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NBA Finals Game 1 Best Bets: Knicks vs. Spurs Predictions and Player Props
Get the best bets for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, including picks on Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Brunson and the Knicks against the Spurs....
Padres DFA OF Nick Castellanos while in Philadelphia
Preseason acquisition Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.,Castellanos, who signed a one-year, league-minimum deal with the Padres in February after the Philadelphia Phillies released him ahead of the final year of his five-year $100 million contract, ...
Riviera sets stage for big names to compete for U.S. Women's Open title
Riviera Country Club is a marquee venue to host a women's golf major. Will a marquee name meet the moment?,The U.S. Women's Open is the first women's major championship to be held at Riviera, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. The course is home to the Genesis Invitational, the an...
Scottie Scheffler eyes exceedingly rare 3-peat in return to Memorial
A few weeks removed from the second major of 2026, the PGA Tour's best players have reconvened at another tournament they badly want to win, the Memorial Tournament, beginning Thursday in Dublin, Ohio., ,Of the top 10 in the world rankings, only Collin Morikawa is absent from Muirfield Village Golf ...
Red Sox place utility infielder Nick Sogard (oblique) on IL
The Boston Red Sox placed utility infielder Nick Sogard on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday due to a right oblique strain.,The move is retroactive to Sunday. In a corresponding move, the Red Sox recalled utility infielder Anthony Seigler, 26, from Triple-A Worcester.,Sogard, 28, last played on S...
Report: Knicks C Mitchell Robinson expected to be available for Game 1
New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson fully participated in practice on Tuesday and is expected to be available for the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN reported ahead of Wednesday night's Game 1.,Robinson is listed as questionable for the game following surgery to repair the fractu...
Diana Shnaider jolts Aryna Sabalenka at French Open
Diana Shnaider rallied from a set and two breaks down to stun World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals of the French Open on Wednesday in Paris.,Shnaider, the 25th seed from Russia, pulled out a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 win over four-time major winner Sabalenka in 2 hours and 12 minutes. The victory sn...
Rockies' Michael Lorenzen returns home, bids to halt slide vs. Angels
Michael Lorenzen is hoping a return to familiar territory on Wednesday evening will pull him out of a winless streak that has stretched to six starts.,Lorenzen is scheduled to take the mound for the Colorado Rockies in the finale of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Cali...
Guardians' Jose Ramirez aims to stay hot vs. Gerrit Cole, Yankees
On Tuesday afternoon, Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt felt encouraged because, although Jose Ramirez was not getting results, his exit velocity was high.,A few hours later, Ramirez validated Vogt's statement with three doubles and Cleveland produced one of its better showings at the plate i...
Diamondbacks try to slow Dodgers' 2-way star Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to start on the mound and hit leadoff again Wednesday.,It is appointment viewing.,Ohtani is seeking an unprecedented three-peat when the Los Angeles Dodgers meet the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second contest of a four-game set in Phoenix after the Dodgers evened the serie...
Shohei Ohtani plays key role in Dodgers' win over D-backs
Shohei Ohtani doubled, tripled, drove in two and scored twice, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in Phoenix on Tuesday.,Freeman had three hits and Dalton Rushing added two hits and two runs for the Dodgers, who led 4-0 after ...
Rockies build 8-run lead, secure series win over Angels
Hunter Goodman, Willi Castro and T. J. Rumfield homered to help the Colorado Rockies to an 8-2 win against the Los Angeles Angels in the middle game of their three-game series on Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Jake McCarthy, Troy Johnston and Edouard Julien each contributed two hits and scored a r...
A’ja Wilson scores 25 points to carry Aces past Sparks
A'ja Wilson scored 25 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Jackie Young added 16 points and nine assists and the visiting Las Vegas Aces opened their Commissioner's Cup schedule with a 79-69 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.,Chelsea Gray scored 12 points while handing out 11 assists for the...
A’ja Wilson scored 25 points to carry Aces past Sparks
A'ja Wilson scored 25 points with 15 rebounds, Jackie Young added 16 points with nine assists and the visiting Las Vegas Aces opened their Commissioner's Cup schedule with a 79-69 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.,Chelsea Gray scored 12 points with 11 assists as the Aces (6-3) have won...
Valkyries' record-setting 3-point output overwhelms Fire
Kayla Thornton buried four of Golden State's 12 first-half 3-pointers in a 56-point explosion that opened a 20-point lead and propelled the Valkyries to a 95-77 victory over the Portland Fire in the teams' Commissioner's Cup opener on Tuesday night in San Francisco.,Thornton finished with five 3-poi...
Jose Ramirez hits 3 doubles to guide Guardians over Yankees
Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking double with one out in the fifth inning and the visiting Cleveland Guardians earned a 9-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.,Ramirez had three doubles for the fifth time in his storied career, and the first since Aug. 26, 2024 against Kansas City.,He doubled...
Mystics power past Sky for first home win of season
Shakira Austin scored 17 points and Kiki Iriafen produced 15 points and 11 rebounds as the host Washington Mystics rolled to a 90-72 victory against the Chicago Sky on Tuesday.,Michaela Onyenwere added 13 points for the Mystics, who had lost three of their previous four games.,While Sydney Taylor pa...
2027 NHL All-Star Game adopting international format
The NHL is taking cues from the success of the 4 Nations Face-Off and Winter Olympics tournaments, introducing an international format to next year's All-Star Game.,The 2027 All-Star Game will feature players divided into five teams representing Canada, the United States, Sweden, Finland and "World,...
Tree and acorns: Mitch Johnson, Mike Brown draw on Gregg Popovich's lessons
SAN ANTONIO -- As the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks prepare to clash in the NBA Finals, the shadow of a league legend looms large over both teams' benches.,Both Spurs coach Mitch Johnson and New York head man Mike Brown spent formative time learning on the staff of retired coach Gregg Po...
Stars sign letter of intent to move to suburb of Plano
One day after their co-tenants, the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, announced a likely move out of downtown Dallas, the NHL's Stars appear to be following suit.,On Tuesday, the Stars announced that they have inked a letter of intent to move and build a $1 billion arena in Plano, Texas, at a location 18 mile...