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Cubs roar back from 5-run deficit, top A's with 4-run 9th
Dansby Swanson delivered the tying single and Pete Crow-Armstrong followed with the game-winning hit as the Chicago Cubs scored four times in the bottom of the ninth inning to post a 7-6 victory over the Athletics on Thursday night.,Crow-Armstrong also hit a solo homer and Ian Happ slammed a two-run...
Golden Tempo, Renegade headline strong field for displaced Belmont Stakes
Golden Tempo and Renegade, the top two finishers in last month's Kentucky Derby, return to the track for the first time since as they highlight a field of nine horses for Saturday's Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,The final leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown a...
Texas earns back-to-back WCWS titles with G2 win vs. Texas Tech
(OKLAHOMA CITY) Two unearned runs in the fifth inning sparked Texas to a 4-1 win over Texas Tech on Thursday and a sweep of the Women's College World Series' best-of-three championship round.,The Longhorns added two insurance runs two innings later and Texas' pitching made it hold up. The result was...
Yankees' Aaron Judge (ribs) out indefinitely, expected back this season
New York Yankees superstar right fielder Aaron Judge is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with a rib stress fracture on his right side but is expected to return this season, the team announced on Thursday.,Judge, 34, will undergo more testing in approximately four to six weeks to review his pro...
Brewers relievers DL Hall, Grant Anderson exit with injuries
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitchers DL Hall and Grant Anderson both exited Thursday's 12-9 home loss to the San Francisco Giants with injuries.,In the fifth inning, Hall hopped after releasing his 27th pitch of the day, and after meeting with Brewers manager Pat Murphy and the Milwaukee training staff...
Mercury attempt to build momentum in visit to Portland
The Phoenix Mercury halted an unsavory six-game losing streak and now look to earn consecutive wins for the first time this season when they visit the Portland Fire on Friday night.,Two days after Phoenix (3-8) was crushed 111-77 by the visiting Minnesota Lynx -- the 34-point margin representing the...
Wings coming in hot for matchup with Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks play the second of three consecutive home games on Friday when they welcome Paige Bueckers and the surging Dallas Wings.,Last time out, Dallas (6-3) picked up its third consecutive win thanks to a defensive masterclass in a 79-56 home rout of Seattle on Monday. The Wings force...
Division rivals Reds, Cardinals out for stability in latest series
Two teams desperately seeking consistency meet when the Cincinnati Reds visit the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,The teams played two weeks ago in a rain-soaked series in Cincinnati, where both the Friday and Sunday games were rained out, forcing the series to...
Veteran QBs lead Blue Bombers, Stampeders into opener
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders are ready to turn the page after last season's early playoff exits.,The West Division rivals will kick off the 2026 CFL regular season on Friday night in Calgary.,The Stampeders (11-7) and Blue Bombers (10-8) finished third and fourth, respectively, i...
Trump plans to attend NBA Finals next week in New York
President Donald Trump plans to attend an NBA Finals game -- or two -- next week in New York at the invitation of Knicks owner James Dolan.,"The answer is yes," Trump said Thursday of attending the league championship series between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. "(Dolan) has invited me, and ...
Marlins riding momentum into series against struggling Rays
For the Miami Marlins in the past six games, it has been sweeps week.,Winners of three straight, the National League East club will look to continue the enjoyable aspect of sweeping when it renews its in-state rivalry with the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in a three-game series that starts Friday night.,...
Swiss striker Breel Embolo gets visa, cleared to enter U.S.
Switzerland forward Breel Embolo could not travel with the team on Tuesday due to a flagged visa, but the Switzerland football federation on Thursday announced that Embolo would be joining his teammates later this week.,"We have just been informed that Breel Embolo's visa has been approved," a state...
Sky, Sun both aim to snap out of early-season funks
Wins have been hard to come by for both the Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun.,The Sky hope to avoid a sixth straight loss and finally notch their first win at home this season when they face the Sun on Friday night.,Chicago (3-6) has gone winless since a 3-1 start and lost four of the last five games...
Canada name Maxime Crepeau starting GK over Dayne St. Clair
Maxime Crepeau will start in goal for Canada at the World Cup, coach Jesse Marsch revealed Thursday.,Marsch had to decide between two starting-caliber goalkeepers in Crepeau and Dayne St. Clair, both Major League Soccer veterans. The coach said last week that he would be "tormented" when having to t...
Sean Payton expects QB Bo Nix to participate in minicamp June 16-18
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix is on track in his recovery from a fractured ankle and expected to participate in mandatory minicamp on June 16-18, head coach Sean Payton said Thursday.,The Broncos' first three days of voluntary OTAs concluded Thursday, the first session open to the media. Nix was...
Las Vegas signs 10-year extension for Formula 1 race
Formula 1 announced a 10-year extension Thursday to keep a race in Las Vegas through 2037.,F1 came to the agreement with Las Vegas Grand Prix Inc., officials in Clark County and the city's tourism agency, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.,The Las Vegas Grand Prix debuted in November 2...
Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun part of 4-way tie for Memorial lead
Former U.S. Open winners Wyndham Clark and J.J. Spaun share the first-round lead of the Memorial Tournament with Ryan Gerard and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood after they each shot 5-under-par 67 on Thursday in Dublin, Ohio.,Two weeks out from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, Clark and Spaun showed wh...
Giants rack up 20 hits, stave off Brewers 12-9
Eric Haase hit a grand slam and Jung Hoo Lee had four hits to extend the longest current hitting streak in the major leagues to 12 games as the visiting San Francisco Giants hung on for a 12-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.,Casey Schmitt homered and Bryce Eldridge and Matt Chapman each ...
Reports: Duke-Michigan hoops game moving to Marlins’ ballpark
Instead of playing in the World's Most Famous Arena, Duke and Michigan will clash in a baseball park more than a thousand miles away.,The highly anticipated matchup between the Blue Devils and national champion Wolverines is in the process of moving to the Miami Marlins' loanDepot Park rather than M...
Dillon Dingler, Tigers ride power surge into opener vs. Mariners
A turn of the page on the calendar has transformed the Detroit Tigers into an offensive juggernaut.,Punchless in the month of May when the team won just six games, Detroit's offense erupted for 25 runs during a three-game road sweep this week against American League-best Tampa Bay., ,The Tigers will...