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Reports: National champion Florida sets White House visit
NCAA Tournament champion Florida will celebrate its national title Wednesday at the White House, multiple outlets reported Sunday.,The Florida-centered Swamp247 reported that head coach Todd Golden and the rest of his staff are expected to visit the White House along with the majority of the players...
Max Verstappen uses bold move to win in Italy
Max Verstappen made a bold move to open the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, then held off challengers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to capture the Formula One race on Sunday in Imola, Italy.,It was the second win of the season for Red Bull's Verstappen, a four-time world champion.,McLaren's Oscar P...
Detroit Tigers Are MLB’s Most Surprising Juggernaut
Detroit stunned the league last year, but 2025 proves it's no fluke. With a dominant rotation and unlikely heroes, the Tigers are built to contend....
Nuggets' Aaron Gordon questionable for Game 7, but report casts doubt
Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon was listed on the morning injury report as questionable for Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals Sunday afternoon against the Oklahoma City Thunder.,ESPN reported, however, that Gordon is unlikely to play in the road game.,Per ESPN, Gordon has a Grade 2 ham...
Rockies meet Diamondbacks, aim for first series victory of season
Colorado interim manager Warren Schaeffer had a game -- and a celebration -- that he will never forget Saturday. ,The shaving cream on his face was a dead giveaway. ,After the Rockies overcame a five-run deficit for a 14-12 victory over Arizona in Phoenix, Schaeffer was packed into an equipment cart...
Brock Purdy Was a Bargain, Now the San Francisco 49ers Are Paying the Price
The 49ers struck gold with Brock Purdy on a rookie deal. Now they’re betting $265 million he can carry them without the stars they had to sacrifice....
Best NBA Playoff Bets, Player Props for Nuggets vs. Thunder Game 7: May 18th
Get expert NBA betting picks and player prop predictions for the pivotal Game 7 between the Nuggets and Thunder. See odds, analysis, and top plays ahead of the Western Conference finals....
Similarities abound as Rays, Marlins continue in-state series
The so-called "Citrus Bowl" baseball series -- which concludes on Sunday afternoon with the rubber match of the three-game set between the Miami Marlins and visiting Tampa Bay Rays -- is known for a few things.,Aside from both teams being from Florida, Tampa Bay and Miami have other similarities. Fo...
Miami Heretics unblemished in CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying
The Miami Heretics remained the only unbeaten team at 5-0 with a sweep of the Carolina Royal Ravens on Saturday in Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying.,Other winners were Atlanta FaZe, the Los Angeles Thieves and the Vancouver Surge.,The Stage 4 Major qualifying round has the league's 12 ...
Team Liquid forge first-place tie at OWCS NA Stage 2
Team Liquid improved to 2-0 and moved into a tie for first place with a 3-0 sweep of Extinction on Saturday in the Overwatch Champions Series North America Stage 2. ,Team Liquid opened with a 2-0 win on Illios, followed that with a 144.86-8.12m victory on Runasapi and closed with a 3-1 triumph on Ne...
Mercury never trail in season-opening win over Storm
Satou Sabally poured in 27 points and Alyssa Thomas added 20 for the Phoenix Mercury, who led wire-to-wire in an 81-59 season-opening win over the visiting Seattle Storm on Saturday.,Sabally came down awkwardly on her ankle in the opening quarter but shook it off on her way to scoring the most point...
Sounders, Timbers battle to 1-1 draw in Cascadia Cup clash
Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau made five saves as the Portland Timbers played to a 1-1 draw with the visiting Seattle Sounders in a Cascadia Cup clash Saturday night.,Santiago Moreno scored for the Timbers (6-3-5, 23 points), who have lost just once in their past 11 league matches (5-1-5).,Albert Rusnak ...
Jordan Beck (2 HRs), Rockies outslug D-backs 14-12
Jordan Beck had three hits including two of Colorado's five homers, Hunter Goodman and Kyle Farmer homered and had four RBIs apiece and the Rockies overcame a five-run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-12 in Phoenix on Saturday.,Ezequiel Tovar had a career-high five hits, including a hom...
McGlynn, Dorsey score in Dynamo's 2-0 triumph at FC Dallas
Jack McGlynn scored on a long-range effort after halftime to break the deadlock and the Houston Dynamo pulled away to a 2-0 triumph at FC Dallas on Saturday night.,Griffin Dorsey also scored late as Houston (4-6-4, 16 points) earned its first away win and secured back-to-back league victories for th...
Report: Celtics' Jaylen Brown may need knee surgery
Four days after Jayson Tatum underwent surgery on a torn right Achilles tendon, ESPN reported on Saturday that fellow Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has a partially torn right meniscus and might also require surgery.,Per the report, the 28-year-old Brown, who averaged 22.1 points and 7.1 rebounds ...
PGA of America neither confirms nor denies Rory McIlroy's non-conforming driver
CHARLOTTE -- The PGA of America only indirectly addressed a report that Rory McIlroy's driver was found to be non-conforming before this week's PGA Championship.,SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio first reported on Friday that McIlroy had been forced to switch to a different driver, but the Masters champion ha...
Orlando City rising, Inter Miami struggling as intrastate rivals meet
Inter Miami and Orlando City face each other for the first time in more than a year when they clash Sunday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,The heated in-state rivals are trending in opposite directions as Inter Miami (6-2-4, 22 points) fights through one of their toughest stretches since Lionel Messi...
Scottie Scheffler surges ahead of pack Saturday at PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE -- Scottie Scheffler broke out of a logjam with a brilliant finish to seize a three-stroke lead as the cream rose to the top in the third round at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club on Saturday.,On a day when strong, capricious winds tested the patience, judgment and execution of th...
Journalism shrugs off bump and rallies to win 150th Preakness Stakes
Journalism won the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes Saturday at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course in stunning fashion, catching longshot Gosger just before the wire and recovering from a bump down the stretch.,Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Journalism broke well from the second gate and settled off t...
Fever F-G Sophie Cunningham (ankle) misses opener vs. Sky
Indiana Fever wing Sophie Cunningham missed the team's season-opening game on Saturday against the visiting Chicago Sky due to an ankle injury.,Cunningham sustained the injury in the preseason finale against the Atlanta Dream on May 10. She lobbied to play but was turned down by Fever coach Stephani...