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Report: P Daniel Espino to make long-awaited arrival in Cleveland
Daniel Espino reportedly is closer than ever to making his major league debut with the Cleveland Guardians.,Espino, a right-handed pitcher, is expected to be called up from Triple-A Columbus on Friday before the Guardians open a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers, The Athletic reported.,Right...
Broncos LB Jonathon Cooper arrested again, felony charge added
Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper was arrested Thursday on multiple charges that he violated a protection order filed against him earlier this week.,Cooper initially was arrested and jailed in Douglas County (Colo.) early last Friday on misdemeanor domestic violence charges before being rele...
Report: NFL will not discipline Chiefs DBs coach Dave Merritt
An NFL investigation into Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt did not turn up enough evidence to warrant league discipline, NFL Network reported Friday.,Merritt was arrested on April 23 and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery in a case involving a daughter. He entered a not g...
President Trump will not attend U.S. team's World Cup opener
President Donald Trump will not be in attendance when the United States opens its World Cup competition against Paraguay on Friday in Inglewood, Calif.,That was confirmed by Andrew Giuliani, the CEO of the World Cup task force, in an interview with a radio station in the United Kingdom.,"He's not go...
Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, Giants' Bryce Eldridge gear up for weekend series
Two powerful left-handed hitters will take aim at a first career deposit into the San Francisco Bay when Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Chicago Cubs open a three-game series against Bryce Eldridge and the host Giants on Friday night.,The series will be a rematch of fourth-place teams in their respectiv...
A's eager to continue power display in opener vs. Rockies
The Athletics are halfway through a six-game expedition in their future home city of Las Vegas. They will continue the stretch when they host the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.,The three-game series will cap a week in which the Athletics are trying to establish relationships in Las Vegas as well ...
Astros, Royals striving to escape the doldrums
The Houston Astros have appeared in the postseason in eight of the past nine seasons, winning two World Series.,But they enter the start of a three-game road series Friday night against the Kansas City Royals in fourth place in the American League West, five games behind the first-place Seattle Mari...
Cardinals carry positive vibes into series opener vs. Twins
The St. Louis Cardinals landed in Minnesota with their confidence sky high.,A 5-4 loss in Thursday's series finale at the New York Mets did little to dampen the Cardinals' spirits. They had earned victories in their previous six games in a row, and they will look to get back to their winning ways wh...
Shohei Ohtani likely to play as division-leading White Sox, Dodgers square off
A weekend series between two division leaders -- the White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers -- already was minus one Japanese slugger as Chicago's Munetaka Murakami remains on the injured list with a strained right hamstring.,Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts, however, alleviated fears that star Shohei Oh...
Juan Soto works to turn corner as Mets open set vs. Braves
The first few months of the season had been good to Juan Soto.,Then June arrived, and his statistics took a hit. Through nine games this month, Soto is averaging .147 at the plate, with a .237 on-base percentage and a .265 slugging percentage.,But after he came up clutch in the Mets' 5-4 win against...
Marlins carry shutout streak, win streak into series at Pittsburgh
The Miami Marlins will look to continue a pair of impressive streaks on Friday night when they open a three-game series against the host Pittsburgh Pirates.,The Marlins have back-to-back shutouts while extending their winning streak to a season-high five games.,Miami followed an 8-0 home victory ove...
Reds stumble into series against similarly struggling D-backs
The Cincinnati Reds couldn't correct their downward spiral while on the road, so they will try to level things out when they start a six-game homestand against the equally struggling Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.,The Reds have lost six of their last seven games, most recently falling 5-4 against t...
Padres optimistic Fernando Tatis Jr.'s rise can continue vs. Orioles
The San Diego Padres would like to see more signs of a power stroke returning for Fernando Tatis Jr.,The next chance for Tatis to muscle up comes in the opener of a three-game series against the host Baltimore Orioles on Friday.,San Diego is coming off a 5-4 victory against the Cincinnati Reds on We...
Nationals, smarting from historic collapse, attempt to recover vs. M's
The Washington Nationals will try to put perhaps the worst loss in franchise history behind them when they open a three-game series against the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday night.,Washington led 9-1 at San Francisco in the eighth inning on Wednesday and were poised to complete a 5-1 road trip...
Red Sox sliding, Rangers rising ahead of weekend series
Third baseman Caleb Durbin is hot, but the same can't be said for the Boston Red Sox.,Boston will enter its Friday night home game against the Texas Rangers, the opener of a three-game series, looking to end a four-game losing streak. Most recently, the Red Sox fell 7-5 at Tampa Bay on Wednesday, wh...
Dodgers manager: Concern over Shohei Ohtani's knee 'not high'
Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is day-to-day after exiting Los Angeles' Thursday game at Pittsburgh in the top of the seventh inning because of left knee inflammation.,Ohtani went 2-for-2 with his second home run in as many games and had reached base four times before his departure. Santiago Esp...
Texas AG wades into Big 12's Brendan Sorsby deliberations
With the Big 12 weighing how to handle the court-mandated eligibility of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the office of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton warned the conference against sanctioning the Red Raiders.,The 15 Big 12 athletic directors excluding Texas Tech met Tuesday and unanimously...
Ex-LB Darron Lee indicted on first-degree murder in girlfriend’s death
Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the case of his girlfriend's death earlier this year.,A grand jury returned the indictment on Tuesday, USA Today and others reported. Hamilton County (Tenn.) District Attorney Coty Wamp told local outlet WTVC th...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (knee), Justin Wrobleski (hamstring) exit game
Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani exited Los Angeles' Thursday game at Pittsburgh in the top of the seventh inning because of left knee inflammation.,Ohtani was 2-for-2 with his second home run in as many games and had reached base four times before his departure. Santiago Espinal replaced him as t...
Reports: D Darnell Nurse requests trade out of Edmonton
Defenseman Darnell Nurse is asking the Edmonton Oilers to trade him, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.,Nurse, 31, has four years left on his eight-year, $74 million deal that carries a $9.25 million average annual value. His contract includes a full no-movement clause that prevents the Oi...