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are starting to feel like a real possibility.
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A'ja Wilson scored 26 points and pulled down 16 rebounds, Tiffany Hayes added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Las Vegas Aces held off the Atlanta Dream 83-72 on Friday night, giving the two-time defending champions a playoff berth. Kelsey Plum had 18 points and four assists for the Aces, who moved into a tie with the Seattle Storm for fourth place in the WNBA standings. Allisha Gray had 17 points for the Dream, who remain one game behind Chicago for the eighth and final playoff spot after their fourth straight loss.
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Breanna Stewart scored 32 points, Sabrina Ionescu added 25 and the New York Liberty pulled away for a 98-85 win over the Seattle Storm on Friday night. Leonie Fiebich added 12 points for the Liberty, who bounced back after losing to the last-place Los Angeles Sparks to end a three-game West Coast road trip. Jonquel Jones grabbed 11 rebounds as the Liberty dominated the boards 45-17. New York had 17 offensive rebounds. New York shot 50.7% and was 12 of 26 from 3-point range. Seattle dropped into a tie with Las Vegas for fourth place but still clinched a playoff spot.
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Will Smith hit a late three-run homer, Shohei Ohtani added his 43rd of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their NL West lead to five games with a 10-9 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Freddie Freeman did the early damage with a two-run homer in the first inning after missing three straight games to rest a fractured right middle finger. Smith gave the Dodgers a 9-5 lead in the seventh, just clearing the wall in left with his three-run shot. Ohtani hit a solo homer in the eighth inning, doubled and had stolen base No. 43 after going 0 for 5 against Baltimore. Jake McCarthy hit a two-run single and Eugenio Suarez added a two-run homer in the ninth for Arizona.
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Matt Chapman hit a bases-clearing double in the eighth inning, Blake Snell pitched seven strong innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Friday night. With the Giants trailing 1-0, Chapman ripped a slider on a two-strike count from Marlins reliever George Soriano into the left-center field gap to score all three runners with two outs. The Giants are back at .500 at 68-68 but remain 6 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.
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Victor Robles had three hits and drove in two runs, Julio Rodríguez homered for the second straight game and the Seattle Mariners opened a 10-game road trip with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The Mariners scored five times in the first to ruin the debut of Angels' left-hander Samuel Aldegheri, who became the first player born and raised in Italy to pitch in a major league game. George Kirby allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Mariners for the win. Los Angeles' Taylor Ward, Mickey Moniak and Brandon Drury hit solo shots.
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Aryna Sabalenka finally got rolling after a bad beginning to the latest-starting match in U.S. Open history and beat No. 29 Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the fourth round. The No. 2 seed didn't hit the first shot of the match until after midnight Saturday and had dropped the first set barely a half-hour later. But she seized control early in the second set, winning 10 straight games to open a 5-0 lead in the third. The runner-up last year in Flushing Meadows advanced to face No. 33 seed Elise Mertens on Sunday. The previous latest start to a match at the U.S. Open was exactly at midnight on Sept. 2, 1987, with Gabriela Sabatini going on to beat Beverly Bowes 6-3, 6-3.
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Tawee Walker scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to put Wisconsin ahead for good with 10:35 remaining as the Badgers rallied from an early fourth-quarter deficit to beat Western Michigan 28-14. Chez Mellusi and Walker rushed for a combined 140 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries. Western Michigan's Jalen Buckley rushed for 64 yards and had two 1-yard touchdown runs. Wisconsin trailed 14-13 early in the fourth quarter before responding with two touchdowns.
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Newcomer Abby Dahlkemper scored an early goal and Bay FC beat the Portland Thorns 3-1 on Friday night in the National Women's Soccer League. Rachel Hill and Joelle Anderson also scored for Bay, which moved above the playoff line into eighth place with eight games remaining in the regular season. Portland, sitting in fifth place in the league standings, has lost two straight since the regular season re-started following the Olympic break.
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Samuel Aldegheri became the first Italian born and raised player to pitch in the majors when the Los Angeles Angels faced the Seattle Mariners Friday night. The 22-year-old left hander went five innings and allowed seven runs, but only two were earned. He gave up seven hits, including a two-run homer to Julio Rodriguez in the fourth inning, with two walks and three strike outs. Aldegheri, who became the eighth Italian-born player to reach the majors, was one of the prospects the Angels got from the Phillies when they traded reliever Carlos Estévez on July 27.
