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In windy Scottish Open start, Scottie Scheffler will take the 67
An opening eagle temporarily elevated expectations for Scottie Scheffler's first round at the Scottish Open on Thursday before windy reality came around the corner to keep the world No. 1 grounded. ,Scheffler shot an opening-round 67, three off the lead when he signed his scorecard at The Renaissanc...

Ireland's Ben Healy wins Stage 6 of Tour de France
Ireland's Ben Healy soared through the hills of Normandy to win Stage 6 of the Tour de France on Thursday.,Healy completed the 201.5-kilometer trek from Bayeux to Vire Normandie a full two minutes and 44 seconds ahead of American runner-up Quinn Simmons. ,Australia's Michael Storer placed third.,It ...

Reports: Amazon adds Kevin Harlan, analysts to NBA broadcasts
Amazon Prime Video has signed Kevin Harlan to call NBA games in the 2025-26 season, The Athletic reported Thursday.,The streamer, which is part of the new 11-year, $76 billion NBA rights deal that takes effect this fall, also hired Brent Barry and Dell Curry as analysts, per The Athletic and Front O...

Esports World Cup: Team Spirit, BetBoom Team top groups
Team Spirit and BetBoom Team finished atop their respective groups with wins Thursday at the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Team Spirit swept Natus Vincere to complete the round-robin action in Group A, winning in 26 minutes on red and in 32 minutes on green. NAVI finished wi...

Joe Coleman, former All-Star and pick in first MLB draft, dies at 78
Joe Coleman, the No. 3 selection in the first Major League Baseball draft in 1965, died Wednesday at age 78.,His son, former major league pitcher Casey Coleman, said his father died in his sleep in Tennessee.,Joe Coleman, a right-handed pitcher, was part of the debut amateur draft, selected by the W...

Mike Trout, Angels out to end series against Rangers with a bang
Three games behind the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox for the final wild-card spot in the American League, the Los Angeles Angels will go for a key series win against the Texas Rangers on Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif. ,Angels right-hander Jack Kochanowicz (3-8, 5.42 ERA), who has gone nine ...

Charley Hull collapses on tee, withdraws from Evian Championship
Charley Hull withdrew from the Evian Championship in France on Thursday after collapsing on the hole No. 4 tee due to illness. ,Hull, ranked No. 19 in the world, was playing with partners world No. 4 Ruoning Yin and Haeran Ryu. She received medical attention after going down to the grass before her ...
Jayson Tatum's Path Back to Boston Requires a Year Off
Jayson Tatum’s absence could be exactly what the Boston Celtics need to reset and rediscover team basketball as the team enters their next chapter as a unit....

More big blasts might be in store as A's, Braves wrap up series
The Athletics smacked five homers in a victory in the opening game of their three-game series with the Braves, and Atlanta responded with five homers while winning the middle contest.,So entering Thursday's finale of the set at West Sacramento, Calif., it wouldn't be a shocker to see another power d...
Scottish Open 2025 Best Golf Betting Picks, Prop Bets
These are Deadspin's best betting picks and predictions for the Scottish Open, including tournament winner predictions and prop bets....
Three Long-Shot MLB Futures Worth Betting on Before the Playoff Push
Looking for long-shot MLB bets to spice up your summer at the All-Star break? These three futures have upside and solid reasoning to back the odds....

Cardinals' Miles Mikolas looks to forget subpar outings, conquer Nats
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas will seek to get his season back on track before the All-Star break next week.,His final chance to do that will come Thursday night when the Cardinals host the Washington Nationals in the finale of a three-game series.,The Cardinals won 4-2 on Tuesd...

Mets hope rainout doesn't slow them down vs. O's
After getting a win in the series opener against the host Baltimore Orioles, the New York Mets will try for the second time in three days to parlay a day off into a win. Or two.,With Wednesday night's scheduled game rained out in Baltimore, the Mets and Orioles will play in a split-admission doubleh...

Marlins try to respond to Reds day after road streak is snapped
With a convincing victory Wednesday night, the Cincinnati Reds ended the Miami Marlins' franchise-record road winning streak -- and ensured Cincinnati still has a chance at maintaining its own positive streak as they head toward the All-Star break.,The Reds will aim to salvage a split of a four-game...

Gen. G advances to grand final of Lol Mid-Season Invitational
With a spot in the grand final on the line, Gen.G Esports and T1 engaged in a back-and-forth slugfest at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational on Wednesday in Vancouver, with Gen. G ultimately prevailing 3-2.,Neither team won consecutive games, as T1 answered Gen.G twice to tie the match. In...

Led by Mike Trout's 2 HRs, Angels power past Rangers
Jorge Soler hit a two-run go-ahead homer in the bottom of the eighth and Mike Trout belted two home runs and drove in three runs to power the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was the 29th multi-homer game of Trout's career and thir...

Ronald Acuna Jr. homers twice, Braves hammer A's
Ronald Acuna Jr. returned to the lineup to smack two homers and Drake Baldwin hit a three-run blast to lead the Atlanta Braves to an easy 9-2 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday night in Sacramento, Calif.,Austin Riley and Marcell Ozuna also went deep as the Braves socked five homers off Athleti...

Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s 2 homers, 4 RBIs lead Yankees past Mariners
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice and Cam Schlittler pitched 5 1/3 solid innings in his major league debut as the New York Yankees recorded a 9-6 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.,Chisholm hit his ninth and 10th homers since returning from an oblique injury on June 3 - a s...

Rebecca Allen's hot shooting gives Sky season sweep of Wings
Rebecca Allen scored 27 points and Angel Reese notched a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds to help the host Chicago Sky defeat the Dallas Wings 87-76 on Wednesday.,Rachel Banham added 11 points for Chicago (6-13), which stopped a two-game losing streak while sending Dallas (6-15) to its s...

Salvador Perez's 2 homers help Royals edge Pirates
Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs to propel the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.,Perez's second homer broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning, helping the Royals complete the three-game sweep and extend the club's winning str...