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Report: Georgia's Trevor Etienne out for opener
Running back Trevor Etienne won't play Saturday for Georgia, a punishment for his arrest on DUI and other driving charges in March, ESPN reported.,The No. 1 Bulldogs will face No. 14 Clemson in Atlanta.,Etienne, a January transfer from Florida, agreed to a plea deal in July. The DUI charge was dropp...

A's, Rangers end August looking to 2025
The Oakland Athletics are far removed from a playoff push, but they're intent on changing the narrative for next season.,The A's will look to continue their upward trajectory when they face the Texas Rangers on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.,Oakland opened the three-game series with a 9-2 win o...

Streaking Cubs continue playoff push vs. Nationals
The streaking Chicago Cubs will look for their fifth straight win when they visit the Washington Nationals on Saturday.,Chasing the final National League wild-card spot, the Cubs held off a late Washington rally for a 7-6 win on Friday.,The Cubs will send out right-hander Javier Assad (6-4, 3.15 ERA...

A's power surge continues in rout of Rangers
JJ Bleday hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs, Brent Rooker added a pair of solo homers and the Oakland Athletics opened a three-game series against the Texas Rangers with a 9-2 win on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,Shea Langeliers also homered for Oakland, which has won four of its last fi...

Michigan State tops FAU in Jonathan Smith's debut as coach
Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams scored on a 63-yard run and Michigan State gave new head coach Jonathan Smith a victory in his debut as the Spartans topped Florida Atlantic, 16-10, in East Lansing, Mich., on Friday night.,Lynch-Adams finished with 101 yards on nine carries. Aidan Chiles, who followed Smith from...
College Football Best Betting Picks for Week 1 August 31, 2024
College football is all the way back and these are our top betting picks and predictions for Week 1's slate of games on August 31, 2024....

Cubs build big lead, barely hold off Nationals
Cody Bellinger's two-run homer capped a seven-run second inning, Keegan Thompson struck out Dylan Crews with the potential tying and winning runs on base in the ninth and the visiting Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Friday.,After Ildemaro Vargas singled home a run agains...

After blown save, Red Sox smack 2 HRs in 10th to beat Tigers
Ceddanne Rafaela blasted a two-run homer in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox pulled out a 7-5 victory over the host Detroit Tigers on Friday night.,Jarren Duran doubled twice and added a solo homer in the 10th for the Red Sox, and Connor Wong supplied a double and a homer while driving in two r...

Road-tested Whitecaps look to add to their success at Austin FC
Something has to give when the Vancouver Whitecaps, one of MLS's best road teams, travels south and east to battle Austin FC, one of the toughest sides at home, on Saturday in a Western Conference match.,The Whitecaps (11-8-5, 38 points) head to the capital of the Lone Star State on the heels of a 1...

Ravens TE Mark Andrews practices for 1st time since car accident
Baltimore Ravens All-Pro tight end Mark Andrews practiced on Friday for the first time since an Aug. 14 car accident.,Andrews, 28, did not suffer any apparent injuries, according to the team, in the early morning collision as he was traveling to practice. Baltimore County police said two cars sustai...

D.C. United loan F Kristian Fletcher to Nottingham Forest
D.C. United loaned homegrown forward Kristian Fletcher to Nottingham Forest FC of the English Premier League, the MLS club announced Friday.,Fletcher, 19, is set to join Nottingham's U-21 team. The loan period runs through June 2025.,"This is another important milestone in Kristian's development and...

Goal-hungry Real Salt Lake take on Revolution
Real Salt Lake's offense has dried up recently and will be a major point of emphasis in their next match.,They host the New England Revolution, who might be on an offensive uptick, on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,Real Salt Lake (12-6-8, 44 points) have been blanked in two of their last four MLS...

Stunning U.S. Open loss leaves Carlos Alcaraz perplexed
Carlos Alcaraz counts the championships at the French Open and Wimbledon among his titles in 2024, but he has a lot of questions after his Grand Slam season ended with a thud.,Alcaraz, the No. 3 seed, was run over late Thursday at the U.S. Open by Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, who defe...
Best Sports Betting Picks For MLB Games on Friday August 30, 2024
These are our best sports betting picks and predictions for Friday August 30's MLB slate of games....

Skidding Cincinnati seeks better performance vs. Montreal
FC Cincinnati and CF Montreal are clubs on different ends of the Major League Soccer standings, but both enter Saturday's match in Cincinnati needing a positive result. ,Cincinnati (15-8-3, 48 points) enters with a four-match losing streak. July 6 was the second-place side's last victory, a 6-1 win ...

Sun seek to continue long hold over Mystics
The Connecticut Sun will look to rebound after losing to the Indiana Fever for the first time in the regular season in three years when they play at the Washington Mystics on Saturday.,The Sun (22-8) suffered the 84-80 upset loss to the Fever in Indianapolis on Wednesday after defeating the WNBA's t...

Royals 1B Vinnie Pasquantino (thumb) out 6-8 weeks
Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino will miss the rest of the regular season with a broken thumb after a bizarre play in Thursday night's game that also injured ace reliever Lucas Erceg.,The Royals announced Friday morning that Pasquantino, 26, is expected to miss six to eight weeks ...

A's hope Lawrence Butler stays hot against Rangers
Oakland right fielder Lawrence Butler is providing some much-needed power for the rebuilding Athletics, who begin a three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,Butler recorded his second three-homer game of the season on Thursday, when the A's had their three-game winn...

TJ Friedl lifts Reds to wild comeback against Athletics
TJ Friedl hit a two-run, walk-off bases-loaded single to cap a three-run bottom of the ninth as the host Cincinnati Reds rallied for a wild 10-9 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night.,Tyler Stephenson homered and had three hits, including an RBI single in the ninth, Will Benson also h...

In NL wild-card hunt, Cubs try to tame Nats' youth movement
The surging Chicago Cubs visit the revived Washington Nationals for an important three-game series beginning on Friday.,The Cubs have won three straight and six of seven to propel themselves into the National League wild-card race while the Nationals, who continue to call up important pieces of thei...