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The Athletics smacked five homers in a victory in the opening game of their three-game series with the Braves, and Atlanta responded with five homers

These are Deadspin's best betting picks and predictions for the Scottish Open, including tournament winner predictions and prop bets.

Looking for long-shot MLB bets to spice up your summer at the All-Star break? These three futures have upside and solid reasoning to back the odds.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas will seek to get his season back on track before the All-Star break next week.,His final chance to

Even as the New York Yankees struggled, Jazz Chisholm Jr. kept hitting.,On Wednesday, New York matched Chisholm's performance by getting a third strai

The Chicago White Sox certainly would like to start a long winning streak of their own.,A day after ending the longest active winning streak in the ma

The Minnesota Twins will go for a three-game sweep against the Chicago Cubs when the teams meet Thursday afternoon in their series finale in Minneapol

After getting a win in the series opener against the host Baltimore Orioles, the New York Mets will try for the second time in three days to parlay a

With a convincing victory Wednesday night, the Cincinnati Reds ended the Miami Marlins' franchise-record road winning streak -- and ensured Cincinnati

With a spot in the grand final on the line, Gen.G Esports and T1 engaged in a back-and-forth slugfest at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational

Adrian Houser allowed one run over seven innings to help the Chicago White Sox end the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-game winning streak with a 2-1 vi

Jorge Soler hit a two-run go-ahead homer in the bottom of the eighth and Mike Trout belted two home runs and drove in three runs to power the Los Ange

Denis Bouanga scored on a penalty kick late in the first half and host Los Angeles FC dominated the short-handed Colorado Rapids 3-0 on Wednesday nigh

Ronald Acuna Jr. returned to the lineup to smack two homers and Drake Baldwin hit a three-run blast to lead the Atlanta Braves to an easy 9-2 victory

Rebecca Allen scored 27 points and Angel Reese notched a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds to help the host Chicago Sky defeat the Dallas W

Angel Martinez and Jose Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning in support of right-hander Slade Cecconi, who recorded a career-high ni

Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs to propel the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on We

Former Utah Jazz coach and general manager Frank Layden died on Wednesday. He was 93.,Layden coached the Jazz for seven-plus seasons (1981-89) and als

Nathaniel Lowe hit a three-run homer to power the visiting Washington Nationals past the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 on Wednesday night and give interim m

Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 with a home run as the Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Carlos

Lionel Messi scored a pair of goals to give Inter Miami enough offense to outlast New England and secure a 2-1 victory over the host Revolution on Wed

Lionel Messi scored a pair of goals to give Inter Miami enough offense to outlast New England and secure a 2-1 victory over the host Revolution on Wed

All-Star Andrew Abbott carried a shutout into the eighth inning Wednesday night for the host Cincinnati Reds, who topped the Miami Marlins 7-2 followi

Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice and Cam Schlitter pitched 5 1/3 solid innings in his major league debut as the New York Yankees recorded a 9-6 victory

Twenty-year ATP veteran and former top-10 player Fabio Fognini announced his retirement from tennis on Wednesday at the All England Club, the site of

Carlos Narvaez, Wilyer Abreu, Romy Gonzalez and Jarren Duran each homered and Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings to help the Boston Red Sox c

Team Liquid is the only undefeated squad two-thirds of the way through group stage play at the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,

Owners of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs have joined the list of professional sports organizations making donations to support the

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs to start the season due to a knee injury.,Wirfs, 26, had arthroscopic surge

The Atlanta Braves were crushed in their series opener against the Athletics, but overshadowing the beatdown was the absence of star right fielder Ron

Atlanta Braves star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was back in the starting lineup for Wednesday night's road game against the Athletics one night aft

Ha-Seong Kim and Danny Jansen had run-scoring doubles during a four-run sixth and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays snapped Detroit's five-game winning stre

Fever All-Star Caitlin Clark shared point guard duties and failed to find her range Wednesday in her first game with Indiana since June 24. ,Clark was

Adrian Houser allowed one run over seven innings to help the Chicago White Sox end the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-game winning streak with a 2-1 vi

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner showed no signs of being impacted by an elbow injury, getting past 10th-seeded Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to th

The New York Yankees selected the contract of right-hander Cam Schlittler from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, while right-hander Geoff Hartlieb was d

Since it became the fifth major of women's golf in 2013, the Evian Championship has crowned a litany of highly ranked champions. It's not a tournament

Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: John D

Colorado coach Deion Sanders, speaking to reporters at Big 12 Media Day in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday, declined to discuss details of an undisclosed

James Jones is the NBA executive vice president, head of basketball operations, which follows a lengthy playing career and front-office experience.,Jo

The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-handed starter Tyler Glasnow from the 60-day injured list, while moving right-hander reliever Michael Kopeck t

Pause the retirement party planning for Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, who intends to stay in the position he's held for 26 season for years to come.,F

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner showed no signs of being impacted by an elbow injury, getting past 10th-seeded Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to th

For the first time, next week's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Atlanta will include the use of the automated ball-strike (ABS) system.,The ABS

The Golden State Valkyries rode a stout defensive effort to an 80-61 win over the Indiana Fever in Caitlin Clark's return to action in Indianapolis.,C

The Minnesota Frost signed 2025 first-round pick Kendall Cooper to a two-year contract on Wednesday.,The 23-year-old blueliner was the No. 6 overall p

Catching Cooper Flagg in his first NBA game at the Las Vegas Summer League on Thursday night has become the hottest ticket on that circuit since Victo

While the Washington fan base discusses a throwback name, the Commanders confirmed the team is bringing back its "Super Bowl Era" uniforms this season

Robert MacIntyre returns to the Scottish Open exasperated by the year gone by since he birdied the final hole to win his home country's national champ

Minnesota extended football coach P.J. Fleck's contract through the 2030 season.,The extension announced Wednesday was approved by the school's board