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White Sox 1B Munetaka Murakami (hamstring) lands on IL
The Chicago White Sox placed rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a strained right hamstring.,The 26-year-old first baseman, who shares the American League lead with 20 homers, sustained the injury in Friday's home win against the Detroit Tigers.,Murakami grabbed...
White Sox Surprise Season Powered by AL Central's Shortstop Renaissance
The AL Central may still be MLB's weakest division, but Bobby Witt Jr., Colson Montgomery and a wave of young stars are changing the narrative....
Guardians rookie Parker Messick out to extend woes of Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox hit a season low Friday night with 4-3 road loss to the Cleveland Guardians. The setback dropped Boston 10 games below .500 for the first time in 2026., ,Boston (23-33) will attempt to start moving in a positive direction when it faces Cleveland in the second game of the three-gam...
Hot at home: White Sox chase series win vs. tumbling Tigers
One victory shy of securing their sixth straight home series win, the Chicago White Sox applauded the fans who have backed them through the early stages of what's shaping up as a turnaround season.,"Having all of them (a crowd of 30,019) here in the stadium, showing all the love for us, and seeing t...
OpTic, Royal Ravens sweep CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying openers
OpTic Texas, coming off a runner-up finish at the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major, began Stage 4 qualifying with a 3-0 sweep of the Vancouver Surge on Friday.,In the day's other results, the Carolina Royal Ravens trounced the Toronto KOI 3-0, and G2 Minnesota dumped Cloud9 New York 3-1.,The 12 Cal...
White Sox await diagnosis on Munetaka Murakami (hamstring)
White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami, removed in the third inning of Chicago's game against the Detroit Tigers on Friday after tweaking his right hamstring, will undergo imaging on Saturday.,The 26-year-old rookie, who shares the American League homer lead with Houston's Yordan Alvarez, each with 20,...
Miguel Vargas cracks walk-off HR as White Sox stun Tigers in 10th
Miguel Vargas smacked a game-ending two-run home run against Drew Anderson in the 10th inning to propel the host Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday.,Chicago, which lost slugging first baseman Munetaka Murakami to hamstring tightness in the third inning, has won thre...
Lynx blitz Sky in third quarter to trigger rout
Nia Coffey had 20 points and eight rebounds and Natasha Howard scored 14 as they triggered a third-quarter surge that sparked the visiting Minnesota Lynx to a 79-58 victory over the Chicago Sky on Friday night.,Olivia Miles added 17 points and six assists, Courtney Williams scored 10 points and Coff...
Four-run first inning propels Guardians past Red Sox
A four-run first inning carried the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Boston had the game-tying run on base when Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled to open the ninth, but Cleveland closer Cade Smith struck out the next three...
Teagan Kavan pitches Texas past Mississippi State
Teagan Kavan threw a four-hit shutout to lift Texas to a 4-0 win over Mississippi State in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.,Kavan, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player during last year's title run, struggled in a three-inning performance in Thursday's o...
White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (hamstring) leaves game
Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami was removed in the third inning of Friday's game against the Detroit Tigers after tweaking his hamstring.,Murakami, whose 20 home runs share the American League lead with Houston's Yordan Alvarez, grabbed at his right hamstring after hustling down the firs...
Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football while with team
Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football during his two seasons with the program, ESPN reported Friday, citing court documents filed by the quarterback's legal team as part of his request for a temporary injunction against the NCAA to maintain his college eligibility.,The court doc...
Giants' Abdul Carter: 'No beef' with Jaxson Dart over President Trump intro
Giants edge rusher Abdul Carter officially cleared the air Friday about his since-deleted tweet criticizing New York quarterback Jaxson Dart for introducing President Donald Trump at a political event earlier this month.,Talking after Friday's OTA practice, Carter wasn't apologetic for what he said....
Sacramento group unveils bid for MLB expansion franchise
Sacramento is making its pitch for an expansion franchise in Major League Baseball.,Regional leaders near California's capital city formally unveiled a bid on Thursday. The group tossed out "The Sacramento Pitch" in a release from the Greater Sacramento Economic Council that boasted about a "fully e...
White Sox carry hot home form into series vs. slumping Tigers
Winning five straight home series takes communication, cohesiveness and versatility.,The Chicago White Sox, who are on a home heater ahead of a three-game series against the visiting Detroit Tigers that starts Friday, aren't shy about touting their success.,"It's huge," outfielder Randal Grichuk sai...
Guardians riding hot rookies as Red Sox come to town
Since the Cleveland Guardians have been looking down at the rest of the American League Central for the majority of the season, it's not a huge surprise that they haven't yet been swept in a series.,After avoiding that fate once again against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon, Clevelan...
Red Sox place RHP Garrett Whitlock (knee) on 15-day injured list
The Boston Red Sox placed right-handed reliever Garrett Whitlock on the 15-day injured list on Thursday because of left knee inflammation.,The move was retroactive to Monday. In a corresponding move, the Red Sox recalled rookie left-hander Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A Worcester.,Whitlock, the team'...
Highly familiar Lynx, Sky square off for third time in 13 days
The Minnesota Lynx and the Chicago Sky are getting to know each other quite well during the early part of the season., ,They will meet for the third time in 13 days when they face off Friday night in Chicago. The Sky (3-4) won the first meeting 86-79 on May 17 in Minneapolis. The Lynx (5-2) won the ...
Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves blast Red Sox 10-2
Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam and Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies also homered to propel the visiting Atlanta Braves to a 10-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.,Acuna's home run, his third of the season, came against reliever Greg Weissert and was part of a five-run sixth inning th...
Tennessee rides Elsa Morrison HR, tames Texas bats
Freshman Elsa Morrison smashed the first pitch she saw over the center field fence for a three-run home run in the second inning and Tennessee beat defending national champion Texas 6-3 in the Women's College World Series at Oklahoma City on Thursday afternoon.,Sage Mardjetko (15-2) got the win for ...