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Merrill Kelly to face Pirates in potential swan song with Diamondbacks
Arizona veteran right-hander Merrill Kelly will take the mound for what could be the final time with the Diamondbacks when he opposes Pirates left-hander Andrew Heaney on Saturday night in Pittsburgh.,As the uncertainty that comes with the final days before the July 31 trade deadline intensifies, Ke...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz falls in Washington quarterfinals
Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina pulled off a third-set escape and advanced to the semifinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open with a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5 win over top-seeded Taylor Fritz in Washington on Friday.,The match ended close to 2 a.m. local time.,Fritz served for the match at 5-3 in the third ...
Alonso Martinez's hat trick lifts NYCFC past FC Dallas
Alonso Martinez scored three goals, including the match-winner in the 84th minute, as New York City FC outlasted FC Dallas 4-3 in on Friday in a wild interconference match at Frisco, Texas.,Martinez's deciding goal came when Nicolas Fernandez Mercau fed the streaking NYCFC forward with a perfect pas...
Twins' Zebby Matthews and three relievers blank Nationals
Zebby Matthews pitched six scoreless innings, Byron Buxton drove in the game's lone run, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Royce Lewis ripped a double for the only extra-base hit for the Twins, who won the series opener despit...
D-backs throw one-hitter but need 11 innings to edge Pirates
Eugenio Suarez hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and three Arizona pitchers combined on a one-hitter, leading the Diamondbacks to a 1-0 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.,Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson threw six innings, permitting just Tommy Pham's triple in the second inning. H...
CF Montreal extend Revs' winless stretch to nine in 3-1 win
Prince Owusu scored his team-leading 11th goal and league-worst CF Montreal defeated the New England Revolution 3-1 to halt a four-match winless run on Friday night in Foxborough, Mass.,Dante Sealy had what proved to be the match-winner later in the first half and Olger Escobar scored a third in sec...
Guardians-Royals ppd. due to weather; twin bill set for Saturday
The Kansas City Royals' series opener against the visiting Cleveland Guardians was postponed Friday due to inclement weather.,Instead, Kansas City and Cleveland will take the field for a split doubleheader Saturday. Game 1 will begin at 1:40 p.m. CT, with the nightcap following at 6:15 p.m.,The club...
Rapids hope to break through stingy Union defense
The Colorado Rapids will hope to build off a historic result from the week before when they visit the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.,The Rapids (8-10-6, 30 points) snagged an unlikely draw against the Seattle Sounders on July 16 when forward Darren Yapi dribbled through a maze ...
Argos, Blue Bombers enter Grey Cup rematch with sour taste
The first rematch of last year's Grey Cup final takes place Saturday night. ,Neither the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers nor the defending champion Toronto Argonauts are going into it with any kind of positive momentum.,Winnipeg (3-2) has dropped two straight, including a 41-20 pummeling on July 18 a...
Avalanche trade F Oskar Olausson to Sharks for F Danil Gushchin
The Avalanche and Sharks traded forwards, with Danil Gushchin headed to Colorado in exchange for fellow forward Oskar Olausson.,Russian native Gushchin notched two goals and five points in 18 games from 2023-2025 with the Sharks, who drafted him in the third round of the 2020 NHL Draft.,He recorded ...
ATP roundup: Arthur Cazaux reaches first career final in Austria
France's Arthur Cazaux took down countryman and sixth seed Arthur Rinderknech 7-5, 6-3 to reach his first ATP final at the Generali Open on Friday in Kitzbuhel, Austria.,Cazaux, 22, fired off eight aces without a double fault and won 31 of 37 first-service points (83.8 percent). Ranked No. 100 in th...
Reports: WR DJ Chark to sign with Falcons
Free agent wide receiver DJ Chark will reportedly sign with Atlanta after visiting the Falcons on Friday, according to multiple reports.,The move comes a week after Chark visited with the Chicago Bears.,Chark spent the past three seasons with three different teams after playing his first four campai...
Vikings WR Justin Jefferson (hamstring) to miss some practice time
Minnesota Vikings star wide receiver Justin Jefferson will miss time in training camp as he deals with a left hamstring strain, coach Kevin O'Connell told reporters Friday.,Jefferson did not practice Friday after leaving Thursday's practice about a third of the way through the session, telling repor...
Padraig Harrington rides his luck into Senior Open lead
Padraig Harrington shot a 5-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead over a hard-charging Thomas Bjorn halfway through the ISPS Handa Senior Open on Friday at Sunningdale in Berkshire, England.,Harrington climbed the leaderboard to 8-under 132, one over Denmark's Bjorn and defending champion K.J. Choi...
Yankees acquire 3B Ryan McMahon from Rockies
The New York Yankees acquired third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for two minor league pitchers on Friday.,The Yankees will send left-hander Griffin Herring and right-hander Josh Grosz to the Rockies in exchange for McMahon, who was viewed as one of the top available pos...
Report: More than 100 players face fines for re-selling SB tickets
At least 100 players, as well as coaches and other team personnel from approximately half the teams in the NFL, allegedly sold their Super Bowl tickets for above face-value in violation of league policies, ESPN reported Friday.,According to a memo sent to all 32 NFL teams and reviewed by ESPN, an in...
Birdie run has Adrian Meronk tied at top of LIV UK
Adrian Meronk of Poland used a run of five birdies in six holes to forge a three-way atop the leaderboard after the opening round at Hemel Hempstead, England.,Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Branden Grace of South Africa also share first place after all three leaders shot a 6-under par 65 at Centurion ...
Valkyries' All-Star F Kayla Thornton (knee) to miss rest of season
All-Star forward Kayla Thornton will miss the remainder the season for the expansion Golden State Valkyries after undergoing surgery on her right knee Friday, the team announced.,Thornton sustained the injury in practice this week.,She recorded career-best averages in points (14.0) and rebounds (7.0...
Reports: Yankees acquire 3B Ryan McMahon from Rockies
The New York Yankees are acquiring third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for two minor league pitchers, multiple media outlets reported on Friday.,The Yankees reportedly will send left-hander Griffin Herring and right-hander Josh Grosz to the Rockies to complete the deal f...
Cup Series set to Ty a bow on first ever In-Season Challenge
Where the NASCAR Cup Series once had its "Dale and Dale Show" at Daytona in 1993, on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway there will be plenty at stake when the "Ty and Ty Show" takes to the 2.5-mile oval at the legendary Brickyard.,Over 32 years ago, Dale Jarrett beat Dale Earnhardt to win the...