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No. 1 2025 LB Jonah Williams commits to Texas
Five-star linebacker Jonah Williams, the No. 1 player at his position in the 2025 class, announced a commitment to the University of Texas on Saturday night.,Williams chose the Longhorns over other finalists LSU, Oregon, Texas A&M and Southern California. He cited the coaches, led by head coach Stev...
No. 1 2025 LB Jonah Williams to announce commitment
Five-star linebacker Jonah Williams, the No. 1 player at his position in the 2025 class, intends to announce his college commitment Saturday night.,Fan bases of his finalists -- Texas, LSU, Oregon, Texas A&M and Southern California -- are awaiting the decision.,The 6-foot-3, 203-pound Williams is fr...
NWSL, players agree on CBA: no draft, higher pay
The National Women's Soccer League and the NWSL Players Association have agreed to a collective bargaining agreement that will eliminate the draft, guarantee contracts and grant unrestricted free agency to all players.,The deal runs through the 2030 season and already has been ratified by the player...
Toronto FC lend F Cassius Mailula to Moroccan club
Toronto FC loaned forward Cassius Mailula to Moroccan top-flight club Wydad AC on Wednesday.,The loan runs through July 2025 and includes a purchase option.,Mailula, 23, joined Toronto last summer from South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns FC.,He has recorded two goals and one assist in matches against a...
Houston, Miami among sites for 2026 World Baseball Classic
Houston, Miami, Tokyo and San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be the host sites for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday.,The 20-team competition will run from March 5-17, 2026, with 2023 winner Japan as the defending champion.,The 16 teams that finished in the top four...
Cody Bellinger's timely hit backs Javier Assad as Cubs handle hot Tigers
Cody Bellinger ripped a two-run double and Javier Assad allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings, fueling the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.,Dansby Swanson belted a solo homer in the sixth inning to help the Cubs record their third win in four games and spoil the re...
Mariners, Mets to play in 2025 Little League Classic
The Seattle Mariners will make their first trip to Williamsport, Pa., in next season's MLB Little League Classic on Aug. 17.,The Mariners will take on the New York Mets, who took part in the event in 2018, in the Sunday night game. The game takes place amid the Little League World Series, which is a...
Ken Tanigawa comes from behind to win Rogers Charity Classic
Ken Tanigawa completed an impressive two-day rally with a 6-under 64 on Sunday to win the Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary. ,Tanigawa worked his way into contention on Saturday, moving 36 spots up the leaderboard and into a tie for fourth thanks to a 9-under 61 that featured a hole-in-one at the pa...
Yankees bring up OF Jasson Dominguez for Little League Classic
The New York Yankees appointed top prospect Jasson Dominguez as their 27th man for Sunday night's Little League Classic game against the Detroit Tigers.,Dominguez will make his MLB season debut Sunday, batting fifth in the lineup and manning left field.,The Yankees and Tigers were granted a 27th man...
Yankees, Tigers set to clash in MLB Little League Classic
A showdown between the heavy favorites for the American League Most Valuable Player Award and the league's Cy Young Award will make the annual MLB Little League Classic even more special.,The New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, chasing a Triple Crown, will face Detroit Tigers dominant left-hander Tarik S...
Sparkling second round lifts Richard Green into lead at Rogers Charity Classic
Richard Green of Australia carded an 8-under 62 on Saturday to jump into the lead after two rounds of action at the Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary. ,Green put together a stunning start to his round, collecting nine birdies through the first 11 holes. He recorded a double bogey at the par-3 12th b...
Scott Parel has putting breakthrough, shoots 63 to lead in Calgary
Scott Parel fired a 7-under-par 63 to grab the first-round lead at the Rogers Charity Classic on Friday in Calgary.,Parel's seven-birdie, zero-bogey outing put him one stroke ahead of Wes Short Jr., Scott McCarron and Mario Tiziani, who are tied for second. A large group tied two back at 5-under 65 ...
Fire acquire F Ariel Lassiter from CF Montreal
Chicago Fire FC acquired veteran forward Ariel Lassiter from CF Montreal on Wednesday in exchange for up to $150,000 in general allocation money.,Lassiter, 29, has three goals and a team-high six assists in 20 MLS games this season for Montreal. He has recorded five goals and 10 assists in 56 games ...
Penguins acquire F Cody Glass, deal F Jordan Frasca to Predators
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded forward Jordan Frasca to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, acquiring forward Cody Glass, a 2025 third-round draft pick and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick.,Glass, 25, posted 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in 41 games with the Predators last season. The No. 6 over...
Patrick Cantlay: PGA-PIF talks ‘always evolving’
Sometimes no news is good news. When it comes to the trickle of information about the PGA Tour's merger with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Patrick Cantlay would concur.,Cantlay, who sits on the PGA Tour policy board as a player director, was asked Tuesday if those PGA-PIF negotiations had a...
Revs acquire Nigerian M Alhassan Yusuf from Belgian side
The New England Revolution acquired midfielder Alhassan Yusuf from Belgium's Royal Antwerp on Monday.,The 24-year-old Nigerian international joined the MLS squad for a reported fee of about $2 million. The Revs signed him through 2027 with an option for 2028.,Yusuf posted six goals and 16 assists in...
Stephen Ames rallies from 7 shots down to repeat at Boeing Classic
Stephen Ames of Canada birdied the 18th hole to complete a seven-shot comeback and repeat as champion of the Boeing Classic on Sunday in Snoqualmie, Wash.,Ames began the day far off the pace of Sweden's Robert Karlsson, but Karlsson made five bogeys on the front nine to open the door for everyone be...
Netherlands' Sifan Hassan completes Paris medals sweep in marathon
PARIS -- The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to win the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding the gold to her bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters earlier in the week.,Hassan battled with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia and managed to shake her off in the ...
Robert Karlsson pulls away from pack at Boeing Classic
Sweden's Robert Karlsson broke away from a four-way tie for first with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take sole possession of the lead after two rounds of the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash. ,Karlsson turned in a bogey-free round that featured seven birdies to leave his fellow first-round co-leader...
L.A. mayor: Public transportation only way to go to 2028 Games
Residents of car-dependent Los Angeles -- and visitors -- will be asked to go without their wheels when the city hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics.,Karen Bass, the city's mayor, told reporters in Paris on Saturday that a plan is in place to improve public transit and to ask businesses to shift to a rem...