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Ryan Jeffers hit a pinch-hit two-run go-ahead homer to highlight a three-run eighth inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied to defeat the Texas Rangers 7-5 in the opening game of a four-game series on Thursday night in Minneapolis.Read more...

Napheesa Collier poured in 25 points and Kayla McBride added 20 as the visiting Minnesota Lynx defeated the Dallas Wings 91-80 on Thursday in Arlington, Texas, in the second of a home-and-home series between the teams.Read more...

Jackie Young's 24 points and Kelsey Plum's 23 points boosted the Las Vegas Aces to a 94-87 comeback victory over the host Chicago Sky on Thursday night.Read more...

Breanna Stewart scored 24 points and hit the tiebreaking basket early in overtime as the New York Liberty stormed back from a 20-point deficit and hung on for a 95-90 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Thursday in Uncasville, Conn.Read more...

Kelsey Mitchell scored a season-high 36 points to fuel the Indiana Fever to a 90-86 victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday in Indianapolis.Read more...

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo said he is putting the pursuit of NBA championships over financial gain in pledging not to sign a contract extension before gauging the direction of the team.Read more...

Lin Zhu of China saved four of five break points and toppled No. 1 seed Caroline Garcia of France 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of Tennis in the Land on Thursday in Cleveland.Read more...

Rush to draft your quarterback if you must, but the depth implies there's plenty to go around at the position in 2023.Read more...

Aaron Rodgers landing with the New York Jets changes a few things in the fantasy football landscape.Read more...

Ace Logan Webb and the San Francisco Giants get an opportunity to turn the tables on the Atlanta Braves when the clubs make a quick turnaround from a series last week in a three-game set that begins Friday night in California.Read more...

A week and a half ago, when the Seattle Mariners arrived in Kansas City to open a 10-game trip, Julio Rodriguez was batting .255, the club was 1 1/2 games behind Toronto in the American League's wild-card race and it trailed Texas by 6 1/2 in the AL West.Read more...

Atlanta Dream starting forward Nia Coffey will miss the rest of the 2023 season due to a left hand injury she suffered last week.Read more...

The Los Angeles Sparks will hope to extend their best stretch of play this season when they square off against the Atlanta Dream in a late-season game with potential playoff implications on Friday in College Park, Ga.Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers scored a road doubleheader sweep on Thursday, riding a four-run fifth inning to top the Cleveland Guardians, 9-3.Read more...

Shohei Ohtani traveled with the Los Angeles Angels to New York for a weekend series with the Mets and will continue to be their designated hitter for the time being, the club confirmed Thursday.Read more...

The Arizona Cardinals acquired quarterback Josh Dobbs and a seventh-round pick in the 2024 draft from the Cleveland Browns on Thursday in exchange for a fifth-round pick, multiple reports said.Read more...

Michigan plans to rotate multiple assistants in the gameday head coaching role during Jim Harbaugh's three-game suspension to begin the 2023 season.Read more...

Collin Morikawa fired a career-best, 9-under-par 61 to forge a tie for the lead with Viktor Hovland and Keegan Bradley in the first round of the Tour Championship on Thursday in Atlanta.Read more...

The Milwaukee Brewers will try to match their longest winning streak of the season when they open a three-game series against the visiting San Diego Padres on Friday.Read more...

Stephen Strasburg's announced retirement due to thoracic outlet syndrome isn't so much a sad time as it is a prophecy fulfilled. Strasburg emerged from San Diego State and the minors as the most highly touted flamethrower in a generation.Read more...

The Los Angeles Angels' flickering dreams of mounting a playoff run with Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout in the lineup likely ended late Wednesday night.Read more...

Wilyer Abreu clubbed his first big-league home run and was one of eight Red Sox batters to record multiple hits as visiting Boston cruised to a 17-1 drubbing of the Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon.Read more...