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Duke's defensive effort made it easy for Manny Diaz to enjoy his return to the sideline as a head coach. The Blue Devils beat Elon 26-3 to give Diaz a win in his debut. It was a performance fittingly fueled by a dominant defensive effort and pass rush. That was a perfect scenario considering Diaz is a longtime defensive coach who was Penn State's coordinator in the two years since he was fired as Miami's head coach. Diaz said Friday "just felt very natural" for him. Duke finished with eight sacks and 16 tackles for loss.
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic has lost at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz did. Djokovic bowed out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss against 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia on Friday night. The No. 2-seeded Djokovic was trying to become the first player in tennis history with 25 Grand Slam singles titles. Instead, he finishes a year without claiming at least one major championship for the first time since 2017. Before that, it hadn't happened since 2010. The third-round exit equals Djokovic's worst showing at Flushing Meadows. Alcaraz was beaten by 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp on Thursday.
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Emmanuel Clase's career as a closer with Cleveland began with a major blemish. It's been pristine ever since. Clase became the club's career saves leader on Friday night, notching his 150th in less than five seasons as the Guardians outlasted the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-8. The right-hander with the devastating cut fastball passed Cody Allen on Cleveland's career list. Clase has done it in hardly any time at all, and the 26-year-old only seems to be getting better. He has converted 27 straight saves chances since May 20 and is the first Cleveland pitcher to record at least 40 saves in three straight seasons. It's remarkable ascent given he was suspended for the 2020 season for testing positive for PEDs.
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Albert Suárez pitched a career-best seven innings, Emmanuel Rivera hit his first homer for Baltimore and drove in three runs, and the Orioles beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Friday night. Rookie Jackson Holliday added an RBI triple in the ninth inning for Orioles. Holliday was back at Coors Field, where his father, former Rockies start Matt Holliday, began teaching him the sport. Baltimore remained 1 1/2 games behind the AL East-leading New York Yankees. Suárez was sharp, allowing eight hits and two runs. Rivera also had an RBI single for the Orioles. He was claimed off waivers from Miami on Aug. 21.
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J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer, Tylor Megill pitched effectively into the sixth inning in his return from the minors and the New York Mets topped the skidding Chicago White Sox 5-1. Jesse Winker had an RBI double among his three hits as the Mets remained three games behind Atlanta for the final NL wild-card spot with their second straight win and seventh in 11. Megill allowed a run and five hits and struck out six in 5 1/3 innings. Andrew Benintendi had an RBI double and two hits for the White Sox, who dropped their eighth consecutive game.
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Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw has left his start against the Arizona Diamondbacks with no outs in the second inning after suffering pain in his left big toe. Kershaw allowed two runs in the first inning between the NL West contenders and was pulled after giving up a leadoff homer to Corbin Carroll in the second. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts immediately came out of the dugout with a trainer after Carroll's 18th homer curled just inside the right foul pole to remove the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner. Kershaw had made six starts since spending the first four months of the season as he recovered from offseason shoulder surgery. He entered Friday's game 2-2 with a 3.72 ERA.
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Brent Rooker homered twice to give him 33 this season, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers also went deep and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Friday night for their first consecutive winning months in more than three years. Oakland is 14-11 in August with one game remaining in the month, after going 15-9 in July to snap a franchise-record streak of 11 consecutive full months with losing records. The A's (59-76) hadn't had consecutive winning months since May-June 2021. Bleday broke a 1-1 tie and put the A's ahead to stay in the third with his 20th homer, lining a three-run shot that just cleared the angled wall in right-center. Rooker went deep in the first and seventh innings.
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Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams had a 63-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter and Michigan State barely beat Florida Atlantic 16-10. The Spartans were sloppy in coach Jonathan Smith's debut. Aidan Chiles threw an interception on the game's opening snap, recovered his fumble to end the second drive and Montorie Foster Jr. lost a football on Michigan State's third drive. It didn't go much smoother in the second half. Chiles had a chance to put the Spartans ahead by more than two touchdowns late in the third quarter, but Ed Woods stepped in front of a pass in the flat.
