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Report: Russell Westbrook picking up $4M option with Clippers
Guard Russell Westbook plans to pick up his $4 million option and return to the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2024-25 season, ESPN reported Saturday.,Westbrook, a former league MVP and two-time scoring champion, was a key contributor off the bench for the Clippers last season. He averaged 11.1 points,...

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...
Top 2024 NBA Free Agents: Potential Suitors, Landing Spots For Paul George, Demar DeRozan, and More
Top NBA free agents in 2024 include players like Paul George and Demar DeRozan, but which teams could be suitors for these All-Stars?...
Saturday June 29 Best Sports Betting Picks For MLB, WNBA
These are our best sports betting picks and predictions for the MLB and WNBA on June 29th, 2024....

Reports: D'Angelo Russell to opt in, stay with Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell plans to exercise his $18.7 million option to remain with the team, according to multiple reports.,Russell was acquired at the 2023 trade deadline and put up two strong regular seasons -- including setting a franchise record last season with 226 3-pointers i...

Red Sox aim to bounce back vs. Padres behind Tanner Houck
The Boston Red Sox will have right-hander Tanner Houck on the mound Saturday when they attempt to end the visiting San Diego Padres' four-game winning streak.,Houck (7-5, 2.18 ERA) began the season battling to win the fifth spot in Boston's rotation but has quickly become the team's ace. He leads th...

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...

Struggling D-backs staff gets Zac Gallen back to face A's
Zac Gallen returns from a 30-day absence when the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Oakland Athletics on Saturday in the middle contest of a three-game set at Phoenix.,Gallen has been sidelined since injuring his right hamstring against the New York Mets on May 30. He said he sustained the injury on his...

Yankees hope bats continue to come alive vs. Blue Jays
The visiting New York Yankees ended a four-game losing streak with a season-best offensive explosion against the Toronto Blue Jays that they will try to carry over to Saturday afternoon.,The Yankees hammered out 18 hits in a 16-5 victory over Toronto Friday night to gain a split of the first two gam...

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...

A's hit four homers to roll past D-backs, end road skid
Zack Gelof went 3-for-4, including a tiebreaking triple, and scored twice and the Oakland Athletics hit four homers during a 9-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.,Shea Langeliers went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs and Tyler Soderstrom hit a solo homer as Oakland s...

Grant Holloway wins men’s 110 hurdles at U.S. track trials
Grant Holloway won the men's 110-meter hurdles while heavily favored Noah Lyles cruised into the finals of the men's 200 meters on Friday at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore.,Holloway, who set the meet record in the event of 12.81 seconds on Wednesday, finished in 12.86 on Frid...

Mercury extend Sparks' road skid to seven in row
Kahleah Copper scored 24 points, Brittney Griner had 18 points and 11 rebounds for her first double-double of the season, and the Phoenix Mercury extended the struggling Los Angeles Sparks' woes thanks to a dominant second half in Friday's 92-78 decision in Phoenix. ,Phoenix (9-8) went on a 13-4 run...

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...

Christian Eckes leads every lap in win at Nashville Superspeedway
Christian Eckes dominated the NASCAR Truck Series' Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn., on Friday, as the 23-year-old led all 150 laps -- the first time a driver has led every race lap in 12 years., ,Eckes, driver of the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet, raced ...

Yankees end slide, blast Blue Jays 16-5
Juan Soto hit a three-run home run and Gleyber Torres added a two-run shot and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 16-5 Friday night.,Torres also had a sacrifice fly and Aaron Judge had three hits and two RBIs as the Yankees scored a season-best in runs to end a four-game lo...

Yanks end slide, blast Blue Jays 16-5
Juan Soto hit a three-run home run and Gleyber Torres added a two-run shot and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 16-5 Friday night.,Torres also had a sacrifice fly and Aaron Judge had three hits and two RBIs as the Yankees scored a season-best in runs to end a four-game lo...

Under new leadership, Quakes seek better play vs. Galaxy
The San Jose Earthquakes have been the worst team in MLS this season and it cost Luchi Gonzalez his job as coach.,Interim head coach Ian Russell will lead the team into battle Saturday night when the Earthquakes host the Los Angeles Galaxy at Stanford Stadium.,The Earthquakes (3-14-2, 11 points) hav...

Oilers sign G Calvin Pickard to two-year extension
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard signed a two-year, $2 million contract extension on Friday.,Pickard, 32, went 12-7-1 with a 2.45 goals-against average and .909 save percentage in 23 games (20 starts) during the regular season as the backup to starter Stuart Skinner. ,In three appearances (...

Blues acquire C Alexandre Texier from Blue Jackets
The St. Louis Blues acquired center Alexandre Texier from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday for a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. ,Texier, 24, was a second-round selection of the Blue Jackets in the 2017 draft and posted 79 points (34 goals, 45 assists) in 201 games with Columbus.,The Fra...