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The Texas Rangers activated All-Star right-hander Nathan Eovaldi from the 15-day injured list. Eovaldi will start Tuesday night's home game against the Houston Astros.Read more...

Paul Skenes, the No. 1 overall draft pick in July, will not play for the rest of the season after getting a taste of day-to-day life within the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.Read more...

So many nice things have been said about No. 17 North Carolina's defense in recent days that the Tar Heels certainly would prefer to avoid a flashback involving Appalachian State.Read more...

Iowa State will look to successfully defend its home field in the Cy-Hawk series for the first time in 12 years when it faces Iowa on Saturday in Ames, Iowa.Read more...

New Orleans Pelicans guard/forward Trey Murphy III suffered a meniscus injury in his left knee while working out Tuesday, ESPN and The Athletic reported.Read more...

New York City Football Club midfielder Maxi Moralez will undergo surgery "in the coming weeks" to repair the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, the club said Tuesday.Read more...

Drew Allar was as good as advertised in his first career start at quarterback for No. 7 Penn State.Read more...

Recently, Jerry Jones made a front-office move that shocked many around the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys owner traded a fourth-round draft pick to the San Francisco 49ers for Trey Lance. In the aftermath of that deal, what wasn't reported at the time is that Jones made the swap without consulting his football people. Most...Read more...

The next step in redefining the offense for Ohio State will come Saturday when the No. 5 Buckeyes host Youngstown State in Columbus.Read more...

Austin Swartz, a four-star shooting guard prospect in the Class of 2024, committed to Miami on Tuesday.Read more...

Deion Sanders is an iconoclast, if nothing else. Sanders has gone against the grain by taking the rarely traveled SWAC route to a Power 5 coaching job, in addition to his use of the transfer portal, his braggadocious coaching style, his deals with Barstool and decision to sign with Colorado over more established...Read more...

Travis Kelce hyperextended his knee in practice two days before the Kansas City Chiefs begin defense of their Super Bowl title.Read more...

Quarterback Haynes King will look to build off a strong Georgia Tech debut when the Yellow Jackets host South Carolina State in Atlanta on Saturday.Read more...

Moral victories do not count in the Big Ten standings, a reminder the Indiana Hoosiers took into their short week of preparation before hosting Indiana State on Friday night in Bloomington, Ind.Read more...

Longtime NFL reporter Chris Mortensen said Tuesday that he has retired from ESPN.Read more...

It used to be Jurgen Klopp's first Liverpool teams, and possibly the current one, that were considered the most raucous chaos merchants in the Premier League. They were equally capable of the most destructive football, going in both directions, equally capable of howitzer-ing their opponents or their own toes off. It...Read more...

The Atlanta Dream want to be sharp for the WNBA playoffs, but first they must take care of the business in front of them.Read more...

Conventional wisdom suggests maybe it's best to get the first shot at the defending champs, to run into them early before the complete calibration of systems around MVP Patrick Mahomes.Read more...

Denny Hamlin is sticking with Joe Gibbs Racing and the No. 11 Toyota.Read more...

The Columbus Crew waived midfielder Luis Diaz on Tuesday.Read more...

College football is changing at such a rapid pace that it's hard to keep track of every alteration. One example is the new rule that keeps the clock rolling after a first down. In recent years, it went from a full stop after moving the chains to pausing until the ref spots the ball. Now it only stops during the final...Read more...

A fan was ejected from Arthur Ashe Stadium early Tuesday morning after German tennis player Alexander Zverev complained the man had used language from Adolf Hitler's regime during his fourth-round match at the U.S. Open.Read more...

The Colorado Rapids dismissed head coach Robin Fraser on Tuesday, ending his tenure with the team that has the worst record in Major League Soccer.Read more...

Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless will forever be linked to each other because of their success on ESPN's First Take. Even after seven years apart, the sports world still flashes back to when they made sports media debate shows the hottest ticket in the industry. Smith and Bayless are connected at the hip in terms of...Read more...

Mikal Bridges scored 24 points and Tyrese Haliburton added 18 off the bench as the United States routed Italy 100-63 on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the FIBA World Cup in Manila, Philippines.Read more...

The CJ Group will take over as the title sponsor of the longstanding PGA Tour stop in Dallas, with the event being named THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.Read more...

