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Double-play grounder in 10th lifts Angels past Red Sox
Zach Neto scored on Taylor Ward's double-play grounder in the 10th inning to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Tuesday night.,Thanks to an error and a walk, the Angels had the bases loaded with no outs when Ward's ground ball to third pushed across the decisive run.,...
Napheesa Collier notches fourth straight double-double as Lynx handle Mercury
Napheesa Collier notched a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx cruised to an 88-65 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Natisha Hiedeman added 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting off the bench for Minnesota, which improved to a WNBA-best 8-0. Kayla ...
Texas Tech's $1M ace ready for WCWS final vs. Texas
Texas Tech ace NiJaree Canady already understands spotlight trophy games can be salve for wounds carried into the Women's College World Series.,Canady gets the ball Wednesday against Texas as the Red Raiders set out to claim the best-of-three championship series in Oklahoma City.,Texas Tech coach Ge...
PWHL top scorer Hilary Knight, Ottawa captain unprotected for expansion draft
Ottawa captain Brianne Jenner, league co-leading scorer Hilary Knight of the Boston Fleet and Minnesota's Kelly Pannek are among the headliners available to incoming franchises Seattle and Vancouver in the PWHL's expansion draft next week.,Knight shared the PWHL points lead last season with New York...
MVP money: SGA could net $890K-per-game contract; Luka, Jokic up for raise, too
Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is eligible for the NBA's most valuable contract this offseason. ,Gilgeous-Alexander, 26, became "supermax" eligible with the Oklahoma City Thunder by earning All-NBA honors in consecutive seasons, and the numbers are something to behold. ,SGA could sign...
Texans QB C.J. Stroud (shoulder) limited at OTAs
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud did not throw at Houston's organized team activities Tuesday as he deals with minor shoulder tightness, according to multiple reports.,Texans offensive coordinator Nick Caley recently said that he is not bothered by Stroud's lack of passing reps.,"Yeah, he's locked in ...
Flyers ink F Noah Cates to 4-year, $16M contract
Forward Noah Cates agreed to a four-year, $16 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.,Cates, 26, recorded a career-high 16 goals to go along with 21 assists and a plus-3 rating in 78 games this season with the Flyers.,He was playing in the final campaign of a two-year, $5...
Tigers out to extend road win streak vs. White Sox to 12
The Detroit Tigers nearly matched their season high for runs with a 13-1 road rout of the Chicago White Sox on Monday as they welcomed center fielder Parker Meadows back to the lineup.,After resting the previous game, Kerry Carpenter also returned for Detroit, delivering his first career three-homer...
Red Sox look for lengthy outing by Bryan Bello vs. Angels
One-run losses -- now 16 of them, to be exact -- have been one of the stories of the season for the Boston Red Sox.,After falling into a 6-0, first-inning hole and nearly coming all the way back in a 7-6 loss to the visiting Angels on Monday, the Red Sox will look to even the score in the middle gam...
Kerry Carpenter hits three HRs as Tigers blast White Sox
Kerry Carpenter belted three home runs, Dillon Dingler and Wenceel Perez also homered, and Jack Flaherty pitched six strong innings to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 13-1 rout of the host Chicago White Sox on Monday.,Carpenter smacked two-run homers in the first and fourth innings and a solo shot in t...
Angels set Fenway Park record, hang on vs. Red Sox
The Los Angeles Angels became the first visiting team to hit three home runs in the first inning of a game at Fenway Park and held on for a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series on Monday night.,Jo Adell had a two-homer game, while Mike Trout highlighted a 3-for-4 nigh...
Texas Tech stuns Oklahoma to reach WCWS final
OKLAHOMA CITY - Lauren Allred hit a shallow fly to right in the bottom of the seventh and Mihyia Davis raced across to score the game-winning run to give No. 12 Texas Tech a 3-2 walk-off win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma in the Women's College World Series on Monday.,The win sends the R...
Lynx, pleased but not satisfied with 7-0 start, face Mercury
The Minnesota Lynx have won all seven of their games this season. Despite the team's perfect record, Lynx players insist that they can -- and should -- do better.,They will focus on playing more consistently across four quarters when they tip off against the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night in Minne...
Reports: Texans CB Ronald Darby set to retire
Houston Texans cornerback Ronald Darby informed the team he plans to retire, according to multiple reports Monday. ,Darby, 31, signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract in March to join his fifth team in the past six seasons. Houston has the luxury of talent and depth at the position, drafting Southe...
Texas tops Tennessee to reach Women's College World Series final
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Katie Stewart's fourth-inning home run helped lift Texas to a 2-0 win over Tennessee in the Women's College World Series semifinals Monday.,The victory sends the sixth-seeded Longhorns (54-11) to the best-of-three WCWS Championship Series for the third time in four seasons.,Texas wi...
Max Verstappen admits George Russell incident 'not right'
Max Verstappen admitted Monday that his controversial collision with George Russell in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix was "not right and shouldn't have happened.",Verstappen, the four-time defending Formula 1 champion, stopped short of apologizing for the incident that earned him a 10-second penalty an...
Sens sign D Tyler Kleven to 2-year, $3.2M extension
The Ottawa Senators signed defenseman Tyler Kleven to a two-year, $3.2 million extension on Monday.,Kleven, 23, just completed his first full season in the NHL and could have become a restricted free agent on July 1.,"Tyler's game elevated as our season progressed," general manager Steve Staios said...
White Sox's Jonathan Cannon looks for better outing vs. Tigers
Jonathan Cannon's sporadic control problems began during a start against the Detroit Tigers in early April.,On Monday, nearly two months later, the Chicago White Sox right-hander gets the chance to correct himself as the Tigers visit in the opener of a four-game series.,Cannon (2-6, 4.15 ERA) walked...
After series win in Atlanta, Red Sox return to Fenway to face Angels
For manager Alex Cora and the Boston Red Sox, it's all about moving forward.,Following a weekend series win in Atlanta, the Red Sox (29-32) look to continue down the right track when they begin a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.,Garrett Crochet pitched the Red S...
Lynx stay unbeaten with second-half surge to down Valkyries
Natisha Hiedeman scored all eight of her points in two second-half runs, Napheesa Collier returned from a night off with a game-high 24 points and the Minnesota Lynx surged past the host Golden State Valkyries 86-75 on Sunday night in San Francisco.,Returning from a sore knee, Collier completed her ...