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The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-hander Ryan Pepiot from Triple-A Oklahoma City and the rookie is set to start Wednesday's game against the Arizona Cardinals.Read more...

Teoscar Hernandez hit a three-run homer as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-4 victory against the visiting Oakland Athletics on Wednesday afternoon to retain at least a share of first place in the American League West.Read more...

Christian Encarnacion-Strand had four hits, including a home run, Hunter Greene pitched effectively into the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the host San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Wednesday afternoon to salvage a three-game series.Read more...

The Connecticut Sun have played just fine this season without a bona fide go-to scorer.Read more...

Alejandro Kirk had three hits and three RBIs, right-hander Chris Bassitt pitched eight shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon.Read more...

Tommy Edman hit a game-ending two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to push to the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Diego Padres with a 5-4 victory.Read more...

Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.Read more...

New-look UCLA welcomes Coastal Carolina to the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday for the 2023 season opener and first-ever meeting between the programs.Read more...

Kole Calhoun hit a two-out, three-run homer in the 10th inning as the Cleveland Guardians rallied for a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the deciding game of three-game series Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis.Read more...

Vanderbilt looks for a 2-0 start when it plays host to Alabama A&M on Saturday evening at Nashville, Tenn.Read more...

Andrew Vaughn, Oscar Colas and Luis Robert Jr. all homered for Chicago as the White Sox avoided a series sweep by defeating the host Baltimore Orioles 10-5 on Wednesday afternoon.Read more...

Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning off Craig Kimbrel to lift the Los Angeles Angels over the host Philadelphia Phillies 10-8 on Wednesday.Read more...

Qualifier Dominic Stricker, a 21-year-old Swiss player ranked No. 128 in the world, rallied from a set down to knock off seventh-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday in a four-hour match at the U.S. Open in New York.Read more...

The NBA announced Wednesday morning that the Dallas Mavericks will take on Euro League champions Real Madrid in a preseason exhibition on Oct. 10 in Spain. It isn't unusual for the NBA to send teams to other countries for games before the start of the regular season, but this announcement's timing has raised...Read more...

The Cleveland Browns signed former starting quarterback and Chicago castoff P.J. Walker to their practice squad on Wednesday, giving the team three QBs heading into the season.Read more...

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Sixth-seeded Coco Gauff made quick work of fellow teenager Mirra Andreeva, dispatching the Russian sensation in 76 minutes to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday in New York.Read more...

Mississippi State will forge ahead under unproven leadership Saturday afternoon as the Bulldogs open their season against Southeastern Louisiana in Starkville, Miss.Read more...

There still will be familiarity between two distinctly different programs when California hits the road to face North Texas at Denton, Texas, on Saturday.Read more...

Western Carolina, Arkansas' opponent in Saturday's season opener, is among a group of what Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman calls "non-logo schools."Read more...

Maryland coach Mike Locksley declared this summer that the Terrapins are ready to fight for Big Ten championships.Read more...

Unlike at this time last year, the central figure of the US Open isn't a Williams sister. Serena's matches were all appointment television, maybe because of the known stakes, being one of tennis' all-time great's last event. And Flushing lost its luster after Serena's third-round exit, until the star-making moment in...Read more...

NBA referee Eric Lewis retired on Wednesday amid a league investigation into whether he used a burner account on social media site Twitter, now X, to defend himself against critics.Read more...

After posting identical 3-9 records last year, Boston College and Northern Illinois look for a fresh start in Saturday's season opener in Chestnut Hill, Mass.Read more...

The Los Angeles Rams are finalizing a deal with Brett Maher after not keeping a kicker on their first 53-man roster, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.Read more...

For Fresno State, it's a chance to build on the history it made last year.Read more...

Quarterback Bailey Zappe is returning to the New England Patriots, choosing to sign with the practice squad on Wednesday, NFL Network reported.Read more...

The Denver Broncos are signing veteran wide receiver Phillip Dorsett to their practice squad, per multiple reports.Read more...

Hockey's culture problem is easily explained. One, the sport doesn't have much interest in changing, because it's always been, and is happiest when it's insular. Say anything about it, and the response will automatically be, You just don't get it because you've never been in the room." Two, that insularity is...Read more...

No. 5 LSU will be without running back John Emery for its season opener against No. 8 Florida State on Sunday, the third straight opener that the former five-star prospect has missed.Read more...

For the second consecutive season, the New England Patriots are taking an unconventional approach to their quarterback room. A year after letting Matt Patricia and Joe Judge do some on-the-job learning as co-offensive coordinators, the team cut backup quarterbacks Bailey Zappe and Malik Cunningham. Even though the...Read more...

Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland will have surgery next month to remove a brain lesion.Read more...

The Troy Taylor era at Stanford will start Friday at Hawaii with uncertainty, not only because of the Cardinal's potential move to the ACC, but because the new coach will not announce his starting quarterback before the game.Read more...

Sherrone Moore is weeks away from getting his shot - which is all an assistant coach can ask for.Read more...

The Green Bay Packers engaged in trade talks with the Indianapolis Colts about running back Jonathan Taylor, ESPN reported Wednesday.Read more...

The Cincinnati Bengals signed quarterback Will Grier to their practice squad after his release by the Dallas Cowboys, ESPN reported Wednesday.Read more...

It's been well over a decade since there was this much anticipation for Kansas football heading into a season.Read more...

A once highly touted quarterback gets a chance to put a new spin on the narrative around his college football career in what amounts to a fresh start with No. 18 Oregon State.Read more...

During his time as a defensive coordinator at Clemson and before that at Oklahoma, Brent Venables established a reputation as one of college football's top defensive minds.Read more...

Michigan State will enter the season with a new starting quarterback.Read more...

It obviously hasn't worked out for the Anaheim Angels. While their determination to try and make themselves worthy of Shohei Ohtani's long-term commitment, or at this point even a short-term one after the season, was admirable and certainly unique to MLB these days, their immediate nosedive after acquiring all those...Read more...

I would estimate that more than half of the fourth episode of Hard Knocks had nothing to do with Aaron Rodgers. Outside of an extended practice sequence that portrayed him as a conquering hero for turning the offense around after a poor drive, his lecture to Zach Wilson about Bluetooth EMF waves, and his barking at...Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers' second-half momentum has continued to build through a historic August. They'll look to add to their good fortune on Wednesday with a chance at a three-game sweep over the Arizona Diamondbacks.Read more...

Sometimes a team has your number. The Colorado Rockies certainly understand that when they face the Atlanta Braves.Read more...

The Kansas City Royals will turn to left-hander Angel Zerpa on Wednesday in their effort to avert a three-game series sweep against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.Read more...

When the Tampa Bay Rays and the host Miami Marlins end their brief two-game series on Wednesday, one of the big stories will be the injury status of Jorge Soler.Read more...

The New York Yankees have two chances to do something they haven't been able to accomplish in over a month - win a series.Read more...

Plenty has gone right for the Seattle Mariners over the past two months, as they rallied from a double-digit division deficit to move into first place in the American League West.Read more...

The San Francisco Giants have an opportunity to put three games between themselves and one of their chief competitors for a National League wild-card spot when they go for a home sweep of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.Read more...

After entering a six-game homestand with high expectations, the best the Toronto Blue Jays can do is to get a split when they face the Washington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon.Read more...