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WTA roundup: Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka rallies to reach Berlin Open semis
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka needed more than two hours to rally past unseeded Nikola Bartunkola on Friday and earn a spot in the Berlin Tennis Open semifinals.,Czechia's Bartunkola, the No. 62 player in the world, claimed the first set but could go no further against the top-ranked Belarus native in ...

Davis Alexander eyes share of CFL history as Alouettes face Elks
Davis Alexander will look to match a CFL record for consecutive starts with a victory on Saturday when he guides the Montreal Alouettes into Edmonton to face the Elks.,The quarterback improved to 13-0 in the regular season with a pair of impressive victories to the start the campaign for the Alouett...

Two hot teams in North Carolina, Oklahoma clash in MCWS final
North Carolina coach Scott Forbes and Oklahoma's Skip Johnson took a similarly long path toward becoming Division I head coaches.,Beginning Saturday, Forbes' Tar Heels will square off with Johnson's Sooners in the best-of-three Men's College World Series Championship Series in Omaha, Neb.,Forbes was...

Struggling Storm, Mercury attempt to turn things around
Two of the WNBA teams struggling the most -- the Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury -- will battle to be the one to end an extended losing streak on Saturday in Phoenix.,Seattle (3-13) has lost nine consecutive games. Phoenix (4-12) has been defeated four straight times and fallen in 10 of its last 1...

Titans make Jeffery Simmons highest-paid DT in NFL history
The Tennessee Titans agreed to a rich contract extension with star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons on Friday.,The Titans did not reveal financial terms, but multiple reports have Simmons receiving a three-year extension worth $105.8 million -- with $100 million guaranteed -- through the 2030 season...

UFC Freedom 250 draws 17 million viewers on Paramount+
UFC Freedom 250 that took place Sunday on the White House's South Lawn on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday was watched by 17 million viewers in the United States and Latin America, according to Paramount+, which exclusively streamed the event.,The audience established a new record for a Paramo...

CF Montreal extend G Thomas Gillier's loan through December
CF Montreal extended goalkeeper Thomas Gillier's loan from Bologna FC through December 2026.,The transaction announced Friday includes an option to further extend the deal through June 2027.,Gillier, 22, has recorded three clean sheets in 14 starts this season with Montreal.,"Since his arrival, he s...

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi to stand trial for rape in France
Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi lost an appeal and will stand trial on rape charges in France.,An appeals court in Versailles concluded that there was sufficient evidence for Hakimi, 27, to stand trial, according to a statement provided to The Athletic on Friday.,Hakimi has denied any wrongdoing since...

Wyndham Clark maintains US Open lead as second round continues
Wyndham Clark maintained the lead in the U.S. Open after shooting 1-under-par 69 in the second round Friday at Southampton, N.Y.,Clark left the course with a four-shot edge, though many golfers had yet to complete the round and others were more than an hour away from starting the round at Shinnecock...

Dream, Fever meet again after high-scoring showdown
The Indiana Fever must do a better job of containing Dream star Angel Reese when they visit Atlanta for a rematch on Saturday afternoon.,Reese delivered a double-double in Atlanta's 108-101 victory against the Fever on Thursday night in Indianapolis.,"Same type of game, same physicality, same aggres...

Three-time Cup champ, ex-Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews retires
Three-time Stanley Cup champion and longtime Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews officially announced his retirement Friday after 16 seasons.,Toews, 38, who sat out two seasons before returning to play all 82 games for his hometown Winnipeg Jets in 2025-26, ends his decorated career with 912 p...

Elena Rybakina (hip) WDs from Bad Homburg
Discomfort in her right hip prompted World No. 2 Elena Rybakina to withdraw from the Bad Homburg Open on Friday.,Rybakina's decision to remove herself from the upcoming WTA 500 grass-court tournament comes one day after her unexpected ouster from the Berlin Tennis Open. It also comes with Wimbledon ...
Yankees Are Proving They're World Series Favorites Even Without Aaron Judge
The Yankees continue to win without Aaron Judge, showcasing the depth and pitching needed to make a serious World Series run....

Tempo Gs Brittney Sykes, Kiki Rice to miss extended time
Toronto Tempo guards Brittney Sykes and Kiki Rice will be out of the lineup for the foreseeable future with their respective injuries, the expansion team announced Friday.,Rice, a rookie, sustained a Grade 3 ankle sprain on June 3, and Sykes suffered a plantar fascia injury on Tuesday. The players w...
MLB Best Bets Today: Brewers and Mariners Lead Friday Card
Check out Friday's MLB best bets featuring Brewers F5 behind Jacob Misiorowski and a Mariners first-five play against the Red Sox....

Joaquin Niemann's US Open path made more difficult by penalty
Joaquin Niemann's frustration resulted in a two-stroke penalty for throwing a club during the first round of the U.S. Open in Southampton, N.Y., and he will need to turn in a very low round on Friday if he is to make the cut.,He shot 8-over 78 in the first round.,Niemann's action on the sixth hole a...

Wyndham Clark finishes first round with 2-shot lead at US Open
Tournament leader Wyndham Clark posted pars on the final two holes of the first round when he returned to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to complete the first round of the U.S. Open on Friday morning.,That put him at 6-under-par 64 for the opening round, which was suspended because of darkness Thursday ...

D-backs building steam entering series vs. streaking Twins
Thanks to Corbin Carroll, the Arizona Diamondbacks enter the weekend feeling better about their season.,Carroll helped the Diamondbacks enjoy a rare day off at home before they open a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Phoenix. ,Carroll hit a grand slam in the second in...

Aurora, FURIA open IEM Cologne playoffs with expected wins
Anyone looking for a Cinderella run through the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major will have to wait.,Thursday was for the favorites in Germany.,On the first day of the event's eight-team playoff, Aurora Gaming and FURIA eliminated a pair of teams who made it on the final day of group play, advanci...

Angel Reese's double-double drives Dream to win over Fever
Angel Reese scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on Thursday, leading the Atlanta Dream to a 108-101 victory over the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis.,Jordin Canada added 18 points while Naz Hillmon and Allisha Gray each scored 17 points for the Dream (10-4), who won their fourth game in five trie...