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Darvish takes no-hitter into 7th, Cubs beat Brewers 4-2 CHICAGO -- Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his third straight dominant start, and the major league-leading Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night. Darvish allowed just one hit -- Justin Smoak's towering ...
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Pirates connect 3 times off DeSclafani, roll 9-6 over Reds CINCINNATI -- Adam Frazier hit the first of three homers off Anthony DeSclafani, who hasn't beaten Pittsburgh in his last seven tries, and the Pirates returned from a three-day layoff with a flourish, beating the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 Thursday night. Pittsburgh's ...
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On Football: Evaluating college players is NFL's challenge The cancellation of college football games will have a far more significant impact on the NFL beyond giving the league an opportunity to play Saturday games this fall. Evaluating players for the draft will be among the biggest challenges. "I think until you ...
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A Premium on Speed: Observations and Notes from Jaguars' Thursday Training Camp Practice JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — While the Jacksonville Jaguars will not be putting pads on until next week, the team is still currently putting in time, energy and plenty of sweat under the hot Florida sun on into their work on the practice field. Yesterday was the first ...
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Tomas Nido hits slam, 2-run shot as Mets beat Nationals 8-2 NEW YORK (AP) — Tomas Nido had his first two-homer game as a professional, hitting a two-run shot in the fourth and a grand slam in the fifth to lead the New York Mets to an 8-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday and a split of the four-game ...
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NBA playoffs schedule 2020: First round dates, times, matchups We've all had our fill of the seeding games appetizer, it's time to dig into the main course: The playoffs. On Thursday, the NBA released the first-round playoffs schedule for 2020. Those seeding games saw unexpected stars — Indiana's T.J. Warren looking like ...
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Caddie touches sand in bunker, costs Segundo Oliva Pinto match at US Amateur Tyler Strafaci is moving on at the U.S. Amateur, and he has the caddie for his opponent to thank. Strafaci, a Georgia Tech star, was all square with Argentina's Segundo Oliva Pinto entering the 18th hole of their round of 32 match Thursday at Bandon Dunes in ...
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Dwight Gooden at peace, but the Mets' Cy Young winner still thinks of what might have been Time has a singular way of shaping the stories we tell ourselves about sports, of smoothing over successes or sharpening mistakes, of making heroes of certain players and disappointments of others. And, in the case of Dwight Gooden, doing all of the above.
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Bruce Arians: Tom Brady gets cussed out like everybody else The Buccaneers, of course, didn't have an offseason with their new quarterback, though Tom Brady led his own workouts. The offense goes against the defense for the first time in Friday's practice, giving Brady and the Bucs a month to figure it all out.
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Cardinals-White Sox opener pushed back to Saturday CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis' series opener against the Chicago White Sox has been postponed to Saturday, giving the Cardinals an extra day to recover from a coronavirus outbreak. The Cardinals, who haven't played since July 29, were set to resume their ...
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Report: CJ McCollum suffered back injury in first NBA restart game vs. Memphis The Trail Blazers are playing in a 'win or go home' game Thursday night against the Brooklyn Nets. One concern heading into Thursday's game has been the health of Blazers starting shooting guard CJ McCollum. On Tuesday, NBCSNW Trail Blazers Insider ...
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Washington NFL Minority Owners Reportedly Pressuring Dan Snyder to Sell Team Washington Football Team minority owners are pressuring majority owner Daniel Snyder to sell the team, according to Andrew Beaton and Cara Lombardo of the Wall Street Journal. Per Beaton and Lombardo, the news comes "amid a growing fight" inside ...
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From Bulls to Spurs, why NBA dynasties should be savored as they pass The pandemic-induced NBA pause featured the running of the Bulls, an ESPN-produced treat that detailed "The Last Dance" and a 1990s dynasty to remember. The NBA restart featured the elimination of the Spurs. A so-called "The Last Stand" if you will.
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The Rally: Unwrapping Serena-Venus XXXI; the writability of Coco Gauff It is amazing how there's nothing quite like a tournament singles match to remind us what can make tennis so compelling. The 31st all-Williams showdown was raw, real and a great way to fully signal the return of WTA action. By Steve Tignor and Joel Drucker.
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Report: Lions work out 7 players, including ex-Seahawks RB CJ Prosise ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions reportedly worked out three running backs and four other players on Thursday, with two of the backs featuring links to offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. The NFL Network reports the Lions hosted running backs C.J. Prosise ...
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Rays weekend pitching plans vs. Blue Jays look like a puzzle The Rays headed to Buffalo, N.Y., for a weekend series against the relocated Blue Jays unsure of their pitching plans. With two starters and one potential replacement among six pitchers on the injured list, and the bullpen worked heavily, the Rays might be ...
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Adam Silver Discusses NBA Campus Success, Critics of Racial Justice Advocacy NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the bubble concept in Orlando, Florida, has worked out better than anticipated. In an interview with Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, Silver discussed the NBA campus and why he feels the players have ...
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2020 NBA playoffs: Schedule for Sixers-Celtics series is set The Sixers' second playoff series against the Celtics in three seasons is on the horizon, and we now know exactly when it will begin. The series will kick off Monday at 6:30 p.m., the Sixers' first postseason game since Kawhi Leonard's indelible buzzer-beater ...
