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Reds 1B Christian Encarnacion-Strand (back) on 10-day IL
The Cincinnati Reds placed first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Stand on the 10-day injured list on Thursday due to lower back inflammation.,In a corresponding move, the Reds recalled third baseman Noelvi Marte from Triple-A Louisville.,The 25-year-old Encarnacion-Strand is batting .158 (9-for-57) wi...
Saints 2025 NFL draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Unless the New Orleans Saints plan to reinvent the meaning of "generational talent," head coach Kellen Moore is going to need a quarterback. Possibly sooner than expected. ,Moore beat Derek Carr's Fresno State team by 50 when they shared the field in 2011. Moore was the quarterback at Boise State an...
Panthers' Jesse Puljujarvi suspended 2 games for headshot
Florida Panthers forward Jesse Puljujarvi received a two-game suspension Thursday for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee.,Puljujarvi had a disciplinary hearing with the NHL on Thursday after being assessed a match penalty in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Lightni...
Aaron Rodgers: 'Dealing with a lot off the field'
Aaron Rodgers said he has not committed to a new team -- or even to continuing his career -- because he is dealing with "difficult stuff" in his personal life.,The four-time MVP quarterback discussed his abrupt departure from the Jets, his meetings with the Vikings and Steelers, the possibility of r...
Panthers 2025 NFL draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Panthers general manager Dan Morgan would do backflips for a shot at drafting Penn State edge Abdul Carter, but to hear him tell it this week, Carolina is out of the business of trading up for talent.,Morgan's most pressing roster weakness is the pass rush, but with Derrick Brown returning from a se...
Rams to honor LA firefighters by drafting from fire station
The Rams are taking their "war room" on the road, making their selections in the draft next week from a Los Angeles Fire Department station.,The team has worked to showcase the efforts of the city's firefighters since wildfires struck the area in January. The Rams were forced to move their home play...
Jets D Neal Pionk signs 6-year, $42M extension
The Winnipeg Jets signed defenseman Neal Pionk to a six-year, $42 million contract extension on Thursday.,Pionk, 29, tallied 39 points (10 goals, 29 assists) in 69 games this season for the Presidents' Trophy winners.,The Omaha, Neb., native was second on the Jets in ice time (22:04) and tied for th...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz reaches Barcelona quarterfinals
Top-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz defeated Serbia's Laslo Djere 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.,Alcaraz, who won the tournament in 2022 and 2023, needed only 71 minutes to finish Djere and sets up a meeting with No. 5 seed Alex De Minaur...
Serena Williams calls out hypocrisy of Jannik Sinner ban
Serena Williams says she would have been hit with a 20-year ban if she had failed drug tests like men's world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who received a three-month suspension in February.,"I love the guy, love this game," Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam winner, told Time magazine this week after being na...
MLB suspends, fines Nats P Jorge Lopez, manager Dave Martinez
Major League Baseball suspended Washington Nationals pitcher Jorge Lopez for three games and manager Dave Martinez for one after it determined Lopez intentionally threw at Pittsburgh Pirates veteran Andrew McCutchen on Wednesday.,Martinez will serve his suspension Thursday. Lopez is appealing.,Both ...
French Open to pay tribute to 14-time champ Rafael Nadal
The French Open will honor 14-time champion Rafael Nadal in a ceremony next month on the opening day of play at Roland Garros in Paris.,Nadal, coming off of injuries, lost in the first round to Alexander Zverev at the French Open last summer in his final tournament appearance. The Spaniard retired l...
Angel City hires Bayern's Alexander Straus as coach
Angel City FC has named Alexander Straus as its next head coach, effective June 1.,Straus, 49, has been coaching in Europe since 2010. The Norwegian most recently has been the head coach of FC Bayern Munich Women, hired in July 2022.,His Bayern teams won consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga championships i...
Jets 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Back with the Jets as a first-time head coach, Aaron Glenn understands the monumental task at hand. ,New York ended an inglorious two-year partnership with quarterback Aaron Rodgers that netted 12 wins in two seasons and signed Justin Fields as the presumptive starter in the latest reboot of the off...
Raiders 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Pete Carroll turns 74 in September but nobody would know it by reading his energy. ,Carroll is back in coaching after a year away, taking over a Raiders' operation with 33 losses and three head coaches since 2022.,Changes Carroll wanted implemented were set in motion quickly. The No. 6 overall draft...
Lee Corso ending four-decade run at ESPN's 'GameDay'
Lee Corso is hanging up his headgear and ending a nearly four-decade broadcasting run with ESPN's "College GameDay" in August, the network announced Thursday.,Corso, who turns 90 on Aug. 7, has been a host of the college football television staple since 1987. He will make his farewell appearance on ...
Report: Rangers' Artemi Panarin, MSG paid to settle sexual assault claim
New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin and Madison Square Garden Sports paid financial settlements last year to a former team employee who made sexual assault allegations against the forward, The Athletic reported Thursday.,The report, citing NHL and team sources, said the alleged assault occurred dur...
Mets bid to halt modest skid in opener vs. Cardinals
It took almost three weeks for the New York Mets to lose consecutive games.,The Mets will look to snap their first skid of the season on Thursday night when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a four-game series.,Griffin Canning (1-1, 4.20 ERA), who was scratched from his scheduled We...
Strikeouts likely to be at a minimum when Rangers, Angels meet
Expect the ball to be in play, and likely hit on the ground, when the Texas Rangers host the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday in the finale of a three-game American League West set in Arlington, Texas., ,Los Angeles will start Jack Kochanowicz (1-1, 5.74 ERA) while the Rangers will counter with fellow...
Tigers look to locate offense in series opener vs. Royals
The Detroit Tigers will look to get their offense back on track when they begin a 10-game homestand with the opener of a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday evening.,The Tigers lost their last two games -- by 5-0 and 5-1 scores at Milwaukee -- with their only run coming on a ...
Orioles vie for elusive win streak in clash vs. Guardians
The Baltimore Orioles are in this position again, trying to win consecutive games for the first time this season when they play Thursday evening against the visiting Cleveland Guardians.,"If it doesn't happen early in the season, it eventually will happen," Orioles outfielder Ramon Laureano said of ...