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Spurs make savvy offseason moves to build around Victor Wembanyama
San Antonio strengthened its championship hopes by adding Tobias Harris and Billy Donovan to support Victor Wembanyama and a rising young core....
Athletics place All-Star 1B Nick Kurtz (thumb) on 10-day IL
The Athletics placed All-Star first baseman Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right thumb capsule sprain.,Kurtz, 23, sat out Friday's 14-1 setback to the Chicago White Sox and also will miss the All-Star Game on Tuesday in Philadelphia.,Kurtz was set to be the American League sta...
Haeran Ryu cards historic 60 at Evian Championship
Haeran Ryu carded the lowest round in major championship history on Saturday, finishing with an 11-under-par 60 to take a three-stroke lead entering the final round of the Evian Championship in Evian-les-Bains, France.,Ryu nearly finished with a 59 -- unbeknownst to her at the time -- but her 30-foo...
World Cup quarterfinal best bets: England vs. Norway, Argentina vs. Switzerland
Get the best betting picks for Saturday's World Cup quarterfinals, including England vs. Norway and Argentina vs. Switzerland....
UFC 329 predictions: Best bets for Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway
Conor McGregor returns after five years away to face Max Holloway at UFC 329. Check out our best bets and predictions for the entire main card....
Why the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Trade to the 76ers Still Doesn’t Make Sense
The Celtics' decision to trade Jaylen Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and draft picks leaves major questions about Boston's championship future....
South Africa's Jayden Adams, 25, dies after playing in World Cup
Jayden Adams died at age 25 after playing in three World Cup games last month for South Africa, the country's football players union confirmed Saturday.,No official cause of death was released. ,"The South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) is devastated by the untimely passing of Mamelodi Sundo...
Scottish Open interrupted by 2 1/2-hour fog delay
Play at the Scottish Open resumed Saturday after a delay of nearly 2 1/2 hours due to heavy fog.,The third round had started and 17 players were on the course as the fog worsened, forcing the suspension at 10:45 a.m. local time (5:45 a.m. ET). Play resumed at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, S...
Hanwha Life outlast LYON, gain finals berth in Mid-Season Invitational
Hanwha Life rallied to a 3-2 win over LYON on Saturday to advance to the grand final in the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational in Daejeon, South Korea.,Hanwha Life will square off against Bilibili Gaming in the grand final, with the winner receiving $500,000 and qualifying for this fall's 202...
Report: Germany, Jurgen Klopp agree to contract
Jurgen Klopp and the German Football Association are in agreement on a deal that will make him the head coach of the German men's national team, The Athletic reported Saturday.,All that remains is to reach an agreement with Red Bull -- where Klopp has been the head of global soccer since January 202...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto bids to give Dodgers length vs. D-backs
The Los Angeles Dodgers know they can count on Yoshinobu Yamamoto to throw a lot of innings, and that trait is of extra importance entering Saturday's game against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.,The Dodgers used seven pitchers Friday after Shohei Ohtani (left knee) was scratched from his start, ...
Cards starter Matthew Liberatore has something to prove vs. Braves
Both sides will need their starting pitchers to chew up innings on Saturday night when the visiting Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals meet for the second contest of a three-game set.,Following a rain delay that spanned 2 hours and 43 minutes in the series opener on Friday -- a game that St....
Kazuma Okamoto hopes to power Blue Jays past Padres
It's not been the season the Toronto Blue Jays envisioned. Even after a 5-3 win to start their weekend series Friday night at the San Diego Padres, they're four games under .500 and 1 1/2 games out of the American League's last wild-card spot.,Imagine how much worse off they'd be if Kazuma Okamoto w...
Reds aim to keep finding new ways to win vs. Cubs
The Cincinnati Reds are getting creative in their effort to remain in the National League wild-card race.,Spencer Steer figures prominently in those plans for the Reds, who continue their three-game series against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday.,Steer made his first career start in center fie...
Rangers focused on rival Astros with All-Star break looming
At the very least, the Texas Rangers ensured on Friday that the Houston Astros wouldn't bypass them in the American League West standings prior to the All-Star Game break.,The Rangers turned a four-run eighth inning into a 7-3 victory over the Astros in the opener of a three-game series between divi...
Seeking home series win, Orioles ride momentum into rematch vs. Royals
The last two times the Baltimore Orioles opened a home series with a victory, in June, they lost the next two games.,They'll try to reverse that trend when they have a rematch with the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.,Baltimore rode Samuel Basallo's two-run homer in the eighth inning to Friday ...
Cristopher Sanchez, Phillies bid for bounce-back effort vs. Tigers
Cristopher Sanchez's Cy Young Award candidacy took a hit in his last start.,The left-hander will try to bounce back when the visiting Philadelphia Phillies face the red-hot Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.,Sanchez was rocked for nine runs and 12 hits in 3 1/3 innings at Kansas City on Monday, raisi...
Rays, laden with All-Stars, hope to outshine struggling Mariners again
The Tampa Bay Rays are riding a power surge and sporting a new All-Star, the team's fifth, and will try to keep rolling Saturday afternoon when they face the Seattle Mariners in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,The American League East-leading Rays hit four home runs in Friday night's 7-2 rout of the Mariners,...
Pirates add infielder for flexibility ahead of Brewers doubleheader
The Pittsburgh Pirates didn't stand pat on Friday despite seeing their scheduled series opener against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers rained out.,Pittsburgh sent the 34th overall pick in the upcoming MLB Draft and left-hander Jaden Woods to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Jacob Gonza...
Hot Red Sox put travel woes behind, seek to clinch series vs. Mets
The Boston Red Sox left Citi Field on Friday night uncertain who their starting pitcher would be on Saturday.,That may be just a small hurdle to overcome for a team that's already figured out how to win a game immediately after a nightmarish travel experience.,The surging Red Sox will look to clinch...