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Padres have eyes squared on playoff run as they visit Nationals
The San Diego Padres resume their playoff push when they open a three-game series at the Washington Nationals on Friday.,San Diego opens the second half 5 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West and a half-game ahead of the San Francisco Giants for the final NL wild-card...
White Sox, Pirates keep eyes on future through struggles this season
Both the Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates are projected to be sellers over the next two weeks leading up to the July 31 trade deadline.,As the White Sox head to Pittsburgh on Friday night, both squads still hope to finish the 2025 campaign on positive notes as they continue their respect...
Reports: Steelers, T.J. Watt agree to record 3-year, $123M deal
Star linebacker T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to a three-year, $123 million contract with $108 million guaranteed, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.,The $41 million per year average will make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history, topping the $40 million avera...
Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick in 5-way tie for lead at Open Championship
Harris English and England's Matt Fitzpatrick joined Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen, China's Haotong Li and South Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout with 4-under-par 67s to share the first-round lead of the Open Championship on Thursday at Portrush, Northern Ireland.,Golfers battled wind gusts and, for t...
NCAA places Memphis basketball, softball on probation
The NCAA has placed the University of Memphis athletic department on probation for two years and levied financial penalites because of academic integrity violations in the men's basketball and softball programs.,An NCAA investigation found that an academic counselor paid two softball players to do c...
Chiefs' Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail, 5 years probation
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will serve 30 days in jail and five years of probation for his involvement in a Texas multicar crash last year, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.,The sentence followed his guilty plea to two third-degree felony counts: collision involving serio...
North Carolina, Bill Belichick flip 4-star Ohio State commit
Four-star safety Jakob Weatherspoon flipped his commitment from Ohio State to coach Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels.,The 5-foot-10, 175-pound Buckeye State prospect from Avon High School is ranked No. 14 at his position and No. 9 in Ohio by the 247Sports composite in the 2026 recruit...
England's Matt Fitzpatrick, 2 others share early lead at Open Championship
England's Matt Fitzpatrick joined Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen and China's Haotong Li with 4-under-par 67s to become early leaders during the first round of the Open Championship on Thursday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.,World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and England's Matthew Jordan bo...
England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, 2 others share early lead at The Open Championship
England's Matt Fitzpatrick joined Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen and China's Haotong Li with 4-under-par 67s to become early leaders during the first round of the Open Championship on Thursday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.,England's Matthew Jordan (68) was a stroke back, while Denmar...
Evander makes FC Cincinnati history as Inter Miami's win streak ends
All-Star midfielder Evander set an FC Cincinnati record with a goal in his fifth consecutive match in a 3-0 win over visiting Inter Miami Wednesday night.,Evander's left-footed shot from the center of the box found the bottom right corner of the net to double Cincinnati's lead early in the second ha...
Drama not enough to save MLB All-Star Game from ratings dip
The first "swing-off" in Major League Baseball All-Star Game history wasn't enough to save the Midsummer Classic from a 3 percent ratings drop.,Tuesday night's game averaged a 3.8 rating and drew 7.19 million viewers on Fox, according to Nielsen, down from 7.44 million last year and the second-fewes...
Wimbledon enjoys best ratings since Federer, Serena days
Wimbledon's massive momentum continued with the third Grand Slam of 2025 drawing its best television ratings since before the COVID-19 pandemic.,Iga Swiatek's first Wimbledon title -- the first 6-0, 6-0 "double bagel" in a women's Wimbledon final since 1911 -- averaged 1.9 million viewers. That was ...
John Mateer expected to guide Oklahoma back to winning ways
In the summer of 2021, John Mateer committed to FCS program Central Arkansas since nobody anywhere viewed him as a major-college quarterback.,A decommitment five months later and an eventual signing with Washington State paved the road of opportunity for Mateer, who is now receiving an estimated $3 ...
Billy Napier: Gators ready for gauntlet schedule, can 'compete with any team'
Watching his basketball counterpart cut down the nets at the Alamodome was a moment of euphoria Billy Napier wouldn't mind experiencing himself in January. ,National championship might not have been on the Napier bingo card on Wednesday at SEC Media Days, but the embattled Florida coach didn't mind ...
Report: Rangers give snubbed Nathan Eovaldi his $100K All-Star bonus
The Texas Rangers thought starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi deserved a berth on the American League All-Star team, but he wasn't selected.,They decided to pay the right-hander the $100,000 All-Star bonus called for in his contract anyway, ESPN reported Wednesday.,Eovaldi, 35, is 7-3 on the season with...
Royals re-acquire INF Adam Frazier in trade with Pirates
The Kansas City Royals are bringing back veteran Adam Frazier, trading fellow infielder Cam Devanney to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange on Wednesday.,Frazier, 33, signed as a free agent with the Royals before the 2024 season and with the Pirates before the 2025 season.,Last season in Kansas City,...
Kyle Schwarber powers NL to first 'swing-off' win at All-Star Game
ATLANTA -- The National League beat the American League 4-3 in the All-Star Game's first-ever "swing-off" on Tuesday night.,The game was tied 6-6 after nine innings, so the teams competed in a three-man Home Run Derby in which AL manager Aaron Boone selected Brent Rooker, Randy Arozarena and Jonatha...
Home Run Derby enjoys 5% viewership bump, but ratings still lag
The 2025 Home Run Derby saw a 5 percent increase in viewership, though ratings for the event were still below most years since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.,Monday night's event, won by Seattle's Cal Raleigh over Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero, averaged a 2.7 rating and drew 5.73 million viewers. T...
NBA Finals drive ABC ratings rebound
The NBA Finals going the full seven games provided a significant boost for ABC, which saw its sports viewership increased 17 percent in June compared to May, according Nielsen's monthly report "The Gauge.",After the first few games of the series between Indiana and Oklahoma City generated poor ratin...
FC Cincinnati face tough task with visit from surging Inter Miami
After letting a two-goal lead slip away against the Columbus Crew in a 4-2 loss, FC Cincinnati aim to bounce back at home against Inter Miami on Wednesday night.,Cincinnati (13-6-3, 42 points) dropped to second place in the Eastern Conference with its loss Saturday night, but it is only one point ba...