HOUSTON -- Lance McCullers Jr. was solid in his return from Tommy John surgery, Yuli Gurriel and George Springer homered and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners for the 15th straight time, 7-2 on Saturday. McCullers (1-0) yielded five hits and ...
FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Stars reunited Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin on the top line with Denis Gurianov for the final day of training camp Saturday. The change came after Seguin spent the first nine practices on a line with Gurianov and Roope Hintz, ...
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Daniel Bard has a new perspective after more than seven years away from the major leagues, and a win after one outing for the Colorado Rockies. The hard-throwing Bard, whose control troubles ran him out of baseball, pitched 1 1/3 ...
The Chicago Bears have traded tight end Adam Shaheen to the Miami Dolphins for a late-round conditional draft pick, a source told ESPN. Shaheen, a 2017 second-round pick out of Ashland, has been a disappointment in his three years in Chicago due to ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was on every call involving the NFL Players Association and took a significant role in putting in place the return-to-play protocols for training camp. So while he acknowledges "some ...
The Angels drew criticism last winter when they failed to sign top free-agent pitcher Gerrit Cole, a UCLA product and Orange County native who finished runner-up in Cy Young Award voting in 2019. Their marriage seemed inevitable. Cole could have ...
WASHINGTON -- Weeks ago, when Stephen Strasburg's right hand first began to bother him, the season was a great curiosity. Its length changed everything. A truncated year consisting of just 60 games increased the weight on each day. It also raised ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Manager Terry Francona has never complained about Indians fans coming to Progressive Field. That goes for this fanless season as well. Saturday afternoon, following the 2-0 win over the Royals on opening night Friday, he did voice ...
Guess who's back? Back again! Alex's back, tell a friend. The return of Alex Smith is official after news broke on Friday night that the former No. 1 overall pick of the 2005 NFL draft was medically cleared to play football again. "Everyone was in agreement that ...
Fight Island? How about Chimaev Island? Khamzat Chimaev, the hottest new prospect in the UFC, absolutely ran through Rhys McKee via TKO at 3 minutes, 9 seconds of the first round on the UFC Fight Night main card Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...
Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said Saturday he expects running back Dalvin Cook to report for training camp next week despite his contract dispute with the organization. "I was told he would," Zimmer told reporters before being asked who gave ...
FRISCO - In an active Saturday afternoon at The Star in Frisco, the Dallas Cowboys found a way to sign each and every one of their seven players chosen in the 2020 NFL Draft. The group and what sources tell CowboysSI.com about their contracts: Round 1.
One strike away from clinching a series win, the ghost of 2019 came back to visit the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field. A day after looking sharp in his season debut, Edwin Diaz failed to make it back-to-back saves as he gave up a game-tying home run to ...
NHL officials acknowledged Friday there is a long way to go before celebrating hockey's return during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams must submit rosters and full 52-person traveling parties Friday and travel to the hub cities of Toronto or Edmonton, Alberta, ...
The Detroit Tigers' bats came alive. After managing a measly three hits on Opening Day, the Tigers put together 12 hits, including three home runs, in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great America Ball Park. JaCoby Jones hit the game-winner ...
Multiple NFL teams have inquired about free agent wide receiver Martavis Bryant, however the former Steelers and Raiders player who missed all of 2019 has yet to reapply for reinstatement, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network's Tom ...
Lance McCullers Jr.'s reintroduction to the Astros' starting rotation offered an assortment of reminders, the sort of minutia a man can forget after 722 days away. McCullers last made a major league start on Aug. 4, 2018, in Dodger Stadium. Changes consumed ...
The stage is set for what should be a fascinating ending to the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota. Richy Werenski and Michael Thompson share the lead at 15 under after, but they're being chased by Tony Finau (who could use a win) and former Masters champ, ...
Outside of the pocket, Russell Wilson excels. It's a fortunate thing for the ultra-talented quarterback, as his time in the NFL has seen him sacked more than any other quarterback. Since joining the league in 2012, Wilson has been sacked an alarming 347 times ...
Whether he is conditioned by tarnished trainer Jason Servis or by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Maximum Security just keeps winning. Racing July 25 in the $150,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar, his first start for Baffert, who began training him this ...
