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Andruw Monasterio hit an RBI triple during a six-run fifth, and Brandon Woodruff pitched seven scoreless innings Tuesday as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3.Read more...

No. 12 Utah hopes to have some of its injured players back in action - perhaps even quarterback Cameron Rising - as it travels to Waco, Texas, to play battered and ego-bruised Baylor on Saturday.Read more...

After a smooth start in Music City, No. 9 Tennessee returns to Rocky Top for Saturday's home opener against Austin Peay in Knoxville.Read more...

Wisconsin will be looking to build on its Week 1 victory under new coach Luke Fickell, and also avenge last season's surprising loss, when the 19th-ranked Badgers travel to Pullman, Wash., to face Washington State in a nonconference game on Saturday.Read more...

Back in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time in nearly a year, No. 10 Notre Dame plays its first true road game of the season on Saturday when it takes on NC State in Raleigh, N.C.Read more...

It took just one game for new coach Deion Sanders to match Colorado's 2022 victory total.Read more...

Kansas State may be ranked No. 15 in the country. It may be the defending Big 12 Conference champion. But the Wildcats say they will not look past Troy when the Trojans come to Manhattan, Kan. on Saturday.Read more...

A pair of big-name programs will draw attention for very different reasons when No. 13 Oregon visits Texas Tech on Saturday evening in Lubbock, Texas.Read more...

Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner will be on diaper duty instead of playing baseball in the near future. The team announced Turner was placed on paternity leave Tuesday after the birth of his second child.Read more...

The San Francisco Giants received a boost in their fight for a National League wild-card playoff spot when the team activated right-handed reliever John Brebbia from the 60-day injured list.Read more...

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is being shut down for the season due to post-concussion syndrome.Read more...

New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones agreed to one year of pre-trial probation and 48 hours of community service on Tuesday in exchange for prosecutors dropping weapons charges levied against him in June.Read more...

The Atlanta Braves recalled right-handed starting pitcher Michael Soroka from Triple-A Gwinnett, and he is expected to start Tuesday night's game against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.Read more...

The No. 1 overall pick of the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft is one step closer to the big leagues.Read more...

No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic set another record by sailing past No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 at the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Tuesday in New York.Read more...

Alabama coach Nick Saban sports a 28-2 all-time record when coaching against one of his former assistants. Steve Sarkisian nearly made a dent in that record when his Texas Longhorns faced off against Saban in 2022.Read more...

The Boston Bruins signed veteran forward Danton Heinen to a professional tryout agreement on Tuesday.Read more...

Without Oklahoma's upcoming move to the SEC, SMU might not be headed to the ACC next season.Read more...

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...