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Pablo López pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings and Jhoan Duran rebounded from a rough outing to record the save as the Minnesota Twins snapped a four-game skid and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Friday night. López (13-8) allowed six hits and and struck out three without a walk. The 28-year-old right-hander extended his career-best scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings and won for the fourth time in five decisions. Minnesota finally broke through in the fifth when Jose Miranda led off with a double to right-center and scored on Carlos Santana's single to right. After a walk and a sacrifice bunt, Willi Castro made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left, scoring Santana.
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and No. 16 Oklahoma routed Temple 51-3 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. Oklahoma forced six turnovers and held Temple to 197 yards in its first game as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The Sooners joined the league this summer after a long run in the Big 12. Arnold, a sophom*ore, completed 17 of 25 passes for 141 yards in his first career victory as a starting quarterback for the Sooners. Burks, a transfer from Purdue, never caught more than two touchdown passes in a game for the Boilermakers. He had three scores at halftime Friday and finished with six catches for 36 yards.
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Framber Valdez pitched seven no-hit innings and Jose Altuve hit a game-ending RBI double in the ninth to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. The game was tied at 2-all when Jake Meyers singled off James McArthur with one out in the ninth. There were two outs when Altuve bounced his double off the wall in left field to send Meyers home. The Royals had just one hit before Paul DeJong tied the game with a two-run homer in the ninth. Valdez threw 98 pitches and the Royals got their first hit in the eighth against Bryan Abreu.
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Bryce Harper says he'll be fine for October, that the elbow and wrist injuries the two-time NL MVP has played through this Philadelphia Phillies season are more a nuisance than a concern for the postseason. Harper's pop has been down this month, about as noticeable as the black support sleeve he wears on his right arm. Harper says he's battled wrist problems since May while the elbow is a more recent issue. The 31-year-old Harper is in his first full season playing first base after reconstructive elbow surgery forced him to move from right field.
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Jaquez Moore, Jeremiah Hasley and Eli Pancol scored short touchdowns while Duke's defense racked up eight sacks as the Blue Devils beat Elon 26-3 on Friday night in their first game under Manny Diaz. The Blue Devils had three sacks in the first two possessions and five by halftime. Elon, a Championship Subdivision program chasing its first win against a Bowl Subdivision foe, finished with 140 total yards. Maalik Murphy had TD throws to Hasley and Pancol in his Duke debut after transferring from Texas.
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Caitlin Clark had a career-high 31 points and 12 assists in her final regular-season matchup with fellow rookie sensation Angel Reese, leading the Indiana Fever to a dominating 100-81 win over the reeling Chicago Sky. Clark shot 8 for 14, including 5 for 9 from 3-point range, in her 11th double-double. She is the only player to ever have three games of at least 25 points and 10 rebounds in a season. On the other side, Reese had 10 points and 11 rebounds, breaking a tie with Tina Charles for rookie double-doubles with 23 and passing Sylvia Fowles for the Chicago season record. The Fever (16-16) beat the Sky (11-20) for the third time in four matchups, solidifying their probable playoff berth while Chicago is barely hanging on to the last spot as the season winds down.
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Manny Machado hit a three-run homer in the second inning and singled twice to help the San Diego Padres beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-5 on Friday night. Machado moved into a tie with Adrian Gonzalez for second-place on the Padres' career homer list with 161, two behind leader Nate Colbert. In his past eight games, Machado is 13 for 34 with three home runs and nine RBIs. Second in the National League wild-card standings, the Padres improved to 77-60. San Diego tagged Rays starter Taj Bradley (6-9) for eight runs in 2 1/3 innings. David Peralta added a two-run homer in the fourth inning off reliever Erasmo Ramirez and Xander Bogaerts hit a solo shot to left field in the ninth inning.
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Jaharie Martin scored on a 7-yard run following a 34-yard punt return by Molayo Irefin in the fourth quarter and Alhaji Kamara made a game-clinching interception with seven seconds left as Maine held off Colgate 17-14 in a season opener. Maine was clinging to a 10-7 lead when Irefin turned a 54-yard punt into a net gain of 20 yards, giving the Black Bears the ball at the Colgate 21-yard line. Martin needed two carries to cover the final 15 yards with 10:31 remaining. Colgate cut its deficit to three with 4:27 left, using Michael Brescia's 10-yard run to cap a 67-yard drive. The Raiders drove to the Maine 35 on their final possession, but Kamara picked off Brescia in the final seconds to preserve the victory.
