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Austin Peay mourning death of football player
Austin Peay confirmed the death of senior defensive back William Hardrick. He was 22.,Hardrick passed away Tuesday but no cause of death or other details were immediately available.,"William Hardrick was an exceptional young man, and our team is heartbroken by his loss," head coach Jeff Faris said i...

Brewers C William Contreras playing through fractured finger
Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras intends to continue playing through a fractured finger that the team believes he first suffered last season. ,An X-ray revealed the fracture on his left middle finger, his catching hand, which had grown so painful the team ordered the scan. Contreras plans...

Rory McIlroy: Only ‘positive vibes’ for future majors with drought over
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- Understandably, Rory McIlroy has had a whirlwind couple of weeks.,McIlroy captured his long-awaited Masters victory and completed the career Grand Slam less than four weeks ago. What followed was a mix of celebration and commitments. He took the next week off from the PGA Tour to v...

Yandy Diaz in question as Rays prepare for rematch vs. Phillies
The Tampa Bay Rays are hoping to have their hottest hitter back in the lineup when they host the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday in the second contest of their three-game series.,Yandy Diaz felt his right hip tighten up on an awkward swing in the sixth inning of an 8-4 loss to the Phillies in the...

Oilers rally past Golden Knights in Game 1
Zach Hyman scored the go-ahead goal with 3:02 remaining and Connor Brown sealed the win 76 seconds later as the Edmonton Oilers rallied to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference second round on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.,Hyman buried a wrist shot from the slot past ...

Phillies drill three opposite-field homers to pain Rays
Zack Wheeler allowed two runs and four hits over seven innings to help the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-4 win against the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday night in the opener of their three-game series.,Wheeler (3-1) struck out nine and didn't walk a batter for the third time in eight starts this se...

Padres star CF Jackson Merrill (hamstring) returns from injury
San Diego Padres star center fielder Jackson Merrill was activated from the 10-day injured list prior to Tuesday night's road game against the New York Yankees.,Merrill missed the previous 24 games since injuring his right hamstring, He last played on April 6.,The injury occurred less than a week af...

Home of 76ers, Flyers to be renamed Xfinity Mobile Arena
The Philadelphia home of the NBA's 76ers and NHL's Flyers will be renamed Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sept. 1.,The new naming-rights agreement for the current Wells Fargo Center runs through 2030-31 and was announced Tuesday by Comcast Spectacor and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment.,The facility on...

Billy Horschel to have hip surgery, miss months
Billy Horschel will undergo right hip surgery next week and miss months of PGA Tour competition, he announced Tuesday.,In a statement posted to X, Horschel offered a timeline that would force him to miss the three remaining major tournaments of 2025. He said he decided to have the surgery, which wil...

Jacob Wilson, A's ride momentum into rematch vs. Mariners
Jacob Wilson is just 62 games into his major league career but he's already earned the reputation as a supreme contact hitter.,The Athletics' shortstop showed off his skills with the tying and winning singles in the series opener against the Seattle Mariners. The teams meet in the middle contest of ...

Oilers have revenge in mind in second-round series vs. Golden Knights
After rallying from a 2-0 deficit to eliminate the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference first round, the Edmonton Oilers head to Las Vegas to take on the Pacific Division champion Vegas Golden Knights in a best-of-seven series beginning Tuesday night.,It's just the second time the Western Con...

Padres star OF Jackson Merrill set to return Tuesday
San Diego All-Star center fielder Jackson Merrill is on track to return to the Padres' lineup on Tuesday, according to manager Mike Shildt.,The 2024 Rookie of the Year runner-up is in New York as the Padres open a three-game series against the Yankees on Monday.,"Scheduled day off today to recover f...

Report: PIF's LIV Golf investment nearing $5 billion
LIV Golf's investors are reaching into their pockets again for funding, with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund nearing $5 billion in spending on the three-year-old league.,LIV Golf Investments, the parent company for worldwide LIV Golf operations, has increased its authorized share capital twice...

Bryce Harper out to mitigate frustration as Phillies visit Rays
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper isn't thrilled with the start to his 14th major-league season.,He will go searching for the swing that's made him an eight-time All Star and two-time NL Most Valuable Player when the Phillies open a three-game series on the road against the Tampa Bay ...

Gregg Popovich speaks, no longer coach but 'El Jefe' with Spurs
Gregg Popovich brought the house down in his first public comments since retiring as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.,Flanked by former players who've become rehabilitation assistants since Popovich suffered a stroke and stepped away from the team early in the just-completed regular se...

Jon Gruden joins arena team's ownership group
Super Bowl-winning coach Jon Gruden joined the ownership group of the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football 1 league on Monday.,Gruden, 61, will have "consulting and advisory roles in all aspects of the team's football and business operations," the team said.,Former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher...

Jazz extend coach Will Hardy through 2031
Following the worst season in franchise history, the Utah Jazz affirmed their commitment to head coach Will Hardy with a contract extension on Monday.,Hardy, 37, has compiled a record of 85-161 (.346) with no playoff appearances through his first three seasons in Salt Lake City. His new multi-year d...

Diamondbacks outlast Phillies in 10 innings to avoid sweep
Corbin Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo each knocked in three runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the finale of their road series with the Philadelphia Phillies with an 11-9, 10-inning victory on Sunday.,Perdomo went 4-for-5 and scored twice, while Carroll and Jose Herrera each added two hits for A...

Venus Williams joins TNT's French Open broadcast team
In TNT Sports' latest move since acquiring 10 years of French Open broadcasting rights for $650 million, the company revealed Saturday that Venus Williams will join its team of broadcasters for the Grand Slam tournament that begins May 25.,The 44-year-old Williams is a seven-time Grand Slam singles ...

Ranger Suarez back for Phillies against struggling Diamondbacks
Sidelined by a sore back for the first five weeks of the season, Ranger Suarez will make his 2025 debut on Sunday afternoon when the Philadelphia Phillies go for a three-game sweep of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.,A staple in the Philadelphia rotation over the last three-plus seasons, Suarez is...