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Red Sox's Payton Tolle reportedly set for debut vs. Pirates, Paul Skenes
The Boston Red Sox reportedly are calling up their top pitching prospect, Payton Tolle, to start on Friday against a young player whose early career they would like to see him emulate.,The 22-year-old left-hander will go up against Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Paul Skenes in the opener of a three-game ...

Majors' top two teams meet as Brewers open set vs. Blue Jays
The teams with the two best records in the majors clash Friday night when the Milwaukee Brewers visit the Toronto Blue Jays to open a three-game series.,The Brewers have the top record in the big leagues despite losing 6-4 on Thursday to the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. Milwaukee dropped two in a ...

Braves ask Bryce Elder to keep Kyle Schwarber in ballpark
Kyle Schwarber has a knack for stepping up when the Philadelphia Phillies need him most.,Following a historic performance on Thursday, Schwarber will aim for an encore on Friday when the Phillies continue their series against the visiting Atlanta Braves.,Schwarber hit four home runs on Thursday, bec...

Reds aim to regain momentum in opener vs. Cardinals
The Cincinnati Reds were gaining ground in the National League wild-card race until they hit speed bumps on their just-concluded road trip.,Cincinnati went 3-6 and lost six times in the final seven games, including all three during their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers to begin the week. The ...

Fox, YouTube TV reach carriage deal ahead of football season
College football fans concerned about missing one of the opening weekend's marquee matchups can breathe easier after Fox and YouTube TV reached a full carriage agreement on Thursday.,The sides' dispute had threatened to prevent YouTube TV's 9 million-plus subscribers from watching the Saturday match...

LSU’s A.J. Haulcy suspended for first half of Clemson game
No. 9 LSU will be down a starter for the first half of its opener at No. 4 Clemson on Saturday, as safety A.J. Haulcy will serve a suspension.,The former Houston player was involved in an on-field fight during the final game of the 2024 season against BYU and was ejected.,Confusion over his status a...

Wisconsin starter Billy Edwards Jr. leaves game vs. Miami (Ohio) with injury
Wisconsin starting quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., making his debut Thursday night after transferring from Maryland, left midway through the second quarter of the nonconference opener against Miami (Ohio) with a lower-body injury and will not return., ,Edwards, who passed for 2,881 yards and 15 touch...

Michael Jordan expresses defiance during, after NASCAR court hearing
A court hearing for the federal antitrust lawsuit among two racing teams and NASCAR had its share of fireworks on Thursday in Charlotte, with retired NBA Hall of Famer (and racing co-owner) Michael Jordan drawing attention in particular for his comments.,Jordan, a co-owner of 23XI Racing team who, a...

NFL preseason ratings surge 17 percent, highest since '18
The NFL regular season hasn't even started yet, but viewership for the league is still setting records.,The league announced that this year's preseason averaged a record 2.2 million viewers per game across NFL Network, ESPN, CBS, NBC and FOX. That mark is 17 percent up from last year and the league'...

Oklahoma State overcomes sloppy offense to down UT-Martin
After starting the game with two consecutive scoring drives, the Oklahoma State Cowboys looked set for a blowout against the UT Martin Skyhawks of the FCS on Thursday night in Stillwater, Okla.,However, Oklahoma State lost its starting quarterback and needed a fourth-quarter defensive stop to slow t...

Yankees again ride long ball to victory
Cody Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm Jr., and Trent Grisham homered to lift the New York Yankees to a 10-4 victory over the host Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,New York stretched its winning streak to five games while earning its 10th victory in the past 13. The Yankees remained a half-game behind the Bost...

Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits 4 HRs, drives in 9
Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber tied a major league record by hitting four home runs against the visiting Atlanta Braves on Thursday night, becoming the second player in little more than a month to accomplish the feat.,The National League home run leader now with 49, Schwarber hit the r...

Report: Mets' Frankie Montas (elbow) could miss entire 2026 season
When Mets' manager Carlos Mendoza said last week that right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas was going to be out the rest of the 2025 season with a UCL injury, he acknowledged that Tommy John surgery was possibly going to be required.,It now sounds that's the route that Montas will be going, with the N...

Kyle Schwarber's 4-homer night sends Phillies past Braves
Kyle Schwarber became the 21st player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game, highlighting the Philadelphia Phillies' 19-4 rout of the visiting Atlanta Braves on Thursday.,Schwarber belted a solo homer in the first inning, a two-run shot in the fourth, a three-run blast in the fifth...

Three tied at the top in first round of FM Championships
Allisen Corpuz, England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff and South Korea's Sei Young Kim shot 7 under par rounds of 65 and are tied at the top of the leaderboard at the FM Championship in Norton, Mass.,Twenty-seven other players are within four shots of the lead as exactly half of the 144-player field played th...

Surging Athletics, Rangers set for AL West clash
The Texas Rangers are looking to follow up their highest scoring output in 14 years, while the Athletics are aiming to build on a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers.,Yet the timing of Thursday's off-day wasn't good for either team.,The Athletics have won 21 of 31 games and don't want a break, wh...

Packers acquire Micah Parsons from Cowboys in blockbuster trade
One week after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones labeled trade talk around his All-Pro pass-rusher "pure B.S.," Dallas shipped Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers.,The Packers sent three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark and first-round draft picks in 2026 and 2027 to the Cowboys in the blockbus...
MLB Wild Card Race: Can Seattle Mariners and New York Mets Hold On?
Seattle and New York have clear wild card cushions entering September, but past playoff sprints suggest underdogs could still crash the field....
WNBA MVP Watch: A’ja Wilson Surges, Napheesa Collier Returns, Alyssa Thomas Stays Steady
With the season winding down, three stars are vying for WNBA MVP. Wilson, Collier and Thomas all make their case in the final two weeks of the regular season....

Venus Williams-Leylah Fernandez pull off upset in U.S. Open doubles
Venus Williams continues to prove that there is more to tennis than larger numbers in age and smaller numbers in rankings which accompany your name.,The 45-year-old Williams and her playing partner, 22-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez, defeated the sixth-seeded team of Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine...