ANAHEIM, Calif. -- All throughout the day Tuesday, Mike Ford found himself the butt of the same joke told by his New York Yankees teammates. "The running joke was I might have been the only guy in major league history to have two intentional walks and ...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians is not at all happy about his team's 2019 regular-season schedule that was released last week, so much so that he reached out to the NFL league office to voice his displeasure. The Bucs will go seven straight ...
SAN JOSE -- The Vegas Golden Knights were stunned after a 5-4 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of the Western Conference First Round at SAP Center on Tuesday. The Golden Knights led 3-0 midway through the third period, but the Sharks ...
Damian Lillard would not let the Portland Trail Blazers lose. Taking matters into his own hands, Lillard scored a career playoff-high 50 points, including a 37-footer at the buzzer to eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder from the playoffs in five games with a ...
The Bears' kicking situation just got a whole lot more interesting. NBC Sports Chicago confirmed a report that Robbie Gould isn't interested in signing a long-term contract with the San Francisco 49ers and has requested a trade. ESPN's Adam Schefter first ...
PHILADELPHIA — Fourteen minutes after the final buzzer sounded to signal the Philadelphia 76ers' series-clinching 122-100 Game 5 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, a smiling Joel Embiid emerged from the home locker room wearing a black hoodie ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Austin Hedges' unusual two-run home run came with an assist from Mariners center fielder Mallex Smith. Hedges' fly ball to deep center field bounced out of Smith's glove and over the fence, Franmil Reyes homered twice and had three ...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have locked down Jared Goff through the 2020 season, and they intend to keep their franchise quarterback around for a whole lot longer. The Rams exercised Goff's $22.783 million, fifth-year contract ...
His inability to attain and sustain the intensity required to advance as the starter Carlos Martinez wanted to be this season has made the Cardinals' decision for them. Whenever he returns from injury, he'll do so as a reliever. Martinez completed another in a ...
The White Sox will give Carlos Rodon, Reynaldo Lopez and Lucas Giolito every opportunity to iron out their inconsistencies this season. But the numbers have not been good for the two veteran members of the starting rotation, and considering Ivan Nova and ...
The Angels keep telling themselves it's early, that the offense will come around, especially when injured slugger Shohei Ohtani returns in early May, that the rotation, which former manager Mike Scioscia always called "the heartbeat of the club," would start ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU athletic director Scott Woodward began his tenure at his alma mater by asserting he would throw "100 percent support" behind recently reinstated basketball coach Will Wade — unless he's presented with new information ...
CHICAGO — Cubs shortstop Addison Russell is joining Triple-A Iowa to prepare for his return from a 40-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. Russell is expected to play when Iowa begins a nine-game homestand ...
PEARL – For over an hour at Trustmark Park on Tuesday night, it felt like the same old story for Mississippi State baseball. The Bulldogs couldn't buy a hit, let alone a run. Sophomore left fielder Rowdey Jordan changed that by smashing a solo home run into ...
Minnesota Twins (13-8, first in the AL Central) vs. Houston Astros (14-9, second in the AL West). Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT. BOTTOM LINE: Houston and Minnesota will meet at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday.
Once again a paltry offensive performance by the Pirates sullied another powerful starting pitcher performance in a 2-1 loss Tuesday to the the Arizona Diamondbacks at PNC Park. The Pirates' third consecutive defeat came on a night when they mustered six ...
Athletics pitcher Frankie Montas didn't have much success trying to pump his fastball past Texas' hitters early and spent most of the game working through traffic. Montas calmed down enough to work out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the fourth, just before ...
DENVER (AP) — Patrick Corbin didn't let an early mistake define his latest outing at Coors Field. Corbin recovered from giving a homer in the second pitch six strong innings, Victor Robles hit a three-run double, and the Washington Nationals beat the ...
BOSTON — They opened the NBA postseason by playing four games in the span of just eight days. Now, the only game the Celtics are playing is the waiting game. After sweeping away the Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon, the Celtics find themselves in a ...
Barcelona will win La Liga on Wednesday if Atletico Madrid lose to Valencia after a 2-0 victory over Alaves gave them a 12-point lead at the top of the table. Lionel Messi started on the bench at Mendizorrotza on Tuesday in a move that made clear just how ...
The Michigan basketball program announced Tuesday that former starter Jordan Poole will keep his name in the NBA draft and will not return. When Michigan basketball fans think about Jordan Poole, there will be some mixed emotions. He made an ...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Second-seeded Alexander Zverev lost to 81st-ranked Nicolas Jarry in the Barcelona Open on Tuesday after failing to convert a match point, while former champion Kei Nishikori and third-seeded Dominic Thiem easily advanced to ...
Before his senior season began, Cole Anthony told USA Today Sports that he was excited to get to Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) so he could trade-in his reputation as a scorer extraordinaire for all-around playmaker. The result was a dominant ...
Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Keller dropped his appeal and started a five-game suspension assessed by Major League Baseball after he hit Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox in the buttocks with a pitch last week. Anderson flipped his bat after hitting ...
Rugby World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry has revealed what he considers to be the All Blacks' biggest weakness ahead of this year's tournament in Japan. Henry, who led the Kiwis to the 2011 title after the disappointment of the 2007 quarter-final exit ...
Pavel Sivakov claimed Team Sky's second victory in a row at the Tour of the Alps to take the race lead from team-mate Tao Geoghegan Hart on stage two. The Russian, 21, kicked away from Astana's Jan Hirt inside the final 300m to secure his first professional ...
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