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Luis L. Ortiz opposes former team as Guardians visit Pirates
Fresh off one of the best starts of his career, Cleveland right-hander Luis L. Ortiz will oppose his former team for the first time when the Guardians visit the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night to open a three-game series.,Ortiz (1-2, 6.06 ERA) will try to reverse his team's recent fortunes as Cle...
Ashleigh Buhai, Yan Liu share LA Championship lead
South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai carded a bogey-free, 9-under-par 63 on Thursday, and she shares the lead after the first round of the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.,China's Yan Liu is also at 63 after she opened with a bogey but later carded an eagle at El Caballero Country Club.,Sweden's Fr...
Caps drop finale to Penguins despite Alex Ovechkin's 897th
Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored his 897th NHL goal, but the visiting Capitals dropped their season finale 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.,Ovechkin fired in a one-timer from above the right circle at 16:56 during a second-period power play to pull the Capitals within 3-2. The 39-y...
O's belt 3 HRs, clinch series win over Guardians
Ryan O'Hearn belted a go-ahead three-run home run in the third inning of Baltimore's 6-2 victory against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night, helping the host Orioles post back-to-back wins for the first time this season.,Gunnar Henderson (two hits) and Heston Kjerstad also homered to support ...
Ex-Texas Tech G Kevin Overton joining Auburn
Former Texas Tech guard Kevin Overton is transferring to Auburn, which will be his third team in three seasons.,Overton acknowledged a report from On3.com on his Instagram page Thursday, with a photo indicating the move from the Red Raiders to the Tigers.,Overton averaged 7.8 points and 3.7 rebounds...
Joel Dahmen shoots course-record 62, leads Corales Puntacana
Joel Dahmen poured in 10 birdies with no bogeys to shoot a course record and set the first-round lead at the Corales Puntacana Championship on Thursday in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.,Dahmen's 62 at the Puntacana Resort's Corales Golf Course was enough for a two-stroke lead over Keith Mitchell, E...
Suns owner Mat Ishbia calls season a 'failure'
The Phoenix Suns finished 10 games below .500 this season and missed the postseason despite having probable Hall of Famer Kevin Durant on the roster.,Suns owner Mat Ishbia didn't like his view, either. He saw a team with no passion and lacking an identity.,"Embarrassing season, right?" Ishbia told r...
Memphis star PJ Haggerty entering transfer portal
Memphis guard PJ Haggerty, a consensus second-team All-American, will enter the transfer portal.,Haggerty told The Athletic of his plans Thursday, confirming several other media reports.,Haggerty won American Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors after averaging a league-high 21.7 points, 5....
Twins, Braves scuffling ahead of three-game series
Two pitchers looking for their first win will square off on Friday when the Minnesota Twins visit the Atlanta Braves to begin a three-game series between a pair of struggling teams.,Minnesota will send Chris Paddack (0-2, 9.49 ERA) to the mound against Atlanta's Bryce Elder (0-1, 7.20) in the first ...
Cal G Andrej Stojakovic, son of Peja, hitting portal again
Cal guard Andrej Stojakovic is back in the transfer portal, his agent told multiple outlets on Thursday.,Stojakovic -- the son of former Sacramento Kings All-Star Peja Stojakovic -- spent his freshman year at Stanford before transferring to Bay Area rival Cal for 2024-25.,A former five-star high sch...
Sens captain Brady Tkachuk (upper body) back after 8 games
Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk will play in the team's regular-season finale Thursday against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes after missing eight games with an upper-body injury.,The Senators qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2017, and Tkachuk wants to be certai...
Rockies fire hitting coach Hensley Meulens
Former Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is back on the team's bench after it fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens on Thursday.,Hurdle will take over as hitting coach through the end of the season after the Rockies carried a .220 batting average and .629 OPS into Thursday's off day. Their batting...
Auburn wing Chad Baker-Mazara hits transfer portal
Auburn guard/forward Chad Baker-Mazara announced Thursday that he will enter the transfer portal and play his final year of college basketball elsewhere.,Baker-Mazara spent two seasons at Auburn and was a key component on the Tigers' Final Four team this past season.,"First I wanna thank God for ble...
Diamondbacks capitalize on basepaths, sweep Marlins
Pavin Smith homered, doubled and drove in two runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks swept a three-game series from the host Miami Marlins, prevailing 6-4 on Thursday afternoon.,Arizona has won seven of its past eight games, including five straight.,Josh Naylor, a former Marlins first-round pick, homered ...
Reports: Notre Dame QB Steve Angeli entering transfer portal
Steve Angeli, who was part of Notre Dame's quarterback competition this spring, is entering the transfer portal, several outlets reported Thursday.,Angeli was up against CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey in a three-way battle this spring.,As the backup to Riley Leonard last year, Angeli got into 11 games an...
MLB Player Prop Best Bet: Los Angeles Angels vs. Texas Rangers, April 17
Jack Kochanowicz faces a tough test in Texas — and we’re betting he won’t last 17 outs. Here’s why the under is the smart prop play in Rangers-Angels....
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...
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...
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 ...