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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...
Blue Jays RHP Jose Berrios undergoes Tommy John surgery
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios will miss at least another year of action after undergoing Tommy John surgery on Wednesday.,Dr. Keith Meister performed the procedure in Texas, beginning with the hope that only a minor removal of "loose bodies" in the elbow would be required. However, the...
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...
CJ Abrams' 3-run blast propels Nationals past Mets
CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer, Zack Littell pitched five solid innings and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting New York Mets 8-4 on Wednesday.,Jacob Young homered and doubled while Abrams added a single and scored twice for Washington, which has won two in a row after dropping the series op...
Braves crush Janson Junk, Marlins in runaway win
The visiting Atlanta Braves got three-run homers from Austin Riley and Dominic Smith to back up Chris Sale's strong pitching effort, defeating the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Wednesday.,Riley's home run, his eighth, came in the second inning and Smith's blast, his fifth, came on the 12th pitch of his at-ba...
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...
Joe Burrow confident Bengals will win Super Bowl this season
Joe Burrow is so impressed with the Cincinnati Bengals' offseason roster upgrades that the star quarterback is predicting the team will be hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in February in Inglewood, Calif.,After missing the playoffs the last three seasons and coming off a 6-11 campaign, the Bengals...
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...
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.,...
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...
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...
Nathaniel Lowe doubles twice, drives in three as Reds topple Phillies
Andrew Abbott won his fourth straight start while Nathaniel Lowe doubled twice and drove in three runs as the visiting Cincinnati Reds turned back the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-4, on Wednesday in the rubber game of the series in Philadelphia.,Cincinnati earned a split of their six-game road trip whil...
Rays rally past Orioles in 8th to complete sweep
Two-out hits from Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios in the eighth inning allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to rally for a 5-3 victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon, completing a three-game series sweep in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Rays had only two hits through seven innings before ...
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...
Scottie Scheffler eyes repeat at new-look CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Scottie Scheffler bolted out of the blocks and didn't look back last year at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.,Scheffler recorded a scintillating 61 during the first round and a 63 in the second and fourth rounds as part of his eight-stroke, wire-to-wire victory. The 29-year-old Dallas resident set the tourn...