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Purdue All-American G Braden Smith returning for senior season
Consensus first-team All-American point guard Braden Smith announced Monday that he is returning to Purdue for the 2025-26 campaign.,The finalist for the Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year awards made his announcement on Instagram.,"Running it back one last time," Smith said. "Purdue has given m...

White Sox out to continue fight against Athletics
Athletics left-hander Jeffrey Springs faltered when he faced the Chicago Cubs at the start of April.,On Tuesday, he'll look to keep putting those struggles behind him as the A's start a three-game road series against Chicago's other team, the White Sox.,The White Sox earned their first series victor...

UConn lands transfer G Malachi Smith from Dayton
Dayton guard Malachi Smith is transferring to UConn, the Huskies confirmed Monday.,Smith spent the past four seasons at Dayton and averaged 9.3 points, 5.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals for the Flyers across 86 games (77 starts).,A New York native, Smith had his 2023-24 campaign cut short whe...

Former NL Rookie of the Year Tommy Helms dies at 83
Former National League Rookie of the Year Tommy Helms, a two-time All-Star for the Cincinnati Reds, has died at 83.,The Reds Hall of Fame and Museum announced his death. Cathy Helms, wife of Tommy, said he died Sunday in Cincinnati.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are sad...
Free Agency Silence Speaks Volumes for These Struggling NFL Teams
The 49ers, Browns and Steelers made minimal moves in free agency — and it could cost them in 2025 and beyond....

2025 NFL Draft position series: Running backs
Bank on Boise State's Ashton Jeanty adding to evidence of an all-out running back revival in the NFL.,One of three running backs with a top-30 grade in what sets up as a bountiful class of prospects, the Broncos' ball-carrier is becoming a safe bet to be off the board in the top 12 picks. ,The last ...

Yankees hope bats and weather heat up vs. pitching-strong Royals
Over six months ago, the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals in a competitive four-game division series en route to their first World Series appearance since 2009.,Both teams hold aspirations of eventually reaching the postseason again. In the early going, the Royals and Yankees are hoverin...

PARIVISION tops Team Spirit in ESL One Raleigh grand final
PARIVISION rallied to win the lower-bracket final, then defeated Team Spirit in the grand final on Sunday at the Dota 2 ESL One Raleigh event.,For winning the grand final, PARIVISION took home $250,000 in prize money, $40,000 in club money and 7,040 of the 27,920 ESL Pro Tour points available in the...

FlyQuest alone atop standings through 2 weeks of North 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest are the last unbeaten team at 4-0 through Sunday in the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.,Team Liquid (3-1), Cloud9 (3-1) and 100 Thieves (2-2) also were winners as the second of three weeks of positioning play concluded.,Eight team...

Crew extend St. Louis City's skid, grab top spot in East
Diego Rossi scored and had an assist and Patrick Schulte made five saves as the Columbus Crew defeated host St. Louis City 2-1 on Sunday to move atop the Eastern Conference.,Rossi broke a 1-1 tie in the 55th minute with his fifth goal and third in the past two matches. He was left unattended for a s...

Blue Jackets notch home-and-home sweep of Capitals
Adam Fantilli scored twice and Jet Greaves came up big again for the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, who kept their playoff hopes alive by spurring a 4-1 comeback victory Sunday over the Washington Capitals.,Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for the Blue Jackets (38-33-9, 85 points), who...

Kyle Larson dominates at Bristol for second win of 2025
Kyle Larson had the field covered for the second straight time at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, leading 411 of 500 laps to win the Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday in Bristol, Tenn.,In the ninth race of 2025, Larson started third and dominated the field after swiping the lead from ...

High-scoring Portland downs Sporting Kansas City
Kevin Kelsy scored his second and third goals and also created the sequence leading to an own goal in his side's favor as the visiting Portland Timbers defeated Sporting Kansas City 4-2 on Sunday.,David Ayala also scored and had an assist as Portland (4-2-2, 14 points) extended its unbeaten run to f...

Red Sox's Garrett Crochet brilliant vs. former team White Sox
Garrett Crochet allowed one run on one hit in 7 1/3 innings and Trevor Story homered and drove in three runs Sunday to help the visiting Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago White Sox, 3-1,Crochet (2-1) didn't surrender a hit until Chase Meidroth - one of four players the White Sox acquired when they t...

Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell (ankle) expected to practice in full this week
The Cleveland Cavaliers have apparently avoided disaster, as head coach Kenny Atkinson provided an update Sunday on star Donovan Mitchell, saying the six-time All-Star would participate fully in practice this week.,Mitchell had to exit a 120-113 loss to the Sacramento Kings on April 6 with a spraine...

Braves send RHP AJ Smith-Shawver down to Triple-A
The Atlanta Braves optioned right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday.,Smith-Shawver, 22, is off to an 0-2 start with a 4.61 ERA through three turns in the Atlanta rotation.,He had his best game of the season Saturday, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out seven in five i...

Capitals' Alex Ovechkin to return for rematch with Jackets
The Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets wrap up their season series on Sunday in the nation's capital one day after the Blue Jackets blanked the Capitals 7-0 at home.,The Blue Jackets (37-33-9, 83 points), who have won three straight, still have not been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff...

LYON, FlyQuest atop standings in 2nd week of North 2025 Split 2
LYON and FlyQuest remained unbeaten at 3-0 through Saturday's competition of the LTA North 2025 Split 2 to top the standings in the League of Legends tournament's Positioning Phase in Los Angeles.,Cloud9 and Team Liquid, each 2-1, also won as the second of three weeks of positioning play got underwa...

Brian White (4 goals), Whitecaps blow out Austin FC
Brian White scored four goals and the Vancouver Whitecaps manhandled visiting Austin FC 5-1 on Saturday night.,Emmanuel Sabbi added a goal and one assist for Western Conference-leading Vancouver (6-1-1, 19 points), which has allowed one goal over its last three matches (2-0-1).,Dani Pereira scored f...

Garrett Crochet faces former club as Red Sox look to avoid sweep
The Chicago White Sox have regrouped from an eight-game losing streak by earning their first series victory of the season. They hope to keep channeling that resolve Sunday as they pursue a three-game sweep of the visiting Boston Red Sox.,"It's never give up, never give in and always fight," Chicago'...