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Luis Robert Jr. knocks in three to help White Sox beat Royals
Luis Robert blooped a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning among his two hits and three RBIs and Mike Tauchman homered to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 win against the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday.,Chicago used a five-run eighth inning to break the game open and pick up its t...
Texas Tech star NiJaree Canady to earn $1.2M in 2026
Texas Tech star softball pitcher NiJaree Canady will make $1.2 million in a name, image and likeness deal to play for the school in 2026 after leading the team to the Women's College World Series.,Canady is making $1 million this season in her first season with the Red Raiders. She will be on the mo...
Storm and Mercury tangle for third time this season
By now, Phoenix and Seattle should know each other well.,The Mercury and Storm will meet for the third time this season when they play in Phoenix on Saturday. They split the first two games.,The rivalry runs deep. The teams have met six times in the playoffs, and Phoenix (6-3) is off to its best sta...
White Sox promote top catching prospect Kyle Teel
The Chicago White Sox called up catcher Kyle Teel from Triple-A Charlotte before Friday's series opener against the visiting Kansas City Royals.,Teel, 23, is ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the White Sox system and No. 26 overall in baseball by MLB.com. He has yet to make his major league debut.,Tee...
F Alex Carpenter signs with expansion Seattle
PWHL Seattle signed forward Alex Carpenter to a one-year contract on Friday.,Financial terms were not disclosed by the team for Carpenter, a silver medalist with the United States Olympic team in both 2014 and 2022.,Carpenter, 31, recorded 43 points (19 goals, 24 assists) -- including 18 (five goals...
OKC, SGA deal with shock and gnaw of blown 15-point lead
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tyrese Haliburton stuck a game-winner with 0.3 seconds on the clock on Thursday to give Indiana its only lead of the game and a 1-0 lead in the 2025 NBA Finals.,Reeling after a blown lead of 15 points in the fourth quarter and stunned by Haliburton's latest heroics, league MVP Shai ...
White Sox seek first season win vs. Royals as series shifts to Chicago
After splitting a four-game series with the major-league-best Detroit Tigers, the Chicago White Sox hope to maintain momentum on Friday night when they host the Kansas City Royals.,The White Sox earned a walk-off, 3-2 victory in 10 innings Thursday on Tim Elko's RBI single and also got a big effort ...
Yankees hope for different outcome vs. Red Sox's Walker Buehler
The last time the New York Yankees saw Walker Buehler, he was closing out the World Series in Game 5 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and celebrating on the field.,On Friday, the Yankees will see Buehler in a new uniform. Now with the Red Sox, the right-hander enters the rivalry of American League East f...
Wrexham reportedly looking for investor, $475M valuation
Wrexham AFC, the Welsh soccer club co-owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, is reportedly looking to sell a stake in the team that would set the franchise's valuation at $475 million.,According to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday, the club is looking for an investor to join the Hollywo...
Adam Silver: NBA 'should be exploring' expansion
Commissioner Adam Silver offered hope to cities looking to land an NBA franchise, saying Thursday that the league "should be exploring" expansion.,Silver addressed the media in his annual state-of-the-league talk ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and the host Oklahoma City...
Texas Tech holds on to beat Texas, remain alive, in WCWS
Texas Tech scored fifth-inning runs on a hit batter and a wild pitch and NiJaree Canady threw a complete game as the No. 12 Red Raiders remained alive with a 4-3 victory over No. 6 Texas in Game 2 of the Women's College World Series at Oklahoma City on Thursday night.,Texas Tech (54-13) and Texas (5...
BYU's Kevin Young signs contract extension after Sweet 16 run
After a stellar debut season, BYU coach Kevin Young was rewarded with a long-term contract extension, the school announced on Thursday.,Details of the agreement, including length of the deal and monetary value, were not disclosed. According to a news release, the extension "will keep Young in Provo ...
Rangers activate RHP Chris Martin
The Texas Rangers activated right-hander Chris Martin from the 15-day injured list on Thursday after he missed the last 14 games due to right shoulder fatigue.,In a corresponding move, the Rangers optioned rookie right-hander Kumar Rocker to Triple-A Round Rock.,Martin, who turned 39 on Monday, last...
White Sox get clutch hitting to edge Tigers in 10 innings
Tim Elko delivered a game-winning single in the 10th inning and Josh Rojas contributed three hits as the host Chicago White Sox edged the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Thursday.,Slumping Chicago earned a split of its four-game series against major league-leading Detroit. The Tigers came to Rate Field on Mon...
Giants OC: Team targeted QB Jaxson Dart ‘relatively early’
Before the New York Giants' organized team activity session Thursday ended abruptly with a fight, the team's trio of quarterbacks cycled through their reps and a pecking order began to take shape.,Russell Wilson practiced with the team's projected starters, but rookie Jaxson Dart took over for him f...
White Sox announce deal between Justin Ishbia, Jerry Reinsdorf
Billionaire Justin Ishbia and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf have reached a long-term investment agreement that establishes a framework for Ishbia to obtain a future controlling interest in the franchise, the team announced Thursday.,Ishbia, who founded a private equity firm in Chicago, is ...
Texas Tech stuck second-guessing entering WCWS elimination game
One night after ace NiJaree Canady took the blame for a foiled intentional walk that turned into a game-changing hit for Texas, the Red Raiders are wrapping two hands around their 2024-25 motto.,"To be the best come from behind team in America," Canady said. "So, we're just doing that again.",The Lo...
Chargers sign OLB Bud Dupree to contract extension
The Los Angeles Chargers signed outside linebacker Bud Dupree to a contract extension.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ESPN reported Wednesday it was a one-year deal worth up to $6 million. ,Dupree, 32, is due to earn a base salary of $1.995 million in 2025, the final year of his previous cont...
Boxing star Vasiliy Lomachenko announces retirement at 37
Vasiliy Lomachenko, a three-division world champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and arguably the greatest amateur boxer in history, announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 37.,"I'm grateful for every victory and every defeat both in the ring and in life," the Ukrainian said in a vi...
Tigers' Casey Mize looks to beat White Sox for first time
Colt Keith contributed a go-ahead double for the Detroit Tigers in a Wednesday road victory against the Chicago White Sox.,He may provide a game-changing play at third base in the series finale on Thursday. Or maybe five weeks from now.,All Tigers manager A.J. Hinch knows is the organization is read...