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The New York Yankees shuffled their pitching rotation after their scheduled Friday night road game against the St. Louis Cardinals was rained outRead more...

The New York Yankees shuffled their pitching rotation after their scheduled Friday night road game against the St. Louis Cardinals was rained outRead more...

Guard Desmond Bane, one of the Memphis Grizzlies' cornerstone players, agreed to a five-year, $207 million max contract extension, ESPN reported late Friday nightRead more...

Guard Tyrese Haliburton landed a five-year maximum extension from the Indiana Pacers, with the contract due to pay him as much as $260 million, his agents told ESPN late Friday nightRead more...

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a grand slam and scored twice to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Anaheim, Calif.Read more...

Randy Arozarena, Josh Lowe and Jose Siri homered as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from an early four-run deficit to bail out ace Shane McClanahan and defeat the host Seattle Mariners 15-4 Friday nightRead more...

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a grand slam and scored twice to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Anaheim, CalifRead more...

Tony Kemp tripled in the middle of a four-run second inning, Luis Medina threw five effective innings for his second win of the season and the Oakland Athletics opened a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox with a 7-4 victory Friday nightRead more...

Once the NBA's free agency negotiation period began Friday, plenty of reported deals -- including Kyrie Irving staying with the Dallas Mavericks and Draymond Green remaining with the Golden State Warriors -- made the headlines, but there were several other moves worth noting.Read more...

Pablo Lopez pitched six strong innings, Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer and the visiting Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 on Friday night in a game whose start was delayed 1 hour and 26 minutes by rainRead more...

Mookie Betts homered twice, went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs while leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the host Kansas City Royals 9-3 on Friday nightRead more...

Jose Altuve hit the first pitch of the game out of the ballpark, but the Houston Astros needed a sixth-inning rally to defeat the Texas Rangers 5-3 to open a four-game series on Friday in Arlington, TexasRead more...

Ezquiel Tovar homered among his two hits and Nolan Jones, Jurickson Profar and Ryan McMahon also had two hits as the Colorado Rockies beat the Detroit Tigers 8-5 in Denver on Friday nightRead more...

Carlos Santana's two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates an 8-7 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Friday nightRead more...

Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning Friday night for the visiting San Francisco Giants, who beat the New York Mets 5-4 in the opener of a three-game seriesRead more...

Matt Olson hit two of Atlanta's six home runs and Michael Soroka earned his first win since 2019 as the Braves defeated the visiting Miami Marlins 16-4 on Friday and extended their winning streak to six gamesRead more...

After the New York Yankees and the host St. Louis Cardinals waited nearly 90 minutes to start their game, the scheduled Friday night contest was postponed due to rainRead more...

Left-hander James Paxton pitched into the eighth inning and was supported by three home runs as the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Friday nightRead more...

Point guard Fred VanVleet plans to touch down in Houston after agreeing to a landmark three-year, $130 million contract with the Rockets on Friday, according to multiple reportsRead more...

Spencer Steer drilled a game-winning, two-out, two-run homer off the upper deck in left to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the visiting San Diego Padres, 7-5, in 11 innings FridayRead more...

Stone Garrett hit a two-run homer to lift the Washington Nationals past the host Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on FridayRead more...

The Los Angeles Angels have reinstated Anthony Rendon from the 10-day injured list and he is slated to start at third base and bat fourth on Friday night against the visiting Arizona DiamondbacksRead more...

The Cleveland Cavaliers and free-agent forward Georges Niang have agreed on a three-year, $26 million contract, multiple media outlets reported FridayRead more...

The Toronto Raptors retained center Jakob Poeltl with a four-year, $80 million agreement, ESPN reported FridayRead more...

Free-agent guard Gabe Vincent agreed to join the Los Angeles Lakers with a three-year deal worth $33 million, according to multiple reportsRead more...

With several teams adding players on the official first day of NBA free agency, the Brooklyn Nets' first move Friday was retention as they reportedly agreed to a four-year, $108 million contract with forward Cam JohnsonRead more...

Spurs guard Tre Jones returned to San Antonio rather than test free agency, agreeing to a two-year, $20 million deal before the negotiating window for other teams opened on Friday, per ESPN's reportRead more...

Guard Coby White is returning to the Chicago Bulls, agreeing to a three-year deal, multiple outlets reported FridayRead more...

Milwaukee Bucks star forward Khris Middleton agreed to a three-year, $102 million deal to remain with the club, ESPN reported FridayRead more...

Kyrie Irving agreed to a three-year, $126 million deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks, according to multiple reports FridayRead more...

Kyle Kuzma agreed to a four-year, $102 million deal to remain with the Washington Wizards, ESPN reported FridayRead more...

Free agent forward Draymond Green is returning to the Golden State Warriors, agreeing to a four-year, $100 million deal with a player option in his final season, ESPN reported FridayRead more...

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill signed a two-year contract extension on Friday worth an average annual value of $4.9 million per seasonRead more...

Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey is heading into the final year of his rookie deal, but the team is not planning to extend him this summer, according to ESPNRead more...

Justin Steele allowed three hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Nico Hoerner had three hits with two RBIs as the Chicago Cubs rolled to a 10-1 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on FridayRead more...

The Detroit Pistons acquired sharp-shooter Joe Harris and two second-round draft picks in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets, ESPN and The Athletic reportedRead more...

Up to six teams are setting up visits to Kyrie Irving at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles as the free agent point guard decides his future.Read more...

Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker plans to attend training camp next month despite a trade request, his agent told NFL NetworkRead more...

While he has never considered himself a power hitter, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts will compete in the Home Run Derby on July 10 in SeattleRead more...

As ESPN reaches the end of its fiscal year today, the Worldwide Leader has commenced its semi-annual purge of top talent. On Wednesday, the pink slip Russian Roulette landed on Jeff Van Gundy, after 16 years with the network.Read more...

The Nashville Predators are buying out the final three years of forward Matt Duchene's contract, multiple media outlets reported on FridayRead more...

The Colorado Rockies are reinstating outfielder Kris Bryant from the injured list Friday, the Denver Post reportedRead more...

The Portland Trail Blazers are set to waive forward Trendon Watford, ESPN reported FridayRead more...

It's fair to ask the question, what does James Harden want? Is it a ring? Is it a lifestyle? Is it his own team? The 33-year-old former one-man wrecking crew is no longer an indestructible pinball, bouncing off of everything, and amassing high score after high score. No team is going to hand him the keys to the...Read more...

The Atlanta Braves recalled right-hander Michael Soroka from Triple-A Gwinnett to start Friday's game against the Miami MarlinsRead more...

Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona will return to the dugout for Friday afternoon's game against the host Chicago CubsRead more...

The Sacramento Kings are nearing a trade to acquire swingman Chris Duarte from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for undisclosed draft compensation, The Athletic reported FridayRead more...

The Chicago Blackhawks announced a one-year, $4 million deal with veteran forward Corey Perry on FridayRead more...

It turns out that Kyrie Irving, the NBA's foremost flat earther does believe in the Suns' rotation. So much so that he's considering joining it. At least that appears to be the case if there's any veracity to Bleacher Report's Kyrie code talker Chris Haynes' report on the 31-year-old free agent's scheduled meeting...Read more...

A pro women's hockey league in North America has been something of an ungettable dream. Or at least having one unified one has been. There was the CWHL in Canada, but that folded. There was the NWHL, which became the PHF, but it ran alongside the CWHL and never with it. When the CWHL folded, the PWHPA was formed as...Read more...