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Carlos Rodon, Yankees vie to get right in finale vs. Blue Jays
Carlos Rodon was pitching with loose bodies in his left elbow when he struggled in Game 3 of the 2025 American League Division Series. That was the only game the New York Yankees won against the Toronto Blue Jays in that series.,Rodon recovered from surgery and has returned with a pair of difficult ...
Trey Yesavage outpitches Cam Schlittler as Blue Jays edge Yankees
Trey Yesavage pitched six stellar innings of two-hit ball to outduel Cam Schlittler and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays scratched across two runs in the seventh for a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees Wednesday night.,Following a two-hour, 11-minute rain delay, the Blue Jays won for the sixth tim...
Jessica Shepard logs triple-double as Wings sink Sky
Paige Bueckers scored a game-high 24 points, Arike Ogunbowale added 22 and Jessica Shepard notched a triple-double to boost the visiting Dallas Wings to a 99-89 victory against the Chicago Sky on Wednesday.,Dallas (3-2) kicked off a three-game road trip by spoiling the Sky's home opener, limiting th...
Trent Grisham (knee) exits Yankees-Blue Jays game
New York Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham exited Wednesday's game against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays because of left knee discomfort.,The Yankees said he was checked out by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad and will undergo further testing.,In the second inning, Grisham hit a pop up off T...
Fever guard Caitlin Clark (back) sits out vs. Fire
Fever star guard Caitlin Clark sat out Indiana's home game against the Portland Fire with a back injury on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Clark was not on the team injury report the day before the game. Fever coach Stephanie White said Clark was a bit stiff and sore when she woke up Wednesday morning af...
Rockies place RHP Victor Vodnik (elbow) on 15-day IL
The Colorado Rockies placed closer Victor Vodnik on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday because of inflammation of the right ulnar nerve, also known as the funny bone.,In a corresponding move, the Rockies selected the contract of right-hander Keegan Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. They also des...
Padres' Jackson Merrill suffers apparent back injury
San Diego Padres centerfielder Jackson Merrill left Wednesday night's game against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers after four innings with an apparent back injury.,Merrill looked to sustain the injury while leaping to catch Shohei Ohtani's first-pitch homer to start the game. Merrill was seen stret...
Fever guard Caitlin Clark (back) out vs. Fire
Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark is sitting out of Wednesday night's home game against the Portland Fire with a back injury.,Clark was not on the team injury report the day before the game. Fever coach Stephanie White said Clark was a bit stiff and sore when she woke up Wednesday morning after...
Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel highlight first-team All-Rookie squad
Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg, the NBA Rookie of the Year and No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, highlighted the Kia NBA All-Rookie first team, which was announced Wednesday night after voting from a panel of 100 global media members.,Flagg was joined by Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knu...
Knicks hold momentum, but Cavs no stranger to playoff comebacks
The New York Knicks are no strangers to playing with plenty of momentum during the NBA playoffs. Nor are the Cleveland Cavaliers unfamiliar with climbing back from discouraging losses.,But Game 1 of their Eastern Conference finals series on Tuesday might have provided the Knicks with their most mome...
Kentucky, Gonzaga agree to end hoops series early
Scheduled to face off for two more seasons, perennial basketball powers Kentucky and Gonzaga on Wednesday announced an agreement to end their series early. ,In a joint statement, the schools said the decision was made "to allow each program freedom to re-evaluate future scheduling priorities, includ...
ATP roundup: Aleksander Kovacevic stuns top seed in Hamburg
Lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic rallied to stun No. 1 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the Hamburg Open on Wednesday in Germany.,Kovacevic trailed 4-1 in the deciding set before winning five straight games to beat the fifth-ranked player in the world and become the first Americ...
Josh Jung caps big day with game-winning hit as Rangers beat Rockies
Josh Jung's single in the top of the ninth capped a 3-for-4 day and plated the go-ahead run for the Texas Rangers, who scored twice in the top of the ninth to beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-4, on Wednesday afternoon in Denver.,Trailing by a run with just two outs to spare, the Rangers rallied unconven...
Liberty hoping to add star power in contest vs. Valkyries
The New York Liberty are hoping to get back two All-Stars -- point guard Sabrina Ionescu and power forward Satou Sabally -- on Thursday night when they host the Golden State Valkyries.,Ionescu missed New York's first four games due to a left foot injury. However, she returned to practice on Monday.,...
Geraldo Perdomo's double helps Diamondbacks complete sweep of Giants
Ketel Marte had three hits and scored three times, Geraldo Perdomo capped a three-run fifth inning with a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game home sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-3 victory Wednesday afternoon.,Merrill Kelly pitched six effective innings and ...
NHLCA monitoring Vegas’ 'unprecedented' denial of Bruce Cassidy interviews
The NHL Coaches Association is speaking out against the Vegas Golden Knights' refusal to let former head coach Bruce Cassidy interview for other head coach positions.,Cassidy, who led the Golden Knights to the 2023 Stanley Cup championship, was fired near the end of his fourth season with Vegas on M...
WTA roundup: Camila Osorio knocks off No. 1 seed Janice Tjen in Rabat
Yasmine Kabbaj continued her run through her home tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 upset of third-seeded German Tatjana Maria in the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round of 16 on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco.,Kabbaj is just the second Moroccan to make a WTA quarterfinal in the Open Era, convertin...
Jim Furyk, Keegan Bradley named Presidents Cup assistants
Jim Furyk, who captained the U.S. to a Presidents Cup win in 2024, and Keegan Bradley, who also contributed to that victory, were added to team skipper Brandt Snedeker's staff as assistant captains for this fall's tournament.,The Americans will look to make it 11 straight Presidents Cup victories ag...
Switzerland's Rodriguez, Xhaka make fourth World Cup rosters
Defender Ricardo Rodriguez and midfielder Granit Xhaka will each take part in their fourth World Cup after being named to Switzerland manager Murat Yakin's 26-player roster.,The pair have each equaled Xherdan Shaqiri's Swiss record of 12 World Cup finals appearances.,On the other end of the experien...
Renovated TPC Craig Ranch hoping to present bigger challenge for Byron Nelson
Moments after Scottie Scheffler tied the PGA Tour scoring record on TPC Craig Ranch last year, they started tearing up the course.,That's only a slight exaggeration. Former pro golfer Lanny Wadkins was tagged to lead a two-year renovation that took a brief pause when the course hosted the CJ Cup Byr...