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NFL 2025 Division Outlook: Can the Eagles, Chiefs and Others Repeat as Champs?
Eight NFL teams enter 2025 as defending division champions. Can the Eagles, Chiefs and others fight off rising contenders and stay on top?...
National Heads-Up Poker Championship Contributing to the Game’s Renewed Life
After a 12-year hiatus, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship is returning in 2025. And it’s exactly the kind of content-first, personality-driven event poker needs right now....
D-backs eye series win after big night vs. A's
The Arizona Diamondbacks broke out of a deep funk and now will look to win a three-game series when they face the Athletics on Sunday afternoon in the finale of the set at West Sacramento, Calif.,The Diamondbacks scored just 14 runs while losing nine times in a 10-game stretch. But Arizona scored ha...
Royals' Salvador Perez aims to ride power surge vs. Jays
Salvador Perez is on a homer binge, and the visiting Kansas City Royals would like the trend to continue Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of their three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays.,The teams have split the first two contests of their series, with Perez hitting a home run in each g...
Brewers look to continue torrid stretch in finale vs. Nationals
The Milwaukee Brewers go for a three-game sweep when they conclude their series against the host Washington Nationals on Sunday.,Milwaukee recorded a 16-9 win in the series opener on Friday and an 8-2 decision on Saturday. The club has a combined 40 hits over the last two games, tied for the most in...
Diamondbacks snap 6-game losing skid at Athletics' expense
Ketel Marte, Alek Thomas and Corbin Carroll each hit solo homers as the Arizona Diamondbacks registered a 7-2 victory over the Athletics on Saturday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Lourdes Gurriel Jr. delivered a tiebreaking two-run single and Marte also drove in two runs as Arizona snapped a seaso...
Sophie Schmidt helps Houston steal point against Bay FC
After over a month away from league play, NWSL veteran Sophie Schmidt entered as a late-match substitute and stole a point for the Houston Dash Saturday night in a 2-2 draw against Bay FC in San Jose.,Schmidt entered the match for only her sixth NWSL appearance this season in the 82nd minute and six...
Rockies lose pitchers Seth Halvorsen (elbow), Antonio Senzatela (finger)
Colorado Rockies closer Seth Halvorsen threw just five pitches in the top of the ninth inning before leaving with an apparent elbow injury in the Rockies' 8-5 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.,The rookie right-hander recorded two strikes before three consecutive balls against Pit...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins 400m gold at USA Outdoor Championships
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won gold in the 400 meters at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday, successfully defending her win in the event in 2023.,The world-record holder and reigning Olympic champion in the 400m hurdles, McLaughlin-Levrone won Saturday with a t...
Leagues Cup roundup: Lionel Messi injures hamstring as Inter Miami top Necaxa
Lionel Messi left with "hamstring discomfort" in the 11th minute but Inter Miami earned a 5-4 penalty shootout win against visiting Necaxa following a 2-2 draw in Matchday 2 of Leagues Cup Phase One play on Saturday night.,Miami (1-0-1, 5 points) converted all of their penalties, with Luis Suarez cl...
Lionel Messi's Leagues Cup injury confirmed as "hamstring discomfort"
Lionel Messi exited Saturday night's Leagues Cup match against visiting Necaxa in the 11th minute due to a right leg injury. After Inter Miami completed its 2-2 draw, manager Javier Mascherano declared Messi felt "hamstring discomfort.",The 38-year-old Messi's exit brings a halt to an exceptional ru...
Overwatch Midseason Championship: T1 and Al Qadsiah roll into semis
Al Qadsiah and T1 breezed through quarterfinal play on Saturday to advance to semifinal action at the Overwatch Champions Series' Midseason Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Al Qadsiah swept Virtus.pro 3-0 while T1 knocked out Team Liquid by the same 3-0 verdict. They are joined in the semifinal...
Leagues Cup roundup: Lionel Messi injured as Inter Miami top Necaxa
Lionel Messi left injured in the 11th minute but Inter Miami earned a 5-4 penalty shootout win against visiting Necaxa following a 2-2 draw in Matchday 2 of Leagues Cup Phase One play on Saturday night.,Miami (1-0-1, 5 points) converted all of their penalties, with Luis Suarez clinching the extra po...
Victoria Mboko stuns Coco Gauff to reach quarterfinals in Montreal
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko delivered the biggest victory of her career on Saturday when she dominated top-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Montreal.,Mboko needed just 62 minutes to dispose of the two-time Grand Slam champion.,"It's incredi...
Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor punch Mets past Giants
Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor combined for six hits and seven RBIs at the top of the order as the host New York Mets routed the San Francisco Giants 12-6 on Saturday afternoon in the second game of a three-game series.,Nimmo went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs from the leadoff spot while ...
Brewers bash Nationals again behind Christian Yelich, Brandon Woodruff
Christian Yelich had three hits, including a home run, Brandon Woodruff allowed one hit over six innings, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Saturday.,Brice Turang added a double and two singles for the Brewers, who have won five of six.,Woodruff (3-0) allowed tw...
Lionel Messi exits Leagues Cup match with apparent leg injury
Lionel Messi exited Saturday night's Leagues Cup match against visiting Necaxa with an apparent leg injury in the 11th minute. Early signs suggest a potential hamstring strain.,The 38-year-old Messi's exit brings to a halt an exceptional run of clean health, the longest since he joined Miami in July...
Angels select OF Bryce Teodosio, release OF Lamonte Wade Jr.
The Los Angeles Angels selected the contract of outfielder Bryce Teodosio on Saturday. In a corresponding move, they released outfielder/first baseman Lamonte Wade Jr.,Teodosio was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2021, but he has quickly worked his way through the minor league ranks. In 2024, h...
Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor punch the Mets past the Padres
Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor teamed up for three timely hits apiece and the host New York Mets went on to rout the San Francisco Giants 12-6 on Saturday afternoon in the second game of a three-game series.,Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the Mets, who were outscored 2...
Brewers bash Nationals again behind Christian Yelich and Brandon Woodruff
Christian Yelich had three hits, including a home run, Brandon Woodruff allowed one hit over six innings, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Saturday.,Brice Turang added a double and two singles for the Brewers, who have won five of six.,Woodruff (3-0) allowed tw...