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Browns starting LB Jordan Hicks announces retirement
Cleveland Browns starting linebacker Jordan Hicks announced his retirement over social media on Friday.,A veteran of 10 NFL seasons, Hicks missed the first two days of training camp with what the team referred to as a personal matter.,"Football has given me more than I could have ever imagined," Hic...

Tour de France shortens Stage 19 to avoid diseased cows
Tour de France organizers announced that Friday's Stage 19 has been rerouted and shortened to avoid a herd of diseased cattle.,Originally scheduled to be a 129.9-kilometer ride through the mountains from Albertville to La Plagne, Stage 19 will now be 95 kilometers. It also eliminates a pair of class...

Kenny Pickett takes first-team reps, Browns GM open to keeping 4 QBs
Quarterback Kenny Pickett operated the first-team offense in the Browns' controlled team scrimmage and 11-on-11 work as training camp started this week. ,Joe Flacco did not take snaps in the full team work with rookie Dillon Gabriel lined up at quarterback with the second team and Shedeur Sanders sl...

Orioles place closer Felix Bautista (shoulder) on IL
The Baltimore Orioles placed closer Felix Bautista on the 15-day injured list Thursday due to right shoulder discomfort.,The move is retroactive to Monday for the 30-year-old right-hander, who is 1-1 with a 2.60 ERA and 19 saves in 35 games this season.,Bautista, who has been the subject of trade ru...

Bengals to play QB Joe Burrow 'more than ever' in preseason
Training camp plans call for no limits on Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who has thrown a total of eight passes in preseason games the past four years.,But limiting Burrow in July and August in recent years might have been a factor in the troubling trend of slow starts, head coach Zac Taylor explai...

Browns place Deshaun Watson on PUP list
Competition for the starting quarterback job in Cleveland will not include the Browns' highest-paid QB, Deshaun Watson. ,Watson was officially placed on the physically unable to perform list as training camp gets underway in Berea, Ohio, with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and rookies Shedeur Sanders an...

Rays All-Star 2B Brandon Lowe headed back to IL
Just four days after being activated from the injured list, Tampa Bay Rays All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe was placed back on it Tuesday.,Lowe missed the final seven game before the All-Star break due tightness in his left oblique. The injury forced him to skip the All-Star Game for the second ...

Jazz F Kyle Filipowski named NBA Summer League MVP
Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski was named the Summer League Most Valuable Player for 2025 on Tuesday. ,Filipowski was also honored on the All-Summer League First Team, as the NBA announced first- and second-team honorees.,Filipowski, who is set to enter his second season in the league, played 72 g...

Cowboys: Micah Parsons to 'participate' in camp with contract unsettled
Wearing a helmet, shorts and a long sleeve compression shirt underneath a dark blue No. 11 jersey, Micah Parsons removed the mystery from his training camp plan on Tuesday by joining teammates on the field in Oxnard, Calif., for the first full team workout. ,Parsons stretched with the team and parti...

NFLPA expects vote on interim exec director in ‘near future’
NFL Players Association president Jalen Reeves-Maybin released a statement Tuesday declaring the union is committed to "serving the best interests of our membership" and promising an interim executive director would be voted on "in the near future.",The statement comes amid a difficult month for the...

Mariners take aim at Jacob Misiorowski, hot Brewers
Seattle's Randy Arozarena got to face young phenom Jacob Misiorowski at the All-Star Game last week.,The rest of the Mariners will get front-row seats Tuesday night when the Milwaukee Brewers' version of "Les Mis" makes his first major-league start in Seattle.,Misiorowski previously has pitched in S...

Pete Crow-Armstrong (knee) out of Cubs' lineup Monday
All-Star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is out of the Chicago Cubs' lineup Monday night due to soreness in his right knee.,Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters before Monday's home game against the Kansas City Royals that Armstrong tweaked his knee Sunday against the Boston Red Sox.,"He ju...

No big deal, but Jerry Jones thanks Micah Parsons for reporting to Cowboys camp
As Micah Parsons' contract negotiations with the Dallas Cowboys have stretched into a second year, neither side has been quiet on the topic.,Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made the latest public comment in the ongoing saga Monday, and this one might lead to some head-scratching.,"Just because we s...

Cowboys put Trevon Diggs, DeMarvion Overshown on PUP list
Cornerback Trevon Diggs and linebacker DeMarvion Overshown were among the players placed on the active/physically unable to perform list by the Dallas Cowboys on Monday.,Both players are still recovering from knee surgeries, Overshown in December and Diggs in January. Neither was expected to be read...

Pawn shop owner pleads guilty to fencing Joe Burrow's stolen property
A New York City pawn shop owner has pleaded guilty to buying and selling luxury items stolen by a national burglary crew whose victims including Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York.,Burrow was playing a road game last...

Max Holloway spoils Dustin Poirier’s retirement sendoff with decision win
The trilogy fight between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier may not have been a microcosm of their first two encounters, but it delivered an electrifying final 15 seconds when Holloway and the retiring Poirier traded blows in Round 5.,The result was a victory for lightweight Holloway by unanimous deci...

Qinwen Zheng taking 'short break' after elbow surgery
China's Qinwen Zheng announced Saturday she is taking a "short break" from the WTA Tour after elbow surgery.,The 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist is ranked No. 6 in the world with a 19-11 record this season.,Zheng, 22, lost to Katerina Siniakova in the first round at Wimbledon earlier this month as...

Missouri lands five-star G Jason Crowe Jr., No. 4 in '26
Missouri landed five-star guard Jason Crowe Jr., a consensus top-five player in the Class of 2026. ,Crowe, a 6-foot-3 lefty combo guard from Inglewood (Calif.) High School, widely was considered a cinch for Southern California until Missouri and Kentucky entered the picture earlier in the summer. Th...

Fly, Eagles fly: Super Bowl rings feature pop-out wings
The Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl LIX championship rings include a hidden button that extends a pair of wings when pressed.,The Eagles received their diamond-draped jewelry in a team ceremony on Friday night honoring their 40-22 win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.,"Our Sup...

Rays reinstate All-Star 2B Brandon Lowe from IL
The Tampa Bay Rays reinstated All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe from the 10-day injured list Friday.,He went on the shelf before the break with left oblique tightness and missed the All-Star Game in Atlanta.,Lowe, 31, enjoyed a strong first half, batting .272 with 19 home runs, 50 RBIs and 54 run...