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Team USA vs. France for Olympic Gold Medal in Men's Basketball: Of Course This is the Matchup
Team USA is one win away from winning the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The hometown team, France, has an opportunity to pull one of the biggest upsets ever....
Friday August 9 Best Sports Betting Picks for Olympics, MLB and NFL Preseason
Friday's sports calendar is packed with an MLB slate of games, Olympic women's basketball, and NFL preseason. These are our top betting picks for August 9, 2024....
Cowboys' Stephen Jones: 'We think the world of CeeDee (Lamb)'
Dallas Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones took a more direct route than his famous father when talking about the potential of re-signing star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to a new contract.,Cowboys owner Jerry Jones created headlines Thursday by saying that he doesn't "have a sense of urgenc...
Rangers-Yankees postponed, doubleheader set for Saturday
Friday's game between the visiting Texas Rangers and New York Yankees was postponed due to forecasts of heavy rain.,The teams will play a single-admission doubleheader Saturday when the forecast is projected for 85 degrees and sunny. The first game will start at 1:05 p.m. ET, with the second game st...
Real Salt Lake acquire veteran M Diogo Goncalves
Real Salt Lake announced the acquisition of veteran attacking midfielder Diogo Goncalves on Friday.,The 27-year-old Portuguese international arrives from Denmark's FC Copenhagen for a reported $3 million fee.,Signed through 2026 with options for 2027 and 2028, Goncalves will occupy a designated play...
Giants' Mark Canha heating up ahead of clash vs. Tigers
The San Francisco Giants will have an opportunity to trot out their newest player in front of the home fans, but he won't need any introduction to the visiting Detroit Tigers on Friday night when the clubs open a three-game series.,Mark Canha will return to the Bay Area as the Giants bid to build on...
Dodgers' Jack Flaherty set for homecoming vs. Pirates
Jack Flaherty returned home when he landed with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline last month. ,That move likely will feel all the more real on Friday night when the right-hander takes the mound against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. ,It will be the first start at Los Angeles in a Dodge...
Zack Wheeler, Phillies look to pick up more steam vs. D-backs
The Philadelphia Phillies have answered a six-game losing streak with four victories in five games.,Philadelphia will look to keep the run going on Friday night when it faces the Arizona Diamondbacks at Phoenix in the second contest of a four-game series.,The Phillies won the opener 6-4 on Thursday ...
Skidding Braves seek turnaround against Rockies
The Atlanta Braves were surging a week ago after posting six wins in seven games and adding 2021 World Series MVP Jorge Soler from the San Francisco Giants at the trade deadline. ,Things have changed in a hurry for Atlanta. A five-game skid punctuated by poor pitching has dropped the Braves out of a...
With Yanks looming, clock ticking on Rangers' playoff chances
The Texas Rangers spent their off day celebrating their first World Series title with a visit to the White House on Thursday.,At seven games under .500 this season, the Rangers are hoping there is enough time to make another postseason run. They are scheduled to visit the New York Yankees on Friday,...
Four-run sixth propels Phillies past Diamondbacks
Trea Turner hit a tiebreaking two-run single and J.T. Realmuto homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night in Phoenix.,Bryce Harper had three hits and an intentional walk as Philadelphia won for the fourth time in its last five games. Re...
Angels ride 6-run 5th to series win over Yankees
Jo Adell hit a two-out, bases-clearing double to highlight a six-run fifth inning as the visiting Los Angeles Angels recorded a 9-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.,The Angels won for the fourth time in six games and took a second straight series from a New York team after winnin...
Phil Mickelson: My playing days may be nearing an end
With just one top-20 finish on the LIV Golf tour this season while missing the cut in two of golf's four majors, Phil Mickleson said on Wednesday that he won't hang on if he's not able to compete at a high level.,Mickelson, 54, a six-time major champion, signed a reported $200 million contract with ...
Jelena Ostapenko cools down Paula Badosa in Toronto
Fourth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia delivered 28 winners while posting a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Spain's Paula Badosa in the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto.,Ostapenko converted 5 of 6 break points while snapping Badosa's six-match winning streak. Badosa won last week's...
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina upsets Daniil Medvedev in Montreal
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina hit 24 winners and recorded a huge upset when he took down third-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open at Montreal.,It marks the first time Davidovich Fokina has defeated Medvedev in five meetings. It also is his th...
Gold medalist Novak Djokovic pulls out of Cincinnati Open
Gold medalist Novak Djokovic withdrew from next week's Cincinnati Open, tournament officials said Thursday.,Djokovic, the World No. 2, is the defending champion of the tournament in Mason, Ohio, and has won it three times. His other titles were in 2018 and 2020.,Djokovic won his first gold medal on ...
Pete Alonso, Mets get to Rockies early in rout
Pete Alonso homered twice and singled, Mark Vientos also went deep, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 in Denver on Thursday.,Francisco Lindor and Tyrone Taylor finished with two hits apiece for New York to back a solid start by Colorado native David Peterson.,Ezequiel Tovar and Bre...
Weekend Preview: Richmond Raceway
After a two-week summer break, the NASCAR Cup Series resumes its schedule in Sunday night's Cook Out 400 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway (6 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- the last short track race of the regular season on the famed three-quarter miler., ,Only four races remain to s...
Steph Curry's 36 sparks Team USA to second-half rally past Serbia
Stephen Curry poured in a game-high 36 points and hit a crucial go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:24 left in regulation, lifting the United States to a 95-91 victory over Serbia on Thursday afternoon in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics. ,The Americans, who have taken h...
American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets WR, claims gold in 400 hurdles
PARIS -- American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her own 400 meters hurdles world record with a time of 50.37 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Thursday.,Anna Cockrell of the United States took silver and Dutchwoman Femke Bol claimed bronze.,McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her previous mark o...