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Sky suspend Angel Reese one half for detrimental comments
One day after Angel Reese was suspended one game by the WNBA, the Chicago Sky added another half-game to her sentence.,Reese will not play in the first half of Chicago's road game Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces due to "statements detrimental to the team" she made in an interview with the Chicago ...
Grambling State Paid Millions for Guaranteed Beatdown vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State is a 55.5-point favorite against Grambling State in a Week 2 game that highlights college football’s money-first scheduling problem....
Yankees’ Aaron Judge back in RF for first time in 6 weeks
New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge will make his first start in the field since July 25 when the club opens a three-game series at home against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.,Judge is playing right field and batting third in the Yankees' lineup as they go toe to toe with the American League East...
Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe win U.S. Open women's doubles title
Third-seeded Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe notched a 6-4, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova on Friday to win the U.S. Open doubles title in New York.,It marks the second time in three years that Dabrowski of Canada and Routliffe (born in Canada, playing out o...
Brewers place reliever Nick Mears (back) on IL
The Milwaukee Brewers placed right-handed reliever Nick Mears on the 15-day injured list on Friday.,The move is due to back tightness and is retroactive to Sept. 2.,In a corresponding move, the Brewers recalled Carlos Rodriguez from Triple-A Nashville.,The news of Mears' injury is not welcome for a ...
Dolphins TE Darren Waller doubtful vs. Colts
Miami Dolphins tight end Darren Waller's official NFL return after a one-year retirement likely isn't going to happen in Week 1, head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Friday.,Per McDaniel, Waller suffered a hip strain before Wednesday's practice and then suffered a setback on Thursday which is exp...
Giants coach eases concern over WR Malik Nabers missing practice
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll expects Malik Nabers to play in the team's season opener against the Washington Commanders despite having his star wide receiver sit out practice on Friday.,Daboll interrupted a question from a reporter by saying that the team intended to keep Nabers out of Fr...
Chargers G Mekhi Becton (illness) questionable vs. Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers right guard Mekhi Becton has been added to the injury report as questionable for Friday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs due to an illness.,Signed to a two-year, $20 million contract in March, Becton is expected to help protect star quarterback Justin Herbert on a team that...
Eagles' Jalen Carter on spitting incident: 'It was a mistake'
Philadelphia Eagles star defensive tackle Jalen Carter owned up to his "mistake" after he was ejected from Thursday's 24-20 season-opening victory over the visiting Cowboys after spitting on Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott.,Carter was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct after he spat at Prescott aft...
College Football Week 2 Best Bets: Illinois vs. Duke, Cy-Hawk, Michigan vs. Oklahoma, and More
College football Week 2 betting preview: Picks for Illinois vs. Duke, Iowa vs. Iowa State, Michigan vs. Oklahoma, Missouri vs. Kansas, and more....
MLB Best Bets September 5th: Expert Baseball Betting Picks, Predictions
Today’s MLB picks include a high-scoring Mets vs. Reds matchup and the Rays extending their win streak against the Guardians....
Yankees eager to avenge series losses vs. East-leading Jays
A disastrous visit to Canada shortly before the All-Star break left the New York Yankees spending their summer catching up in the American League East.,On their best run since May, the Yankees will attempt to inch closer to the division lead on Friday when they host the Toronto Blue Jays for the ope...
Amanda Anisimova ousts Naomi Osaka to reach first U.S. Open final
Amanda Anisimova experienced the worst possible result in her first Grand Slam final.,She will get another chance in the next major championship match.,The eighth-seeded New Jersey native rallied to beat No. 23 Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a U.S. Open semifinal that ended early Frid...
Valkyries edge Wings, clinch playoff bid in first year
Carla Leite broke the game's final tie on a jumper with 2:26 remaining and the Golden State Valkyries became the first WNBA expansion team ever to clinch a playoff spot in its first season with an 84-80 win over the Dallas Wings on Thursday in San Francisco.,A fifth consecutive win pushed the sixth-...
Trent Grisham belts 3-run shot as Yankees hang on vs. Astros
Ryan McMahon recorded a multi-hit, multi-RBI game, and Trent Grisham clubbed a backbreaking three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning as the visiting New York Yankees topped the Houston Astros 8-4 on Thursday to take the rubber match of this three-game series.,The Yankees (78-62) closed to wit...
Nebraska excited to return home for game with Akron
After playing a neutral site game in front of a partisan crowd in Kansas City, Nebraska gets to return to an even more favorable environment when it hosts Akron in a nonconference game Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers (1-0) have sold out 403 consecutive games at home, by far the longest str...
Aryna Sabalenka tops Jessica Pegula again in U.S. Open semis
Jessica Pegula had to make her opponent sweat a little more this time, but the result was the same at the U.S. Open on Thursday -- an Aryna Sabalenka win.,The top-seeded Sabalenka defeated fourth-seeded Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals in New York, advancing to the event's final for the second...
Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mike Tyson agree to exhibition fight
Boxing legends Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Mike Tyson are set to square off in an exhibition boxing match next spring, it was announced Thursday. The exhibition will be put on by CSI Sports / Fight Sports, with exact dates and locations still unclear.,"Iron" Mike Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs) hasn't secured a p...
Paul Skenes dominates Dodgers in Pirates' sweep
Paul Skenes tossed six shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out eight to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-3 win and a three-game sweep over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.,Skenes (10-9) further solidified his case for his first National League Cy Young Award with another...
Fever star Caitlin Clark (groin) to miss rest of season
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, who suffered a right groin injury on July 15, will not return this season, she announced Thursday on social media.,Clark, 23, played in just 13 games for the Fever (21-20), who are contending for one of the final three playoff spots with a week remaining in the regu...