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Toronto coach Sandy Brondello suspended 1 game for Angel Reese comment
The WNBA on Saturday suspended Toronto Tempo coach Sandy Brondello one game without pay for comments she made about Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese that the league deemed inappropriate.,During Friday's 111-92 home loss to the Dream, the Tempo's Nyara Sabally was injured after making contact with Rees...
France star Kylian Mbappe breaks World Cup career goals mark
France didn't get the win but Kylian Mbappe got the record on Saturday. For now.,The French star became the all-time leading goal scorer in World Cup history with 22 after his second goal of his club's third-place match against England in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Despite Mbappe's efforts, France lost 6-4...
Window World 450 qualifying rained out; Ryan Blaney placed in pole
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.-"Great lap," quipped Ryan Blaney on Saturday as he addressed reporters in the North Wilkesboro Speedway media center.,Of course, there was no lap, after rain drenched the 0.625-mile short track and forced cancellation of qualifying for Sunday's Window World 450 (7 p.m. ET on T...
Red Sox rally in 7th to extend win streak to 12 games
Wilyer Abreu homered twice to help the Boston Red Sox extend their winning streak to 12 games by beating the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Saturday.,Abreu hit a solo home run in the third, then a two-run homer off reliever Garrett Cleavinger (2-3) that erased a 6-5 deficit in the seventh. Abreu als...
Bukayo Saka hat trick as England top France in wild third-place match
Bukayo Saka recorded a hat trick and Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and Jude Bellingham also scored goals as England produced a wild and crazy 6-4 victory over France in the World Cup third-place match on Saturday at Miami Gardens, Fla.,France star Kylian Mbappe scored twice to raise his total to 10 goals ...
Nolan Arenado moves closer to 2,000 hits as D-backs beat Cards
Nolan Arenado drove in two runs and moved within two hits of 2,000 for his career to lead the host Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday in Phoenix.,Arenado was 2-for-4 and Ketel Marte 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Diamondbacks, who evened the thre...
Salvador Perez moves closer to team record in Royals win over Padres
Salvador Perez moved closer to Royals' history with his two-run homer, Lane Thomas also clubbed a two-run shot and spot-starter Randy Dobnak allowed one run while pitching into the fifth inning, as Kansas City beat the visiting San Diego Padres 6-1 on Saturday.,Thomas set the tone with his homer in ...
WTA roundup: Maria Sakkari reaches hometown final in Athens
Maria Sakkari moved within one victory of lifting a trophy in her hometown Saturday, defeating Russia's Alina Korneeva 6-1, 7-5 to reach the final of the Athens Open.,The fourth-seeded Sakkari controlled the opening set before Korneeva provided more resistance in the second, but the Greek favorite c...
TJ Rumfield drives in four to lift Rockies past Reds
TJ Rumfield went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and four RBIs, as the Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 on Saturday in Denver.,Jake McCarthy and Mickey Moniak each had two hits and two RBIs for Colorado, which recorded 14 hits and snapped a three-game losing skid. Cole Carrigg added two h...
Dru Brown faces former team as Blue Bombers clash with Redblacks
Dru Brown will pay his former team a visit less than a month after being traded when he starts at quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday night at the Ottawa Redblacks.,The Blue Bombers (3-2) may have a quarterback controversy on their hands. Zach Collaros, 37, was off to a poor start to...
World Cup Final Best Bets: Three Picks for Argentina vs. Spain
Check out our three best bets for the 2026 World Cup Final between Argentina and Spain, including a draw prediction, goal band wager and trophy pick....
Reds lock up star RHP Chase Burns with 7-year, $105M extension
The Cincinnati Reds and star right-hander Chase Burns agreed to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension, the club announced Saturday.,Burns, 23, received the largest guarantee of any pitcher in MLB history with less than four years of service time. The deal, which begins next season and runs t...
Yankees, Dodgers postponed due to heavy rain
The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees was postponed due to heavy rain on Saturday and the teams will play a split doubleheader a day later.,Rain was projected throughout the New York area, and the game was postponed roughly three hours before the 8:08 EDT first pitch. It is t...
Orioles, RHP Kyle Bradish agree to 5-year extension
The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a five-year contract extension with right-handed starter Kyle Bradish on Saturday.,The deal is worth $90 million, per ESPN. Per the report, the length of the contract buys out Bradish's last two years of arbitration and the first three seasons of what would have been ...
Mariners activate CF Julio Rodriguez from 7-day concussion IL
Seattle Mariners star outfielder Julio Rodriguez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list Saturday and was in the starting lineup as the designated hitter against the San Francisco Giants.,Rodriguez had been out since leaving a game on July 2 vs. the Los Angeles Angels after he was struc...
Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff to undergo season-ending surgery
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff is set to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.,When speaking to reporters, he made it clear that he is not planning on retiring.,"I'm getting this (surgery) with the intention of rehabbing and taking care of that and being able to pitch again," he s...
ATP roundup: Daniel Merida wins in Umag for first career title
Spaniard Daniel Merida converted 7 of 12 break-point opportunities and won his first career ATP title with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Damir Dzumhur in the final of the Playa Laguna Croatia Umag Open on Saturday.,Merida, 21, became the third-youngest champion in tournament history behind Spain's Ca...
Jared Jones, offense deliver as Pirates cool off Guardians
Esmerlyn Valdez and Jacob Gonzalez both hit two-run homers and Nick Gonzales had a solo shot, all off Gavin Williams, as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday., ,Gonzalez belted a 428-foot homer onto the concourse in ri...
Argentina-Spain tickets soar near $10K for World Cup final
Ticket prices for the World Cup final between defending champion Argentina and Spain continued to soar, approaching $10,000 just 24 hours before Sunday's match in East Rutherford, N.J.,The get-in price has risen 34% over the past three days, reaching $9,627 by 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, according to tic...
ATP roundup: Top two seeds to clash in Bastad final
No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev will face second-seeded Luciano Darderi in the Nordea Open final Sunday after both prevailed in three sets in their semifinal matches Saturday in Bastad, Sweden.,The Russian Rublev defeated No. 3 seed Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, while Italy's Darderi held off un...