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PGA Tour gives Tiger Woods 'lifetime achievement' exemption
Tiger Woods will be able to gain entry to all PGA Tour signature events moving forward after the circuit's policy board voted Tuesday to grant him a special exemption due to "exceptional lifetime achievement.",The move will give Woods access to the tour's eight signature tournaments, all of which aw...
Jonathan Cannon gets 1st MLB win as White Sox top Astros
Rookie right-hander Jonathan Cannon pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings for his first career major league victory to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.,Cannon scattered seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts while reaching a career high in innings.,Canno...
Jonathan Cannon falls one out short of shutout in White Sox's win
Rookie right-hander Jonathan Cannon pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings for his first career major league victory to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.,Cannon scattered seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts while reaching a career high in innings.,Canno...
Rolling Red Sox rally for victory over Blue Jays
Ceddanne Rafaela had three hits, including the go-ahead, two-out single in the eighth inning, and the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday.,Tyler O'Neill's home run to center leading off the eighth tied the game for the Red Sox, who have won the first two games of th...
Galaxy look to remain strong at home in battle vs. NYCFC
The Los Angeles Galaxy will strive for their fourth consecutive home victory Wednesday in Carson, Calif., when they host a New York City FC side that has been among the league's best teams since mid-April.,The Galaxy (8-3-7, 31 points) earned a 4-2 win over visiting Sporting Kansas City on Saturday ...
Lynx look to continue strong start against inconsistent Dream
Entering the 2024 WNBA season, the Minnesota Lynx were a young team, coming off a 19-21 record last year. Now, with just over a third of the campaign in the rearview mirror, the Lynx are in a surprise position: first place in the Western Conference.,The Lynx (11-3), on a four-game winning streak, we...
Jake Paul to fight Bare Knuckle's Mike Perry
Jake Paul will square off against former UFC fighter and now bare-knuckle boxer "Platinum" Mike Perry in an eight-round cruiserweight bout on July 20 in Tampa, Fla.,Paul initially was slated to fight legendary boxer Mike Tyson on that date at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 57-year-old Tyson, ...
Wrexham sign Steven Fletcher to new contract
Wrexham AFC announced that Steve Fletcher has signed a new contract that will keep the former Scotland international with the club for the 2024-25 season.,Fletcher, 37, joined Wrexham as a free agent in September and went on to score eight goals in 34 matches as the club earned promotion to League O...
Five NBA Teams Facing The Most Pressure This Summer
These five NBA teams will feel the most heat to improve this offseason as their timeline to win is on the line....
After taking opener in Toronto, Red Sox turn to Tanner Houck
The visiting Boston Red Sox got a boost from their Canadians in the series opener. Now they will aim for a series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.,Nick Pivetta, a native of Victoria, British Columbia, pitched seven effective innings and Tyler O'Neill of Burnaby, British Columbia,...
Texas A&M's Ryan Prager shuts down Kentucky in MCWS
Ryan Prager took a no-hitter into the seventh inning while leading No. 3 Texas A&M to a 5-1 victory over No. 2 Kentucky in the Men's College World Series on Monday in Omaha, Neb.,Prager (9-1) wound up throwing 6 2/3 shutout innings as the Aggies (51-13) moved within one victory of advancing to the b...
Texas A&M's Ryan Prager shuts down Kentucky in MCWS
Ryan Prager took a no-hitter into the seventh inning while leading No. 3 Texas A&M to a 5-1 victory over No. 2 Kentucky in the Men's College World Series on Monday in Omaha, Neb.,Prager (9-1) wound up throwing 6 2/3 shutout innings as the Aggies (51-13) moved within one victory of advancing to the b...
Kayla McBride, Lynx send Wings to 8th straight loss
Kayla McBride scored 19 points and dished seven assists as the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 90-78 win over the visiting Dallas Wings on Monday night in Minneapolis., ,Natisha Hiedeman finished with 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting off the bench for Minnesota (11-3), which won its fourth game in a r...
Tyler O’Neill homers twice as Red Sox defeat Blue Jays
Tyler O'Neill led a four-homer barrage with two solo shots, right-hander Nick Pivetta pitched seven innings and the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 Monday night.,Rafael Devers and Ceddanne Rafaela also stroked solo homers for Boston in the opener of the three-game series.,...
Rehabbing Max Scherzer's next start could be with Rangers
The reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers began Monday lagging 8 1/2 games out of the lead in the American League West, but they have three notable players on rehab assignments, and hopeful news about a fourth.,Max Scherzer, the three-time Cy Young Award winner whom Texas acquired during last...
Help coming for Houston as Astros visit White Sox
The Houston Astros have won three of their past four series entering the opener of a three-game set against the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,That's preferable to the kind of uneven baseball the club was playing after a season-best six-game winning streak in mid-May. Still, injuries have left t...
Commissioner's Cup title game moved to Long Island
The WNBA on Monday moved the site of next week's Commissioner's Cup championship game from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to UBS Arena on Long Island, N.Y.,The game between the host New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx is scheduled for June 25.,However, the Barclays Center -- the Liberty's home aren...
Jolt of power moving through Jays with Red Sox up next
The Toronto Blue Jays will be looking to carry a rare power surge into the opener of a three-game series with the visiting Boston Red Sox on Monday night.,Toronto used a grand slam by Daulton Varsho and a two-run blast by Ernie Clement to beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 on Sunday in the rubber matc...
Red Sox take over basepaths, sink Yankees
The Boston Red Sox set a franchise record by stealing nine bases en route to a 9-3 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Sunday night.,David Hamilton had four of Boston's nine steals. He also had two hits and scored three times.,Boston's Ceddanne Rafaela collected three hits and drove in two...
Christian Walker, Diamondbacks put up big numbers against White Sox
Christian Walker had three hits, including a solo home run, and drove in three runs to help the host Arizona Diamondbacks to a 12-5 win against the Chicago White Sox in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Jake McCarthy also drove in three runs, Joc Pederson had...