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Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper lead in early fan voting for All-Star Game
New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has been red-hot most of this season, and the fans are rewarding him for it.,Major League Baseball released its first update on fan voting for the 2024 All-Star Game, and Judge topped all other players with 1,366,315 votes. Judge, 32, currently leads the majors...
Phillies host Padres with Trea Turner back from DL
Even the best teams in the majors go through slumps. ,The Philadelphia Phillies still own the best record in the National League, but they have dropped five of their past seven games as they return home to open a three-game series with the San Diego Padres on Monday. ,After falling to the New York M...
Manager: Khamzat Chimaev retirement rumors 'absolutely not true'
Khamzat Chimaev's manager shot down retirement rumors after the fighter withdrew due to an illness from this Saturday's UFC on ABC 6 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who was reportedly hospitalized, pulled out of the marquee match against Robert Whittaker (25-7, 16-5). He ...
Help coming for Houston as Astros visit White Sox
The Houston Astros have won three of their past four series entering the opener of a three-game set against the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,That's preferable to the kind of uneven baseball the club was playing after a season-best six-game winning streak in mid-May. Still, injuries have left t...
Braves place RHP Hurston Waldrep (elbow) on injured list
The Atlanta Braves placed right-hander Hurston Waldrep on the 15-day injured list Monday with elbow inflammation.,Waldrep, 22, reported soreness following his second major league appearance on Sunday against Tampa Bay.,He surrendered six earned runs on five hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings in At...
Braves feel power coming back on in time for visit from Tigers
The Atlanta Braves hope to see more of the power they displayed over the weekend when they host the Detroit Tigers for a three-game series that starts Monday.,The Tigers began their six-game road trip by dropping two or three against Houston, losing the rubber game 4-1 on Sunday. Atlanta won its thr...
Paul Skenes, Pirates return home to face Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes has been so impressive in his first six starts, even fans of opposing teams have taken to giving him standing ovations.,Skenes (3-0, 2.43 ERA) will be back in front of his home crowd on Monday when the Pirates begin a three-game series against the Cincinnati Red...
Pitching lifting Cardinals while Marlins searching for offense
The resurgent St. Louis Cardinals are set to open a three-game series against the host Miami Marlins on Monday night.,On May 11, the Cardinals were 15-24. But after beating the Cubs 2-1 on Sunday, the Cardinals are 35-35, and they would be a wild-card team if the regular season ended today.,"Really ...
Back home, Celtics try again to close out Kyrie Irving, Mavericks
BOSTON -- If any player knows how badly the Boston Celtics want to close out the Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, it's Dallas guard Kyrie Irving.,Irving spent two seasons with Boston (2017-19), but he's been a villain in the eyes of Celtics fans since leaving to sign with the B...
WTA roundup: Liudmila Samsonova, Katie Boulter win titles
Liudmila Samsonova of Russia won her first title of 2024 on a long Sunday that required her to win two three-set matches to lift the trophy at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,In the final, the second-seeded Samsonova came from behind to beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu 4-6, 6-3, 7-5....
Jose Siri helps Rays put away Braves
Jose Siri hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning to lift the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-6 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday and salvage a game in their three-game series.,Siri connected on his eighth home run of the season off Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias (0-1), who walked Randy Aroza...
Caitlin Clark scores 23, leads Fever over Sky
Caitlin Clark racked up 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, Aliyah Boston added 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Indiana Fever fended off the Chicago Sky 91-83 on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. ,Clark shot 7-for-11 from the field with three 3-pointers as the Fever (5-10) won back-to-bac...
Chiefs DL Isaiah Buggs arrested in Alabama
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was booked on a domestic violence/burglary charge Sunday morning in Alabama.,According to online records from the Tuscaloosa County, Ala., jail, Buggs was released on $5,000 bond, AL.com reported on Sunday.,The arrest continues a tumultuous offseason...
Giants place LHP Kyle Harrison (ankle) on 15-day IL
San Francisco Giants left-hander Kyle Harrison was scratched from his start on Sunday and placed on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle sprain, retroactive to Thursday.,With Harrison out, the Giants selected right-hander Spencer Bivens from Triple-A Sacramento and released right-hander Nick A...
Blue Jays SS Bo Bichette (calf) remains out vs. Guardians
Two-time All-Star shortstop Bo Bichette will miss his second straight game Sunday due to right calf soreness as the Toronto Blue Jays wrap up a three-game home series against the Cleveland Guardians.,Bichette, 26, is hitting .237 with four homers and 28 RBIs in 66 games this season. ,A second-round ...
Bronny James & The Top Five Nepotism Babies of 2024
It feels like there's a ton of Nepo Babies in the world of sports right now, let's rank the top five....
Braves find power stroke, go for sweep of Rays
The Atlanta Braves, who suddenly have rediscovered their home run stroke, will go for a three-game sweep of the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.,The Braves hit two homers on Friday in a 7-3 win and added four long balls on Saturday in a 9-2 victory. Marcell Ozuna homered in both games and leads th...
Warriors win second NBA 2K League crown in as many months
Warriors Gaming Squad made it back-to-back championships on Saturday, beating Celtics Crossover Gaming 2-0 to win NBA 2K League's The Turn event in Washington.,Last month, the Warriors won The Tipoff event, the first of the three NBA 2K League tournaments that lead up to the final league playoffs la...
Red Bulls, Nashville SC play to another scoreless draw
The New York Red Bulls couldn't capitalize on a significant offensive advantage in a 0-0 draw with Nashville SC on Saturday night in Harrison, N.J.,The Red Bulls outshot Nashville (4-5-8, 20 points) 22-6, also leading 5-1 in shots on target. However, after several near-misses and one overturned goal...
Revolution's 3-goal first half enough to top Whitecaps
Noel Buck, Giacomo Vrioni and Esmir Bajraktarevic each scored first-half goals to lead the New England Revolution to their third straight victory, 3-2, over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in Foxborough, Mass., ,It marked the first time this season that the Revolution (5-10-1, 16 points) s...