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Start times at Rocket Mortgage Classic pushed to afternoon
Rain delayed the start of the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Saturday, with the PGA Tour announcing the first tee times were moved to 12:48 p.m.,The final pairing of Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai and Taylor Montgomery were set to tee off at 3 p.m.,American Bhatia and Rai, of England, enter...
White Sox host Rockies, look to extend rare win streak
Nothing about the 2024 season has been easy for the Chicago White Sox.,For two nights in a row, however, excellent pitching has led to a rare winning streak for the club ahead of a Saturday afternoon game against the visiting Colorado Rockies.,A day after the White Sox blanked the Atlanta Braves 1-0...
Cloud9, FlyQuest sweep LCS Summer Split matches
Cloud9 and FlyQuest cruised to 2-0 wins on Friday during Week 3 of the League Championship Series Summer Split.,Cloud9 improved to 3-0 by sweeping Shopify Rebellion, while FlyQuest took down Dignitas to move to 2-1.,Eight teams are fighting for six spots in the double-elimination playoff bracket. Th...
Dick Vitale announces new cancer diagnosis
Longtime ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale faces a fourth cancer diagnosis since 2021, he said Friday, and will have neck surgery on Tuesday.,"My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous," the 85-year-old Vitale announced Friday afternoon on X whi...
Drew Thorpe's solid outing helps White Sox top Rockies
Drew Thorpe threw six solid innings, helping lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Friday.,In his fourth career start, Thorpe (2-1) allowed just two runs on two hits, striking out four and walking one. Tommy Pham finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs and two walks, a...
Whitecaps face St. Louis City as both seek to end recent downturns
The Vancouver Whitecaps and St. Louis City will try to reverse recent struggles when they meet on Saturday night in the Pacific Northwest.,Vancouver (7-7-4, 25 points) has lost back-to-back matches and won only twice in its past 10 after a promising start to the season.,Ryan Gauld leads the team wit...
NYCFC build big first-half lead, defeat Orlando City
Santiago Rodriguez scored early and New York City FC added two more goals in first-half stoppage time in a 4-2 victory over visiting Orlando City on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.,Rodriguez continued the best season of his four-year career by netting his eighth goal in the 15th minute. Hannes Wolf ...
Timbers roll into matchup with slumping Minnesota United
The red-hot Portland Timbers look to stretch their unbeaten streak to seven games when they host struggling Minnesota United FC on Saturday.,A victory would put Portland (7-7-6, 27 points) ahead of Minnesota (8-6-5, 29 points) in the Western Conference standings, underscoring the Timbers' dominant p...
Austin FC seek another road win vs. lowly Sporting KC
Austin FC hit the road to play Sporting Kansas City in an important Western Conference match for both teams Saturday in Kansas City, Kan.,Austin hopes to keep its position in the playoff push, while Sporting KC is looking for anything positive.,Austin (7-7-6, 27 points) is in a three-way tie for six...
Hiroyuki Fujita takes narrow lead at U.S. Senior Open
Hiroyuki Fujita of Japan holds the 36-hole lead at the U.S. Senior Open, shooting a 4-under 66 on Friday to edge in front of Australian Richard Green at Newport (R.I.) Country Club.,After both Fujita and Green opened the major championship with rounds of 63, they sit comfortably at 11-under 129 and ...
Atlanta United try to end home slump against Toronto FC
Atlanta United have made some strides under interim coach Rob Valentino, going unbeaten at 1-0-2 in his three matches.,The Five Stripes (5-8-6, 21 points) will look to continue that form when they play host to Toronto FC (7-10-3, 24 points) on Saturday night.,Atlanta conceded an 89th-minute goal in ...
Lewis Morgan back to provide boost as Red Bulls face D.C. United
The New York Red Bulls struggled to pile up wins and points while Lewis Morgan was spending time trying to help his native Scotland in the Euros.,After New York won once in four matches without its leading scorer, Morgan will return to the Red Bulls on Saturday night when they host D.C. United in Ha...
No. 1 Nelly Korda out of England event after dog bite
World No. 1 golfer Nelly Korda withdrew from an upcoming tournament in England after being bitten by a dog.,Korda, 25, announced Friday that she will be unable to compete in next week's Ladies European Tour event.,Korda is the defending champion at the Aramco Team Series tournament in Hemel Hempstea...
Braves take on Pirates to begin 9-game homestand
The Atlanta Braves will play their fourth game in three different cities over a three-day span when they open a nine-game homestand on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.,Right-hander Charlie Morton (4-4, 4.20 ERA), who is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA in one career start against Pittsburgh, is sched...
Liquid, NRG sweep LCS Summer Split matches
Team Liquid and NRG cruised to 2-0 wins on Thursday as Week 3 of the League Championship Series Summer Split got underway.,Liquid improved to 3-0 by sweeping 100 Thieves, while NRG downed Immortals for their first victory.,Eight teams are fighting for six spots in the double-elimination playoff brac...
Capitals acquire F Andrew Mangiapane from Flames
The Washington Capitals acquired forward Andrew Mangiapane from the Calgary Flames on Thursday for a draft pick.,The Flames received a 2025 second-round selection that the Capitals got from the Colorado Avalanche for forward Lars Eller in March 2023.,"Today's trade provides us with an increase in va...
Panama scores late goal to stun U.S. in Copa America
Jose Fajardo scored in the 83rd minute to help Panama stun a short-handed United States team 2-1 in Group C of Copa America in Atlanta on Thursday.,His goal came with the U.S. down a man when Tim Weah was issued a red card in the 18th minute. The sides evened in the 88th when Adalberto Carrasquilla ...
NFL ordered to pay $4.7 billion in damages in 'Sunday Ticket' lawsuit
The NFL plans to appeal a ruling by a federal jury in Los Angeles on Thursday that found the league liable for more than $4.7 billion in damages over antitrust violations related to DirecTV's "Sunday Ticket" packages.,The jury, after about five hours of deliberations across two days, voted unanimous...
Five White Sox pitchers combine to blank Braves in 1-0 win
Luis Robert Jr. homered and five pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox edged the visiting Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Thursday to stop a four-game losing streak.,Chicago made the most of four hits in the makeup of a game rained out on April 3. Michael Kopech worked around a two...
Ally Ewing, Jennifer Kupcho part of three-team tie for Dow lead
Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho carded an eagle on their way to a 6-under 64 to join a three-team tie for first place after one round of the Dow Championship on Thursday in Midland, Mich.,The all-Thailand team of Chanettee Wannasaen and Jaravee Boonchant and two top-12 players in the world, Ruoning Y...