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The top of the 2024 NFL Draft features flex-worthy talent at quarterback and offensive tackle, the type of star power that changes the fortunes of an NFL team upon arrival.Read more...

Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson said extension talks are "on hold" as he prepares for the 2023-24 season.Read more...

Haas has retained drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen for the 2024 Formula 1 season.Read more...

Legendary wrestler Terry Funk died yesterday. He was 79. I am certainly nowhere near a talented enough writer to eulogize him properly. Nor have I been a fan long enough or deeply enough for long enough to try and encompass his whole career. The thing is, no one is, so it's not a personal failing. Funk is just that...Read more...

The New York Rangers announced a two-year extension Thursday with forward Alexis Lafreniere.Read more...

Kyle Shanahan has been watching Trey Lance practice for three years. He knows a great deal more about the young man than I ever will. If Shanahan is willing to write off the loss of first-round draft picks in 2022 and 2023, and be done with Lance on the San Francisco 49ers, he must certainly have a good reason that I...Read more...

Neil Young told us that it was better to burn out than to fade away. In the same fashion, some things are just meant to divebomb so hard into the dirt that they cause a smoldering crater that affects all life on the planet rather than just saunter out to the woods to die in peace. That quickly approaching projectile...Read more...

Most baseball players, and really most pro athletes, will tell you that they stopped being fans long ago. It is a job now, and any star on another team becomes an obstacle eventually. They'll tell you they respect other guys in the league, and that's probably true, but they don't see them as anything other than...Read more...

Ken Waldichuk might finally be turning a corner in his rookie season with the Oakland Athletics.Read more...

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios will look to continue his dominance of the Orioles when he starts against them Thursday night in the finale of a key three-game American League East series in Baltimore.Read more...

After getting a day off to recharge, the slumping Texas Rangers continue their nine-game road trip against the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a four-game series on Thursday night in Minneapolis.Read more...

After fouling a pitch directly off his left foot in the top of the 10th inning on Wednesday, Boston Red Sox center fielder Adam Duvall needed more than a couple of minutes to recover from the searing pain.Read more...

Despite being caught up in the middle of a tight playoff race, the Chicago Cubs are feeling loose heading into the opener of a four-game series against the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.Read more...

Late Wednesday afternoon, longtime general manager Brian Cashman described the season as a disaster for the New York Yankees.Read more...

Late-inning magic and manic momentum have been on display by the bay in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the first two games between the Colorado Rockies and host Tampa Bay Rays.Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers will need to put in a full day's work if they wish to claim their seventh straight series win.Read more...

The dreadful end to the 2023 season for the Los Angeles Angels and Shohei Ohtani became a full-blown nightmare on Wednesday, as the club announced the two-way star has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow and will not pitch again this season.Read more...

Aaron Judge produced his first career three-homer game as the host New York Yankees cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Washington Nationals and snapped their first nine-game losing streak since 1982 on Wednesday night.Read more...

The Atlantic Coast Conference's expansion plans might include not just Stanford and Cal but also SMU, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.Read more...

Matt McLain completed a spectacular homecoming trip with a two-run homer and three RBIs to lead the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 win Wednesday night, completing a doubleheader and three-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.Read more...

Carlos Vela scored one goal and assisted another in his first match since he incurred a leg injury early this month and LAFC romped to a 4-0 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night.Read more...

Adalberto Carrasquilla scored halfway through the 30 minutes of extra time, propelling the host Houston Dynamo to a 3-1 victory over Real Salt Lake in a U.S. Open Cup semifinal match on Wednesday.Read more...

A dominant defensive effort and 54 percent shooting from the floor paced the Los Angeles Sparks to their fifth consecutive win, a 91-62 rout of the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday.Read more...

Adam Duvall homered for the third time in as many games, clubbing a three-run home run in the 10th inning that lifted the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.Read more...

Washington right fielder Stone Garrett was carted off the field due to an apparent leg injury during the eighth inning of the Nationals' 9-1 loss to the host New York Yankees on Wednesday.Read more...

Lionel Messi is a game away from helping Inter Miami win its second major trophy since his arrival after they won another penalty shootout to advance past host FC Cincinnati in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals following a 3-3 draw on Wednesday.Read more...

Charlie Morton pitched seven scoreless innings, and Marcell Ozuna continued his torrid hitting with four RBIs to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 7-0 win over the visiting New York Mets in the rubber game of their three-game series.Read more...

LSU defensive tackle Maason Smith's return to the field will be delayed one more game, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday.Read more...

Aaron Judge produced his first career three-homer game as the host New York Yankees cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Washington Nationals and snapped their first nine-game losing streak since 1982 on Wednesday night.Read more...

Dean Kremer pitched six scoreless innings, Anthony Santander homered twice and the Baltimore Orioles pulled away late for a 7-0 win against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night to even their three-game series.Read more...

Tampa Bay's Brandon Lowe rapped a walk-off single in the 10th inning as the Rays rallied for the second straight night, beating the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.Read more...

Wednesday's game between the host Cleveland Guardians and Los Angeles Dodgers was suspended after two innings due to inclement weather.Read more...

Unseeded Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain stunned No. 3 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals at Tennis in the Land in Cleveland.Read more...

Australian Max Purcell swatted 11 aces to pull off a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) upset of the No. 2 seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands on Wednesday in the third round of the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.Read more...

Brian Harman will be drawing some inspiration from Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy as he enters this week's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.Read more...

If history repeats itself, Vanderbilt will be one step closer to its first winning season since 2013 when it faces visiting Hawaii on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.Read more...

Paul DeJong homered, singled twice and drove in four runs, Wilmer Flores homered, singled and knocked in two runs and the San Francisco Giants defeated the host Philadelphia Phillies 8-6 in 10 innings on Wednesday.Read more...

Elly De La Cruz hit a towering three-run homer, tripled and drove in a career-high six runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., on Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.Read more...

Seth Lugo and four relievers combined on a four-hit shutout and Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run home run as the San Diego Padres defeated the visiting Miami Marlins 4-0 on Wednesday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series.Read more...

The PGA Tour season comes to a dramatic conclusion with this week's Tour Championship, which begins Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.Read more...

The Minnesota Lynx will look to move up in the league standings when they square off with the Dallas Wings on Thursday in Arlington, Texas, in the second contest of a two-game, home-and-home mini-series.Read more...

Dairon Blanco hit his first major league home run, Cole Ragans struck out a career-high-tying 11 batters, and the Kansas City Royals avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the host Oakland Athletics, 4-0 on Wednesday afternoon.Read more...

The Las Vegas Aces and Chicago Sky have had different kinds of seasons, but going into Thursday night's meeting in Chicago, they have something in common.Read more...

The Carolina Panthers' receiving corps caught another tough break on Wednesday as DJ Chark didn't practice due to a hamstring injury.Read more...

Brice Turang hit a walk-off RBI infield single as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the visiting Minnesota Twins 8-7 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a two-game series sweep.Read more...

Eight days after opening the door for running back Jonathan Taylor to pursue a trade, the Indianapolis Colts plan to close it on Tuesday barring an agreement with another team.Read more...

Tim Anderson scored on a throwing error in the 10th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 5-4 win against the visiting Seattle Mariners, ending their eight-game winning streak on Wednesday afternoon.Read more...

Richie Palacios and Nolan Arenado each hit a two-run double Wednesday as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 to avoid a series sweep.Read more...

Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was removed from his pitching start - and the game - during Wednesday's matinee against the Cincinnati Reds with what the team said was arm fatigue.Read more...

Viktor Hovland has no doubt about the key to success in this weekend's FedEx Cup finale at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta: It's all about mental readiness.Read more...