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Postgame Analysis: Wennberg, Bjorkstrand key Game 2 win over Lightning Don't check your calendar. It's still 2020. The Blue Jackets are in a bubble, the pandemic is happening, and the election is coming. But it felt a little bit like 2019 when Columbus took down Tampa Bay on Thursday afternoon in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup ...
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Red Sox vs. Rays highlights: Sox blown out in series finale, 17-8 FINAL SCORE: Tampa Bay Rays 17, Boston Red Sox 8. IN BRIEF: The Red Sox lost their fourth straight game as they were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, and it wasn't pretty. Sox starter Kyle Hart was shelled for seven hits and five earned runs ...
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LeBron James, Los Angeles Dodgers join forces to make Dodger Stadium a general election polling place For the first time, a Major League Baseball team has made its home stadium available to be a polling site. The voting-rights group of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James – More Than A Vote – has partnered with the Dodgers to make Dodger Stadium a ...
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2 undrafted Auburn alumni lose NFL roster spots Two former Auburn players trying to earn NFL roster spots as undrafted rookies were waived on Thursday, when the New England Patriots released defensive end Nick Coe and the Pittsburgh Steelers released fullback Spencer Nigh. The Patriots waived Coe ...
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Cowboys' Safe Stadium Policy For 2020 Season Frisco, Texas – The Dallas Cowboys today announced the club's Safe Stadium Policy for AT&T Stadium and the return of football during the 2020 NFL season. "These are challenging and unprecedented times for our country, our community, and our Cowboys ...
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Syracuse football players sit out practice again, want more frequent testing during preseason Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse's football players decided not to practice for the third time in eight days on Thursday, a source told The Post-Standard | Syracuse.com. The source said players want more frequent in-house testing during preseason camp.
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Utah Jazz set for a first-round playoff matchup with the Denver Nuggets Donovan Mitchell put it this way: "The only things we'll be missing are the crowds and the altitude." Everything else about the Rocky Mountain rivalry between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets will be there when these two teams tip off their first-round ...
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St. Louis soccer fans, get ready for St. Louis City SC Come 2023, it's St. Louis City SC that St. Louis soccer fans will be cheering to victory. The club's name, colors and crest were revealed Thursday morning by MLS4TheLou, the franchise ownership group led by Carolyn Kindle Betz. The online event included ...
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WCC Postpones Fall Competition "SAN BRUNO, California — With the health and safety of student-athletes and everyone connected with the West Coast Conference guiding all discussions, the WCC has postponed all conference fall competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The WCC ...
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Stewart Hagestad advances to US Amateur quarterfinals BANDON, Ore. (AP) -- Stewart Hagestad advanced to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals, winning two matches Thursday at Bandon Dunes. Hagestad, the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion from Newport Beach, California, beat Spencer Tibbits 3 and 1 in the ...
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Russian power lifter fractures both knees while attempting to squat nearly 900 pounds Alexander Sedykh was seriously injured while competing in the 2020 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WPRF) Championships held in Dolgoprudny, which is in the Moscow region of Russia, the Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported.
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Flyers' Gostisbehere hoping to speed up his progress To some degree, Shayne Gostisbehere was a surprise starter Wednesday night when the Flyers opened what they hope is a long playoff season. Considering the way Game 1 of the first-round match with the Montreal Canadiens went, however, the club and ...
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Austin College football joins American Southwest Conference RICHARDSON, Texas (KXII) - Austin College will rejoin the American Southwest Conference as an affiliate member in football. The ASC agreement with Austin College formally begins July 1, 2021 and will be for four academic years and the 2021, 2022, 2023 ...
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When will Penn State play football again? Could be fall, winter, spring, or none of the above The Big Ten's decision to cancel the 2020 fall football season left coaches and administrators with a lot of questions about when the next competition in the sport will take place while COVID-19 is still front and center. The burning issue is whether football will ...
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Raptors rally past Sixers to give Griffin a coaching win LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Stanley Johnson scored the tiebreaking basket in the lane with 4.9 seconds remaining, giving the Toronto Raptors a 125-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday that made a winner of Adrian Griffin. Raptors ...
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49ers Host WR Donte Moncrief Tavon Austin isn't the only free agent wide receiver working out for the 49ers. San Francisco also hosted veteran pass-catchers Donte Moncrief and J.J. Nelson, according to Field Yates of ESPN.com (Twitter link). While the 49ers still have ample receiver ...
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Kyler Murray adds muscle in offseason The Cardinals still list Kyler Murray at 207 pounds, the same as he weighed when he arrived in Arizona. The 2019 No. 1 overall choice isn't saying how much he weighs. But he is bigger. "We're always in there hyping him up a little in the weight room because ...
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McAdam: Chris Sale can't wait to come back … imagine how his team feels The Red Sox held two Zoom calls with the media Thursday in the span of 90 minutes and the juxtaposition couldn't have been more jarring. On the first, Chris Sale, rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery from the end of March, spoke from the team's spring ...
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