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Best 2024 MLB Trade Deadline Acquisitions
The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline was determined by buyers and sellers, but these acquisitions grade out as the best moves that were made this week....
Katie Ledecky now most decorated female swimmer with relay silver
PARIS -- Katie Ledecky became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of all time, but the U.S. great had to settle for silver as Australia made sure of the 4x200-meter freestyle gold at the Paris Games on Thursday.,China took the bronze, with Canada fourth.,Ledecky now has 13 Olympic medals -- ei...
Winners and Losers of 2024 MLB Trade Deadline
The best part about the MLB trade deadline is breaking down winners and losers. While some teams bought and some teams sold, here's who won and lost the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline....
Simone Biles grabs gold, teammate Suni Lee bronze in all-around
PARIS -- Simone Biles clinched her sixth Olympic gold medal in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Paris Games on Thursday, reasserting her status as the world's best all-around gymnast three years after she withdrew from the same final at the Tokyo Games.,In a tight race between Biles and Brazil's Re...
Chargers QB Justin Herbert (foot) could miss weeks
The Los Angeles Chargers will be missing their star quarterback for most of training camp after Justin Herbert was diagnosed with a plantar fascia injury in his right foot.,Herbert received the diagnosis after Wednesday's practice, the Chargers announced Thursday. Team doctors called for "approximat...
Hungary's Hubert Kos kicks to gold in 200 backstroke
PARIS -- Hubert Kos took Hungary's first swimming gold of the Paris Olympics with a stirring performance in the men's 200-meter backstroke on Thursday.,Kos, who attends the University of Texas, finished in 1:54.26 to become Hungary's first gold-medal winner in the event since 1980.,Apostolos Christo...
With Jimmer Fredette out, U.S. 3x3 team falls to Lithuania
With team leader Jimmer Fredette on the bench with a leg injury, the United States 3x3 men's basketball team remained winless in pool play, falling to 0-3 with a 20-18 loss to Lithuania on Thursday at the Paris Olympics.,Fredette, a former NBA first-round draft pick, suffered the injury with about t...
Simone Biles sparkles to take gold, Suni Lee bronze in all-around
PARIS -- Simone Biles sealed her sixth gold medal with a soaring floor routine and launched into a flag-waving celebration with American teammate Suni Lee, the bronze medalist in the women's gymnastics all-around on Thursday at the Olympic Games.,Biles' score of 59.131 made her the most decorated Ol...
Orioles place INF Jordan Westburg (broken hand) on IL
The Baltimore Orioles placed All-Star infielder Jordan Westburg on the 10-day injured list Thursday as part of a flurry of eight transactions.,Westburg, 25, sustained a broken right hand when he was hit by a pitch from Yerry Rodriguez in the fifth inning of Wednesday's 10-4 win against the Toronto B...
France's Leon Marchand lives Olympic dream with double gold in 200
PARIS -- France's Paris Games poster boy Leon Marchand achieved a swimming first, winning the 200-meter breaststroke and 200 butterfly gold on the same night in Olympic record times at his home Olympics on Wednesday.,The breaststroke gold was his third at the La Defense Arena but the 22-year-old has...
Ravens OLB Malik Hamm (ACL) out for season
Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Malik Hamm will miss the 2024 season after tearing an ACL at practice, coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday.,The Ravens had placed Hamm, a 23-year-old Baltimore native, on injured reserve on Tuesday.,Hamm made the 2023 roster as an undrafted free agent out of Lafaye...
Jackson Holliday, Orioles overpower Blue Jays
Top prospect Jackson Holliday hit a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run in his first game back in the major leagues as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday afternoon.,Holliday, who had only two hits in 34 at-bats in a spring promotion, ret...
Red Sox add RHP Lucas Sims to roster
The Boston Red Sox added newly acquired right-hander Lucas Sims to their roster among a series of moves on Wednesday. ,The Red Sox acquired Sims from the Cincinnati Reds ahead of the trade deadline on Tuesday along with right-hander Luis Garcia. The club will add Garcia to the roster Thursday or Fri...
Report: Two U.S. swimmers test positive for COVID
Two members of the U.S. Olympic men's swimming team have tested positive for COVID-19 in Paris, according to multiple reports.,David Johnston and Luke Whitlock are in isolation at a hotel outside the Olympic Village, SwimSwam.com reported. ,A USA Swimming spokesperson declined to confirm the positiv...
Simone Biles claps back at ex-teammate in escalating feud
PARIS -- Simone Biles crafted a gold medal-worthy caption after the U.S. women dominated the Olympic gymnastics team final in an apparent slam against her former teammate following harsh remarks weeks earlier.,"Lack of talent, lazy Olympic champions," Biles posted on Instagram after the win alongsid...
Keegan Bradley tabbed as U.S. assistant captain for Presidents Cup
Keegan Bradley was selected as the fourth captain's assistant for the United States in the 2024 Presidents Cup.,Bradley, who is the 2025 United States Ryder Cup captain, joins fellow assistants Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard and Kevin Kisner on Jim Furyk's squad. The Presidents Cup will take place at ...
Orioles trade for White Sox DH Eloy Jimenez
The Baltimore Orioles acquired outfielder/designated hitter Eloy Jimenez from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league left-handed pitcher Trey McGough on Tuesday.,Injuries have hampered Jimenez, 27, across his six-year career. He has never played in more than 122 games in a season. Jimene...
Red Sox add bullpen help with trades for RHPs Luis Garcia, Lucas Sims
The Boston Red Sox added some much-needed bullpen help by acquiring right-hander Lucas Sims from the Cincinnati Reds then adding another right-hander, Luis Garcia, from the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline Tuesday.,The Red Sox sent minor league right-hander Ovis Portes to the Reds in exchang...
Reports: Orioles trade for White Sox DH Eloy Jimenez
The Baltimore Orioles traded for Chicago White Sox outfielder/designated hitter Eloy Jimenez on Tuesday, multiple sources reported.,Baltimore's return in the deal is so far unknown.,Injuries have hampered Jimenez across his six-year career. He has never played in over 122 games in a season. Jimenez ...
Great Britain defends 4x200 gold, Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) edges Bobby Finke
PARIS -- Great Britain retained their men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, fending off a dogged challenge by the United States at La Defense Arena.,Australia took the bronze.,The British quartet of James Guy, Tom Dean, Matthew Richards and Duncan Scott clock...