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A's looking to deal White Sox their 21st straight loss
A team that once won 20 straight games will attempt to hand its guest a 21st consecutive defeat when the Oakland Athletics open a three-game home series against the reeling Chicago White Sox on Monday night.,Both teams enter the series on a losing streak, but Oakland's two-game skid -- the last two ...
Giants carry momentum into series with Nationals
Fresh off of back-to-back wins over a division leader, the Washington Nationals will host the red-hot San Francisco Giants for a four-game series that begins Monday night.,The Giants are one game below .500 and have had their struggles on the road at 23-34, but they have won seven of their past nine...
Sebastian Korda wins in DC, matches father's feat from 1992
Fourth-seeded Sebastian Korda rallied from a set down to knock off the 10th seed, Italy's Flavio Cobolli, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington D.C. on Sunday.,The match turned after Korda fell behind 2-1 in the second set. He held serve to even the set and did not lo...
Five NFL Players Under the Most Pressure in 2024
The NFL preseason is officially underway. As the regular season grows closer, these five NFL stars have the most pressure to perform at a high level in 2024....
Dodgers' bullpen shuts down Athletics
Cavan Biggio broke a third-inning tie with an RBI single, five relievers combined for 13 outs of scoreless ball and the Los Angeles Dodgers secured a series win over the host Oakland Athletics with a 3-2 victory Sunday afternoon.,In a game in which all the scoring took place in the first three innin...
James Wood's 3-run triple helps Nationals defeat Brewers
James Wood had a three-run triple, Luis Garcia Jr. homered for the second straight game and Mitchell Parker pitched six shutout innings to help the Washington Nationals defeat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.,The Nationals fended off another late push by the Brewers to win twi...
Algeria's Kaylia Nemour wins gold on bars; Suni Lee takes bronze
PARIS -- Algeria's Kaylia Nemour became the first African gymnast to win an Olympic medal when she secured the gold with a breathtaking routine on the uneven bars at the Paris Games on Sunday that wowed the crowd in Bercy Arena.,The 17-year-old's fast-paced routine featuring a number of complex rele...
Sunday August 4 Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions for MLB & Olympics
These are our top betting picks and predictions for Sunday August 4th's MLB slate. We also include an Olympic track betting prediction for 8/4/2024....
MLB Future Bets With Value After MLB Trade Deadline
The MLB trade deadline is in the rearview mirror, so we now have an accurate picture of what rosters look like across the league. These are our best futures with value after the deadline....
A's try to turn page after frustrating loss to Dodgers
The Oakland Athletics will get an opportunity to exact revenge in the wake of a humiliating defeat when they close a three-game interleague series against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon.,With a season-high 35,207 in attendance -- the bulk of them Dodgers fans -- the A's watched...
Nationals try to take season series against Brewers
In a season without many bright spots, the Washington Nationals will take the field Sunday afternoon with a chance to take the season series from the team holding the biggest divisional lead in the National League.,Having won three of five games from the Milwaukee Brewers this season, the Nationals ...
Jack Flaherty beats A's in stellar Dodgers debut
Jack Flaherty made a splashy Los Angeles Dodgers debut, Gavin Lux provided an early cushion with a two-run single and the National League West leaders rebounded from a series-opening loss to thump the host Oakland Athletics 10-0 on Saturday night.,Acquired earlier in the week from the Detroit Tigers...
Nationals strike quickly, hold off Brewers to snap skid
The Washington Nationals pounced on Milwaukee starter Aaron Civale early and held off a late-game push by the visiting Brewers to hang on for a 6-4 win on Saturday afternoon.,The Nationals ended a five-game losing streak and evened the three-game series with the Brewers that concludes on Sunday.,Was...
Surf's not up, Olympic competition delayed in Tahiti
TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti -- Surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympics was called off for another day on Saturday, with small waves at the venue of Teahupo'o in Tahiti preventing the running of the last few heats to find the gold medalists.,With waves forecast to be more or less the same on Sunday -- head-high or ...
Revs acquire D Tim Parker, cash from St. Louis for D Henry Kessler
The New England Revolution acquired Tim Parker and cash from St. Louis City on Saturday in exchange for fellow defender Henry Kessler.,The Revolution received Parker, 31, and $600,000 in general allocation money for 2025.,Parker made 21 appearances (20 starts) for St. Louis City in 2024, his 10th ML...
Top women pull out of Montreal event post-Olympics
The National Bank Open will be missing some big names as tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova, Jasmine Paolini and others have withdrawn from the upcoming event in Montreal, Tennis Canada announced Friday. ,In withdrawing, five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Swiatek...
American Vincent Hancock wins 4th Olympic skeet gold
CHATEAUROUX, France -- American great Vincent Hancock won his fourth Olympic gold in men's skeet, while South Korea's Yang Ji-in won the women's 25 meters pistol event at the Paris Games after a shoot-off with France's Camille Jedrzejewski on Saturday.,Defending champion Hancock edged out compatriot...
'Special': L.A. native Jack Flaherty faces A's in first start with Dodgers
Right-hander Jack Flaherty has drawn an unfriendly foe for his first start with Los Angeles Dodgers as the National League West leaders continue their three-game series against the host Oakland Athletics on Saturday.,The A's continued their impressive play of late in Friday's series opener, getting ...
Pair of pitchers desperate for win face off in D.C.
Both long overdue for wins, Aaron Civale of the Milwaukee Brewers and DJ Herz of the host Washington Nationals take the mound on Saturday afternoon, looking for a change of fortune in the second game of the three-game series.,Civale (2-7, 4.92 ERA) has not won in his past 18 starts, including his fi...
Athletics belt three home runs, down Dodgers
The Oakland Athletics picked up in August where they left off in July, parlaying three home runs and steady pitching from Joey Estes into a 6-5 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.,Shea Langeliers, Seth Brown and Brent Rooker went deep for the...