa Speedway, also kept himself within range of the al...
Jose Fermin's first MLB home run leads Cardinals past Braves
Jose Fermin hit his first big league homer, a two-run shot, to lift the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Atlanta Braves 5-4 Sunday.,The game was marred by two rain delays totaling more than four hours.,Umpire Brennan Miller ejected Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol in the ninth inning for disputi...
William Mouw cards 61, makes ISCO Championship his first PGA title
William Mouw shot a career-best 9-under-par 61 on Sunday to win the ISCO Championship for his first PGA Tour title in his 20th start.,Mouw, 24, climbed 24 spots up the leaderboard to finish at 10-under 270 at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky. He had to wait nearly two hours to see if third...
Big fourth quarter propels Mystics past Storm
Washington tallied 27 fourth-quarter points and overcame a poor shooting night from distance to knock off Seattle 74-69, climbing over the .500 mark for the first time since May.,Led by rookie All-Star Kiki Iriafen, Shakira Austin and leading scorer Brittney Sykes (17.5 points per game), Washington...
Sparks notch only second home victory at Sun's expense
Kelsey Plum scored 23 points and Azura Stevens added 21 points with 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Sparks turned an offensive surge near halftime into a rare home victory by coming out on top 92-88 against the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.,Rickea Jackson scored 19 points and Dearica Hamby had 17 points...
Key Angels error leads to Diamondbacks big inning and victory
Merrill Kelly allowed one run on one hit over five innings en route to his eighth win of the season and Jose Herrera hit a check-swing two-run double to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Kelly (8-5) walked four and struc...
Dodgers' two-out rally puts away rival Giants in extras
The Los Angeles Dodgers strung together two-out bloop singles by Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages around an infield hit by Teoscar Hernandez, all producing a run, in a relatively quiet 11-inning uprising that produced a 5-2 road victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.,Baseball's tra...
Shane van Gisbergen tames Sonoma course for triumph
For the third time in five races, Shane van Gisbergen leveled the field at a NASCAR Cup Series road course, zigging and zagging to victory at Sonoma Raceway in Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, Calif.,The Trackhouse Racing road ace outran Chase Briscoe in a four-lap sprint on their third late...