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by working the ninth. Noel's 450-foot blast came after the Pirates had scored six in the fifth to take a 6-4 lead. Josh Naylor added four RBIs for Cleveland, which entered the weekend with a 1 1/2-game lead in the AL Central. Oneil Cruz drove in three runs and Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run homer for the Pirates.
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Chelsea has offloaded Raheem Sterling to Arsenal on loan and is set to replace him in its bloated squad with fellow winger Jadon Sancho in a loan from Manchester United to complete its latest overhaul in a dramatic final few hours of the summer transfer window. The deal for Sterling was announced after the market officially shut in Britain at 2200 GMT (11 p.m. local time), with the Premier League having given the clubs involved extra time to complete the transactions. Sancho's move to Chelsea was expected to be announced imminently. Chelsea failed in its reported last-ditch attempt to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
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1. Brittany Force, 3.740 seconds, 334.32 mph; 2. Antron Brown, 3.759, 330.63; 3. Billy Torrence, 3.792, 331.45; 4. Shawn Reed, 3.795, 326.63; 5. Ida Zetterstrom, 3.801, 326.00; 6. Jasmine Salinas, 3.814, 317.64; 7. Clay Millican, 3.816, 293.54; 8. Tony Stewart, 3.839, 319.52; 9. Dan Mercier, 3.847, 309.27; 10. Krista Baldwin, 3.863, 285.29; 11. T.J. Zizzo, 3.902, 266.32; 12. Lex Joon, 4.026, 259.96; 13. Tripp Tatum, 4.473, 174.21; 14. Doug Kalitta, 4.609, 165.84; 15. Shawn Langdon, 4.773, 152.11; 16. Tony Schumacher, 4.896, 146.77. Not Qualified: 17. Josh Hart, 5.502, 120.20; 18. Doug Foley, 5.863, 108.32; 19. Steve Torrence, 5.984, 107.15; 20. Justin Ashley, 6.016, 103.77.
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Arike Ogunbowale had 25 points and eight assists, Satou Sabally added 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists and the Dallas Wings beat Minnesota 94-76 on Friday night to end the Lynx's seven-game winning streak. Natasha Howard scored 17 points for Dallas (9-22), which has won three straight games. Teaira McCowan had 11 points and 11 rebounds for her 10th double-double, and Sevgi Uzun also scored 11. Kalani Brown, who only had four combined points over the last three games, added 10 points. Sabally went 7 of 14 to help the Wings shoot 48.2% from the field.
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Austin Wells hit two-run homers in the third and eighth innings, powering the New York Yankees to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Wells hit a two-run homer in a three-run third off Erick Fedde to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead and then connected again off Riley O'Brien for a 6-3 lead. Marcus Stroman allowed two runs and nine hits in seven gritty innings for his third straight win. Juan Soto hit a tying double in the third ahead of Wells' first homer and added an outfield assist in the fifth.
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Orlando Arcia hit a pair of solo homers, the first one as part of back-to-back shots with Sean Murphy to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Reynaldo López (8-4) went six innings and won his second straight start. Bryson Stott and J.T. Realmuto homered for the Phillies. While both teams are just about a lock to reach the playoffs, a split of the first two games of a four-game weekend set between the NL East rivals moved the Braves within five games of the disision-leading Phillies with 27 games left in the season.
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Cody Bellinger homered to cap a seven-run second inning, and the Chicago Cubs held on to defeat the Washington Nationals 7-6 in the opener of a three-game series. Chicago, which has scored 80 runs in its last eight games, improved to 6-1 on its three-city road trip. The Cubs have won 18 of 26 since July 31. Dylan Crews homered for the second consecutive game for Washington, which was denied its first three-game winning streak since July 19-21. Chicago starter Shota Imanaga allowed three runs and struck out eight in six innings. Washington's Jake Irvin tied a career high by allowing seven runs in 4 2/3 innings.
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Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran homered in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox rebounded after squandering a four-run lead and beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5. The Tigers trailed 4-0 heading in the eighth inning, but rallied by scoring three times in the eighth and once in the ninth. But, Rafaela's 14th homer off Shelby Miller (6-8) scored Nick Sogard and made it 6-4 with one out in the 10th. Duran, who doubled in his first two at-bats, hit Tyler Holton's first pitch 431 feet into the right-field stands to make it a three-run game at 7-4. Connor Wong doubled and homered for the Red Sox (70-65), who moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the Tigers (68-68) for fourth in the American League wild-card race.
