DETROIT -- Throughout the sports world, athletes were taking a determined stand for racial justice, and Jason Heyward wanted to do his part. That meant the Chicago outfielder wouldn't be in the lineup when the Cubs took the field against the Detroit Tigers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Michael Perez hit a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth inning and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Wednesday night. Perez homered to center off Mychal Givens (0-1). It was his first long ...
The fate of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors was uncertain less than 24 hours before the scheduled tip. The Celtics and the Raptors held a players-only meeting Tuesday night to discuss ...
WASHINGTON -- Aaron Nola bounced back from the shortest outing of his career to throw seven strong innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of the Washington Nationals' sloppy outfield defense to rally for a 3-2 victory on Wednesday night.
Facing the Yankees' vaunted lineup isn't the easiest way to break into the big leagues, even if it's not at full strength. Ian Anderson didn't seem phased. Anderson was brilliant for the Braves in his major league debut Wednesday in the first game of a ...
Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard will leave the NBA's bubble in Florida and return to Portland for further examination of his sprained right knee, the team announced Wednesday. The announcement came hours after the Trail Blazers' scheduled ...
Oh, to be a cyber-fly buzzing about the latest text chain between Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr. The two outfielders were lockermates in Fenway Park for parts of six seasons. Bradley called Betts by his given first name of Marcus. Betts never declined an ...
Joe Girardi died 1,000 deaths on his way to his 1,000th career managerial victory Wednesday night. "One thing I've realized in managing a while is it's never easy," the 55-year-old Phillies skipper said after his team eked out a 3-2 road win over the ...
Forty minutes after Kevin Gausman was supposed to throw the first pitch to Mookie Betts at Oracle Park, the Giants and Dodgers, longtime rivals, put out a rare joint statement. Their game had been postponed. Instead of playing, Dodgers manager Dave ...
In the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. and widespread strikes in American professional sports, Washington Mystics players opted not to play their scheduled game against the Atlanta Dream Wednesday evening. In turn, the WNBA ...
For more than a century, baseball has grappled with racism, injustice and inclusion. Wednesday, as a national reckoning with police violence against Black people took yet another turn, a half-dozen teams and a few more players took matters into their own ...
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to not play in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice. Called off: Games between Milwaukee and Orlando, Houston and ...
NHL players are discussing options to protest racial injustice after the NBA and other professional sports leagues postponed games, according to a person with knowledge of those talks. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity ...
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo expressed his frustration with the suffering that is going on in many parts of the country after the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the lack of response from politicians following ...
Heyward's decision came after the Brewers and Reds agreed not to play their game on Wednesday in protest of police shooting 29-year-old Black man Jacob Blake on Sunday. That followed the Bucks boycotting their playoff game with the Magic, which led the ...
Point guard LaMelo Ball has yet to play his first minutes in the NBA, but the 19-year-old reportedly has a shoe deal lined up already. Ball is reportedly finalizing a deal with Puma, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. He is the first Ball brother not to ...
Ben Roethlisberger made the choice to have surgery over opting to retire in the wake of his injury early last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback revealed during the first part of a documentary released Wednesday. During a 15-minute ...
(Reuters) - Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful men's doubles team in the history of tennis, are bringing the curtain down on their 22-year professional careers, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The Bryans, 42, captured a professional era ...
As a protest of racial inequities in the U.S., the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas decided to not play their scheduled match Wednesday night in Texas. The league released a statement 45 minutes before the scheduled kick-off time between the two clubs ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rowdy Tellez drove in four runs with two homers and a double, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 9-1 on Wednesday night. Vladimir Guererro Jr. hit a pair of doubles, including a three-run bouncer down the left ...
Mike Clevinger made his return to the mound for the first time in three weeks, but it was another missing piece of the Indians that stole the show tonight: the offense. Tonight's contest looked like a pretty standard issue 2020 Indians game early on. Clevinger ...
TORONTO — Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. The Islanders overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit, with ...
Amid postgame pandemonium following LSU's College Football Playoff championship game victory over Clemson to end last season, former Tigers star Odell Beckham Jr. was caught on camera handing out bills to members of the team. LSU initially said that ...
With the Houston Rockets in need of additional offensive firepower, P.J. Tucker will need to provide the spark the Rockets have been missing. It's been known that Houston Rockets forward P.J. Tucker has been the unheralded hero for the Rockets, as Tucker ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kolten Wong drew a bases-loaded walk to cap off a four-run rally in the ninth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Wednesday night. Tyler O'Neill tied the game at 5 with a two-out, two-run single with ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was fined $500,000 and suspended for nine months for a brawl inside and outside the octagon after his fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 229. McGregor was fined $50,000 and ...
SANDY, Utah — Fans are invited to watch Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium for the first time since the pandemic. While the players have been able to get back on the field, this will be the first night back home with fans in the stadium. "This is the thing that ...
LEBRON James has highlighted the bald patch on the back of his head by posting side-by-side pictures of his thinning hair and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup that got stuck to the wrapper. The 35-year-old superstar captioned the post, "One of the funniest ones ...
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