The Cincinnati Reds placed first baseman/designated hitter Joey Votto on the 10-day injured list Thursday with left shoulder discomfort and recalled outfielder Nick Senzel from Triple-A Louisville.Read more...

Bryce Harper will try to continue his torrid hitting on Friday night when the Philadelphia Phillies host the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of their three-game series.Read more...

This week's magic number for the NASCAR Cup Series is one.Read more...

Alex Call hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Tommy Kahnle with two outs in the seventh inning as the visiting Washington Nationals rallied for a 6-5 victory over the skidding New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon.Read more...

Josh Lowe hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning on Thursday, helping the host Tampa Bay Rays complete a series sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 5-3 win in St. Petersburg, Fla.Read more...

Mookie Betts delivered his second career five-hit game and drove in a pair of runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-1 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Thursday in the resumption of a contest that was suspended in the third inning Wednesday because of rain.Read more...

Restricted free agent defenseman Evan Bouchard signed a two-year, $7.8 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.Read more...

Kirby Smart left January travel itineraries and references to the Southeastern Conference championship game out of his motivational material as Georgia pursues history in 2023.Read more...

The Minnesota Vikings on Thursday released wide receiver N'Keal Harry, a former first-round draft pick.Read more...

After making just eight starts over the previous three seasons, Nationals All-Star right-hander Stephen Strasburg will retire after 13 seasons, the Washington Post reported Thursday.Read more...

Update Aug. 24: According to multiple reports, Luis Rubiales plans to resign.

Adding insult to the cruelest injury the Los Angeles Angels could have imagined was the mere presence of the team they shared space with all day and night Wednesday.Read more...

TCU transfer Sam Jackson V was named as California's starting quarterback, coach Justin Wilcox announced Thursday.Read more...

The reactionary nature of the sports media has foisted Trey Lance on the trading block after the third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft fell to the third spot on the San Francisco 49ers QB depth chart. Losing any quarterback competition to Sam Darnold is perilous for your career - especially if it's for the backup...Read more...

While half of America's electorate swoons over a reprobate ex-president, a man who was once nicknamed America's Mayor," and his loyalists' mugshots, America's Team has embraced the same recidivism in a desperate bid to halt the Cowboys' 30-year Super Bowl drought. Jerry Jones' response following Dallas Cowboys...Read more...

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Defending FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland will attempt to play the Tour Championship despite injuring his lower back this week, Golf Channel reported Thursday afternoon.Read more...

The San Diego Loyal, a United Soccer League club owned in part by soccer legend Landon Donovan, will cease operations after the 2023 season, the league announced Thursday.Read more...

Trey Lance's immediate future with the San Francisco 49ers became one of the hottest topics in the NFL after coach Kyle Shanahan announced that Sam Darnold won the backup quarterback job behind Brock Purdy.Read more...

The Oakland Athletics stand to lose $40 million this season, making a move to Las Vegas crucial to the franchise becoming competitive on the field, owner John Fisher told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in a wide-ranging interview about the present and future of the A's.Read more...

The Los Angeles Lakers announced plans Thursday to unveil a statue of the late Kobe Bryant on Feb. 8, 2024.Read more...

Longtime NFL defensive coordinator Steve Sidwell died Wednesday evening at the age of 78.Read more...

The New York Mets will retire the numbers of 1980s superstars Daryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden next season.Read more...

Here's a bit of advice for everyone. If you did not play in a professional sports league, association, or alliance, you have no business challenging former pro athletes in anything that requires athleticism. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. Kevin Hart learned this lesson the hard way while hanging out with former New...Read more...

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The Washington Nationals placed outfielder Stone Garrett on the 10-day injured list Thursday due to a fractured left fibula.Read more...

Screaming and arguing are in. Context and nuance are out. And over at FS1, the decimal levels just got louder, while the conversations just got dumber.Read more...

The Arizona Cardinals are trading linebacker Isaiah Simmons to the New York Giants in exchange for a 2024 seventh-round draft pick, multiple outlets reported Thursday.Read more...