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Ravens C Danny Pinter (leg) carted off from joint practice
Baltimore center Danny Pinter, competing to be the starter in his first season with the Ravens, was carted off the field with an apparent leg injury during a joint practice with the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday in Eagan, Minn. ,Ravens first-year head coach Jesse Minter ran over from the defensive ...
2026 BMW Championship: Preview, Prop Picks, Best Bets
The second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs begins Thursday with the top 50 players in the standings teeing off at the BMW Championship in St. Louis.,Only the top 30 after this week advance to the Tour Championship, and our golf experts preview the event at Bellerive Country Club while sharing their fa...
Scottie Scheffler adds momentum to everything going for him at BMW Championship
Scottie Scheffler is back on top, even if it never felt like he went anywhere.,The World No. 1 and FedEx Cup points leader grabbed his first win since January when he ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship by eight strokes Sunday.,Near the end of a highly consistent season, Scheffler is the h...
Pirates acquire C Christian Bethancourt in trade with Yankees
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired catcher Christian Bethancourt in a trade from the New York Yankees for cash on Wednesday.,Bethancourt, 34, has played in parts of eight major league seasons but was confined to Triple-A this season in the Chicago Cubs and Yankees organizations.,After playing for Panam...
Scottie Scheffler targets Tiger Woods at BMW Championship
The best player on the PGA Tour is not about to rank himself among some of the greats in the game, even as he is about to become the leader in all-time career earnings.,Scottie Scheffler will enter this week's BMW Championship set to pass Tiger Woods on the career money list, but he scoffs at the no...
Former MVP Nneka Ogwumike to retire at end of season
Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike, a 2016 WNBA MVP, 11-time All-Star and president of the Women's National Basketball Players Association, announced that she will retire at the end of the season.,Ogwumike, 36, currently ranks fourth in league history in points (7,879) and third in rebounds (...
Nationals turn to Cade Cavalli in bid to even series vs. Rangers
Right-hander Cade Cavalli looks to continue his torrid stretch on Wednesday when the Washington Nationals face the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas.,Cavalli (10-5, 3.36 ERA) will try to help Washington end a four-game losing streak and even its three-game series against Texas. The Rangers recorded ...
Royals picking up steam ahead of rematch vs. Athletics
Winners of three straight games and four of their past five, the Kansas City Royals will look to continue their good fortune on Wednesday when they host the Athletics in third contest of a four-game series.,The Royals will have a chance to take the series after turning a three-run deficit into a 4-3...
Mystics' young duo could thrive against Tempo's shoddy defense
Some call them "Kitron," a combination of their names.,By any name, the Washington Mystics' second-year duo of Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen are going to be around for a while.,They teamed for 40 points on Saturday night during an 80-70 home win over the Los Angeles Sparks. They will look to get Was...
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka advances to third round in Cincinnati with ease
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka needed just 54 minutes to rout China's Wang Xinyu 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday, coasting into the third round of the Cincinnati Open.,It was a dominant showing on all fronts for the Belarusian, who won 93.3% of her second-serve points and 80% of her second-return points. She lost j...
Cal Quantrill's strong start, Justn Foscue's HR lead Rangers past Nats
Cal Quantrill pitched seven strong innings, Justin Foscue homered and the Texas Rangers opened a six-game homestand with a 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night in Arlington.,Corey Seager had a double and a single, and Wyatt Langford had two hits, a walk and two runs scored for Texa...
Bobby Witt Jr. caps Royals' late comeback win vs. Athletics
Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the game-winning RBI in the ninth as the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 4-3 win against the visiting Athletics on Tuesday.,Down by two and unable to capitalize with the bases loaded in the eighth, the Royals made no mistake in the ninth. With pinch runner John Rave and Mic...
Fernando Tatis Jr. hits two HRs, robs grand slam as Padres beat Mets
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice and Robbie Ray tossed six solid innings Tuesday night for the visiting San Diego Padres, who beat the New York Mets 5-2 in the middle game of a three-game series.,Tatis also saved a grand slam by robbing Francisco Lindor with a leaping catch at the right field wall i...
Seattle Sounders, Austin each seek to end winless droughts
The Seattle Sounders are struggling through the worst stretch in franchise history entering Wednesday night's match against visiting Austin FC.,The two-time league champions have dropped a franchise-worst seven straight MLS matches and injuries continue to mount.,Standout midfielder Jesus Ferreira (...
Brandon Nakashima continues summer giant-killer act in Cincinnati
The hottest American on the ATP Tour right now is also the quietest.,But Brandon Nakashima is letting his big serve and forehand do the talking this summer.,After a run to the final in Montreal last week, the No. 27 seed wiped away three match points and rallied to upset fourth-seeded Daniil Medvede...
St. Louis rides enviable unbeaten streak into rivalry game vs. Sporting KC
St. Louis City carry the second-longest unbeaten streak in MLS this season into Wednesday's game at Sporting Kansas City.,A 7-0-2 run over the past nine games has vaulted St. Louis City (8-6-5, 29 points) into sixth place in the Western Conference. MLS-leading Nashville SC had a 10-game unbeaten str...
Kevin Denkey adding to FC Cincinnati's options ahead of NYCFC tilt
FC Cincinnati's opponents routinely focus their attack on stopping goal-scorers Evander and Kevin Denkey -- and for good reason.,In light of recent events, those same opponents also may need to cast a keen eye toward Pavel Bucha.,With three goals in his last four matches across all competitions, Buc...
Esports Nations Cup postponed 1 year amid war in Middle East
The inaugural Esports Nations Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been postponed one year from November 2026 to November 2027.,The Esports Foundation announced the decision Tuesday, citing an "ongoing assessment of the wider regional situation" amid the ongoing war in Iran.,"Given ENC's unprecedented i...
Sliding Revolution brace for D.C. United, red-hot Tai Baribo
The New England Revolution will see a different D.C. United team Wednesday in Washington than the one they shut out earlier this year.,When D.C. United lost to the Revolution 1-0 on April 11, it was their third of four straight MLS matches without a goal, and they fell to 2-4-1.,Since then, however,...
Rangers activate C Danny Jansen, designate C Austin Wynns for assignment
The Texas Rangers on Tuesday activated catcher Danny Jansen, who had missed the last 64 games with a right forearm strain.,In a corresponding move, the Rangers designated veteran catcher Austin Wynns for assignment. In doing so, Texas has seven days to trade, release or outright Wynns, 35, to the mi...