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Tigers place SS Wenceel Perez (oblique) on 10-day IL
The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Wenceel Perez on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left oblique strain and recalled outfielder Akil Baddoo from Triple-A Toledo.,Perez left Friday's 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants in the fourth inning with side discomfort. The 24-year-old rookie is ba...
CB Stephon Gilmore visiting Vikings on Monday
Two-time All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore plans to visit the Minnesota Vikings on Monday.,Gilmore told NFL reporter Josina Anderson that he is flying to Minneapolis in his bid to gain employment for the 2024 NFL season. ,Gilmore, who turns 34 on Sept. 19, recorded 68 tackles, two interceptions and...
U.S. women's basketball team faces France, aims for eighth straight gold
An eighth consecutive gold medal in women's basketball is within reach for the United States.,The Americans will face home-country France on Sunday morning at Bercy Arena in Paris in the tournament final.,The U.S. (5-0) is riding a 60-game winning streak in Olympic play that dates back to 1992, wher...
Saturday August 10 Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions for Team USA vs. France and MLB
These are our top betting picks and predictions for the men's Olympic gold medal basketball game between France and Team USA, with some bonus MLB bets....
Serbia defeats Germany for men's basketball bronze
PARIS -- Serbia cruised to men's basketball bronze by defeating Germany 93-83 at the Olympics on Saturday.,The bronze medal is the consolation after Serbia missed a chance to play for gold when they lost by four points to a high-octane U.S. team in the final minutes of their semifinal game two days ...
Ethiopian Tamirat Tola wins men's marathon in Paris
PARIS -- Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the Olympics on Saturday while Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic crown, failed to finish.,Belgium's Bashir Abdi took silver, improving on his bronze from Tokyo, and Kenya's Ben...
Pirates' Paul Skenes ready to pitch near home in L.A.
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie sensation Paul Skenes will get his first chance to pitch near home when he faces the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.,The closest Skenes has pitched this season to nearby Orange County, where he grew up, was at Houston on July 29, when he gave up two runs (one earned) ...
Adrian Del Castillo, D-backs seek encore performance vs. Phillies
Adrian Del Castillo is in the major leagues because Arizona starting catcher Gabriel Moreno went on the 10-day injured list earlier this week.,It took the 24-year-old just two games to etch himself in Diamondbacks' lore.,Del Castillo became the first player in Diamondbacks history to hit a walk-off ...
Max Fried, Braves eye return to win column vs. Rockies
Although things have not gone the Atlanta Braves' way lately, manager Brian Snitker found something positive about the weekend series against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.,"It seems like it's always four days (here)," Snitker said. "(I) kind of like having only three (games).",Atlanta's slump cont...
Blue Jays look to continue momentum at home vs. A's
The Toronto Blue Jays can clinch a winning six-game homestand and also take their series against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon.,Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. can equal his career-best 22-game hit streak in the middle game of a three-game series.,Guerrero went 2-for-4 wi...
Report: Kevin Durant to start for Team USA in final
When Team USA faces France in the men's basketball gold-medal game on Saturday, Kevin Durant will make his first start in the Paris Olympics, The Athletic reported on Friday night. ,Durant, the all-time leading scorer for Team USA, is looking to become the first American man to win four gold medals ...
D-backs top Phils on Adrian Del Castillo's walk-off HR
Adrian Del Castillo belted the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning over the wall in right to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night in Phoenix.,Del Castillo had three hits and two RBIs in his second major league game, including t...
Olympic breaking: Refugee DQ'd, Japan's Ami wins gold
PARIS -- Afghan-born Manizha Talash, a member of the refugee Olympic team at the Paris Games, was disqualified after displaying the words "Free Afghan Women" on her cape during her breaking routine in the competition's pre-qualifiers on Friday.,Talash, a 21-year-old who lives in Spain, wore a light ...
Rockies hand Braves sixth straight setback
Brenton Doyle homered among his two hits, Ryan McMahon and Charlie Blackmon also had two hits, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 in Denver on Friday night.,Jorge Soler, Marcell Ozuna and Ramon Laureano homered, Jarred Kelenic had three hits and Sean Murphy had two hits for the Bra...
Four tied for lead after first round at Boeing Classic
Woody Austin, Steven Alker of New Zealand, Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Gene Sauers each shot a 6-under-par 66 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash.,Austin, who is seeking his fifth win on the Champions Tour, made eight birdies, including...
Diana Shnaider upsets Coco Gauff to reach Toronto quarters
In a third-round battle of 20-year-olds, Russia's Diana Shnaider upset top-seeded Coco Gauff of the United States 6-4, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Toronto.,Shnaider, the 14th seed, has never advanced past the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. Gauf...
Jose Berrios pitches Jays to 3-1 win over Athletics
Right-hander Jose Berrios struck out eight in seven innings, George Springer and Spencer Horwitz homered and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Oakland Athletics 3-1 Friday night.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. extended his hit streak to 21 games with two singles and Ernie Clement had three singles ...
U.S. men disqualifed in 4x100 relay
PARIS -- Canada won the men's Olympic 4x100m relay on Friday after the favored foursome from the United States messed up a changeover and were disqualified.,Andre de Grasse ran a superb last leg to bring the Tokyo silver medalists home in 37.50 seconds for their second gold in the event following th...
Uzbek boxers shine, Algeria's Imane Khelif wins amid gender dispute
PARIS -- Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev and Lazizbek Mullojonov won gold on Friday as Uzbekistan took the lead in the boxing medal tally for the Paris Olympics, while Algeria's Imane Khelif claimed victory in the women's welterweight final.,Muydinkhujaev beat Mexico's Marco Verde in the men's welterweight ...
Beau Hossler rains birdies to take early lead at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Beau Hossler used a sizzling starting stretch on his way to a 10-under-par 60 in the weather-delayed first round of the Wyndham Championship on Friday., ,Hossler's bid for a sub-60 score was denied when he had pars on the final three holes at water-logged Sedgefield Country Club.,...