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Orioles place RHP Dean Kremer (quad) on IL, recall Brandon Young
The Baltimore Orioles placed veteran right-hander Dean Kremer on the 15-day injured list with a right quad strain, the team announced on Thursday evening.,Kremer was slated to start Friday night's series opener against the visiting Boston Red Sox. The Orioles have recalled righty Brandon Young from ...
Mariners' big bats waking up ahead of series at Cardinals
Maybe the Seattle Mariners' big three are finally getting over their World Baseball Classic hangovers.,Over their just-completed six-game homestand, Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez and Josh Naylor's bats started to heat up.,The Mariners went 3-3 against a pair of American League West rivals, the Texas ...
Andrew Benintendi hits tiebreaking 3-run HR as White Sox down Diamondbacks
Andrew Benintendi hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon.,Chase Meidroth walked off Paul Sewald (0-3) to open the ninth and took second on a sacrifice bunt before pinch-hitter Edgar...
Padres score 5 in ninth to rally past Rockies
Gavin Sheets' three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Thursday capped a five-run rally enabling the San Diego Padres to outslug the host Colorado Rockies 10-8 in Denver.,Sheets' third homer of the year, all against Colorado pitching, scored Xander Bogaerts and pinch runner Bryce Johnson. It s...
Tyler Glasnow dominates as Dodgers blank Giants
Tyler Glasnow allowed just one hit in eight shutout innings, Tanner Scott threw a scoreless ninth and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a three-game series sweep with a 3-0 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon.,Max Muncy scored twice, while Dalton Rushing and Hyeseong Kim d...
Qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo stuns Grigor Dimitrov in Madrid
Qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo of Paraguay won in his ATP Masters 1000 debut as he set aside Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the second round of the Madrid Open.,Vallejo, 21, is just the second Paraguayan to register a Masters 1000 win since the series began in 1990. The other was Ram...
Blue Jays in evaluation mode as homestand opens vs. Guardians
The Toronto Blue Jays will try to gain some traction during a six-game homestand that starts Friday night against the Cleveland Guardians.,The Blue Jays completed a 4-5 road trip with a 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday as they continue to seek the magic of last season.,The loss snappe...
Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner, 2B Willi Castro injured vs. Padres
The Colorado Rockies lost their starting pitcher and second baseman to injures in the first three innings of Thursday's home game with the San Diego Padres in Denver.,Right-hander Ryan Feltner departed after two innings with right triceps tightness. Feltner, 29, worked a 1-2-3 first inning before al...
Thunder's Jalen Williams week-to-week with strained hamstring
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams sustained a Grade 1 left hamstring strain injury and will be re-evaluated on a weekly basis, the team announced.,Williams underwent an MRI on Thursday, one day after he left Oklahoma City's 120-107 victory over the Phoenix Suns in the third quarter due to t...
South Carolina lands 5-star recruit Oliviyah Edwards
Five-star forward Oliviyah Edwards of Washington committed to South Carolina's 2026 recruiting class on Thursday.,The 6-foot-3 Edwards reopened her recruitment earlier this month after originally signing with Tennessee in November.,The No. 5-ranked prospect by the 247Sports composite joins Gamecocks...
Anna Bondar upends Elina Svitolina in Madrid
Hungary's Anna Bondar delivered a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,It was the first career top-10 win for Bondar, who advanced to face Czech teenager Laura Samson in the third round of the WTA 1000 clay-court tournament...
Mets place SS Francisco Lindor (calf) on 10-day IL
The New York Mets placed shortstop Francisco Lindor on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a left calf strain.,Fellow infielder Ronny Mauricio was called up from Triple-A Syracuse to replace Lindor, who sustained the injury Wednesday in the Mets' first win in the past 12 games.,Also on Thursday af...
Chiefs DBs coach Dave Merritt arrested, charged with domestic battery
Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery on Wednesday night.,Merritt, 54, was arrested on Wednesday night and booked into the Johnson County jail, the Kansas City Star reported. ,Per the report, the Johnson County District Attor...
Report: Brazil's Eder Militao not expected to miss World Cup
Brazil defender Eder Militao is dealing with a thigh injury but is not expected to miss this summer's World Cup, ESPN reported on Thursday.,Militao, 28, sustained his latest injury during Real Madrid's 2-1 win against Alaves in LaLiga on Tuesday.,"Following tests carried out today on our player Eder...
Reports: Mets recall Ronny Mauricio, signaling IL stint for Francisco Lindor
Francisco Lindor appears headed to the injured list with a calf strain sustained Wednesday in the New York Mets' first win in the past 12 games, with Ronny Mauricio getting the call to replace him on the roster. ,Mauricio is batting .293 with an OPS of .987 for the Mets' Triple-A affiliate in Syracu...
Italy officials: 'Not appropriate' to replace Iran in World Cup
An American diplomat's suggestion that Italy could replace Iran at the World Cup is "shameful" and "not appropriate," Italian sports officials responded.,Paolo Zampolli, a U.S. special envoy, told the Financial Times that he floated the proposal to President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni In...
BYU's AJ Dybantsa, potential top pick, declares for draft
As expected, BYU forward AJ Dybantsa declared Thursday for the 2026 NBA Draft.,He made the announcement in his hometown of Brockton, Mass., at the Davis School, which he attended as a child.,The 6-foot-9 Dybantsa likely will be one of the top three picks in the draft. Fellow freshmen Darryn Peterson...
Celtics G Derrick White wins NBA Sportsmanship Award
Boston Celtics guard Derrick White was named the 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner on Thursday.,White, 31, receives the Joe Dumars Trophy, named for the inaugural award recipient and Hall of Fame guard.,He is the second consecutive Celtics player to win the award following guard Jrue Holiday in...
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal out for season, expected to play in World Cup
Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has been ruled out for the final six matches of the La Liga season due a torn left hamstring, however he is expected to be ready to compete for Spain in the World Cup, his club announced Thursday.,Yamal sustained the injury during Barcelona's 1-0 victory over Celta Vig...
Canadian team signs Yasiel Puig, despite potential prison sentence looming
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League signed former Major League Baseball All-Star Yasiel Puig for the 2026 season.,How long his tenure with the team will last is up to Judge Dolly M. Gee in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. Puig is sche...