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Hot offenses to clash when Cubs pay a visit to Nationals
The streaking Chicago Cubs open a nine-game road trip with a three-game series against the Washington Nationals starting on Tuesday night.,Sitting atop the National League Central, the Cubs have won 12 of their past 15 games, including two of three from the Cincinnati Reds over the weekend.,Michael ...
Illinois sportsbook operators hit with per-bet tax of 25-50 cents
Illinois sportsbooks are determining their next move after legislators passed a $55.2 billion budget on Saturday that included a bet fee of 25 to 50 cents per wager.,The bill calls for sportsbooks to pay the tax on every bet, which could be passed on to public bettors. The stock market reacted by de...
Novak Djokovic earns French Open win No. 100, sails into QFs
Novak Djokovic cruised past Cameron Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 on Monday in Paris to reach his 16th consecutive French Open quarterfinals and win his 100th career match on the clay at Roland Garros.,The sixth seed from Serbia will face No. 3-seed Alexander Zverev of Germany in the quarters after Zverev's ...
NFL Network to air all-female 'Good Morning Football' for two days
It will be an all-female cast running "Good Morning Football" -- the NFL Network's Emmy-winning show -- this Thursday and Friday.,Jamie Erdahl, who regularly hosts the weekday program, will be joined on Thursday by Cynthia Frelund, an NFL Network analytics expert; Jane Slater, a reporter for the net...
Three Heisman winners headline 2026 Hall of Fame nominees list
Heisman Trophy winners Robert Griffin III, Cam Newton and Mark Ingram headline the list of 79 players nominated by the National Football Foundation for the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026.,Ingram rushed for 3,261 yards and 42 touchdowns in three seasons at Alabama, which included winni...
Pacers F Jarace Walker to miss at least first 2 games of finals
The Indiana Pacers will be without forward Jarace Walker for at least the first two games of the NBA Finals as he recovers from a right ankle injury.,The finals begin Thursday in Oklahoma City against the Thunder.,Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said Monday on 107.5 The Fan radio in Indianapolis that the...
Lightning sign F Yanni Gourde to 6-year, $14M extension
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed forward Yanni Gourde to a six-year extension worth $14 million on Monday. ,Gourde, 33, was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. ,Gourde played the final 21 games of the season in Tampa after the club reacquired him from the Seattle Kraken in a three-team...
Mariners to retire No. 51 in honor of Randy Johnson in 2026
Seattle Mariners fans will be seeing double 51s next season.,The team announced Monday it will retire the No. 51 worn by Baseball Hall of Fame member Randy Johnson during his nine-plus seasons with the club in 2026. The news came on the 35th anniversary of the day Johnson threw the first no-hitter i...
Mississippi State hires Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor
Mississippi State announced the hiring of longtime Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor to lead its program.,O'Connor, 54, guided the Cavaliers to a College World Series championship in 2015 and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2024.,A three-time national coach of th...
Wild re-sign F Marcus Johansson to one-year deal
The Minnesota Wild re-signed forward Marcus Johansson to a one-year, $800,000 contract on Monday.,Johansson, 34, tallied 34 points (11 goals, 23 assists) in 72 games with the Wild in 2024-25.,The Sweden native collected his 500th career point with an assist at Detroit on Feb. 22.,Johansson has 517 p...
Jazz hire away longtime Celtics exec Austin Ainge
The Utah Jazz hired longtime Boston Celtics executive Austin Ainge as their new president of basketball operations on Monday.,Ainge, 43, worked in the Boston front office for 17 years, most recently as an assistant general manager, and is the son of Jazz CEO and alternate governor Danny Ainge.,"We'r...
Report: Mariners acquiring LHP Joe Jacques from Dodgers
The Seattle Mariners are acquiring left-handed reliever Joe Jacques from the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Post reported Monday.,The return for Los Angeles was not part of the initial report.,Jacques, 30, is 2-1 with a 5.46 ERA and one save in 25 career games (one start) with the Boston Red Sox ...
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Get the best MLB bets for Monday, June 2, including expert picks on White Sox vs. Tigers, Brady Singer strikeouts, and Jackson Merrill total bases. Updated odds and analysis....
Reds' Elly De La Cruz honors sister, homers a day after her death
Cincinnati Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz endured an emotional Sunday as he chose to play one day after the death of his older sister, Genelis De La Cruz Sanchez.,De La Cruz honored her memory with "RIP" written on his cleats and hat for the game against the host Chicago Cubs. When he homer...
Twins carry optimism into series vs. slumping Athletics
Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli isn't big on moral victories, but he was able to maintain a positive view after the Twins lost two of three to the host Seattle Mariners over the weekend.,The Twins will look to bounce back when they begin a four-game series against the Athletics on Monday in West Sa...
Oilers F Connor Brown available for Game 1 vs. Panthers
Edmonton forward Connor Brown, who has been sidelined by an undisclosed injury, practiced on Sunday and will be available when the Oilers play the visiting Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday.,Brown, 31, missed the final two games of the Oilers' five-game series against ...
Rockies look to end 8-game skid at Marlins
The Colorado Rockies and Miami Marlins will look to former shortstops transitioning to second base to help turn things around when the clubs begin a three-game series Monday night in Florida.,Orlando Arcia has made the most of his two starts for the Rockies since being signed off the scrap heap last...
Lynx stay unbeaten with second-half surge to down Valkyries
Natisha Hiedeman scored all eight of her points in two second-half runs, Napheesa Collier returned from a night off with a game-high 24 points and the Minnesota Lynx surged past the host Golden State Valkyries 86-75 on Sunday night in San Francisco.,Returning from a sore knee, Collier completed her ...
No. 7 Tennessee walks off No. 9 UCLA to keep WCWS title hopes alive
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Laura Mealer delivered a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning to give seventh-seeded Tennessee a 5-4 win over ninth-seeded UCLA in a Women's College World Series elimination game on Sunday.,The Lady Vols (47-16) will face Texas on Monday needing to beat the Longhorns twice to adv...
UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn arrested again amid family concerns
UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn was arrested Friday in Hawaii, his home state, for the third time in six days as his family airs their concerns about his mental health.,Penn was previously arrested on May 25 and 26, both times on charges of abuse of a family/household member. Penn's mother, Lorraine Shi...