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Wisconsin starter Billy Edwards Jr. leaves game vs. Miami (Ohio) with injury
Wisconsin starting quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., making his debut Thursday night after transferring from Maryland, left midway through the second quarter of the nonconference opener against Miami (Ohio) with a lower-body injury and will not return., ,Edwards, who passed for 2,881 yards and 15 touch...

MLB roundup: Kyle Schwarber blasts 4 homers in Phillies' win
Kyle Schwarber became the 21st player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game, highlighting the Philadelphia Phillies' 19-4 rout of the visiting Atlanta Braves on Thursday.,Schwarber belted a solo homer in the first inning, a two-run shot in the fourth, a three-run blast in the fifth...

Michael Jordan expresses defiance during, after NASCAR court hearing
A court hearing for the federal antitrust lawsuit among two racing teams and NASCAR had its share of fireworks on Thursday in Charlotte, with retired NBA Hall of Famer (and racing co-owner) Michael Jordan drawing attention in particular for his comments.,Jordan, a co-owner of 23XI Racing team who, a...

Darian Mensah tosses 3 TDs as Duke rolls over Elon
Darian Mensah threw for a career-high 389 yards in his Duke debut, helping the Blue Devils survive a first-half scare and pull away with a 45-17 win over Elon in their season opener Thursday night in Durham, N.C.,The Tulane quarterback transfer lived up to the hype, throwing three second-half touchd...

Three tied at the top in first round of FM Championships
Allisen Corpuz, England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff and South Korea's Sei Young Kim shot 7 under par rounds of 65 and are tied at the top of the leaderboard at the FM Championship in Norton, Mass.,Twenty-seven other players are within four shots of the lead as exactly half of the 144-player field played th...
MLB Wild Card Race: Can Seattle Mariners and New York Mets Hold On?
Seattle and New York have clear wild card cushions entering September, but past playoff sprints suggest underdogs could still crash the field....
WNBA MVP Watch: A’ja Wilson Surges, Napheesa Collier Returns, Alyssa Thomas Stays Steady
With the season winding down, three stars are vying for WNBA MVP. Wilson, Collier and Thomas all make their case in the final two weeks of the regular season....
College Football Week 1 Best Bets: Top Betting Picks & Predictions
Week 1 CFB betting guide: Alabama's Ty Simpson rushing yards prop, Clemson’s defense to test LSU, and Tulane to run past Northwestern....
MLB Best Bets Today: Friday August 29th Top MLB Betting Picks
Today’s MLB picks feature the Blue Jays’ bats against Freddy Peralta and the Cardinals as plus-money home underdogs vs. the Reds....

Venus Williams-Leylah Fernandez pull off upset in U.S. Open doubles
Venus Williams continues to prove that there is more to tennis than larger numbers in age and smaller numbers in rankings which accompany your name.,The 45-year-old Williams and her playing partner, 22-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez, defeated the sixth-seeded team of Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine...

Padres hope Luis Arraez will find his swing in series at Twins
San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt has faith that Luis Arraez will work his way out of a month-long slump at the plate.,Arraez, after all, is a three-time batting champion.,After keeping Arraez out of the starting lineup on Wednesday, Shildt is expected to pencil him back into his traditional No. ...

Bottom-third of order slugs Diamondbacks past Brewers
Tyler Locklear, Alek Thomas and Ildemaro Vargas each drove in a pair of runs on Thursday afternoon to propel the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.,Nabil Crismatt (2-0) threw 5 2/3 innings for Arizona, allowing four runs (two earned) on eight hits, while strik...

Cardinals break away late to split series with Pirates
Jordan Walker hit a two-run home run to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 Thursday afternoon.,Thomas Saggese went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run as the Cardinals earned a split of the four-game series.,Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits i...

Christian Walker blasts two homers, including game-winner in win over Rockies
Christian Walker's second home run of the game broke a tie in the eighth inning and gave the host Houston Astros a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.,The Astros, who took the two of three in the series, also got a homer from Jose Altuve.,Ezequiel Tovar and Yanquiel Fernandez homered for ...

Aiming for wild-card catch-up, Guardians enter key series vs. M's
It's now or never for the Cleveland Guardians, who host the Seattle Mariners in a three-game series beginning Friday.,Seattle has taken control of the final American League wild-card position, owning a three-game lead over the Kansas City Royals, a 4 1/2-game advantage over the Texas Rangers and a f...

Rob Refsnyder homers in return, Red Sox finish 4-game sweep of O's
Trevor Story and Rob Refsnyder homered, and Romy Gonzalez's tiebreaking single in the eighth inning lifted the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles to complete a four-game series sweep Thursday afternoon.,Roman Anthony had two hits for the Red Sox, who went 7-1 on an ei...

Hawaii rides wave of momentum into Arizona visit
A week after Hawaii achieved the biggest win of the coach Timmy Chang era, the Rainbow Warriors are in search of an even larger accomplishment Saturday on the mainland against Arizona at Tucson, Ariz.,Hawaii's 23-20 season-opening win over Stanford at Honolulu last week was the first victory over a ...

NFC East Primer: Sleeping Giants in New York?
Finding a passing lane in the NFC East might be a pipe dream.,Based on the talent and depth assembled by Super Bowl champion Philadelphia, the Eagles are still viewed as the team to beat in the division. Upstart Washington came out of nowhere to beat the No. 1 seed in the NFC, the Detroit Lions, and...

Chasing 21st straight home win, Washington hosts Colorado State
Washington had a losing record last season just one campaign after falling to Michigan in the College Football Playoff national championship game.,Kalen DeBoer fled to become Alabama's coach and player departures were rampant on both sides of the ball. Still, the Huskies managed a 6-0 home mark.,Now...

Guardians release veteran 1B Carlos Santana
The Cleveland Guardians released veteran first baseman Carlos Santana on Thursday, ending his third tenure with the club.,Santana, 39, is having the least productive season of his career, with a .225/.316/.333 slash line through 116 games. His .650 OPS is the lowest of his career.,The 2019 All-Star ...