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Austin FC sign F Jorge Alastuey to first-team contract
Austin FC signed Spanish midfielder Jorge Alastuey to a first-team contract on Friday.,Alastuey, 23, is signed through the end of the 2026 season with options through 2027-28.,"I'm very happy to sign a contract with the first team and I want to thank the Club, and all my coaches and teammates, for t...
Sam Leavitt Faces Massive Expectations at LSU
LSU landed Sam Leavitt as Lane Kiffin’s biggest offseason addition, but questions remain about his health, talent and massive expectations....
White Sox vs. Rays Picks: Best Bets for Friday’s MLB Showdown
The White Sox and Rays meet Friday in a battle of first-place teams. Here are our best bets, including Tampa Bay and the Under....
WNBA Picks: Three Best Bets for Friday’s Fever, Wings and Storm Games
Check out three of our best WNBA bets for Friday, including Kelsey Mitchell, the Washington Mystics and the Storm-Dream total....
Trade talk circling as Tigers open series vs. Athletics
The Detroit Tigers are seven games below .500 and rating as big disappointments as the trade deadline nears.,A strong performance against the free-falling Athletics may be a necessity to avoid at least a partial teardown as the Tigers open the three-game set on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif...
Nationals' hurler Foster Griffin aims to stay hot vs. Braves
Left-hander Foster Griffin will go for his ninth straight victory on Friday when the visiting Washington Nationals play the Atlanta Braves in the second contest of their four-game series.,The Braves recorded a 5-4 victory in the opener on Thursday and hold a 5-3 lead in the season series. The win ex...
Eighth-inning homers lift Red Sox to series win over A's
Wilyer Abreu and Willson Contreras hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning to help the Boston Red Sox notch a 5-4 victory over the Athletics on Thursday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Sonny Gray went seven innings and Aroldis Chapman worked out of a jam in the ninth as the Red Sox claimed their thi...
Cristina Ulbrich, wife of Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich, dies after cancer battle
The Atlanta Falcons announced Thursday the death of Cristina Ulbrich, wife of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who was fighting cancer.,The Falcons confirmed her passing in a pair of statements. The team called Cristina Ulbrich "a constant source of love and support to Jeff, their family, and the...
Braves come from behind to top Nationals
Ozzie Albies' two-out single in the sixth inning drove in two runs and helped the Atlanta Braves take a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Washington Nationals on Thursday.,Albies was facing a two-strike count when home plate umpire Chad Fairchild warned him about standing outside the ba...
Big Ten notebook: Indiana ready for more after historic '25 season
The Indiana football team got to take quite a victory lap this offseason.,A national championship is always sweet, but it probably tasted that much better coming from a program that was the losingest in college football history at this time last year.,After the Hoosiers reveled in finishing off the ...
Orioles acquire C Jake Rogers in trade with Tigers
The Baltimore Orioles added an experienced catcher Thursday, acquiring Jake Rogers from the Detroit Tigers for minor league right-hander Zane Barnhart.,Rogers provides another option behind the plate while Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo remain on the injured list. Rutschman is dealing with infla...
Wings hope to brush off deflating loss, visit Mystics
The Dallas Wings carried some extra baggage on their trip to Washington to face the host Mystics on Friday -- the hangover from a disastrous final 20 seconds in an 82-81 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday.,The Wings (18-10) surrendered the lead on a five-point Dream possession in the final seconds, then c...
Peter Malnati goes low to establish 2-shot lead at Rocket Classic
Peter Malnati spent much of the day on 59 watch before settling for a 9-under-par 61 and a two-stroke lead at the Rocket Classic on Thursday at Detroit Golf Club.,Malnati went out in 7-under 28 and added birdies at the par-3 11th and par-4 13th hole, positioning himself to go 10 under or better at t...
Jeeno Thitikul cards seven birdies, holds lead at AIG Women’s Open
Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand carded seven birdies in a bogey-free round of 64 to hold a two-shot lead after the opening 18 holes of the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes on Thursday in Lytham St Annes, England.,South Korea's Haeran Ryu and Japan's Shiho Kuwaki are tied for second at 5-under ...
Stacking wins an issue for both Orioles, Phillies
Momentum has been hard to come by for the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies in the past week-and-a-half.,Their next chance to generate consistency comes Friday night when the teams begin a three-game series in Baltimore.,The Orioles might have an edge after an encouraging result.,"Our guys...
Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Bengals Bring Intensity to Training Camp
The Bengals opened training camp with a renewed competitive edge as Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and the team look to move past their disastrous 2025 season....
Indiana's Curt Cignetti takes jab at SEC: 'We don't cry a river'
The Big Ten has an advocate in Indiana coach Curt Cignetti when it comes to debating the best football conference in the country. The coach of the Hoosiers doesn't believe there's much of an argument these days.,The blunt-talking coach also took a jab at the Southeastern Conference -- with its sloga...
Report: LIV Golf remains mum on Michigan event's status
LIV Golf's season-ending team championship at Michigan remains on the schedule for next month despite multiple reports that it will be canceled, Front Office Sports reported Thursday.,No update on the status of the event is expected to come from LIV this week, according to the report.,The $40 millio...
Arnold Palmer Invitational officially added to 2028 Championship Series
The PGA's new schedule got a bit of clarity Thursday when the Arnold Palmer Invitational announced that it will be included in the new Championship Series that is slated to begin in 2028.,The Arnold Palmer, at Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Fla., is the third tournament this week to announce it will be i...
Bengals DE Shemar Stewart (knee) avoids major injury after scare
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Shemar Stewart will be out several weeks with a hyperextended left knee but has "avoided major injury," head coach Zac Taylor said Thursday.,"Very fortunate, because it obviously looked bad," Taylor said. "The good news is we'll be getting him back sooner rather than...