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New Dodgers Pitcher Tarik Skubal Already Wants To Go Back to Tigers
Tarik Skubal admitted he would love to spend his entire career with the Detroit Tigers, creating an intriguing situation for the Dodgers....
Red Sox chase 10th straight win, aim to hand A's 10th straight loss
The Boston Red Sox can do no wrong these days. At least that's the way it seems.,The Red Sox will enter their Saturday matchup against the visiting Athletics on a nine-game winning streak after recording a 13-1 victory on Friday in the opening contest of a three-game series.,Boston has won 11 of its...
Skye Blakely, Claire Pease share first at U.S. Gymnastics Championships
The University of Florida's Skye Blakely and 17-year-old Honolulu native Claire Pease are tied for the all-around lead after the first day of women's competition at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Friday in Phoenix.,Each earned 55.6 points.,Sixteen-year-old Charleigh Bullock from Virginia holds...
Joc Pederson, Brandon Nimmo lift Rangers past Orioles
Joc Pederson homered in the sixth inning, and Brandon Nimmo made a game-saving throw from right field in the ninth for the Texas Rangers, who earned their third consecutive win in a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.,Texas won despite mustering just three hit...
Daylen Lile sparks Nationals over Reds with 3-run shot
Daylen Lile hit a three-run home run and Harry Ford added a two-shot as the host Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 on Friday.,Nationals starter Cade Cavalli (9-5) allowed seven hits and three runs in six-plus innings. The right-hander walked two and struck out eight on 100 pitches.,C...
Shakira Austin, Mystics hold on late to stifle Dream
Shakira Austin had a double-double, four teammates scored in double figures and the host Washington Mystics won their sixth consecutive game by holding off the Atlanta Dream 79-74 on Friday night., ,Austin finished with a team-high 21 points and 11 rebounds, Kiki Iriafen scored 15, Sonia Citron had ...
Leylah Fernandez ends top-10 drought with Mirra Andreeva upset in Toronto
Leylah Fernandez secured her first win over a top 10 foe in more than a year with a resounding 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Russia's Mirra Andreeva on Friday in front of a friendly home crowd at the National Bank Open in Toronto.,Fernandez, the No. 30 seed who hails from Laval, Quebec, needed just 81 minutes ...
Payton Tolle fans 14 as Red Sox thrash Athletics
Payton Tolle recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts and Jarren Duran homered to help the Boston Red Sox extend their winning streak to nine games by beating the visiting Athletics 13-1 Friday night.,Duran's home run, his 16th of the season, came against starting pitcher Jack Perkins and ignited a five...
Athletics, GM David Forst mutually agree to part ways
The Athletics and general manager David Forst have mutually agreed to part ways, ending his 27-year tenure with the organization, the team announced Friday.,Assistant general manager Dan Feinstein will serve as interim GM for the remainder of the season while the Athletics search for a permanent rep...
Defending champ Ben Shelton continues strong run in Montreal
Defending champion Ben Shelton continued his strong run through the National Bank Open with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Belgium's Zizou Bergs on Friday to reach the Round of 16 in Montreal.,Shelton, the highest remaining seed at No. 5, was dominant on his serve with eight aces and no double faults. He won ...
Argentine football prez: Lionel Messi alone will decide when to retire
Especially after witnessing what Lionel Messi was still capable of at this summer's World Cup, the president of the Argentina Football Association is not rushing the all-time great out the door.,Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia said in an interview on Argentine TV that Messi is the only person making the deci...
Revs, Dynamo each bring unbeaten streaks into rescheduled clash
The Houston Dynamo will try to build on their five-game unbeaten streak when they take on the New England Revolution on Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass., in the first meeting between the sides since 2024.,The game was postponed from March 7 due to winter weather delaying the delivery and inst...
Kings to retire Anze Kopitar's No. 11 jersey, unveil statue
The Los Angeles Kings will retire former captain Anze Kopitar's No. 11 jersey during the 2026-27 season and honor him with a statue outside of Crypto.com Arena.,Both events will happen prior to the Kings' game against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 24.,A two-time Stanley Cup champion with L...
WNBA Best Bets: Three Picks for Friday's Slate
Check out three WNBA best bets for Friday, including picks for Mercury-Sun, Dream-Mystics and Valkyries-Wings....
Fresh off rally, 'exhausted' Red Sox put 8-game win streak on line vs. A's
There is no rest for the weary in the middle of a major league season.,After refusing to lose an incredible 13-inning game en route to a sweep of the Chicago White Sox, the Boston Red Sox will be back at it on Friday night, hosting the Athletics in the opener of a three-game series. ,On Thursday, Ca...
Reds hope to get by with bullpen game vs. skidding Nationals
The Cincinnati Reds' pitching staff is in rough shape as the team heads to Washington to take on the Nationals in a three-game series starting Friday.,Hunter Greene was scheduled to start on Thursday, but a day earlier he landed on the 15-day injured list due to soreness in his surgically repaired r...
Fred Richard in first after Day 1 at U.S. Gymnastics Championships
Despite a pair of score reductions, Fred Richard holds the men's all-around lead at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships after the first half of the competition was held on Thursday in Phoenix.,Richard, a 22-year-old from the University of Michigan, owns a score of 84.326 points through six routines. D...
Phillies ride 8 doubles to series-clinching victory over Nationals
Cristopher Sanchez recorded his major-league-leading 15th win and Bryson Stott had two of his team's eight doubles Thursday as the Philadelphia Phillies notched a 7-3 home victory over the Washington Nationals.,Stott was one of seven Phillies players who hit a double in the first three innings alone...
Cameron Norrie rallies to stun No. 3 seed Alex de Minaur in Montreal
Great Britain's Cameron Norrie saved a match point and completed a dramatic comeback Thursday, upsetting third-seeded Alex de Minaur 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1 in the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal.,Australia's de Minaur appeared firmly in control after taking the opening set and building ...
UEFA stands by World Cup boycott despite FIFA's private equity retraction
European soccer confederation UEFA still plans to boycott all FIFA-related events despite FIFA president Gianni Infantino issuing an apology and retracting the plans for selling ownership shares in the World Cup.,UEFA's 55 member federations unanimously approved the FIFA boycott at an emergency meet...