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Lynx look to continue roll as Wings seek consistency
The Minnesota Lynx will go for back-to-back wins on their home court when they tip off against the Dallas Wings on Sunday evening in Minneapolis.,The Lynx are coming off a dominant 95-71 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night. It marked the fifth victory in seven games this season for Minnesot...
Brewers bid to hand White Sox 10th straight defeat
The struggling Chicago White Sox will turn to left-hander Garrett Crochet as they look to end a season-high nine-game losing streak when they visit the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon. ,Crochet (5-5, 3.68 ERA), who posted a 4-1 record with an 0.93 ERA in five starts in May, will be opposed b...
Red Sox look to win two in a row vs. Tigers
The Boston Red Sox will look to get the upper hand in a four-game series against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.,Ceddanne Rafaela homered twice in his first career multi-homer game while leading the Red Sox to a 7-3 win Friday that evened the series at 1-1. Boston recorded 12 hits...
Lynx build big lead, pummel Mercury
Napheesa Collier posted racked up 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the Minnesota Lynx cruised to a 95-71 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Rookie Alissa Pili finished with a season-high 20 points on 7-for-9 shooting, including hitting all four of her 3-pointers, for Minnesot...
Brewers explode late to rout White Sox
Christian Yelich had five hits, including his 300th career double, and drove in five runs to pace the host Milwaukee Brewers to a 12-5 comeback victory over the White Sox on Friday night, extending Chicago's losing streak to a season-high nine games.,Yelich went 5-for-6 with two doubles and three si...
Ceddanne Rafaela homers twice as Red Sox top Tigers
Ceddanne Rafaela recorded his first career multi-homer game and drove in five as the host Boston Red Sox pulled away from the Detroit Tigers for a 7-3 win on Friday.,David Hamilton went 3-for-4 while Dominic Smith and Connor Wong each had two hits as the Red Sox finished with 12 hits.,Tanner Houck (...
Ryan Fox, Robert MacIntyre tied atop Canadian Open leaderboard
Ryan Fox of New Zealand and Robert MacIntyre of Scotland will enter the weekend tied for the lead at the RBC Canadian Open after strong rounds Friday at Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Ontario.,MacIntyre shot a 4-under 66 early in the day to be the first to reach 10-under 130 for the tournament. Fox...
White Sox recall INF Lenyn Sosa from Triple-A
The Chicago White Sox recalled infielder Lenyn Sosa from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday after third baseman Bryan Ramos was optioned a day earlier.,Sosa, 24, played in 12 games for the White Sox earlier this season, batting .132 with two doubles and an RBI. In 75 games over three seasons with Chicago ...
Surging Galaxy out to solve road woes vs. Fire
Perhaps consecutive home victories and a current six-match unbeaten streak will provide momentum for the Los Angeles Galaxy to establish some needed road success. ,Meanwhile, wins at any locale remain hard to come by for the Chicago Fire. ,The Galaxy are out to end a four-match winless streak when t...
Galaxy M Riqui Puig signs extension through 2027
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Riqui Puig signed a contract extension through the end of the 2027 MLS season.,Financial terms were not disclosed by the Galaxy on Friday.,The 24-year-old Spaniard has recorded five goals and eight assists in 15 matches (all starts) this season.,"We are incredibly excit...
Former 76ers F Drew Gordon dies in car accident at 33
Former NBA player Drew Gordon, the older brother of Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon, died in a car crash on Thursday in Portland, Ore. He was 33.,The Nuggets confirmed his passing with ESPN's Andscape. He is survived by his wife, Angela, and three children.,Drew Gordon appeared in nine games wit...
Wolves vow to 'be back next year' but offseason questions loom large
Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards felt the intense spotlight of being in the Western Conference finals for the first time but vowed it wouldn't be his last following the Dallas Mavericks' Game 5 win on Thursday.,Karl-Anthony Towns scored 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Mi...
Brewers up next for woebegone White Sox
The Milwaukee Brewers just finished hosting the "tougher" side of Chicago and won three of four games against the Cubs, who were a .500 club until losing to Milwaukee on Thursday.,This weekend, the Brewers will host the softer side of Chicago as the White Sox arrive for a three-game series starting ...
Tigers look to keep it going on road against Red Sox
A night after Jack Flaherty took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, the Detroit Tigers will look to post their second straight win to begin a four-game series against the host Boston Red Sox on Friday.,Flaherty got the backing of three solo home runs on the way to a 5-0 win Thursday, including Aki...
Jack Flaherty's arm, Tigers' 3 HRs lead way vs. Red Sox
Jack Flaherty carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers hit three home runs en route to a 5-0 win over the host Boston Red Sox in the first of a four-game series on Thursday.,Flaherty (2-4) faced just two batters over the minimum in his 6 2/3-inning start, allowing one hit ...
Teagan Kavan powers No. 1 seed Texas past Stanford at WCWS
Teagan Kavan threw a one-hit shutout and top-seeded Texas defeated Stanford 4-0 in their first game of the Women's College World Series on Thursday in Oklahoma City.,Texas will face the winner between Oklahoma State and Florida on Saturday. Stanford will play the loser of that game in an elimination...
Lynx, Mercury both seek bounce-back efforts
The Minnesota Lynx will try to bounce back from a lopsided loss when they take the court against the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Minneapolis.,The Lynx are coming off an 80-66 defeat against the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday night. It marked a rare setback for a team that won four of its first f...
Report: G Jaxson Robinson following Mark Pope to Kentucky
Transfer guard Jaxson Robinson, who played for Mark Pope at BYU, is following his coach to Kentucky and withdrawing from the NBA draft pool.,Robinson, a four-star high school prospect from Oklahoma, began his college career in the Southeastern Conference at Texas A&M before moving on to Arkansas and...
Evenly matched Red Sox, Tigers look for bounce-back wins
The Boston Red Sox will start a six-game homestand and a four-game weekend series when they meet the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.,Both teams are coming off losses on Wednesday, with the Red Sox falling 6-1 to the Baltimore Orioles while the Tigers dropped a 10-2 decision to the Pittsburgh Pirat...
Dejan Joveljic scores twice as Galaxy knock off FC Dallas
Dejan Joveljic's brace led the LA Galaxy to a 3-1 victory over FC Dallas on Wednesday night in Carson, Calif., ,Riqui Puig scored the other goal for the Galaxy (7-2-7, 28 points), which stretched its home unbeaten streak to seven (4-0-3). LA is unbeaten in six matches overall (2-0-4)., ,Patrickson D...