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Francisco Lindor's pinch 2-run double lifts Mets over Rockies
Francisco Lindor hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth inning, Juan Soto had three hits, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 in Denver on Friday night.,Lindor, who wasn't in the starting lineup due to a fractured toe, pinch-hit in the ninth with Soto and Pete Alonso on base. Lin...
Sparks blow out Paige Bueckers-less Wings
Azura Stevens hit for 21 points and Dearica Hamby added 20 as the Los Angeles Sparks blew past the hapless Dallas Wings 93-79 on Friday in a Western Conference Commissioner's Cup game in Arlington, Texas.,The Sparks (3-6) led by five points at halftime and expanded that advantage to 67-55 after thre...
Yankees tally five times in first, outlast Red Sox
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-out, three-run homer in a five-run first inning off Walker Buehler Friday night for the host New York Yankees, who raced out to a big lead and earned a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the first meeting of the season between the rivals.,Buehler (4-4) was one strike ...
Katie Ledecky win 400 freestyle for 32nd U.S. title
Katie Ledecky fell short of her national-record time but still won the 400-meter freestyle title at the U.S. Swimming Championships in Indianapolis on Friday.,Though Ledecky was on pace to break her U.S. mark (3 minutes, 56.46 seconds) midway through the final, she tailed off to finish in 3:58.56. C...
Diamondbacks-Reds game suspended after 6 due to rain
The visiting Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds were tied 3-3 after six innings in the opener of their three-game series on Friday evening when the game was suspended due to rain.,The contest will resume at 2:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, and the regularly scheduled game will begin 40 minutes follow...
Yankees SS Anthony Volpe (elbow) exits game
Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe exited New York's Friday game against the visiting Boston Red Sox with a left elbow contusion and was undergoing x-rays and a CT scan.,Volpe was hit on the elbow with a changeup by Walker Buehler with the bases loaded in the second inning to give the Yankees a 7-0 lea...
Elizabeth Szokol shoots 63, shares ShopRite LPGA Classic lead
Elizabeth Szokol birdied her first five holes and seven of her first nine en route to an 8-under 63 and a share of the first-round lead on Friday at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N.J.,Seeking her first solo title on the LPGA Tour, Szokol is joined atop the leaderboard by South Korea's Ilhee...
Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes to have Tommy John surgery
Corbin Burnes will undergo Tommy John surgery, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo revealed Friday.,Burnes injured his right (throwing) elbow Sunday against the Washington Nationals and left during the fifth inning. He was placed on the injured list Tuesday with what was termed elbow inflamma...
Thomas Bjorn-Darren Clarke duo lead at TPC Wisconsin
Thomas Bjorn and Darren Clarke combined to shoot a 12-under-par 59 Friday to grab the early advantage at the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wis.,Friday's four ball (best ball) format, which takes the lower score of a pairing of two golfers on each hole, is predisposed to the prol...
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz to collide in French Open final
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz will meet in a Grand Slam final for the first time after prevailing in the semifinals of the French Open on Friday at Paris.,After Lorenzo Musetti retired in the fourth set of his match against Alcaraz due to a leg injury, Sinner set the Sunda...
Fever coach Stephanie White could miss game vs. Sky
Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White missed practice for personal reasons on Friday and her status for Saturday's road game against the Chicago Sky is unclear.,White didn't travel with the team on Friday. It's feasible she could travel to Chicago on her own on Saturday.,Assistant coach Austin Kelly w...
Dodgers recall LHP Justin Wrobleski amid staff injury crush
The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled left-hander Justin Wrobleski to start in Friday's series opener on the road against the St. Louis Cardinals.,In a corresponding move, right-hander Landon Knack was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City.,Wrobleski, 24, was 1-1 with an 8.00 ERA in two appearances (one sta...
White Sox promote top catching prospect Kyle Teel
The Chicago White Sox called up catcher Kyle Teel from Triple-A Charlotte before Friday's series opener against the visiting Kansas City Royals.,Teel, 23, is ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the White Sox system and No. 26 overall in baseball by MLB.com. He has yet to make his major league debut.,Tee...
Sky put modest win streak on line against Fever
Saturday's matchup between the host Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever could be without two of the top three picks from the 2024 WNBA Draft.,While Fever guard and No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark remains out with a quad injury, Sky center and No. 3 pick Kamilla Cardoso is dealing with shoulder soreness and recen...
Phil Mickelson: 'Likelihood' this will be final U.S. Open
Not wanting to close all doors, six-time U.S. Open runner-up Phil Mickelson admitted that next week probably will be his last chance at winning the event that has brought him so much heartache.,Mickelson has won six major championships, including the Masters three times, and showed in 2021 that he d...
New coaches test mettle as Elks visit BC Lions
Edmonton's Mark Kilam and BC's Buck Pierce will both make their CFL head-coaching debuts when the Elks visit the Lions for Saturday's season opener in Vancouver.,It also will be the CFL's first opening-week game since 1968 featuring two Canadian starting quarterbacks: Edmonton's Tre Ford and BC's Na...
Report: Knicks want to interview Mavs coach Jason Kidd
The New York Knicks plan to formally request permission to interview Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd for their coaching vacancy, NBA insider Marc Stein reported Friday.,The Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday despite reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25...
Improved Aces set for first visit to expansion Valkyries
After an up-and-down start to the season for the Las Vegas Aces, reigning MVP A'ja Wilson leads the two-time WNBA champions into San Francisco on Saturday afternoon to face the expansion Golden State Valkyries.,The Aces (4-2) opened the 2025 WNBA season with a double-digit defeat to the New York Lib...
Stubbs: Ross Chastain continues to outperform his car
There may not be a driver in NASCAR who is better at doing more with less than Ross Chastain.,Chastain, the driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing, currently sits ninth in the Cup Series standings through the first 14 races. Meanwhile, Trackhouse teammates Daniel Suarez and Shane van Gi...
Jackie Robinson mural in Miami defaced with hate speech
Miami murals honoring baseball trailblazers Jackie Robinson and Minnie Minoso were defaced with swastikas and racist slurs this week.,The vandalism in the city's Overtown neighborhood was reported Monday to police, who told The Athletic on Friday that they are investigating the incident as a hate cr...