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Houston's Framber Valdez and Bryan Abreu lost their no-hit bid with two outs in the eighth inning on Friday night on a single by Kansas City pinch-hitter Kyle Isbel. Valdez was pulled after throwing 98 pitches in seven innings. He threw 60 for strikes, with seven strikeouts, walked three and hit a batter. Abreu took over to start the eighth and Michael Massey was retired on a fly ball before pinch-hitter MJ Melendez grounded out. Isbel then grounded his single to left field to give the Royals their first hit.
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Baltimore Orioles rookie second baseman Jackson Holliday has returned to Coors Field. It's the ballpark where he learned some of his earliest baseball lessons as a toddler at the feet of his father, former Colorado Rockies star Matt Holliday. Jackson's father, mother and younger brother made the trip from their home in Oklahoma for this weekend's series between the Orioles and the Rockies. The 20-year-old Holliday struggled when he was called up by the Orioles in April but has fared much better in his second stint in the majors, which began on July 31. He hit an RBI triple in the Orioles' 5-3 win on Friday night.
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Bryson Daily and Kanye Udoh both ran for two touchdowns and Army cruised to a 42-7 victory over FCS-member Lehigh in a season opener. Army marched 80 yards in nine plays the first time it had the ball, scoring on a 1-yard quarterback plunge by Daily for a 7-0 lead. Lehigh answered with a nine-play, 75-yard drive. Luke Yoder raced 18 yards for a touchdown on third-and-2 to tie the game at 7 after one quarter. Daily scored on another 1-yard run to cap a 13-play, 76-yard drive to put the Black Knights up 14-7 early in the second quarter and they pulled away from there.
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Johnny Cueto was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels on Friday after two rough outings. The 38-year-old right-hander gave up nine runs in 11 1/3 innings in his two starts for the Angels, both losses. He allowed six runs in five innings in Tuesday night's 6-2 loss at Detroit, with three of the six hits being home runs. The Angels are the sixth team for Cueto, who is 144-113 with a 3.52 ERA in 370 major league games. His career began with Cincinnati, followed by stops in Kansas City, San Francisco, the Chicago White Sox and Miami.
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but lured the England international away amid reported interest from Premier League clubs. The 28-year-old Toney scored 72 goals in 141 appearances for Brentford.
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Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II will have surgery after breaking the fifth metatarsal in his right foot. The team announced Friday that surgery is scheduled for next Wednesday and an update will be provided following the procedure. The 19-year-old Jackson was a second-round pick of Memphis in the 2023 NBA draft. In 48 games, including 18 starts, he averaged 14.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, earning second team all-rookie honors.
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Lionel Messi will not play Saturday when Inter Miami visits Chicago, meaning he will have at least two more weeks to continue recovering from an ankle injury. It'll be the ninth consecutive Major League Soccer match and 15th league match overall this season that Messi has missed. Inter Miami has the top record in the league and has already clinched a playoff berth. He hasn't played for the club since June 1, missing time first while playing for Argentina in the Copa America tournament and then because of the ankle issue. Messi was injured while playing for Argentina in the Copa America final on July 14.
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Scottie Scheffler had a chance to run away with the FedEx Cup finale. Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele have done their best to stay in range. Scheffler was efficient as ever from tee-to-green and shot a 66. Morikawa birdied his last two holes for a 63 and still trailed by four shots going into the weekend. Schauffele made a pair of big putts after a storm delay and finished with a 64. He was five back, one better than he started on Friday. No one else was close to Scheffler. At stake is $25 million for winning the FedEx Cup.
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Taijuan Walker keeps the faith he can return to Philadelphia's rotation. Winless since early May and with a 6.50 ERA on the season, Walker knows a spot in the starting rotation won't happen this year. The Phillies gave Walker the hook this week and demoted him to the bullpen. The Phillies hope the move can help the right-hander fix issues with velocity and command that spoiled his season. The Phillies have essentially turned Walker into a mop-up reliever down the stretch as they chase an NL East title. The Phillies have lost his last nine starts.
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defeated Rafael Nadal on the way to the U.S. Open semifinals, the best Grand Slam showing of his career.
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Hockey fans had yearned for Johnny Gaudreau to come home and play for either New Jersey or Philadelphia. The Columbus star was back this week with his beloved family. All four siblings were preparing for the wedding for his sister, Katie. Gaudreau and his younger brother Matthew died after they were hit by a suspected drunken driver. It sent a wave of grief across the area for the Gaudreaus, who are well known in South New Jersey.
