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Astros place INF Nick Allen on IL, add INF Braden Shewmake
The Houston Astros placed infielder Nick Allen on the injured list Monday with back spasms, while right-hander J.P. France was outrighted to Triple-A Sugar Land.,To replace Allen on the active roster, the Astros selected the contract of newly acquired infielder Braden Shewmake from Sugar Land, while...

Report: Bryson DeChambeau held meeting during Masters to discuss LIV exit
Bryson DeChambeau used his spare time at The Masters Tournament earlier this month to discuss a possible return to the PGA Tour, The Athletic reported Monday.,Playing in the last season of his original LIV Golf contract, DeChambeau not only was competing in the first major tournament of the 2025 sea...
WrestleMania 42 Grades: Night 1 Disaster, Night 2 Delivers
A full breakdown of WrestleMania 42, including the best matches, worst moments, and biggest surprises from both nights in Las Vegas....

Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (hamstring) exits in 3rd inning
Red Sox right-hander Sonny Gray left Monday's game in Boston against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning due to right hamstring tightness.,Gray was in visible discomfort after issuing a two-out walk to put two runners on base. After a visit from a trainer and one test pitch, Boston manager Alex C...

Kenyan pair repeat at Boston Marathon; John Korir breaks course record
John Korir of Kenya won his second straight Boston Marathon on Monday morning, setting a course record in the 130th edition of the race with a time of 2:01:52.,Korir, 29, took the lead just before the 20-mile mark, gradually building his advantage and finishing 55 seconds ahead of Alphonce Simbo of ...

Big East commish Val Ackerman retiring after 13 years
Big East Conference commissioner Val Ackerman announced her retirement on Monday after 13 years as one of the most powerful women in college sports.,Ackerman, 66, is leaving her position on Aug. 31. A national search for her successor will commence immediately, the league said in a news release.,"It...
Are the Detroit Pistons in Trouble After a Rough Game 1?
Orlando Magic stun the Pistons in Game 1. Full breakdown of the upset and what it means....

Guardians out to keep good vibes going vs. reeling Astros
The Cleveland Guardians won three of four games against the Baltimore Orioles to begin their seven-day homestand.,Next up are the free-falling Houston Astros, who arrive Monday to open a three-game set against the American League Central leaders.,In a matchup of 26-year-old right-handers, the Guardi...

Top-seeded Pistons shocked in Game 1 as Magic never trail
Paolo Banchero had 23 points and nine rebounds as the visiting Orlando Magic upset the top-seeded Detroit Pistons, 112-101, in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference series on Sunday.,The visiting Magic never trailed as every starter scored at least 16 points. Franz Wagner supplied 19 points...

Alex Palou credits pit crew in 1st-ever win at Long Beach
Alex Palou doesn't have many "firsts" left to chase in the IndyCar Series, but he captured one Sunday.,The star driver from Spain won the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach for the first time, beating polesitter Felix Rosenqvist to the checkers by 3.9663 seconds on Sunday in Long Beach, Calif.,It marked...

Spurs' Victor Wembanyama named 1st-time MVP finalist
Third-year San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is a first-time NBA Most Valuable Player candidate along with Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the league announced Sunday.,The league announced the MVP finalists, along with the finalists...

Jon Rahm leaves field in dust, wins LIV Golf Mexico City
Jon Rahm saved his best round of the week for last, firing a 7-under-par 64 Sunday to pull away to win the LIV Golf Mexico City title on Sunday in Naucalpan, Mexico.,Rahm, the tournament's leader since the second round, finished the week at Club de Golf Chapultepec at 21-under 263, six shots ahead o...

Masyn Winn powers Cardinals past Astros for extra-innings win
Masyn Winn, whose two-out single sparked a four-run uprising in the fifth inning, delivered a bases-clearing double in the top of the 10th that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-5 win over the host Houston Astros and a three-game interleague series sweep.,Winn plated Ivan Herrera, Jordan Walker ...

Vitality blanks Spirit to win IEM Rio grand final
Team Vitality completed a spotless run through the playoff stage at the Intel Extreme Masters Rio event, defeating Team Spirit 3-0 in the grand final Sunday in Brazil.,Vitality followed 2-0 wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals with their latest shutout to claim the $125,000 first prize. Spirit s...

Celtics storm to early lead, roll past 76ers in series opener
Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 26 points and Jayson Tatum added 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 123-91 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series., ,Sam Hauser made 4 of 6 attempts fro...
Which NBA Playoffs Game 1 Loser Is Most Likely To Win Their Series?
Breaking down NBA teams that still have a chance to win their series after Game 1 losses....

WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina wins at Stuttgart for second time
Second-seeded Elena Rybakina won 25 of her 32 first-serve points (78.1%) and needed just 78 minutes on Sunday to post a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Karolina Muchova to win the championship match of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.,Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, had three aces while winning h...

Astros place OF Joey Loperfido (quad) on injured list
The Houston Astros placed outfielder Joey Loperfido on the injured list with a right quad strain on Sunday and recalled right-hander Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land.,Loperfido, 26, was batting .259 with six RBIs in 20 games this season. He started at least one game in all three outfield posit...

Banged-up Astros try end skid against Cardinals
The injuries continue to add up for the Houston Astros, who lost outfielder Joey Loperfido to right quad tightness on Friday. He was unavailable for the Astros' 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.,Loperfido underwent an MRI on Saturday and likely will be placed on the injured list, mana...

Team Falcons, BetBoom Team start fast at Wallachia Season 8
Xtreme Gaming, PARIVISION, Team Falcons and BetBoom Team won in sweeps as the PGL Wallachia Season 8 group stage opened on Saturday in Bucharest, Romania.,Other winners, by 2-1 scores, were Team Spirit, Team Liquid Aurora Gaming and HEROIC.,The $1 million Dota 2 tournament began Saturday with the 16...