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Esports World Cup begins with record $70M-plus prize pool
The 2025 Esports World Cup began on Tuesday with organizers planning the largest esports production in history, featuring more than 7,000 hours of programming from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The Esports World Cup runs through Aug. 24, with competition being held across four arenas and 26 unique studios. ...

Valkyries visit Fever in matinee meeting of .500 teams
The expansion Golden State Valkyries and Indiana Fever will match up on Wednesday afternoon in a battle of 9-9 teams that will take place at Indianapolis.,For Golden State, its .500 start has been a pleasant surprise. The first-year franchise finished June on a 7-2 run before dropping its last two g...

Quakes lend M Hernan Lopez to Argentinos Juniors
The San Jose Earthquakes have sent midfielder Hernan Lopez to Argentinos Juniors of Argentina's top flight on loan.,The transaction, announced Tuesday, is for the remainder of the 2025 season and includes a purchase option.,Lopez, 24, tallied nine goals with three assists in 37 matches across all co...

NHL, players ratify 4-year CBA extension with 84-game season reportedly on way
The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association ratified on Tuesday a four-year extension to the collective bargaining agreement that will run through the 2029-30 season.,The two sides reached an agreement in principle on June 27 but votes of the full membership of the NHLPA and the leag...

CF Montreal acquire GK Thomas Gillier from Bologna
CF Montreal acquired goalkeeper Thomas Gillier on loan from Serie A side Bologna FC on Tuesday.,The deal runs through the end of the 2025 season and includes an option to extend the loan through 2026.,Gillier, 21, recently joined Bologna after making 26 appearances for Universidad Catolica in his na...

Yankees slide ailing All-Star 3B Jazz Chisholm back to 2B
Yankees All-Star third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is moving back to second base starting with Tuesday's game against the Seattle Mariners.,Manager Aaron Boone said Chisholm would play second after making 28 starts in a row at third for New York this season. Boone confirmed the change on the "Talkin' ...

Taylor Fritz reaches first semifinal at Wimbledon
No. 5 Taylor Fritz advanced to the semifinals of Wimbledon for the first time by defeating No. 17 Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) on Tuesday in London.,Fritz twice had lost in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, dropping five-setters to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and Lorenzo Musetti in 2024. The 27-year...

Mets to promote sidearming flamethrower untouched in Triple-A
Reliever Alex Carrillo is set to be promoted from Syracuse by the Mets after not allowing a hit or run in a brief stint with the team's Triple-A affiliate. ,MLB Network reported Carrillo would be activated by the Mets on Tuesday.,Carrillo tops 100 mph with his fastball and mixes in a sinker and chan...

Civil rights advocate, Cowboys TE Pettis Norman dies at 86
Pettis Norman, a tight end on the football field and a civil rights advocate off of it, has died. He was 86.,Norman played for the Dallas Cowboys (1962-70) and San Diego Chargers (1971-73). He was a member of the first Cowboys' team to play in the Super Bowl -- Super Bowl V in 1971, a 16-13 loss to ...

Post-burglary, Bengals QB called audible on Batmobile buy
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow punted plans to purchase a $3 million replica of the Batmobile following a home burglary last season.,The Cincinnati star revealed his level of concern and the lingering emotional toll of the break-in on the latest season of "Quarterback," a documentary streaming on Ne...

Xander Schauffele ready to 'take hands off wheel' in Scotland
Xander Schauffele was playing the best golf of his life at this time last year, two months after his major breakthrough at the PGA Championship and one week before capturing The Open Championship.,Back in the United Kingdom for this week's Genesis Scottish Open, the World No. 3 has battled through a...

Dirty birds? Kirk Cousins 'misled' by Falcons drafting QB in 2024
Kirk Cousins believed he had all the facts and with no reason to doubt the Atlanta Falcons' vision with him as the centerpiece of a new offense, he signed a four-year, $180 million contract in March 2024.,Weeks later, Cousins felt entirely different about the situation when the Falcons shocked the N...

Former teammates Robbie Ray, Taijuan Walker face off as Giants host Phillies
Two-time teammates Taijuan Walker and Robbie Ray will go head-to-head for the first time in their careers when the Philadelphia Phillies and host San Francisco Giants continue their three-game series Tuesday night.,A matchup of two of the best starting staffs in baseball lived up to its billing in M...

Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi continues comeback against Angels
Texas right-hander Nathan Eovaldi on Tuesday night will make his third start since missing almost a month with right triceps tightness when the Rangers play the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.,Texas will try to bounce back from a 6-5 walk-off loss to the Angels on Monday. ,Eovaldi (5-3, 1.75 E...

Marlins meet Reds, look to extend 10-game road win streak
The Miami Marlins will look to continue their road dominance on Tuesday night when they face a Cincinnati Reds squad that hopes to jump-start its offense.,Miami's 5-1 decision over the Reds on Monday was the team's 10th straight victory on the road. That's the longest such streak in the majors since...

Mitch Keller, Seth Lugo go toe to toe for struggling Pirates, Royals
With their respective teams sitting below .500, Kansas City's Seth Lugo and Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller appear to be enticing options for a postseason contender as the trade deadline looms.,In the meantime, each hurler looks to continue his own run of success when Lugo and the Royals try to hand Kelle...

Anyone's Legend advances in LoL Mid-Season Invitational bracket
Anyone's Legend fought past CTBC Flying Oyster 3-1 to advance in the lower bracket of the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational on Monday in Vancouver.,While CTBC Flying Oyster was eliminated from the tournament, Anyone's Legend reached Round 3 of the lower bracket, where they will face either B...

White Sox hope to put an end to Blue Jays' winning streak
A common refrain during the Toronto Blue Jays' best winning streak in a decade has been "it's a different guy every night.",With Toronto's tear at nine games entering Tuesday's visit to the Chicago White Sox, someone theoretically must contribute a repeat heroic performance to keep the streak alive....

Padres star Manny Machado collects 2,000th career hit
San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado led off the fourth inning of Monday night's game against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a single for his 2,000th career hit.,Machado slashed an 0-1 knuckle-curve from Zac Gallen into the hole between third and short. Geraldo Perdomo dove to his ri...

Giants score twice in 8th to get by Phillies
Matt Chapman had three hits and scored twice and the San Francisco Giants, scoring all their runs on infield outs, won a pitchers' duel over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series Monday night.,After Landen Roupp and Cristopher Sanchez had done most of the heavy...