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Orioles re-acquire reliever Andrew Kittredge from Cubs
The Baltimore Orioles have re-acquired relief pitcher Andrew Kittredge in a trade with the Chicago Cubs, the team announced Tuesday.,Kittridge, 35, signed a one-year, $9 million deal with the Orioles as a free agent in January but was sent to the Cubs at the trade deadline for shortstop prospect Wil...

Mariners exercise closer Andres Munoz's option
The Seattle Mariners exercised their $6 million club option for All-Star closer Andres Munoz for the 2026 season on Tuesday.,Munoz, 26, unlocked four $250,000 incentives during the 2025 season to bring his compensation for next season to $7 million. He finished with 38 saves and a career-low 1.73 ER...

Report: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer added to lawsuit over Kawhi Leonard deal
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been added to a lawsuit that contends the defendants committed fraud by using a sustainability company to pay star Kawhi Leonard off the official NBA books.,The initial suit was filed in July, with the tech billionaire Ballmer added on Monday, Front Offic...

White Sox to pick up OF Luis Robert's $20M option
The Chicago White Sox plan to pick up center fielder Luis Robert Jr.'s $20 million option for 2026, ESPN reported Tuesday.,Robert, 28, was limited to 110 games in 2025 and hit .223 with 14 home runs and a career-high 33 stolen bases.,He has played more than 110 games in only one season -- 145 during...

Behind Obed Vargas' brace, Sounders level series with Loons
Obed Vargas notched a brace Monday night and the Seattle Sounders stayed alive in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs with a 4-2 win over visiting Minnesota United.,The result tied the best-of-3 series at 1-1 with the deciding match scheduled for Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn. The seri...

Pittsburgh pulls away late from Youngstown State
Senior Cameron Corhen scored 23 points and sophomore guard Brandin Cummings had 18 points to lead host Pittsburgh to a 74-59 win over Youngstown State Monday in the opener for both schools.,Cris Carroll had 18 for the Penguins and Jason Nelson added 15 for the Horizon League squad.,Nojus Indrusaitis...

Expansion teams to make 2026 debuts in NFL stadiums
NWSL expansion teams Boston Legacy FC and Denver Summit FC will enjoy their franchise's debuts in style.,The two newest NWSL teams will host their first outings at the homes of their NFL counterparts.,Boston and Denver will be the 15th and 16th members of the league, which has grown from just 10 clu...

Report: Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito declines $19M option for 2026
Boston Red Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito declined a $19 million mutual option, triggering a $1.5 million buyout, and is set to head to free agency, the Boston Globe reported Monday.,Giolito, 31, was 10-4 with a 3.41 ERA over 26 starts in his first season in Boston. The Red Sox reserve the right to ...

Reports: Chiefs rookie OT Josh Simmons returns to team
Kansas City Chiefs rookie offensive tackle Josh Simmons returned to the team Monday after missing the past four games for personal reasons, multiple outlets reported.,Simmons, 22, had been dealing with a family matter, according to head coach Andy Reid, and missed games against the Detroit Lions, La...

Father-son Blue Jays fans walk away winners from World Series Game 7
John Bains has been a Blue Jays fan since their expansion season in 1977 and was at Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday, hoping Toronto would prevail against the Los Angeles Dodgers.,It was two home runs by the Dodgers -- a Miguel Rojas 387-foot shot in the ninth inning to tie the game and Will S...
Patrick Mahomes Admits Reality After Loss to Bills: “We’ve Got to Get There First”
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs fall to 5-4 after a crushing loss to the Bills. The reigning AFC champs face a steep climb to stay playoff bound....

Jaguars survive Raiders in OT thanks to failed 2-point conversion
DaVon Hamilton batted down a two-point conversion pass to help the Jacksonville Jaguars escape with a frenetic 30-29 overtime victory over the host Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon.,After Trevor Lawrence's second rushing touchdown gave Jacksonville a 30-23 overtime lead with 3:24 left in the ex...

Loons eye first-round sweep, 4th straight win vs. Sounders
Coaches often say it's hard to beat a team three times in a season.,So what's their stance on four?,Minnesota United FC will try to accomplish that feat Monday night in Seattle and complete a sweep of their first-round, best-of-3 Western Conference playoff series.,The fourth-seeded Loons beat the No...

Jags' Cam Little breaks NFL record with 68-yard field goal
Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little broke the NFL record for longest field goal with a 68-yard kick to close out the first half of Sunday's road game against the Las Vegas Raiders.,The 22-year-old Little, who hit a 70-yard field goal in the preseason, took the record from former Baltimore Ravens ...

Justin Herbert's 3-TD day pushes Chargers past Titans
Justin Herbert threw for 250 yards and had a hand in all three Los Angeles Chargers touchdowns Sunday as they stopped the Tennessee Titans 27-20 in Nashville.,Herbert, who completed 19 of 29 passes with two scores and an interception, capped a 15-play, 9-minute, 99-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown...

Ruby Whitehorn arrested again, dismissed by Tennessee
After her second arrest in the last three months, Tennessee senior guard Ruby Whitehorn has been dismissed from the program, head coach Kim Caldwell announced on Sunday.,Early on Thursday, Whitehorn was reportedly stopped by campus police and charged with misdemeanor simple possession (marijuana)/ca...

Hellen Obiri sets NYC Marathon record, Benson Kipruto wins
Hellen Obiri set a women's course record and fellow Kenyan Benson Kipruto held off countryman Alexander Mutiso Munyao to win the men's race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday.,Obiri pulled away from her fellow countrywoman Sharon Lokedi, the 2022 New York City Marathon winner, to win the event ...

Bob Trumpy, former Bengals TE and network broadcaster, dies at 80
Former Cincinnati Bengals tight end and longtime television and radio broadcaster Bob Trumpy has died. He was 80.,The Bengals announced Sunday that Trumpy "passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family." The team did not provide a cause of death, however.,A pioneer as a pass-catching t...

Predators F Cole Smith (upper body) out 3-6 weeks
The Nashville Predators announced Sunday that forward Cole Smith will miss three to six weeks with an upper-body injury and captain Roman Josi has been placed on injured reserve.,Josi is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury. He last played on Oct. 23.,Smith sustained his injury during N...

Miyu Yamashita charges from 8 shots back to win in Malaysia
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot a final-round 65, then made a birdie putt on the first playoff hole, to come from eight strokes behind to win the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.,Entering play on Sunday, Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea was in control of the tournament, a three-rou...