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Report: Iran World Cup team issued visas to compete in U.S.
Players from Iran's World Cup team have been granted visas to enter the United States, Reuters reported on Friday.,A White House official confirmed the news to Reuters, offering that the players had received their visas overnight, shortly after Iranian ambassador to Mexico Abolfazl Pasandideh had sa...
German prodigy Lennart Karl sidelined for World Cup with torn muscle
One of the World Cup's potential breakout stars will not play at all as 18-year-old Germany midfielder Lennart Karl tore a muscle in his left thigh during a team training session on Friday in Chicago.,According to reports, Karl underwent an MRI that confirmed the injury. ,Germany, which opens Group ...
TYLOO, BIG, FlyQuest advance to Stage 2 of IEM Cologne Major
TYLOO, BIG and FlyQuest earned elimination victories on Friday to advance to Stage 2 at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major in Germany.,TYLOO knocked off Lynn Vision Gaming by a 13-5, 13-7 count to secure its spot in Stage 2, which features 16 teams battling June 6-9 for the eight spots availabl...
NBA Finals G2: Knicks-Spurs Preview, Props, Prediction
The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a precarious position after blowing a 14-point lead in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. ,Instead of being up 1-0 and favorites to win the title, the Spurs lost the game, home-court advantage and are now series underdogs.,That said, they are a consensus 6.5-point fav...
Hockey Hall of Fame GM Cliff Fletcher dies at 90
Hockey Hall of Famer Cliff Fletcher, who built the Calgary Flames' 1989 Stanley Cup championship team, died at age 90, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Friday.,Fletcher had a long association with the Maple Leafs, beginning in 1991, and ranks sixth all-time among general managers with 953 all-ti...
J.T. Poston solves difficult Memorial greens to take 36-hole lead
J.T. Poston's early birdie binge helped separate him from the pack as he took the 36-hole lead at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio.,Poston shot a 7-under-par 65, while no one else in the 72-man field scored better than a 69 during the second round at Muirfield Village Golf Club.,Tha...
Giants bash seven home runs to crush Cubs
Matt Chapman hit a grand slam and a three-run homer, Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each chipped in a pair of homers and the visiting San Francisco Giants routed the Chicago Cubs 18-3 on Friday afternoon in the rain-delayed opener of a three-game series.,The Giants picked up in Chicago where they le...
Freddie Jacobson, Soren Kjeldsen post 59 to begin Champions' team event
Freddie Jacobson of Sweden and Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark teamed up for a 12-under-par 59 to set the pace at the American Family Insurance Championship, the PGA Tour Champions' only team event, on Friday in Madison, Wis.,Jacobson and Kjeldsen lead by a single stroke over two teams, Brian Gay and Slov...
Redblacks feature new-look offense as season kicks off vs. Elks
The Ottawa Redblacks and Edmonton Elks have reason for optimism as they kick off their respective CFL regular seasons in Canada's capital on Saturday.,Sure, the Redblacks (4-14 in 2025) and Elks (7-11) finished in the basement of their respective divisions a year ago. That said, Ottawa desires to ge...
Mystics in search of consecutive wins with visit to Dream
Amid an inconsistent start to the season, the Washington Mystics and head coach Sydney Johnson can sense that improvements are being made. The next challenge for Washington will be to post its first set of consecutive victories as it travels to College Park, Ga. to face the Atlanta Dream on Saturday...
Yankees place Aaron Judge on IL, Spencer Jones recalled
New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge officially was placed on the injured list Friday with a stress fracture of his right rib, while outfielder Spencer Jones was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wikes-Barre.,Judge's IL move is retroactive to Tuesday.,Judge, 34, will undergo more testing in ap...
Get-in price for NBA Finals at MSG soars past $9k
The Knicks' upset victory in Game 1 of the NBA Finals not only flipped New York to the favorite to win the title, it sent the price soaring for those hoping to see a game at Madison Square Garden.,Ahead of Game 2 in San Antonio on Friday night, the get-in price for Monday's Game 3 at MSG reached $9,...
Dramatic Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final draws big audience
Game 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final drew its largest audience in seven years.,An average of 4.8 million viewers on ABC watched the opening contest of the best-of-seven series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.,That represents a 98% increase from Gam...
Bears ownership votes to prioritize move to Indiana
Chairman George McCaskey and members of the board of directors for the Chicago Bears voted Thursday to move forward with plans to cross the state border to Hammond, Ind., for the team's new stadium. ,McCaskey and team president and CEO Kevin Warren said the "exact site" in the undeveloped area less ...
Broncos LB Jonathon Cooper facing domestic violence charge
Denver Broncos starting linebacker Jonathon Cooper was arrested Thursday night on charges of domestic violence and criminal mischief.,Cooper, 28, was booked at 2:38 a.m. Friday into Douglas County (Colo.) Jail following his arrest at 11:16 p.m. Thursday.,According to jail records obtained by The Den...
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield sets deadline for contract talks
Baker Mayfield said contract talks with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are "not anywhere close" to what he is looking for and set a deadline of the start of training camp to either reach an agreement or pause negotiations.,"The contract stuff, it's happening, it's starting -- talks and whatnot," Mayfield ...
Late surge allows Tyrrell Hatton to seize lead at LIV Golf Andalucia
Tyrrell Hatton carded a 2-under-par 69 on Friday to secure a two-stroke lead after the second round of LIV Golf Andalucia in Valderrama, Spain.,Hatton recorded an eagle on the par-5 17th hole to highlight a round in which he also collected three birdies and three bogeys at Real Club Valderrama, home...
Jack Roush, Ford looking for key win at Michigan
Dragging behind in a 2026 season that has produced just one Victory Lane visit, Ford is in desperate need of a win.,The manufacturer is 1-for-14 thus far, with only Ryan Blaney's triumph at Phoenix three months ago to cling to in the points race.,So Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich....
Brazil's Neymar to have MRI on nagging calf injury
Brazil forward Neymar will undergo an MRI on his right calf to help determine his fitness for the World Cup.,Coach Carlo Ancelotti provided the update about Brazil's all-time leading scorer at a press conference on Friday.,The MRI will be on Monday. Brazil plays its Group C opener against Morocco on...
Canadiens' Cole Caufield wins Lady Byng Trophy
Canadiens forward Cole Caufield thought he was in the Montreal locker room Friday to surprise teammate Nick Suzuki with the Frank J. Selke Trophy, but there was another card to be flipped.,Suzuki presented Caufield with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, given annually to the NHL player "who best combin...