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Miles Mikolas leads Cardinals to shutout of Padres
Miles Mikolas and four St. Louis Cardinals relievers combined to shut out the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night.,Mikolas (6-7) scattered seven hits over five-plus innings. He struck out one and didn't walk a batter.,Steven Matz, Phil Maton, JoJo Romero and Ryan Helsley followed with one inning ap...

CoD Black Ops 6 playoff field finalized at Esports World Cup
FiveFears, 100 Thieves, OMiT and Boston Breach clinched playoff berths Friday to round out the field of eight at the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 tournament at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Teams played elimination and decider matches Friday to determine the second team from each group ...

FURIA, Team Liquid among 5 to advance at IEM Cologne
FURIA, Astralis, HEROIC, 3DMAX and Team Liquid grabbed the final five berths into the group stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event as the play-in stage wrapped up Friday in Germany.,FURIA swept Astralis 2-0 in the last of the upper-bracket matches where the winner advanced to the next stag...

Guardians-Royals ppd. due to weather; twin bill set for Saturday
The Kansas City Royals' series opener against the visiting Cleveland Guardians was postponed Friday due to inclement weather.,Instead, Kansas City and Cleveland will take the field for a split doubleheader Saturday. Game 1 will begin at 1:40 p.m. CT, with the nightcap following at 6:15 p.m.,The club...

Red Sox place IF Marcelo Mayer (wrist) on IL, recall David Hamilton
Boston Red Sox rookie Marcelo Mayer was placed on the 10-day injured list on Friday, retroactive to Thursday, as the infielder suffered a right wrist sprain.,Infielder David Hamilton, who has played 62 games for the Red Sox in 2025, was recalled from Triple-A Worcester.,Before Boston opened a three-...

Minnesota United hope to move up Western Conference against St. Louis
Minnesota United boasts the third-best record in the West table as it prepares for a Saturday night match at St. Louis City SC.,But it's not a stretch to say that Minnesota could be leading the conference - in fact, all of MLS - comfortably if it could master the art of holding a lead.,Minnesota (11...

Red Bulls, Fire clash in pivotal Eastern Conference affair
A pair of teams fighting for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference meet on Saturday night as the Chicago Fire face the visiting New York Red Bulls.,The Red Bulls (9-9-6, 33 points) and Fire (9-9-5, 32 points) are ninth and 10th in the East standings, respectively. The Fire, though, have a match i...

Struggling Atlanta United aim to surprise Sounders
Wrapping up a three-game homestand, slumping Atlanta United is in desperate need of a rare victory on Saturday against the visiting Seattle Sounders.,Atlanta (4-11-8, 20 points) has gone seven consecutive matches (0-4-3) without a win, last earning the full three points on May 28 in a 3-2 victory ov...

Rapids hope to break through stingy Union defense
The Colorado Rapids will hope to build off a historic result from the week before when they visit the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.,The Rapids (8-10-6, 30 points) snagged an unlikely draw against the Seattle Sounders on July 16 when forward Darren Yapi dribbled through a maze ...

Dodgers' Mookie Betts out of lineup vs. Sox, could return Saturday
Mookie Betts did not travel with the Dodgers and will not play Friday night when Los Angeles faces the host Boston Red Sox as he deals with a personal matter, manager Dave Roberts told reporters Friday.,However, Betts is expected to arrive in Boston around the 7:15 p.m. ET start of Saturday's game. ...

Avalanche trade F Oskar Olausson to Sharks for F Danil Gushchin
The Avalanche and Sharks traded forwards, with Danil Gushchin headed to Colorado in exchange for fellow forward Oskar Olausson.,Russian native Gushchin notched two goals and five points in 18 games from 2023-2025 with the Sharks, who drafted him in the third round of the 2020 NHL Draft.,He recorded ...

ATP roundup: Arthur Cazaux reaches first career final in Austria
France's Arthur Cazaux took down countryman and sixth seed Arthur Rinderknech 7-5, 6-3 to reach his first ATP final at the Generali Open on Friday in Kitzbuhel, Austria.,Cazaux, 22, fired off eight aces without a double fault and won 31 of 37 first-service points (83.8 percent). Ranked No. 100 in th...

Yankees acquire 3B Ryan McMahon from Rockies
The New York Yankees acquired third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for two minor league pitchers on Friday.,The Yankees will send left-hander Griffin Herring and right-hander Josh Grosz to the Rockies in exchange for McMahon, who was viewed as one of the top available pos...

Birdie run has Adrian Meronk tied at top of LIV UK
Adrian Meronk of Poland used a run of five birdies in six holes to forge a three-way atop the leaderboard after the opening round at Hemel Hempstead, England.,Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Branden Grace of South Africa also share first place after all three leaders shot a 6-under par 65 at Centurion ...

Florida PG Boogie Fland (hernia) out after surgery
Florida point guard Boogie Fland is sidelined while recovering from a recent sports hernia procedure.,Gators coach Todd Golden said Fland had the surgery on July 3 and missed the last three weeks of summer workouts.,"He'll be back when school starts," Golden told reporters. "He could have played thr...

Valkyries' All-Star F Kayla Thornton (knee) to miss rest of season
All-Star forward Kayla Thornton will miss the remainder the season for the expansion Golden State Valkyries after undergoing surgery on her right knee Friday, the team announced.,Thornton sustained the injury in practice this week.,She recorded career-best averages in points (14.0) and rebounds (7.0...

Lottie Woad leads Nelly Korda by 2 at Scottish Open
England's Lottie Woad, competing in her first tournament as a pro, has a two-stroke lead over World No. 1 Nelly Korda at the midway point of the ISPS Women's Scottish Open.,Woad, 21, carded a 7-under 65 on Friday to move to 12-under at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the No. 1 amateur...

Cup Series set to Ty a bow on first ever In-Season Challenge
Where the NASCAR Cup Series once had its "Dale and Dale Show" at Daytona in 1993, on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway there will be plenty at stake when the "Ty and Ty Show" takes to the 2.5-mile oval at the legendary Brickyard.,Over 32 years ago, Dale Jarrett beat Dale Earnhardt to win the...

Mets acquire LHP Gregory Soto from Orioles
The New York Mets bolstered their bullpen on Friday by acquiring left-handed reliever Gregory Soto from the Baltimore Orioles.,In exchange, the Orioles received two minor league prospects in right-handers Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster.,Soto, 30, has made 45 relief appearances this season wit...

Caitlin Clark rookie card sells for record $660k
Even in an injury-plagued season, Caitlin Clark's impact off the court remains large after her rookie trading card sold for $660,000 at a Fanatics Collect auction this week.,The card, which represents Clark's 2024 season with the Indiana Fever, is a Panini WNBA Rookie Royalty card that includes an a...