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D.C. United acquire M Caden Clark from CF Montreal
D.C. United acquired midfielder Caden Clark from CF Montreal, both clubs announced on Thursday.,In exchange, Montreal receives up to $800,000 in a cash-for-player trade and retains a sell-on percentage.,Clark, 22, joins D.C. as a U22 Initiative player and is under contract through 2025 with options ...
College Football Futures: Bet the Over on These Three CFB Win Totals
From Notre Dame to Georgia, our college football staff breaks down the best value plays for 2025 win totals....
MLB Best Bets Today: Thursday August 21st Top Baseball Betting Picks
Top MLB picks today include Red Sox vs. Yankees betting value, Mets vs. Nationals run total, and a Sonny Gray strikeout prop bet for Thursday August 21st....

Texans S Jimmie Ward facing domestic violence civil suit
Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward is now facing a civil lawsuit in addition to a felony domestic violence charge.,A woman filed suit Wednesday in Harris County (Texas) District Court alleging she was "violently assaulted multiple times, both sexually and physically" by Ward, including in front of th...

Rays, Cards look to make up ground in wild-card races
The St. Louis Cardinals travel to Florida's coast to face the Tampa Bay Rays for this first time this season in a three-game series that opens Thursday night.,Saturday's matchup, originally the second contest of the series, was moved to Thursday and became the opener to avoid the conflict of playing...

Yankees, Red Sox open crucial 4-game AL East series
On consecutive weekends in June, the New York Yankees dropped five of six games to the Boston Red Sox and were in the initial stages of a slide that eventually knocked them out of first place in the American League East.,The Yankees are showing signs of rebounding from their two-month malaise and wi...

Gavin Sheets seeks to power Padres to series win vs. Giants
In making five deals on the trade deadline day last month, the San Diego Padres sought to fix weaknesses.,One of the newer strengths manifested itself in Wednesday night's 8-1 rout of the visiting San Francisco Giants. Gavin Sheets, who started for most of the first four months but has been a bit pl...

Rockies take aim at Clayton Kershaw in bid to take series vs. Dodgers
The Colorado Rockies entered the week having lost 10 straight games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.,After taking two of the first three contests, the Rockies can win the four-game series and finish their homestand with a 6-2 record if they defeat the Dodgers again on Thursday afternoon in Denver.,Los An...

HEROIC roar back for CS:GO win at Esports World Cup
HEROIC rallied from a map down and took the decisive third map in overtime while defeating Team Spirit 2-1 on Wednesday in the opening day of action in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Aurora Gaming, 3DMAX and TYLOO also pulled off 2-1 vict...

Jets trade for Browns DT, reportedly get another from Vikings
The New York Jets put their attention firmly on the defensive tackle position Wednesday, trading with the Cleveland Browns for one player then reportedly striking a deal with the Minnesota Vikings for another.,First, the Jets acquired second-year defensive tackle Jowon Briggs from the Browns in exch...

WTA roundup: Alycia Parks upsets Emma Navarro in Monterrey
Alycia Parks knocked out top-seeded Emma Navarro 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in an all-U.S. second-round match at the Abierto GNP Seguros on Wednesday in Monterrey, Mexico.,After dropping the first set, Parks got the lone service break of the second set for a 2-0 lead. She added breaks on each of Navarro's first ...

Padres smack 4 homers to back JP Sears in win over Giants
Gavin Sheets homered twice and JP Sears earned his first win with the San Diego Padres in their 8-1 rout of the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.,Sears (8-10), making his second start with San Diego after being traded there along with closer Mason Miller at the trade deadline on July...

Sparks overcome Paige Bueckers' 44, beat Wings at buzzer
Kelsey Plum canned a jumper at the buzzer as part of her 20-point effort, capping a wild fourth quarter and lifting the host Los Angeles Sparks to an 81-80 win over Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings on Wednesday.,Bueckers, the top overall selection in this year's draft, finished with 44 points -- ...

Yusei Kikuchi, Angels snap lengthy skid vs. Reds
Luis Rengifo drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings as the Los Angeles Angels snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Cincinnati Reds with a 2-1 on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Yoan Moncada hit a home run and Mike Trout ...

Italian duo win U.S. Open mixed doubles title
The Italian pair of Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori successfully defended their U.S. Open mixed doubles championship on Wednesday, defeating Poland's Iga Swiatek and Norway's Casper Ruud 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 in the final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.,Errani and Vavassori captured their third Grand ...

Giants RHP Landen Roupp knocked out of game by line drive
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp was knocked out of Wednesday night's game at the San Diego Padres in the bottom of the third inning after getting struck in the back of the right thigh by a line drive.,Roupp was drilled by Ramon Laureano's shot up the middle, which came off the bat...

Leagues Cup roundup: Miami, minus Lionel Messi, edges Tigres
Luis Suarez converted twice from the penalty spot, including an 89th-minute winner, and Inter Miami overcame Lionel Messi's injury absence to defeat Tigres UANL 2-1 in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Miami manager Javier Mascherano was also sent off at halftime. H...

Shohei Ohtani roughed up as Rockies top Dodgers
Hunter Goodman had three hits and three RBIs, Jordan Beck also had three hits to back six solid innings by Tanner Gordon, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Tyler Freeman, Brenton Doyle and Mickey Moniak had two hits each for Colorado, which took ...

MLB roundup: Phillies get 20 hits, complete sweep of M's
Kyle Schwarber doubled, homered and had five RBIs, while leadoff man Trea Turner had five of Philadelphia's 20 hits as the Phillies defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 11-2 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep.,Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo (12-6) allowed one run on three hits o...

Report: Bullet shot into Andy Reid's office with him inside in 2024
As Andy Reid prepares his team for the start of the 2025 season, news broke Wednesday of an event that could have ended in tragedy for the Kansas City Chiefs head coach during the 2024 offseason.,According to a report by The Kansas City Star, three bullets were fired in the direction of the Chiefs' ...