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Reports: RHP Nick Martinez accepts Reds' qualifying offer
Right-hander Nick Martinez accepted the Cincinnati Reds' $21.05 million qualifying offer, multiple outlets reported Monday.,Martinez, 34, opted to stay put after a breakout season in which he finished 10-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 42 games (16 starts) and struck out 116 batters in 142 1/3 innings.,The dea...
UMass fires coach Don Brown amid 2-8 season
UMass fired coach Don Brown on Monday after a 2-8 start to his third season.,Offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery will be the interim coach for the Minutemen's final two games.,Brown's record was 6-28, including 1-11 in his first year back with the program in 2022.,Brown, 69, previously served as ...
Report: White Sox reach deal with OF Austin Slater
The Chicago White Sox have reached an agreement with free agent outfielder Austin Slater, the New York Post reported Monday.,Terms were not reported for the 31-year-old veteran, who split the 2024 season between the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles. He hit a combined .209 ...
Astros' stadium renamed Daikin Park through 2039
The Houston Astros will now play baseball at Daikin Park under a 15-year naming-rights partnership announced Monday.,The agreement with Daikin Comfort Technologies North America Inc. takes effect on Jan. 1 and runs through the 2039 season.,Previously known as Minute Maid Park since 2002, the 41,000-...
Week 11 MNF: Cowboys-Texans Preview, Props & Prediction
The battle of the Lone Star State plays out in primetime Monday night when the Texans visit the Cowboys, who are winless at home and trotting out backup Cooper Rush at quarterback with Dak Prescott done for the season.,Losing streaks usher each team into "Monday Night Football." Houston coughed up a...
De'Aaron Fox aims to continue torrid run as Kings host Hawks
De'Aaron Fox etched his name into NBA history by scoring 109 points in a two-night span.,After getting a day of rest, Fox will look to continue his epic scoring spree when his Sacramento Kings host the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.,Fox scored a franchise-record 60 points in Friday's 130-126 overtim...
Great Osobor helps Washington hold off UMass Lowell
Great Osobor scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds as Washington pulled out a 74-69 victory against visiting UMass Lowell on Sunday night in a nonconference game in Seattle.,Tyler Harris, Zoom Diallo and Tyree Ihenacho each scored 12 points, and Luis Kortright added 10 for the Huski...
49ers star DE Nick Bosa aggravates hip, injures other hip
San Francisco 49ers All-Pro defensive end Nick Bosa aggravated a hip injury and hurt his other hip in the process during Sunday's 20-17 home loss to the Seattle Seahawks.,Bosa, 27, had dealt with a hip issue leading up to the game and was listed as questionable, but suited up and finished with 1 1/2...
Wisconsin fires offensive coordinator Phil Longo
Wisconsin fired offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Phil Longo on Sunday, one day after a 16-13 home loss to top-ranked Oregon.,The Badgers are tied for 97th nationally in scoring offense at 23.9 points per game and 91st in total offense (363.1 yards per game).,"This morning, I informed Phi...
JT Toppin, Texas Tech roll into tilt vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Texas Tech has another chance to light up the scoreboard when it hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday night in Lubbock, Texas.,In the early portion of its schedule, Texas Tech (3-0) has been dominant. The Red Raiders have coasted through their nonconference slate with a 33.7-point average margin of v...
Hornets star LaMelo Ball fined $100K for anti-gay phrase
The NBA fined Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball $100,000 Sunday for using "offensive and derogatory" language during a postgame TV interview.,At issue was an anti-gay phrase Ball used when answering a sideline interviewer's question about defending the last shot against Milwaukee's Giannis Antetok...
Slumping Red Wings plan to treat Sharks as 'very, very big game'
The Detroit Red Wings are in dire need of turning the corner when they visit the San Jose Sharks on Monday.,The Red Wings arrive in San Jose with only one victory in their last five outings and having dropped the first two clashes in their set against the trio of California teams. Detroit opened a f...
Mississippi State chases down Utah to win 78-73
Josh Hubbard scored 23 points and Mississippi State outscored Utah by 16 points at the foul line to win 78-73 in the Mid-South Showdown on Sunday afternoon in Southaven, Miss.,KeShawn Murphy added 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulldogs (4-0). Cameron Matthews scored 12 points, including five fre...
Maxime Raynaud, Stanford knock off UC Davis
Maxime Raynaud overpowered the UC Davis defense both inside and out for a career-high 33 points and 14 rebounds Sunday afternoon, helping Stanford remain unbeaten with a 79-65 victory over the visiting Aggies in a nonconference game.,Ty Johnson countered with 26 points and UC Davis (2-2) outshot the...
Wings win No. 1 pick in WNBA draft lottery
The Dallas Wings will pick first in the 2025 WNBA Draft after winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history.,Sunday's lottery awarded the No. 1 overall selection to Dallas, which had 227 chances out of 1,000 to have its number called.,The Los Angeles Sparks, who had the best odds...
No. 11 Tennessee hits 100 in blowout of Austin Peay
Igor Milicic Jr. scored a season-high 23 points and recorded nine rebounds, helping lead No. 11 Tennessee to a 103-68 win over visiting Austin Peay on Sunday.,Zakai Zeigler added 19 points and eight assists for Tennessee (4-0), becoming the fifth player in program history to record 500 career assist...
Great Britain advances to face Slovakia at Billie Jean King Cup semis
Great Britain's Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter defeated Canada's Rebecca Marino and Leylah Fernandez, respectively, on Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain.,Raducanu won 6-0, 7-5 to lead things off before Boulter followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win to ous...
Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 6 Notre Dame stuffs Lafayette
Hannah Hidalgo posted a season-high 29 points, five assists and five steals, Olivia Miles nearly had another triple-double and No. 6 Notre Dame led wire to wire in a 91-55 thrashing of host Lafayette on Sunday in Easton, Pa.,Miles, playing a homecoming game minutes away from her hometown of Phillips...
Bruins, looking to 'grind' through inconsistent play, face Blue Jackets
With a 2-2-2 record in their previous six games, the Boston Bruins continue searching for more consistent effort and energy when their three-game homestand picks up Monday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.,Jim Montgomery's team was unable to find both in a 3-2 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues o...
Dolphins' aerial attack downs Raiders
Jonnu Smith caught six passes for a career-high 101 yards and two touchdowns and Tua Tagovailoa threw three touchdown passes to lead the host Miami Dolphins to a 34-19 win over the Las Vegas Raiders in Miami Gardens, Fla.,The Dolphins (4-6) won back-to-back games for the first time this season as th...