When the games begin counting for real Thursday vs. Utah, it will be difficult to predict exactly how large the roles will be for some of New Orleans' youngest players. During the team's scrimmages, however, several early-career Pelicans have gotten a chance ...
Inter head coach Antonio Conte described talk of the possible arrival of Barcelona captain Lionel Messi as "fantasy football", though he did welcome the transfer links. Messi's future has dominated headlines in 2019-20 amid speculation the six-time Ballon ...
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma has moved its football opener against Missouri State up a week to Saturday, Aug. 29. The Sooners said the NCAA approved a waiver request from both schools to change the date to allow more schedule flexibility amid the ...
Phillies second. Didi Gregorius homers to right field. Scott Kingery walks. Phil Gosselin walks. Scott Kingery to second. Roman Quinn pops out to shallow infield to Brian Anderson. Andrew McCutchen flies out to Corey Dickerson. Rhys Hoskins walks.
We're starting to get the feeling that the Reds sit in a circle before taking the field and sing "Kumbaya." After all, every time a player sits before the Zoom camera for an interview, the topic gets around to what a wonderful feeling the club has going. Winning ...
Hosmer was scratched from Saturday's lineup against the Diamondbacks with a non-COVID-19 illness, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports. The 29-year-old was penciled in as the starter at first base, batting fifth, but he'll instead be out of the starting nine.
The NBA has reportedly "progressed" in discussions about the potential for group workouts and scrimmages involving the eight teams that didn't qualify for the resumption of the 2019-20 season at the Disney World complex in Orlando, Florida. Rick Bonnell of ...
Packers legendary quarterback Brett Favre was in New Jersey playing a round of golf with President Donald Trump today according to Trump special assistant (and deputy press secretary) Judd Deere.
CHICAGO (AP) - Leury GarcÃa homered from both sides of the plate, helping Dallas Keuchel and the Chicago White Sox pound the Minnesota Twins 10-3. Edwin Encarnación hit a two-run drive as the White Sox bounced back nicely after losing 10-5 to the ...
Christian Eckes turned his 13th-place performance at Kansas Speedway into a runner-up finish within 24 hours. The NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series had its first 2020 doubleheader this weekend at the 1.5-mile track. There was the Blue-Emu ...
The Red Devils boss is adamant the result on Sunday won't be a defining one as the club looks to a long-term resurgence. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted it will not be the "end of the journey" regardless of the result against ...
The obvious highlight of the Suns' victory over the Jazz in their Orlando debut (albeit just a scrimmage) was Deandre Ayton nailing his first career three-point shot. It may not count in the official stats for his career, but it could be a big confidence-builder for a ...
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman views the exhibition bout between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. as a "beautiful thing." The eight round exhibition clash was confirmed earlier this week, taking place on September 12 in California. Their bout ...
Mikolas will start Wednesday's game against the Twins, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports. Mikolas threw 60 pitches in his final tuneup of summer camp, and he'll receive the nod for Wednesday's contest in Minnesota. After a career season in ...
A delay of game(s) option for college football in 2020 was proposed by Notre Dame vice president and director of athletics Jack Swarbrick earlier this week. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, he believed it would buy time and provide extra data to monitor ...
J.D. Martinez and Kevin Pillar each drove in three runs, and the Red Sox rolled past the Baltimore Orioles 13-2 on Friday night in Fenway Park's first taste of regular-season baseball during the coronavirus pandemic. Jackie Bradley Jr., Jose Peraza, Martinez ...
Update 3:40 p.m.: "Shogun" Rua continues to be the favored fighter, though a slight amount of more tickets are starting to come in on the underdog Nogueira. Here are the update money line bet splits: Mauricio Rua: Opened -200, now -190 (89% of handle, ...
Update 4:30 p.m.: The line for this fight has moved significantly towards the Englishman Aspinall in his UFC debut. Tom Aspinall: Opened -225, now -278 (92% of handle, 88% of bets) Jake Collier: Opened +175, now +220 (8% of handle, 12% of bets) ...
Update 4:55 p.m.: The odds have stayed the same for this fight, with the splits moving fractionally towards the underdog Herbert just before fight time. Francisco Trinaldo: Opened -177, now -134 (36% of handle, 34% of bets) Jai Herbert: Opened +140, now ...
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