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Tailgating to be allowed at Boston World Cup games as FIFA changes stance
In an about-face, FIFA will allow tailgating for World Cup games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., the Boston World Cup host committee announced on Monday.,FIFA originally stated that tailgating would not be allowed at any of the 104 matches, which will be played June 11-July 19 in the Unite...
Mets-Nats to feature punchless offenses vs. generous pitching
No team in baseball has scored fewer runs than the New York Mets. And no team in the National League has allowed more runs than the Washington Nationals.,Something will have to give starting Tuesday, when the skidding Mets host Washington in the opener of a three-game series between the longtime Nat...
Report: Phoenix, Vegas potential options if Whitecaps relocate
Las Vegas and Phoenix are the top contenders to become an MLS city if the Vancouver Whitecaps were to relocate, The Athletic reported on Monday.,MLS declined to comment on the report.,Per the report, a special committee of MLS owners met earlier this month to conduct talks on the future of the White...
Celtics return home with chance to finish off reeling Sixers
The Boston Celtics can close out the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the visiting Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5 on Tuesday night., ,After splitting two games in Boston, the second-seeded Celtics took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series by beating the seventh-seeded 76ers twice i...
Arizona C Motiejus Krivas returning for senior season
Arizona center Motiejus Krivas is returning for the 2026-27 season after a breakout junior campaign for the Wildcats.,The school announced the news on social media Monday with the caption, "Go ahead and add him to your preseason POY watch list now. Mount Krivas is back!",<blockquote class="twitter-t...
Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby enters gambling addiction program
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is entering a treatment program for a gambling addiction and taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team, the school announced Monday.,ESPN reported that Sorsby, who transferred to join the Red Raiders this offseason from Cincinnati, made thousands of do...
NBA Playoff Picks: Best Bets for Pistons vs Magic and Nuggets vs Timberwolves
NBA playoff best bets for Monday, including Pistons vs Magic and Nuggets vs Timberwolves predictions....
5-star Finnish forward pushes Arkansas class to No. 1
Five-star Finnish 7-footer Miika Muurinen committed to Arkansas and elevated John Calipari's 2026 recruiting class to No. 1 in the country, according to ESPN.,Muurinen, 19, who played at multiple U.S. high schools, took an official visit to Arkansas in 2024 before signing to play professionally in S...
Thieves take down Heretics to win CDL Stage 3 Minor
The Los Angeles Thieves won a best-of-five semifinal match and then rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win the grand final of the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Minor on Sunday.,Los Angeles beat OpTic Texas 3-2 in the semis and met the Miami Heretics in the grand final later in the day. The Thieves lost two...
Payton Pritchard (32), Celtics shoot down Sixers, lead 3-1
Payton Pritchard scored a career-playoff-high 32 points off the bench and the Boston Celtics took a 3-1 series lead with a convincing 128-96 road victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night.,Jayson Tatum made five treys and recorded 30 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds and Jaylen Brown a...
76ers star Joel Embiid active for Game 4 vs. Celtics
Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid was active and in the starting lineup for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the visiting Boston Celtics on Sunday.,Embiid has not played since April 6, as he required an emergency appendectomy during a team trip through Tex...
Carlos Cortes’ two-run triple lifts Athletics over Rangers
Carlos Cortes delivered a two-run triple in the first inning and the Athletics held on to beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Cortes also had a pair of singles for the Athletics, who moved two games over .500 and took a one-game lead o...
Jose Tena's HR in 10th helps Nationals edge White Sox
Jose Tena hit a pinch-hit solo home run in the 10th inning after CJ Abrams provided a go-ahead sacrifice fly as the visiting Washington Nationals defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Sunday.,Both pitching staffs allowed just four hits. Paxton Schultz worked around Tristan Peters' RBI single in the ...
Athletics activate Brent Rooker, DFA INF Andy Ibanez
The Athletics activated two-time All-Star Brent Rooker from the 10-day injured list on Sunday and designated infielder Andy Ibanez for assignment.,Rooker was sidelined with an oblique injury. He was injured during a game against the New York Yankees on April 9.,Rooker is batting fourth and serving a...
Sabastian Sawe shatters 2-hour barrier to win London Marathon
Kenya's Sabastian Sawe became the first runner to complete an official marathon in less than two hours as he broke the world record at the London Marathon on Sunday.,On a calm, sunny morning, the 31-year-old finished the marathon in one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. That crushed the previous reco...
Josh Jung, Rangers shoot for series win vs. Athletics
Josh Jung is having an April to remember for the Texas Rangers, who will face the Athletics in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,Jung continued his hot streak with a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning of Saturday's 4-3 victory. The win moved Te...
Nationals SS Nasim Nunez playing 'nasty' against White Sox
Washington Nationals shortstop Nasim Nunez delivered two hits, four RBIs and a stolen base during Saturday's 6-3, 10-inning victory against the host Chicago White Sox.,Nunez acknowledged he was aiming to emulate one of his favorite players, current New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor -- a path ...
Red Sox play first game under new management in series finale vs. Orioles
The Boston Red Sox barely had a chance to enjoy a big day of success on the field before there was an overhaul of the coaching staff.,They'll go into Sunday afternoon's series finale against the host Baltimore Orioles with Chad Tracy as interim manager after the firing of Alex Cora was revealed hour...
Josh Jung’s 2-run blast lifts Rangers past Athletics
Josh Jung hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 4-3 on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,Corey Seager had two hits and an RBI for Texas, which evened the three-game series after losing the opener 8-1 on Friday.,Rangers starter MacKenzie Gore allowed th...
Austin blanks Houston in Copa Tejas clash
Myrto Uzuni scored a goal and assisted on a tally by Jayden Nelson as host Austin FC defeated the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Saturday in the latest edition of the Copa Tejas series between the Lone Star State rivals.,Austin (2-4-4, 10 points) bounced back from a 5-1 thrashing at San Jose on Wednesday wit...