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Dodgers LHP Justin Wrobleski added to NL All-Star team
Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski was added to the National League All-Star team Saturday as a replacement for Cincinnati Reds right-hander Chase Burns.,Burns last pitched for the Reds on Wednesday but still was not in line to pitch in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Philadelphia.,Wroblesk...
White Sox draft UCLA SS Roch Cholowsky at No. 1
The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first overall pick Saturday afternoon at the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft in Philadelphia.,Cholowsky, who turned 21 in April, is considered by draft analysts to be the best college shortstop prospect since Troy Tulowitzki in 2...
Linda Noskova regroups to capture first Wimbledon title
Linda Noskova captured her first career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon on Saturday with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 victory over fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in London.,The ninth-seeded Noskova notched 10 aces and outlasted the 10th-seeded Muchova in 2 hours and 29 minutes. It was the first final between two pl...
PG Mario Saint-Supery departs Gonzaga for Spanish pro team
Point guard Mario Saint-Supery is leaving Gonzaga and has signed with Spanish team Valencia of the EuroLeague.,Per the Field of 68, his signing was a shock to Gonzaga. He had been taking part in practice with the Bulldogs in Spokane, Wash., during the week.,Saint-Supery, 20, is signed with Valencia ...
Athletics place All-Star 1B Nick Kurtz (thumb) on 10-day IL
The Athletics placed All-Star first baseman Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right thumb capsule sprain.,Kurtz, 23, sat out Friday's 14-1 setback to the Chicago White Sox and also will miss the All-Star Game on Tuesday in Philadelphia.,Kurtz was set to be the American League sta...
World Cup quarterfinal best bets: England vs. Norway, Argentina vs. Switzerland
Get the best betting picks for Saturday's World Cup quarterfinals, including England vs. Norway and Argentina vs. Switzerland....
UFC 329 predictions: Best bets for Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway
Conor McGregor returns after five years away to face Max Holloway at UFC 329. Check out our best bets and predictions for the entire main card....
Yoshinobu Yamamoto bids to give Dodgers length vs. D-backs
The Los Angeles Dodgers know they can count on Yoshinobu Yamamoto to throw a lot of innings, and that trait is of extra importance entering Saturday's game against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.,The Dodgers used seven pitchers Friday after Shohei Ohtani (left knee) was scratched from his start, ...
Kazuma Okamoto hopes to power Blue Jays past Padres
It's not been the season the Toronto Blue Jays envisioned. Even after a 5-3 win to start their weekend series Friday night at the San Diego Padres, they're four games under .500 and 1 1/2 games out of the American League's last wild-card spot.,Imagine how much worse off they'd be if Kazuma Okamoto w...
Yankees eye third straight win, face Nationals with Cam Schlittler on mound
Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler looks for his 10th win of the season when New York visits the Washington Nationals in the middle game of their series on Saturday.,The Yankees have won two straight for the first time since June 23-24 thanks to Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s heroics on Friday night when he h...
Giants, Rockies have little turnaround time for next contest
Two teams with just 14 hours to digest a crazy finish the night before will take the field for an afternoon game Saturday when the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants continue their four-game series in California.,In a marathon ninth inning that lasted almost an hour, began with the bases load...
Rockies awaken in 9th, rally past Giants
Kyle Karros flipped a deficit into a lead with a two-run single, Cole Carrigg padded the advantage with a sacrifice fly and the visiting Colorado Rockies rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to stun the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Friday night.,After Rafael Devers' third hit in the seventh inn...
Tim Tawa, D-Backs take advantage of Dodgers blunders in runaway win
Tim Tawa homered and matched his career high of four RBIs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks roll to a 9-3 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.,Tawa had three hits and Gabriel Moreno had two hits and two RBIs as Arizona won its second straight game. Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3) pitche...
Nneka Ogwumike's big night lifts Sparks over Sky
Nneka Ogwumike scored a season-high 25 points and collected 12 rebounds and five assists to lead the Los Angeles Sparks to a 102-87 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Friday night.,All three of Ogwumike's 3-pointers came in the fourth quarter as Los Angeles recorded its second straight victory...
Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s 2-run homer in 9th lifts Yankees past Nationals
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run ninth-inning homer and the New York Yankees rallied past the Nationals 5-3 in Washington on Friday night.,With New York trailing 3-2, Jasson Dominguez singled with one out against Matt Krook (0-1) and Chisholm homered into the second deck in right, his 13th of the sea...
Sonny Gray-led Red Sox top Mets for 7th straight victory
Wilyer Abreu had three hits, including a two-run homer, Friday night as the Boston Red Sox capped an eventful day by beating the host New York Mets, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,The first pitch was pushed back from 7:15 to 7:51 p.m. ET after the Red Sox didn't land at nearb...
Blues re-sign F Oskar Sundqvist to 1-year contract
The St. Louis Blues brought back forward Oskar Sundqvist, who was an unrestricted free agent, on a one-year, two-way contract on Friday.,Sundqvist signed a deal worth $850,000 at the NHL level and $300,000 at the American Hockey League level.,He recorded 17 points (five goals, 12 assists), a minus-1...
Valkyries stymie Sun, ring up 7th straight victory
Veronica Burton highlighted a productive all-around effort with a game-high 17 points, Janelle Salaun led a relentless defense with three steals and the Golden State Valkyries ran their winning streak to seven with a 79-64 thumping of the Connecticut Sun on Friday night in Uncasville, Conn.,Salaun a...
Reports: Bam Adebayo punches ex-Heat teammate Tyler Herro
Bam Adebayo punched his former Miami Heat teammate Tyler Herro during a brief altercation in Las Vegas on Friday, ESPN and The Athletic reported.,Both the Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks, Herro's new team, confirmed to The Athletic that they were made aware of the situation, but they declined further c...
Rain postpones Brewers-Pirates; set for split DH on Saturday
The opener of the three-game series between the Milwaukee Brewers and host Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed because of rain on Friday night.,The Brewers and Pirates, who didn't start their game on Friday after a delay of one hour and 27 minutes, will play a split doubleheader on Saturday. The makeup...