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To hear Lionel Messi tell it, Major League Soccer is on par with Mexico's top soccer league and coming for the top European leagues next.Read more...

The visiting Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Guardians will play a traditional doubleheader on Friday after Thursday's series opener was postponed due to inclement weather.Read more...

The visiting Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Guardians will play a traditional doubleheader on Friday after Thursday's series opener was postponed due to inclement weather.Read more...

World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz exacted some revenge on Tommy Paul with a 7-6 (6), 6-7 (0), 6-3 victory in the Round of 16 of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday afternoon in Mason, Ohio.Read more...

Rory McIlroy holed a miraculous chip-in birdie on his way to shooting a 5-under-par 65 and earning a share of the first-round lead at the BMW Championship on Thursday at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club.Read more...

The Seattle Storm are playing their best basketball of the season.Read more...

The beast of the East and the worst of the West will go head-to-head Friday night when the Baltimore Orioles continue a tour of the Pacific coastline with a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics.Read more...

Joey Meneses had two hits and drove in five runs, Patrick Corbin pitched six strong innings and the host Washington Nationals held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 10-7 in the rubber game of their series on Thursday.Read more...

The New York Mets on Thursday placed infielder Mark Vientos on the 10-day injured list because of left wrist tendinitis.Read more...

Right-hander Pablo Lopez will try to build on his sizzling August performance when the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins open a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night in Minneapolis.Read more...

For the first half of the season, the specter of the Tampa Bay Rays' lone visit to Anaheim to face the Los Angeles Angels in mid-August offered the possibility of some of the best players in the game opposing one another.Read more...

For years, the Colorado Rockies have avoided the concept of a full roster rebuild, shifting strategies and moving in another direction in reaction to lean seasons.Read more...

Cheyenne Parker has a telling description of what has ailed the Atlanta Dream lately.Read more...

The Baltimore Ravens signed veteran cornerback Ronald Darby on Thursday, NFL Network and ESPN reported.Read more...

Inclement weather has postponed the series opener Thursday between the Detroit Tigers and host Cleveland Guardians, who are rescheduled to play a traditional doubleheader starting at 4:10 p.m. local time Friday.Read more...

Racism usually trumps all in America. It colors the way that people are policed, educated, provided healthcare, and interacted with. For the dense out there reading these words, racism being everywhere does not mean everybody is racist. What it means is that racial bias against nonwhite people - especially Black...Read more...

Julio Rodriguez went 5-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs, leading the Seattle Mariners' come-from-behind win over the host Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Thursday afternoon.Read more...

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson had his six-game suspension reduced by a game after a settlement with MLB, and he will begin serving his discipline Friday when he sits out of a road contest against the Colorado Rockies.Read more...

Jonathan Toews will not play in the NHL in 2023-24, though he has not ruled out a return in the future.Read more...

Timing can be everything, and for TJ Friedl and the Cincinnati Reds, the occasion may have arrived a for rejuvenated run to the playoffs.Read more...

The NBA champion Denver Nuggets will kick off the 2023-24 NBA schedule Oct. 24 in a showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers, creating an early rematch of last season's Western Conference Finals.Read more...

Rookie quarterback Will Levis left Tennessee Titans practice early with an injury, coach Mike Vrabel said Thursday, and his status for Saturday's preseason game at the Minnesota Vikings is up in the air.Read more...

Reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes is among the favorites for the award again in 2023, and the Kansas City Chiefs are tops in the AFC in projected wins while also checking in as the frontrunners to win the Super Bowl.Read more...

It's that time of year when the NFL is back, and teams have reported to training camp while the preseason gets underway. This is also the time when four out of five analysts will attempt to sell you on the Dallas Cowboys' chances of winning the Super Bowl. Most fans who have paid attention to the NFL long enough know...Read more...

The Tampa Bay Rays activated right-hander Andrew Kittredge from the 60-day injured list Thursday and designated right-hander Hector Perez for assignment.Read more...

Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald is set to become a volunteer assistant coach at a Chicago-area private high school, The Record North Shore reported.Read more...

A quartet of players shot opening rounds of 69 to tie for the lead at the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Antrim, Northern Ireland, on Thursday.Read more...

The first sip of James Harden's cabernet sauvignon caused a visceral stepback, and the sudden urge to chuck my glass at any wastebasket within 30 feet. Completely bereft of any tannins, the bouquet was as generic as seemingly any bottle picked off the shelves of a 7-Eleven, and went down with equal ease.Read more...

NASCAR Cup Series racing on road courses consistently features some of the most skilled, high stakes competition of the season.Read more...

It has been nearly two months since the short-handed Washington Mystics won back-to-back games.Read more...

New Jets running back Dalvin Cook turned down a chance to play near his home and teamed up with former division rival Aaron Rodgers for a chance to win big in New York.Read more...

Atlanta has been a menace to New Yorkers of late. First they dribbled the New York Mets all over Citi Field. Off the diamond, their District Attorney pinched Rudy Guiliani and Donald Trump in a RICO case, then the Braves continued their streak by lopping off the Bronx Bombers heads in three consecutive games. The...Read more...

Chicago Fire interim coach Frank Klopas named Nikolaos Kostenoglou and Theodoros Antonopoulos as his assistant coaches for the remainder of the 2023 season on Thursday.Read more...

A change in ownership has translated into renewed business for the Washington Commanders.Read more...

Toronto FC goalkeeper Sean Johnson will visit a specialist this week to determine the severity of his fractured hand.Read more...

Mariners outfielder Jarred Kelenic is out of his walking boot and has resumed baseball activities, the Seattle Times reported Thursday.Read more...

Transfer Payton Thorne will start the season at quarterback for Auburn, On3 reported Thursday.Read more...

Mike Greenberg has been a staple of ESPN for nearly three decades. He's famously known as one half of the Mike & Mike morning radio show, which aired on ESPN networks from 2000-17. Greeny, as he's affectionately known by many, has never been the rah-rah, flashy, over-the-top type of personality like Stephen A. Smith...Read more...

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Welcome to Deadspin's The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe. Fuck you.Read more...

Philadelphia Eagles pass rusher Haason Reddick will have thumb surgery, multiple outlets reported Thursday.Read more...

Miami Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead was carted off the field with an apparent right leg injury during the team's joint practice session with the Houston Texans on Thursday.Read more...

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Ashton Dulin is out for the season with a torn ACL, multiple outlets reported Thursday.Read more...

A Cincinnati judge found Bengals running back Joe Mixon not guilty of aggravated menacing charges on Thursday.Read more...

LIV Golf reportedly plans to spice things up in 2024 by adding a transfer window and a trade deadline.Read more...

Is it a race to the guillotine in the Big Apple?Read more...

A woman who falsely accused former Georgia Tech basketball coach Josh Pastner of sexual assault was sentenced to one year in prison and three years of supervised release.Read more...

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks sprained the lateral collateral ligament in his left knee on Wednesday and could miss 2-6 weeks, according to multiple reports.Read more...

Pushing back on the narrative of hazing and harassment at Northwestern, more than 1,000 former athletes at the university signed a letter defending the culture of the sports programs.Read more...

After silly season, and training camps around the country are well underway, most of the big moves of the NFL year have already taken place. Those who hoped for greener pastures found what they believe is an upgrade from their last situation, despite no proof to the contrary, yet. Some of the biggest names in the NFL...Read more...