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A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press that kicker Cameron Dicker has signed a four-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers. The deal is worth $22.04 million, including $12.5 million in guaranteed money. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms had not been announced. ESPN was the first to report the contract terms. Dicker has made 50 of 53 field goal attempts since joining the Chargers midway through the 2022 season. Combined with the two he made earlier that season with the Philadelphia Eagles, Dicker's 94.5% accuracy rate (52 of 55) is the best for any kicker in league history with at least 50 attempts.
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This latest version of the Colorado Buffaloes looks an awful lot like the last one. The run game remains stagnant. The revamped offensive line allowed pressure and the defense has some shoring up to do. But their stars remain their stars. Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter looked every bit like Heisman hopefuls and potential top picks in the NFL draft as they propelled the Buffaloes to a 31-26 win over FCS North Dakota State in the season opener. It's hard to get a read on whether the Buffaloes will be a contender or if this might be a repeat of Deion Sanders' first season when they finished 4-8.
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Crystal Palace has had a busy end to the transfer window by signing striker Eddie Nketiah from Arsenal and center back Maxence Lacroix from Wolfsburg. Nketiah has signed a five-year deal at Palace and moved in a deal worth up to a reported 30 million pounds ($39 million). The 25-year-old England international was the third-choice striker at Arsenal behind Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus and will now provide competition for Jean-Philippe Mateta at Palace. Lacroix's move reunited the 24-year-old French player with Palace manager Oliver Glasner, who coached Wolfsburg for two seasons. Palace also picked up U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner on loan from Nottingham Forest.
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Letsile Tebogo can do just about anything when it comes to sprinting. The Botswana runner clocked 9.87 seconds and had time to glance around before easing to the line to win the 100 meters at Rome's Diamond League meet on Friday. It was a statement victory for Tebogo after claiming gold in the 200 at the Paris Olympics and powering Botswana to silver in the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay. He says he meditated before the race "and it went how I wanted it to be."
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All-Star Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm did not start against Atlanta after injuring his left hand during an at-bat Thursday night. Bohm is batting .280 with 13 home runs and 89 RBIs for the Phillies and leads the National League with 44 doubles. Bohm left Philadelphia's 5-4 win over the Braves after the second inning with left hand discomfort. Bohm appeared to hurt his hand on an awkward swing in his first at-bat. Edmundo Sosa took over for Bohm. Manager Rob Thomson said Bohm had "a little inflammation" in his hand and would get treatment during the game. He did not say if Bohm would be available for Saturday's game.
08/30/2024 3:41pm
The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Tommy Pham for assignment. Friday's move ends the outfielder's second stint with the team after one month. The Cardinals recalled outfielder Jordan Walker, who had a strong rookie season in 2023 before struggling this year. Pham was acquired along with starting pitcher Erick Fedde from the Chicago White Sox on July 29 as part of a three-team trade that sent Michael Kopech and Tommy Edman to the Dodgers. Pham hit a grand slam in his first game for the Cardinals but was 2 for 28 in his last 10 games.
08/30/2024 3:39pm
The Indiana Pacers have agreed to terms with guard T.J. McConnell on a four-year extension worth $45 million. Agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman confirmed the deal in an email to The Associated Press. McConnell is now under contract with the Pacers through the 2028-29 NBA season. The 32-year-old is coming off career highs in scoring in the regular season and in the playoffs on Indiana's run to the Eastern Conference final. The Western Pennsylvania native has played nine years in the league with the Philadelphia 76ers and Pacers since making his debut in October 2015.
08/30/2024 3:37pm
United States defender John Brooks has returned to Hertha Berlin on a two-year contract with his former club in Germany's second division. The 31-year-old center back came up through Hertha's youth system and played five seasons with the Berlin club after turning professional. Brooks played last season for Hoffenheim and became a free agent this summer when his contract expired. Hertha was relegated from the Bundesliga after the 2022-23 season. Brooks has played 45 times for the U.S. but his last international game was in 2021.
