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Red Sox use big third inning to speed past Mariners 14-7
Masataka Yoshida hit a two-run home run to highlight a seven-run third inning that carried the Boston Red Sox to a 14-7 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Yoshida's home run, his fifth of the season, was one of eight hits in the inning, f...
Cards acquire RHP Erick Fedde in 3-team deal
The St. Louis Cardinals are acquiring Chicago White Sox right-hander Erick Fedde and outfielder Tommy Pham in a three-team deal that includes Tommy Edman going to the Los Angeles Dodgers.,The Dodgers are also getting right-hander Michael Kopech from the White Sox and minor league right-hander Oliver...
Hawks swap PF E.J. Liddell for Suns PF David Roddy
The Atlanta Hawks traded recently acquired E.J. Liddell to the Phoenix Suns for fellow power forward David Roddy on Monday.,Liddell was part of the package of players and draft picks that the New Orleans Pelicans shipped to Atlanta on July 6 for All-Star guard Dejounte Murray.,Roddy, 23, was the 23r...
Alabama's Jalen Milroe, Georgia's Carson Beck on Maxwell Award Watch List
Quarterbacks Jalen Milroe of Alabama and Carson Beck of Georgia are among five returning semifinalists on the 2024 Maxwell Award Watch List for outstanding player in college football.,The list of 80 players, released Monday by the Maxwell Football Club, includes three other 2023 semifinalists: Liber...
Red Sox trade for Pirates RHP Quinn Priester
The Boston Red Sox added another pitcher to their major league staff, acquiring Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Quinn Priester in exchange for minor league infielder Nick Yorke on Monday.,Priester, 23, is 2-6 with a 5.04 ERA over 44 2/3 innings in 10 games (six starts) this season, with 31 strikeout...
Reports: Cards acquire RHP Erick Fedde in 3-team deal
The St. Louis Cardinals are acquiring Chicago White Sox right-hander Erick Fedde in a three-team deal that includes Tommy Edman going to the Los Angeles Dodgers, multiple outlets reported Monday. ,The Dodgers are also getting RHP Michael Kopech from the White Sox in the deal, and outfielder Tommy Ph...
Texans DE Denico Autry suspended 6 games for PEDs
Houston Texans defensive end Denico Autry has been suspended six games for violating the NFL's policy against the use of performance enhancing drugs.,Autry, 34, who signed a two-year deal worth $20 million with the Texans in March, released a statement asserting that he took a medication that, unbek...
Lions LT Taylor Decker agrees to $60M extension
The Detroit Lions agreed to a three-year, $60 million extension with left tackle Taylor Decker.,The deal includes $31.83 million guaranteed, agent Jonathan Feinsod confirmed Monday on social media.,Decker, who turns 30 next month, is the Lions' longest-tenured player as a 2016 first-round draft pick...
After weekend sweep, Mariners face struggling Red Sox
Back in a tie atop the American League West standings following a weekend sweep of the White Sox in Chicago, the Seattle Mariners look to continue their road success on Monday when they open a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox.,The Mariners arrive in Boston after Cal Raleigh homered for t...
Desperate for win, White Sox host Royals
As if enduring its second 14-game losing streak of the season isn't tough enough, the Chicago White Sox host a three-game series starting Monday night against one of their worst tormentors, the Kansas City Royals.,Fourteen is the franchise record for consecutive losses.,The White Sox fell to 27-81 S...
Julio Cesar La Cruz's quest for third gold foiled
PARIS -- Cuba's two-time Olympic champion Julio Cesar La Cruz fell short in his bid to win a third gold medal and was eliminated from the men's heavyweight competition on Sunday, while Jack Marley won to spare Ireland's blushes.,Cesar La Cruz, light heavyweight champion at the 2016 Rio Games and hea...
Yankees contain Red Sox, take 3-game series
Alex Verdugo and Austin Wells each had two hits while Gleyber Torres drove in two runs as the New York Yankees beat the host Boston Red Sox 8-2 on Sunday night to take the rubber match of a three-game series. ,The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning for the second consecutive night ...
2024 NFL Preseason Power Rankings: Top Five NFL Teams Heading Into 2024 Preseason
NFL preseason kicks off this week, so we ranked the top 5 NFL teams heading into the 2024 season, headlined by the reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs....
Cal Raleigh, Mariners sweep skidding White Sox
Cal Raleigh homered and knocked in three runs as the visiting Seattle Mariners completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-3 win on Sunday.,Bryce Miller (8-7) picked up the win after allowing three runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings. Miller walked none and fanned six. Three rel...
Lewis Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix after George Russell DQ
George Russell was stripped of his win in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday after race officials discovered the Mercedes entry was underweight.,Runner up Lewis Hamilton, his teammate, was named the winner.,The race outcome was referred to stewards for review after it was found that Russell's No. 63 w...
Strategy pays off as George Russell wins Belgian Grand Prix
George Russell won a hotly contested Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, nipping Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren's Oscar Piastri, with just 1.1 seconds separating the trio.,The victory at the Spa-Francorchamps track was the third for Russell on the Formula One circuit.,Russell and his team de...
Australia's Alex de Minaur (hip) withdraws from Olympics singles
Alex de Minaur pulled out of Olympics singles competition, instead choosing to play only doubles in Paris as he deals with a hip injury.,The Australian No. 1 player was scheduled to play German Jan-Lennard Struff in the opening round of singles on the red clay courts at Roland Garros. Instead, Struf...
Yankees following trend of big offense versus Red Sox
After a come-from-behind win in 10 innings to even the series, the New York Yankees will look to upend their home-standing archrival Boston Red Sox for a second straight game when the weekend set concludes on Sunday night.,The Yankees banged out 16 hits and scored the final five runs to take an 11-8...
White Sox take on Mariners, look to avoid record-tying loss streak
Little has gone right this season for the Chicago White Sox, who enter play Sunday 53 games under .500 after dropping the first two contests of their three-game weekend series to the Seattle Mariners.,One of the few bright spots for Chicago has been All-Star left-hander Garrett Crochet, who will aim...
Yankees outscore Red Sox 11-8 in 10-inning slugfest
Austin Wells hit a sacrifice fly and Gleyber Torres added a two-run double in the 10th inning to finish the New York Yankees' 11-8 come-from-behind win over the host Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.,Tyler O'Neill (3-for-4, four RBIs) hit go-ahead homers in the fifth and seventh innings for the Red ...