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Redblacks, Roughriders to kick off CFL season
The Ottawa Redblacks and Saskatchewan Roughriders will kick off the CFL season on Thursday night in Regina, Saskatchewan.,Both clubs finished with 9-8-1 records and qualified for the playoffs last season. The Redblacks fell to the eventual Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts in the East Division sem...
Roughnecks stop last-second 3-point try to upset Defenders
The Houston Roughnecks reeled off 22 straight points during the middle quarters and held on for a 24-21 upset of the visiting DC Defenders on Sunday afternoon.,Jalan McClendon completed 21 of30 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns as the Roughnecks (4-5) snapped a two-game losing streak. Justin H...
White Sox reinstate OFs Andrew Benintendi, Mike Tauchman from IL
The Chicago White Sox reinstated outfielders Andrew Benintendi and Mike Tauchman from the 10-day injured list on Friday following their rehabilitation assignments.,Both players returned to the lineup for Friday's opener of a three-game home series against the Texas Rangers. Tauchman was second in th...
Report: Saints QB Jake Haener (oblique) out 'couple of weeks'
New Orleans Saints quarterback Jake Haener will miss "a couple of weeks" after sustaining an oblique strain, ESPN reported Thursday.,Haener suffered the injury while throwing extra passes during Wednesday's OTA practice.,Per ESPN, an MRI revealed a strain but no tear of the oblique for Haener, who i...
Jacque Vaughn named assistant coach at alma mater Kansas
Former Kansas standout guard and two-time NBA head coach Jacque Vaughn is returning to Lawrence as an assistant coach.,The Jayhawks announced Wednesday that Vaughn, whose No. 11 hangs in the rafters at Allen Fieldhouse, will join head coach Bill Self's staff for the 2025-26 season. Vaughn played for...
Inter Miami sign free agent GK William Yarbrough
Inter Miami CF signed free agent goalkeeper William Yarbrough for the remainder of the 2025 season on Wednesday.,The 36-year-old veteran played for the San Jose Earthquakes in 2024 after four seasons with the Colorado Rapids.,Yarbrough has recorded 34 clean sheets in 120 career MLS starts, including...
Robert Shwartzman grabs Indy 500 pole in stunner
The buildup to the Indianapolis 500 took an unexpected twist Sunday when rookie Robert Shwartzman won the pole for the fabled race.,In five IndyCar Series races, Shwartzman has finished no better than 18th. Yet the 25-year-old is the first rookie to qualify on the Indy 500 pole since Teo Fabi in 198...
Panthers earn USFL Conference title game slot with win over Roughnecks
Danny Etling, making his first start since Week 3, tossed three touchdown passes as the Michigan Panthers defeated the host Houston Roughnecks 30-18 on Saturday to clinch a spot in the USFL Conference championship game.,Etling, who completed 14 of 22 passes for 167 yards, fired scoring tosses of fiv...
UFL roundup: Stallions stun Roughnecks with record comeback
Trailing by 19 just before halftime, the Birmingham Stallions reeled off 27 consecutive points to pull off a 33-25 victory over the visiting Houston Roughnecks on Sunday afternoon and set the UFL record for largest comeback win.,Backup quarterback J'Mar Smith stepped in for injured starter Case Cook...
Saints QB Derek Carr retiring after 11 seasons
New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL after 11 seasons due to a right shoulder injury.,The Saints said Saturday that Carr had a labral tear and degenerative rotator cuff damage to his right throwing shoulder.,Carr, 34, had been experiencing discomfort in his shoulder sin...
Mackenzie Hughes, Cristobal Del Solar share Myrtle Beach lead
Cristobal Del Solar of Chile tied Canada's Mackenzie Hughes at the top of the leaderboard through two rounds of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic on Friday in South Carolina.,Hughes was the first-round leader thanks to a 63 and followed that with a 69 to move to 10-under-par 132. Del Solar posted a...
Mackenzie Hughes (63) out in front at Myrtle Beach
Canada's Mackenzie Hughes holds a slight lead at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic after starting out with an 8-under-par 63 on Thursday at Dunes Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina.,Hughes finished strong with five birdies over his final six holes, including each of the last four. He stuck his a...
Yankees' Clarke Schmidt scratched from start vs. Rays
New York Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt was scratched from his scheduled start on Saturday against the visiting Tampa Bays Rays because of soreness in his left side.,Left-hander Ryan Yarbrough (0-0, 4.11 ERA) will start for the Yankees in the second contest of the three-game series. New York wo...
Astros' AJ Blubaugh set for big-league debut vs. Tigers
Detroit Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe, set for the seventh outing of his major league career, will be the more experienced starter on the mound when he faces the host Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon.,The Astros are calling up their top pitching prospect, right-hander AJ Blubaugh, for his ma...
Canucks' Quinn Hughes finalist in bid to repeat as Norris Trophy winner
Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes has a chance to become a repeat Norris Trophy recipient.,On Tuesday, the NHL named Hughes, Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche and Zach Werenski of the Columbus Blue Jackets as finalists for the award.,The Norris Trophy is presented annually to the defensive p...
Roughnecks defense hammers Brahmas
The Houston Roughnecks held the Brahmas to 118 total yards, forced two turnovers, recorded four sacks and scored on a pick-six in a 27-3 win on Sunday in San Antonio.,The Brahmas didn't get any points until Tristan Vizcaino connected on a 33-yard field goal to make it 18-3 with 44 seconds left in th...
Focus shifts to defense in NFL draft as Shedeur Sanders continues to wait
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- On a night where teams focused on defense over offense, the talk around the NFL draft on Friday night was still all about the quarterbacks.,Particularly one who wasn't drafted.,Of the 70 players selected in the second and third rounds, the defensive line and secondary accounted fo...
Saints draft QB Tyler Shough as Shedeur Sanders' wait continues
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- There was only one quarterback taken in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday, and it wasn't Shedeur Sanders.,While Sanders' draft stock continued to plummet, the New Orleans Saints took Louisville's Tyler Shough at No. 40 overall. The 25-year-old Shough, whose career has be...
Devils' Luke Hughes, Brenden Dillon out for Game 2 vs. Hurricanes
New Jersey Devils defensemen Luke Hughes and Brenden Dillon will sit out Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C.,Coach Sheldon Keefe ruled out both players after neither participated in the morning skate on Tuesday.,Hughes and Dillon susta...
Rookie Ingrid Lindblad wins JM Eagle LA Championship in third start
Ingrid Lindblad of Sweden posted a final-round, 4-under-par 68 and prevailed at the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday in Los Angeles.,Lindblad -- who was making her third start in her first season on the LPGA Tour -- shot 21-under 267 for the week at El Caballero Country Club, with 68s on Thursday,...