Whenever Luis Rubiales's case ends, and it'll hopefully be soon, he'll know that Woody Allen voicing his opinion on the side of Rubiales was the death knell. There's no coming back from Allen thinking he's your ally. If Rudy Guiliani calls soon, he'll know it's very much over.Read more...

Under normal circumstances, the Philadelphia Phillies might have faced Padres right-handers Joe Musgrove and Yu Darvish during the current series in San Diego.Read more...

The Los Angeles Angels got a look at what playing without superstar Shohei Ohtani might be like on Monday, and they enter the second game of their three-game set against the American League-best Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday wondering what the next few days will bring.Read more...

The Arizona Diamondbacks are on the precipice of an amazing turnaround. Two years ago they lost 110 games, tied with the Baltimore Orioles for the worst record in the majors, but now they are tied for the last National League wild-card spot with four weeks left in the season.Read more...

After romping to a 20-6 victory in the opener of their three-game series with the Cleveland Guardians, the visiting Minnesota Twins will turn to All-Star right-hander Sonny Gray to try and clinch the series win on Tuesday night.Read more...

Arkansas coach Sam Pittman knows the importance of running the ball and hopes his Razorbacks can figure out how to do it effectively soon.Read more...

Right-hander Chris Bassitt, a key member of their staff the last time the Athletics were in a playoff race, hopes to improve upon his current team's chances of making the postseason this year when he and the Toronto Blue Jays face his former club at his old stomping grounds in Oakland on Tuesday night.Read more...

Royce Lewis hit another grand slam and drove in six runs as the visiting Minnesota Twins extended their American League Central lead to six games with a 20-6 pounding of the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.Read more...

At 15-31, the Chicago White Sox have the worst record in the majors since the All-Star break, and manager Pedro Grifol is starting to reach his breaking point.Read more...

Nathan Eovaldi will take the mound for the first time in seven weeks when the Texas Rangers face the Houston Astros on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas.Read more...

Kyle Hendricks nearly tossed a no-hitter when he faced the San Francisco Giants earlier this season.Read more...

Gunnar Henderson broke open a tight game with a three-run homer in the seventh inning Monday as the Baltimore Orioles opened a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels with a 6-3 victory in Anaheim, Calif.Read more...

Fans rushed the field on Monday in Durham, N.C., because for the first time since 2004, Duke beat Clemson in football.Read more...

After somewhat containing star outfielder Julio Rodriguez on Monday, the Cincinnati Reds will try to record a second straight win over the visiting Seattle Mariners when the two teams continue their three-game series on Tuesday.Read more...

In their longshot push for a wild-card spot, the Boston Red Sox did something Monday afternoon they have not been able to accomplish in more than a year - win on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays.Read more...

The Milwaukee Brewers can't afford to lose many games, especially against non-contending teams such as the Pittsburgh Pirates, if they expect to hold onto first place in the National League Central.Read more...

Behind a three-run double by Alec Bohm in the first and home runs by Edmundo Sosa and Trea Turner in the second, the visiting Philadelphia Phillies jumped on Padres left-handed starter Rich Hill for six runs in 1 1/3 innings en route to defeating San Diego 9-7 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.Read more...

After dropping a series against the top team in the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers face further uncertainty in advance of a three-game set against the host Miami Marlins.Read more...

Although the Atlanta Braves' lineup features the National League home run leader (Matt Olson), one of the game's most electrifying players (Ronald Acuna Jr.) and another bona fide slugger (Austin Riley), perhaps no one is currently shining brighter than Marcell Ozuna.Read more...

Royce Lewis hit a grand slam and drove in six runs and as the visiting Minnesota Twins extended their American League Central lead to six games with a 20-6 pounding of the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.Read more...

Jack Suwinski and Ke'Bryan Hayes homered Monday to help the Pittsburgh Pirates down the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 4-2.Read more...

Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was scratched from Monday night's game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles due to right oblique tightness.Read more...

Cleveland Guardians starting pitchers Shane Bieber and Triston McKenzie are drawing closer to a return to game action with the regular season winding down.Read more...

Houston Astros relief pitcher Ryne Stanek was carted off the field with an apparent right ankle injury in the bottom of the ninth inning of Monday's 13-6 victory over the Texas Rangers.Read more...