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Blazers C Deandre Ayton (calf strain) out at least 4 weeks
Portland Trail Blazers center Deandre Ayton suffered a left calf strain during Monday night's game and will miss at least four weeks. ,The team announced Wednesday that an MRI exam confirmed the injury. ,The Trail Blazers also announced that guard Scoot Henderson (ankle sprain) will miss Wednesday's...
Young stars set for 2025 cover of 'MLB The Show'
Elly De La Cruz, Gunnar Henderson and Paul Skenes will share the cover for "MLB The Show 25," Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Tuesday.,The 20th anniversary edition marks the first time that multiple athletes have been featured on the same cover.,De La Cruz is the first Cincinnati Reds playe...
Patty Tavatanakit, Jake Knapp double their lead at Grant Thornton Invitational
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Jake Knapp recorded seven birdies to extend their lead during windy and wet conditions at the Grant Thornton Invitational on Saturday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,The mixed team event featuring PGA and LPGA Tour stars employs three different formats over thr...
Patty Tavatanakit, Jake Knapp take Grant Thornton lead
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Jake Knapp birdied the first nine holes they played and added a late eagle on their way to the first-round lead at the Grant Thornton Invitational on Friday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,The mixed team event featuring PGA and LPGA Tour stars employs three dif...
Duke locks in second-straight No. 1 recruiting class
With the NCAA early signing period now over, Duke has finalized its third top recruiting class in the past four years, according to 247Sports rankings.,Coach Jon Scheyer is bringing in a quartet of five-star recruits, headlined by Cameron Boozer, the No. 2 overall prospect in the 2025 class and son ...
Home Run Derby: Alec Bohm, Jose Ramirez lead after Round 1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Phillies' Alec Bohm and the Guardians' Jose Ramirez are leading the way after the first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night. Bohm and Ramirez tied for the most home runs in the opening round with 21.,The Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. and the Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez are al...
Home Run Derby Primer: Favorites, Sleepers, History, Park Factors
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The 2024 Home Run Derby has plenty of star power.,The Orioles' Gunnar Henderson and the Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. are fast-rising superstars, the Rangers' Adolis Garcia has delivered plenty of fireworks inside Globe Life Field and the Mets' Pete Alonso has become a staple in the der...
O’s Gunnar Henderson a popular pick for Home Run Derby
Two-time winner Pete Alonso is the early favorite to win another Home Run Derby, but he's only the third-most popular pick among bettors so far.,BetMGM reported Thursday that Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles has garnered both the highest share of the tickets (25.5 percent) and the highest s...
MLB tweaks Home Run Derby format; Orioles’ Henderson to compete
Major League Baseball revealed updated rules and a new format for the Home Run Derby going into effect this summer.,The league said Sunday that in the first round and semifinals, participants will see a maximum of 40 pitches over three minutes. That is followed by three bonus outs; players will cont...
Alison Lee gains confidence in her swing, leads Meijer
Alison Lee shot a 7-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the Meijer LPGA Classic on Thursday in Belmont, Mich.,Lee had a busy opening round that featured an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys at Blythefield Country Club. That afforded her a two-shot lead over a group of nine golfers tied fo...
Brooke Henderson: Nelly Korda's dominance 'good for the game'
Brooke Henderson has a trio of third-place finishes among her five top-10s so far in 2024, but she arrived at this week's U.S. Women's Open riding a 16-month winless drought.,Snapping that streak could be difficult going up against World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who has won six of her past seven starts an...
Adam Silver is finally realizing that G League Ignite was always doomed to fail
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. But the only way to improve your jump shot is through shot correction. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is realizing that a shot his league took a few years ago — that many thought looked good when it came off their hands — was always going to be an airb...
Hey, let's give Chelsea a swift kicking while they are down
Far be it from me to kick Chelsea while they’re down after a 4-1 fustigation at the hands of Liverpool . . . wait, that’s precisely what I’d do! So let’s get to it! It’ll be fun!...
2023 NBA turnovers per game leaders
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Here's who we have winning the American League awards
What a difference a year makes. No race for the American League home run record. The reigning MVP Aaron Judge missed significant time due to injury — and this year’s likely runaway winner Shohei Ohtani’s season ended with him on the IL. The Cy Young and Rookie of the Year races were pretty much deci...
Notre Dame-Ohio State should show us how far their QBs can take them
While the big media outlets fall all over themselves to slurp Deion Sanders, there is an actual marquee matchup Saturday that could have real ramifications for the College Football Playoff. No. 6 Ohio State and No. 9 Notre Dame are set to finish their home-and-home stand in South Bend, and it should...
How to completely crap on your legacy, by Jordan Henderson
It’s my fault. I know better than to buy into it, but being so cynical, and assuming that every athlete that seems like he’s above the usual morass isn’t much of a way to live. I wanted to believe in Jordan Henderson, and still do in a lot of ways. ...
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Lotta goals in the desert - World Cup Daily Diary: Day 15
Today was about England and France eyeballing each other over their respective opponents, with the only drama being whether or not they would get caught looking too far ahead. They most certainly did not, engaging in a “Anything you can do..” dance that set them up for a glossy quarterfinal on Frida...
Danny Ainge has turned the Utah Jazz into a League Pass offseason team
Now in his third decade as a general manager or team president, Danny Ainge is in the next stage of what’s been a blessed NBA existence. As a supporting player on a pair of championship Celtics teams, he was one of the league’s first 3-point specialists, and reached the NBA Finals with Portland, the...