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Police in Chicago are investigating a shooting that left two women with non-life-threatening injuries Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field as the White Sox lost to the Oakland Athletics.Read more...

The Texas Rangers are mired in a season-worst, eight-game losing streak heading into Saturday night's game with the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.Read more...

Just when you think the Dallas Cowboys have found their rhythm - Mike McCarthy, Dak Prescott, 10-7, first-round playoff exit - Jerry Jones finds a way to disrupt it. Seemingly unsatisfied by his Sam Williams comments not getting the proper attention, the Dallas owner made sure he was in the news cycle Friday, trading...Read more...

The Philadelphia Phillies will look to continue their power surge on Saturday night when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in the second contest of a three-game series.Read more...

The Pittsburgh Pirates finally found a way to stop the visiting Chicago Cubs, but it's likely not a formula they can repeat.Read more...

A deep look at the season numbers shows why the Milwaukee Brewers have built a four-game lead in the National League Central and the San Diego Padres sit in fourth place in the West, 6 1/2 games out of the final wild card despite their enormous $250 million payroll.Read more...

Oakland Athletics starter Ken Waldichuk pitches once every five days.Read more...

The idea of taking things on a day-by-day basis is the oldest cliche in sports.Read more...

The Baltimore Orioles certainly would like to win Saturday night's game against the visiting Colorado Rockies.Read more...

Hunter Brown was born in Detroit and attended Wayne State University in that city.Read more...

In the absence of one of their biggest stars - Wander Franco, who is on administrative leave - the Tampa Bay Rays are still performing well due in large part to Yandy Diaz.Read more...

The revival of the Washington Nationals continues.Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers will look to continue their hot August when they play the middle contest of a three-game road series against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon.Read more...

Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried hopes to have more success against the San Francisco Giants than he had six days ago when he gets a rematch on Saturday afternoon in California.Read more...

The visiting Cleveland Guardians have a chance to clinch their season series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.Read more...

Rookie Parker Meadows blasted a three-run home run - the first of his career - with two outs in the ninth to give the host Detroit Tigers a stunning 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Friday.Read more...

The Tennessee Titans' defense allowed just 79 total yards in a 23-7 victory over the New England Patriots on Friday in Nashville.Read more...

J.P. Crawford homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning and the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Friday to pull into a tie for first place in the American League West.Read more...

Chargers running back Joshua Kelley raced for a 75-yard touchdown and Los Angeles pulled away for a 23-12 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Friday in Santa Clara, Calif.Read more...

Brandon Pfaadt recorded his first career victory, Jace Peterson tripled twice and drove in three runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks extended their winning streak to six games with a 10-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday in Phoenix.Read more...

Michael Harris II homered, singled twice, scored three times and drove in two runs, Spencer Strider threw seven sharp innings and the Atlanta Braves opened a three-game road series with a 5-1 triumph over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.Read more...

Baltimore All-Star closer Felix Bautista, one strike away from earning a save, exited the Orioles' game against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Friday due to discomfort in his pitching arm.Read more...

The Detroit Lions used a 20-point second quarter to topple the Carolina Panthers 26-17 Friday night in their preseason finale in Charlotte, NC.Read more...

The Tennessee Titans' defense allowed just 79 total yards in a 23-7 victory over the New England Patriots on Friday in Nashville.Read more...

Rowdy Tellez capped a five-run third with a three-run homer - his first home run since May 22 - leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-3 win over the visiting San Diego Padres on Friday.Read more...

Carlos Correa, Edouard Julien and Max Kepler homered and Sonny Gray allowed one run over seven innings to pick up his seventh win as the Minnesota Twins handed the Texas Rangers their eighth consecutive loss, 12-2, on Friday night in Minneapolis.Read more...

Patrick Sandoval tossed six solid innings and earned the win Friday night as the visiting Los Angeles Angels edged the New York Mets 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series.Read more...

Sixth-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina worked 3 hours, 19 minutes to upset top-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2) on Friday and advance to the final of the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.Read more...

Freddie Freeman went 4-for-5 with a go-ahead RBI double and three runs scored to lead the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to a come-from-behind, 7-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in Friday night's series opener.Read more...

Nneka Ogwumike scored 29 points and took 12 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Sparks roared from behind to beat the Atlanta Dream 83-78 on Friday in key late-season game in College Park, Ga.Read more...

Nick Allen went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs to back Zach Neal's first major league victory in seven years as the visiting Oakland Athletics routed the Chicago White Sox 12-4 on Friday night.Read more...

Bronny James, the son of LeBron James who experienced a cardiac arrest last month, plans to return to action for his freshman season at the University of Southern California despite being diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.Read more...

Ramon Laureano hit a two-run homer and had three RBIs as the visiting Cleveland Guardians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Friday night.Read more...

Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the visiting Colorado Rockies in a 5-4 victory Friday night to open a three-game series.Read more...

Alec Bohm homered to lead off the sixth inning and Kyle Schwarber did the same in the seventh, lifting the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.Read more...

Joan Adon pitched 5 2/3 no-hit innings, Joey Meneses had three RBIs and Carter Kieboom slugged a two-run homer to lead the Washington Nationals to a 7-4 win over the host Miami Marlins on Friday night.Read more...

Rookie Parker Meadows blasted a three-run home run - the first of his career - with two outs in the ninth to give the host Detroit Tigers a stunning 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Friday.Read more...

The Portland Timbers will begin the post-Giovanni Savarese era when they play host to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.Read more...

Inter Miami coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino would not commit to superstar Lionel Messi making his Major League Soccer debut in Saturday night's road match against the New York Red Bulls.Read more...

The LA Galaxy's dwindling playoff hopes could receive a major boost if they can mark their return to league play with a win over the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night.Read more...

The Dallas Cowboys are finalizing a deal to acquire quarterback Trey Lance from the San Francisco 49ers, ESPN and NFL Network reported Friday night.Read more...

Three days after losing to the Houston Dynamo in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals, Real Salt Lake will get a shot at exacting revenge when it hosts Houston in Sandy, Utah, on Saturday night.Read more...

If desperate times call for desperate measures, look for Sporting Kansas City to play with urgency Saturday night, as Peter Vermes' crew gets back into action for the first time since Aug. 4 against the San Jose Earthquakes in Kansas City, Kan.Read more...

FC Dallas will aim to move back above the playoff line and keep their home unbeaten streak alive against Austin FC when the rivals square off in the latest rendition of the Texas Derby on Saturday in Frisco, Texas.Read more...

Fresh off another scoring milestone, St. Louis City faces a tough test when the upstart club visits Orlando City on Saturday.Read more...

Viktor Hovland rang up four birdies in a row during his back nine and tied Collin Morikawa for the second-round lead at the Tour Championship on Friday in Atlanta.Read more...

Los Angeles FC will take their high-scoring offense across the country for a matchup against host Charlotte FC on Saturday.Read more...

Beset by injuries, a reported pending transfer and more, the New England Revolution will try to stay focused when they resume their MLS schedule with a visit to CF Montreal on Saturday.Read more...

The first round of the Ally Challenge was postponed from Friday to Saturday due to flooding at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Mich.Read more...

Major League Baseball suspended San Diego Padres pitcher Robert Suarez for 10 games on Friday for using a foreign substance, making the right-hander the sixth player to be penalized since the league began cracking down on sticky stuff.Read more...