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Denny Hamlin grabs pole at Pocono after welcoming son
Perhaps not too surprisingly, Pocono (Pa.) Raceway's all-time winningest driver, Denny Hamlin, was fastest in the field Saturday to earn pole position for Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 (2 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota will tak...

WTA roundup: Marketa Vondrousova, Xinyu Wang to face off for first Berlin title
The Berlin Open will crown a first-time winner after Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic and China's Xinyu Wang won their semifinal matches on Saturday.,Despite dealing with shoulder injuries, Vondrousova took down World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka who, for the second straight day, attempted a late-...

F Jalon Moore recovering from Achilles tear suffered in pre-draft workout
Former Oklahoma forward Jalon Moore is recovering from surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon sustained during a pre-draft workout.,A projected second-round pick in next week's 2025 NBA Draft, Moore was injured during a recent visit with the San Antonio Spurs.,Moore's agent, Mike Silverman of Equi...

FC Dallas transfer GK Antonio Carrera to Tigres UANL
FC Dallas transferred homegrown goalkeeper Antonio Carrera to Liga MX side Tigres UANL on Friday.,Carrera, 21, signed with Dallas in February 2022 but had yet to make an MLS appearance.,He played in 43 matches for MLS NEXT Pro affiliate North Texas SC, including a 2024 league championship.,Carrera's...

Jake Irvin tasked with helping Nats snap out of doldrums vs. Dodgers
Washington Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin managed to figure his way around the mound in Los Angeles once and will be out for a repeat result when he faces the Dodgers on Saturday night in the middle game of a three-game series. ,On April 17, 2024, Irvin went six scoreless innings with six strikeo...
Oklahoma City Thunder Seeks Game 7 Redemption After NBA Finals Collapse
The Oklahoma City Thunder blew a golden opportunity in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, but a home-court advantage in Game 7 offers a shot at redemption and their first championship....
Why Saquon Barkley Is Unlikely to Reach 2,000 Rushing Yards Again This Season
History says Saquon Barkley won’t reach 2,000 rushing yards again in 2025, as no NFL running back has ever done it. Here’s why Barkley is unlikely to break the streak....

Diamondbacks, trying to catch up in NL West, visit Rockies
The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped the first two contests of their current nine-game road trip but have bounced back to win two in a row.,They will try to make it three straight wins in the middle game of a three-game set against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night in Denver. ,The Diamondbacks will...
UFC Fight Night Best Bets: Hill vs. Roundtree, Blaydes vs. Kuniev Picks and Predictions
Get the best UFC Fight Night betting picks and predictions, including Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizan Kuniev to not go the distance, Khalil Rountree by KO/TKO, and Rafael Fiziev as a live underdog....

Red Sox rally to take reunion with Giants' Rafael Devers
Ceddanne Rafaela and David Hamilton combined for five hits, three runs and four RBIs out of the bottom two spots in the batting order and the Boston Red Sox spoiled Rafael Devers' reunion with a 7-5 road victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday.,Meeting just five days after completing a block...

Astros edge Angels in 10 innings on run-scoring wild pitch
Mauricio Dubon scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning as the visiting Houston Astros posted a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.,Jeremy Pena went 3-for-4 with a home run, while Hunter Brown allowed one run on two hits across five innings, strikin...

Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers emerge with win over Nationals
Miguel Rojas hit a two-run home run and Clayton Kershaw inched closer to 3,000 career strikeouts as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-5 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals on Friday.,Kershaw (3-0) gave up two runs on five hits and two walks in five innings. He fanned four, move within ei...

Eugenio Suarez leads D-backs' homer barrage in win over Rockies
Eugenio Suarez hit two of Arizona's four home runs to reach 300 for his career, and the Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 14-8 in Denver on Friday night.,Suarez, who tied his season high with four hits, connected in the fifth and sixth innings. Ketel Marte homered, doubled twice and drove in fi...

Loss of A.J. Puk, Gabriel Moreno adds to D-backs' injury woes
A week after announcing closer Justin Martinez will undergo Tommy John surgery, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday that A.J. Puk will undergo the same procedure.,The club opened the season with visions of Martinez, a right-hander, and the lefty Puk potentially sharing closer duties. Now, Puk ...

Wisconsin sues Miami over transfer tampering in a legal first
The University of Wisconsin sued the University of Miami on Friday, formally accusing the Florida school of tampering with a football player under a financial contract with the Badgers.,The decision to sue could become a watershed moment in the current era of college athletics. Never before has a un...

Jeeno Thitikul extends lead to three at Women's PGA
World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul is halfway home to her first major victory, as she will take a three-shot lead into the weekend at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas.,The 22-year-old star from Thailand followed a first-round 68 with a 2-under-par 70 on Friday to reach 6-under 138 at the F...

Vitality and MongolZ cruise into BLAST.tv Austin Major semis
A day after the first two spots in the semifinals were secured with reverse sweeps, Team Vitality and The MongolZ made it look easy, earning their spots with sweeps at the BLAST.tv Austin Major on Friday in Texas.,Vitality will face MOUZ in the first semifinal Saturday, followed by MongolZ and paiN ...

Layne Riggs claims first Truck Series win after Corey Heim's tire trouble
Layne Riggs capped one of the best race weekends of his young career, claiming his first ever pole position then leading the final 20 laps of Friday's MillerTech Battery 200 to take his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of the season in the opening race of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend at ...

Lions look to avenge last week's loss against Blue Bombers in rematch
Nine days after opening their season with a 34-20 home win over the B.C. Lions, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers make the trip west to Vancouver for a rematch on Saturday.,This game might be more notable for who won't be playing playing than who will.,Both teams will be without star players on offense. Win...

Padres-Dodgers discipline: Robert Suarez, both managers receive bans
Major League Baseball suspended San Diego Padres right-handed pitcher Robert Suarez for three games Friday, while Padres manager Mike Shildt and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts received one-game suspensions following the conclusion of a feisty four-game series between the teams this week.,S...