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Valkyries shut down Caitlin Clark, Fever
Kayla Thornton and Monique Billings turned their own missed shots into key hoops during a fourth-quarter uprising and the Golden State Valkyries held Caitlin Clark to a season-low-tying 11 points en route to a shocking 88-77 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Thursday night.,Thornton finishe...
Spencer Strider pitches Braves to sweep-sealing win over Mets
Spencer Strider pitched six strong innings and Matt Olson hit a three-run double to help the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting New York Mets 7-1 on Thursday and complete a three-game series sweep.,It was just the second sweep of the season for the Braves, who have won six of their past seven games. N...
D-backs, Rockies riding high entering weekend series in Denver
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies are both feeling upbeat for their weekend series in Denver, but for different reasons.,Arizona ended a five-game road losing streak with a 9-5 win at Toronto on Thursday while Colorado, despite an extra-innings loss to Washington, heads home after a 4-3 ...
Diamondbacks, Rockies riding high entering weekend series in Denver
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies are both feeling upbeat for their weekend series in Denver, but for different reasons.,Arizona ended a five-game road losing streak with a 9-5 win at Toronto on Thursday while Colorado, despite an extra-innings loss to Washington, heads home after a 4-3 ...
Argonauts seek first win vs. A.J. Ouellette, Roughriders
The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts will look for their first win of the season when they host the unbeaten Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night.,The Argonauts (0-2) have only scored 29 points in 2025, the fewest among teams that have played two games. The Roughriders (2-0) are ave...
Wings look for first winning streak as they visit Sun
The Dallas Wings seek consecutive victories for the first time this season when they travel to a game against the struggling Connecticut Sun on Friday in Uncasville, Conn.,The teams played earlier this year, with Dallas dominating 109-87 on May 27 in Connecticut to earn their first win in their fift...
Fever coach Stephanie White to miss game vs. Valkyries
Indiana coach Stephanie White will miss her second game this season for personal reasons when the Fever visit the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday night in San Francisco.,The Fever (6-5) said White is tending to a personal matter, with assistant coach Austin Kelly serving as acting head coach for ...
Jordan Spieth WDs from Travelers with neck/upper back injury
Jordan Spieth headed for the clubhouse 12 holes into his opening round at the Travelers Championship on Thursday in Cromwell, Conn., withdrawing due to a neck/upper back injury.,Not only does it mark Spieth's first withdrawal after 299 events on the PGA Tour, he said it was his first time withdrawin...
Scottie Scheffler tied for Travelers lead after chasing a 59
After denying that TPC River Highlands is too easy, Scottie Scheffler was on pace for a round of 59 there Thursday in the opening round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.,Instead, the World No. 1 carded an 8-under-par 62 and is tied for the lead with Austin Eckroat.,Scheffler was 9 und...
Wyndham Clark ‘very sorry’ for damaging Oakmont lockers
Wyndham Clark delivered an apology Thursday for damaging Oakmont Country Club lockers in anger last week at the U.S. Open.,Clark missed the cut at the third major championship of the season, going 74-74 (8 over par) through two rounds. On Saturday, social media posts from golf podcaster Todd "Tron C...
Sacramento State to join Big West in 2026, except for football
Sacramento State will leave the Big Sky Conference to join the Big West Conference beginning with the 2026-27 academic year, the school announced this week.,Sacramento State officials have sought a waiver for the Hornets' football program to leave the Football Championship Subdivision for the Footba...
Steve Kerr adds son Nicholas to Warriors' coaching staff
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr promoted his son Nicholas to the coaching staff Thursday.,Nicholas Kerr, 32, served as the Warriors G League head coach in Santa Cruz (Calif.) the past two seasons. Santa Cruz went 20-14 and finished in fourth place in the G League's Western Conference eac...
Storm set to unleash defense on struggling Aces
Gabby Williams has the Seattle Storm defense thriving just in time for a visit Friday night to the Las Vegas Aces, who can't seem to take care of the basketball.,Williams, the star forward from France in her seventh WNBA season, had a career-high and franchise-record eight steals on Tuesday night in...
Dream face Mystics again, look to back up 33-point rout
Meeting for the second time in a week, the Atlanta Dream will look for similar success against the visiting Washington Mystics on Friday in College Park, Ga.,Atlanta (8-4) delivered a crushing 89-56 victory at Washington on Sunday before seeing its three-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday...
Weekend Preview: Pocono Raceway
After a thrilling inaugural event in Mexico City last weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series returns stateside with Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 at the historic Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (2 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen punched his 202...
Brian Campbell (shoulder) WDs from Travelers Championship
Brian Campbell withdrew from the Travelers Championship before the start of Thursday's first round due to a shoulder injury.,The winner of the Mexico Open in February, Campbell joined Corey Conners, who was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a wrist injury suffered during last week's U.S....
2-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova to retire after U.S. Open
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova plans to retire from professional tennis at the end of the season.,Kvitova, 35, announced her intentions Thursday on both Instagram and X., ,"I've been privileged to reach incredible heights over the past 19 years since becoming a professional tennis player,...
Former Jets, Ravens LB C.J. Mosley announces retirement
Five-time Pro Bowl linebacker C.J. Mosley announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday, his 33rd birthday.,Mosley had been a free agent since being released by the New York Jets on March 12.,He recorded 17 tackles in four games (three starts) during a 2024 season in which he was hampered by a t...
Astros ride high-powered offense into finale vs. A's
The Houston Astros are finding Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif., much to their liking.,Houston has racked up 24 runs, 35 hits and eight homers over the past two games. The Astros will aim to do more damage on Thursday night when they finish a four-game series against the Athletics in th...
Padres turn to Ryan Bergert in bid to avert sweep by Dodgers
After making three strong starts in succession, San Diego Padres rookie right-hander Ryan Bergert will get the biggest test of his young career when he pitches on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.,Adding to the responsibility is that Bergert, 25, will try to avoid a four-ga...