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Meghan Duggan named GM of expansion Hamilton team
Meghan Duggan, a former Team USA star who transitioned into work in the front office of the New Jersey Devils, has been named the first general manager of the expansion Hamilton team in the Professional Women's Hockey League.,"Meghan has been an effective leader at every stage of her career, and she...
Los Angeles Angels Have Become MLB’s Biggest Disaster Under Arte Moreno
The Angels own MLB’s worst record, the longest playoff drought and a growing list of costly mistakes. Here’s why Los Angeles faces a critical crossroads....
MLB Best Bets Today: Guardians Value Play and White Sox-Giants Total
Friday’s MLB betting card features a Guardians first-five underdog play and a White Sox-Giants under backed by strong pitching metrics....

Chad Stevens out to please Rockies, grandmother in series vs. Diamondbacks
Chad Stevens hopes to get a second chance to make a good first impression on his new team when the Colorado Rockies continue their four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.,One of the hottest hitters at the Triple-A level, Stevens owned a 17-game hitting streak wh...

Kyle Busch leaves victory-laden, complicated legacy
The plan was for this to be another reflective, exciting race weekend for motorsports fans at the unofficial beginning of summer.,The Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and NASCAR's crown jewel piece as its longest race, respectively, arguably compose the best rac...

Corbin Carroll's walk-off single lifts surging Diamondbacks past Rockies
Benefitting from a pitch-timer infraction, the Arizona Diamondbacks scratched across a run in the last of the ninth inning on a two-out, two-strike single by Corbin Carroll to beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 2-1 for a fifth consecutive win Thursday night.,After the Rockies tied the game in the ei...

Spirit, PARIVISION reach DreamLeague 29 upper-bracket final
Team Spirit and PARIVISION pulled out 2-1 victories in the upper-bracket semifinals Thursday and will meet in the upper-bracket final of the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Spirit outlasted Aurora Gaming while PARIVISION rallied from down 1-0 to beat Team Falcons. Aurora and Falcons d...

Knicks ride third-period explosion to 2-0 lead over Cavaliers
Josh Hart bounced back from a quiet series opener by scoring nine of the New York Knicks' 18 consecutive third-quarter points Thursday night, when the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93.,Hart finished with 26 points in Game 2 for...

Balanced effort sends Lynx to one-sided win over Tempo
Maya Caldwell scored 16 points off the bench on 6-for-12 shooting, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 100-72 win over the Toronto Tempo on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Courtney Williams finished with 15 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota (3-2), which bounced back from a loss against the...

Rams reward Matthew Stafford with 1-year, $55 million extension
The Los Angeles Rams signed quarterback Matthew Stafford to a one-year extension on Thursday, according to multiple reports.,The Rams now have the NFL's reigning Most Valuable Player under contract through the 2027 season. The 38-year-old's new deal is reportedly worth $55 million and can increase t...

Sun, Storm meet in rubber game of season series
One might have thought the Connecticut Sun won more than their first game of the season on Wednesday.,The Sun (1-5) doused coach Rachid Meziane with water in the locker room following an 80-78 victory in Seattle that snapped a five-game losing streak.,The teams are scheduled to meet again Friday nig...

Golden Knights 'not fazed' by favored Avs, bidding for 2-0 series lead
The Vegas Golden Knights did what Los Angeles and Minnesota couldn't in the first two rounds of the playoffs -- beat the Colorado Avalanche on their ice.,Vegas stole Game 1 of the Western Conference finals with a 4-2 win Wednesday night. The Golden Knights will try to sweep the road trip when the te...

Banged-up stars in focus as Thunder, Spurs prepare for Game 3
It has been just two games, but the Western Conference finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder have turned into a battle of attrition.,The Spurs came into the series without starting point guard De'Aaron Fox, who suffered an ankle sprain in Game 4 of the conference semifinal s...

Atlanta looks to leading scorer Allisha Gray in rematch vs. Dallas
A tough loss in their last game against the defending league champions hasn't lessened the Atlanta Dream's optimism for a run to the WNBA title.,After falling 85-84 to the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Sunday despite erasing a 17-point deficit with a furious fourth-quarter rally, Atlanta aims for a bet...

Report: Status for Thunder's Jalen Williams (hamstring) is game-to-game
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams' status in the Western Conference finals is game-to-game while he is evaluated daily for a left hamstring injury, ESPN reported on Thursday.,Williams is getting treatment after a second injury to the same hamstring in less than a month. He started but playe...

Five-star recruit Kameron Mercer picks Cincinnati
Five-star basketball recruit Kameron Mercer announced on Thursday his commitment to play for his hometown Cincinnati Bearcats and also reclassify for the Class of 2027.,The 6-foot-5 sophomore wing, who led Princeton High School this past season to an Ohio state championship, plans to graduate a year...

ATP roundup: Tommy Paul, Aleksandar Kovacevic make Hamburg semis
Americans will comprise half the semifinals of the Hamburg Open, as No. 6 seed Tommy Paul defeated Germany's Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 7-5, and lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic extended his run in a three-set win over Argentina's Camilo Ugo Carabelli on Thursday.,One day after upsetting top-seeded Felix ...

Georgia president Jere Morehead: '24-team playoff is a mistake'
Georgia president Jere Morehead doesn't think expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams is a good idea.,In fact, he said this to The Athletic: "A 24-team playoff is a mistake.",With the Southeastern Conference meetings set for next week in Destin, Fla., Morehead doesn't feel the Big Ten has...

Germany lure Manuel Neuer, 40, out of retirement for World Cup roster
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann had a surprise inclusion with 40-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer making the 26-man World Cup roster announced on Thursday.,Neuer retired from international play after the 2024 European Championship and the Bayern Munich legend said just last month that he did not int...

Ducks F Troy Terry to undergo hip surgery
Anaheim Ducks forward Troy Terry will undergo hip surgery after playing through an injury during the postseason, the team said on Thursday.,Terry, 28, was dealing with a chronic hip impingement but still managed to finish second on the team with 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 12 playoff g...