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Mavericks win NBA draft lottery in stunner
The winner of the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes is the Dallas Mavericks.,The Mavericks surprisingly won the No. 1 overall pick in Monday's NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago, and will surely use the pick on Flagg, the Duke star who excelled as a freshman in his one college season.,Dallas will get the chance to...

Chiefs playing on Christmas again vs. Broncos; Bears-Eagles on Black Friday
The Kansas City Chiefs will play on Christmas Day for the third year in a row, as Amazon Prime Video announced Monday it will carry the Chiefs' home game against the Denver Broncos on Christmas night.,The Chiefs faced a different AFC West rival on Christmas in 2023 when they lost to the visiting Las...

Pirates activate SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa (right hamstring strain) from 10-day IL
The Pittsburgh Pirates activated shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa from the 10-day injured list while also optioning Liover Peguero to Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday.,Kiner-Falefa was placed on the injured list on May 3, retroactive to May 1, with a right hamstring strain.,The infielder had reportedly r...

Americans Coco Gauff, Peyton Stearns power into Rome QFs
Coco Gauff and Peyton Stearns ensured the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia would feature two American women when they won their Round of 16 matches on Monday in Rome.,On a day free of upsets, Gauff had perhaps the most impressive victory when the No. 4 seed breezed past Great Britain...

Leafs' Max Domi fined for hit on Panthers' Aleksander Barkov
The NHL fined Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi $5,000 on Monday for boarding Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov.,The incident occurred in the final moments of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference second-round series on Sunday night in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won 2-0 to even the best-of-se...
Oklahoma City Thunder's First Title Could Be the Start of an NBA Empire
Oklahoma City is primed to be your 2025 NBA champion, but GM Sam Presti faces a bigger question: trust the system, run it back, or trade the future for immortality?...
Leafs Melting, Hellebuyck Leaking, and the NHL Playoffs Are a Beautiful Mess
Toronto chokes, stars vanish, and chaos reigns as the Panthers pounce and every NHL semifinal tilts toward mayhem....
NBA Free Agency 2025 Looks Like a Whole Lot of Nothing
LeBron’s not leaving. Harden probably isn’t either. In a summer short on cap space, NBA stars are staying home, and cashing in while they do....

Vancouver Surge notch first victory in CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying
The Vancouver Surge recorded their first win with a sweep of Boston Breach on Sunday in Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying round.,Also winning with sweeps were the Atlanta FaZe (3-1) and Toronto Ultra (3-0).,The Stage 4 Major qualifying round has the league's 12 teams playing five qualif...

Panthers shut out Maple Leafs, tie series at two apiece
Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 to even their second-round playoff series on Sunday night in Sunrise.,The Eastern Conference best-of-seven series, tied at 2-2, will continue on Wednesday in ...

Rockies fire manager Bud Black due to poor start
The Colorado Rockies dismissed manager Bud Black on Sunday while in the midst of one of the worst starts in major league history.,Bench coach Mike Redmond was also let go by Colorado. Third-base coach Warren Schaeffer was named interim manager for the remainder of the season.,The announcement came j...

Orioles activate RHP Zach Eflin to face Angels
The Baltimore Orioles activated right-hander Zach Eflin from the injured list to start in Sunday's series finale against the Los Angeles Angels.,The Orioles optioned right-hander Colin Selby to Triple-A Norfolk. They also activated left-hander Trevor Rogers from the injured list and optioned him to ...

Vitor Belfort named to UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Former light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, the promotion announced.,Belfort (26-14, 1 no contest) made his professional MMA debut at 19 years of age on Oct. 11, 1996. The Brazilian defeated Jon Hess via knockout in 12 seconds of the first round despit...

Patrick Mahomes enters high school HOF, partners with Texas schools
Three-time Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes was among nine people enshrined in the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame on Saturday -- and he left a piece of himself in his home state.,Mahomes played at Whitehouse High School, near Tyler, Texas, and went on to Texas Tech before the Kansas City C...

Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff avoid upset bug, advance in Rome
Three of the five top seeds in the women's draw were upset Saturday at the Italian Open in Rome. On Sunday, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff made sure it did not happen again.,Top seed Sabalenka came from behind to defeat former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, while the fourth-seeded...
Rafael Devers Refuses Red Sox Position Switch, Boston's Front Office Owns the Blame
Rafael Devers is resisting a move to first base, but the Red Sox front office missteps, from poor communication to past roster blunders, are the real cause of the conflict....

Heretics remain undefeated in CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying
The Miami Heretics won on Saturday over Cloud9 New York and are solidly atop the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying standings with a 4-0 record and plus-6 map differential.,Other winners on Saturday were Minnesota Rokkr, the Los Angeles Thieves and Optic Texas.,The Stage 4 Major qualifyi...

Red Sox's Romy Gonzalez goes to IL, but Rafael Devers doesn't go to 1B
The Boston Red Sox placed utility infielder Romy Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left quad contusion, which further taxes the team's depth at first base.,Gonzalez had been part of the platoon filling the shoes of Triston Casas, who ruptured the patellar tendon in his left knee on...

FC Cincinnati stay tied atop East with win over Austin FC
FC Cincinnati midfielder Gerardo Valenzuela was in the right place at the right time in the 76th minute Saturday night, catching a crosser from forward Evander and volleying a right-footed game-winning goal against visiting Austin FC 2-1. ,The win kept Cincinnati (8-3-1, 25 points) undefeated at hom...

Joe Ryan, Twins shut down Giants for 7th straight win
Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer and Joe Ryan tossed six innings of one-run ball as the Minnesota Twins held on for its seventh straight win, 2-1 over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday in Minneapolis., ,Larnach and Harrison Bader doubled for the only other extra-base hits for Minnesota, which c...