08/30/2024 3:36pm
IndyCar returns to the Milwaukee Mile after an eight-year absence with a championship on the line between a pair of drivers each seeking a third series championship. In one corner stands points leader Alex Palou, who is seeking his second consecutive IndyCar title and third in four years. In the other is Will Power, winner of the 2022 championship sandwiched between Palou's two titles. Palou carries a 54-point lead into this weekend's doubleheader. One race is Saturday night and the other is Sunday. Palou could theoretically put Power away with a race to spare. But Power has seven career starts, including a victory, at Milwaukee. Palou has tested once at Milwaukee and never won on an oval.
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Game week has arrived for John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens returned to practice Friday after three days off. The focus can now turn to next Thursday's season opener at Kansas City. The Chiefs earned the right to play in that game as the defending Super Bowl champions. They beat the Ravens on the way there in the AFC title game. Offensive lineman Patrick Mekari, safety Eddie Jackson and rookie linebacker Adisa Isaac were not at Baltimore's practice during the portion open to reporters Friday. Harbaugh said Jackson had flight issues, while Mekari and Isaac were dealing with "standard operating stuff."
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Nigerian striker Gift Orban has scored a second-half double to give Lyon a thrilling 4-3 win over Strasbourg in the French league. Lyon was behind after three minutes and although it equalized just before halftime, two goals early in the second half put Strasbourg in the driving seat again on Friday. English defender Ashley Maitland-Niles pulled a goal back and then Orban came off the bench to score twice in quick succession to give Lyon all three points. Strasbourg sits in seventh place in Ligue 1; Lyon is 11th.
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Johnny Gaudreau was known as "Johnny Hockey" for his lifelong journey in the sport he loved along with his family. He and his younger brother, Matthew, died when they struck by a drunken driver while riding bicycles not far from their childhood home. Undersized from the time he first put on skates growing up in New Jersey just outside Philadelphia, Gaudreau excelled in college and thrived in the NHL despite being well under 6 feet tall and weighing less than 180 pounds. Those who knew him also remembered him for how he embraced life off the ice.
08/30/2024 2:44pm
North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson will miss the rest of the season after having surgery for a broken right leg. That came after he was carted off in the season-opening win at Minnesota and taken to the hospital. The school announced Johnson's status on Friday, saying he had surgery in Minneapolis and is accompanied by his parents there. He will return to Chapel Hill in coming days and is expected to make a full recovery. Conner Harrell led the Tar Heels the rest of the way in Thursday's 19-17 win.
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Union Berlin has gone top of the Bundesliga after beating St Pauli 1-0. The goal came after 34 minutes when Benedict Hollerbach fired home from the edge of the penalty area after St Pauli failed to clear a corner. The result means Union will spend Friday night at the top of the table after winning four points from its first two games. St Pauli remains bottom after two consecutive defeats.
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Manchester United has signed Uruguay defensive midfielder Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain for an an initial 50 million euros ($55.7 million) on the final day of the summer transfer window. Ugarte is United's fifth signing of the window after striker Joshua Zirkzee, center backs Leny Yoro and Matthijs de Ligt, and full back Noussair Mazraoui. It takes the club's summer spending on new players to around $240 million. The 23-year-old Ugarte has been a target of United throughout the summer and looks set to be the long-term replacement for 32-year-old Casemiro. United sold Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay to Napoli for 30 million euros ($33 million), a transfer which created space in the squad for Ugarte.
08/30/2024 2:21pm
Pitt running back Rodney Hammond Jr. has been declared ineligible and will miss the 2024 season, the school has announced. No reason was provided, but Hammond remains a member of the team and can practice, the school says. Hammond, in his fourth year, led the Panthers in rushing last year with 564 yards and scored four touchdowns. Desmond Reid, a transfer from Western Carolina, was listed as co-No. 1 on the depth chart at running back heading into Pitt's opener Saturday at home against Kent State.
08/30/2024 2:08pm
DL Hall worked seven scoreless innings in the best start of his career, Willy Adames and Rhys Hoskins each homered and drove in three runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers scored 10 runs in the ninth inning to pound the Cincinnati Reds 14-0 and sweep a doubleheader. The NL Central-leading Brewers won the opener 5-4 when automatic runner Eric Haase scored on a double play in the 10th inning, and Devin Williams made it stand up. Adames and William Contreras each homered in both games of the twinbill. Hall worked past the sixth inning for the first time in his first scoreless start.
08/30/2024 1:58pm
The Americans are tied with Great Britain & Ireland after one dramatic day at the Curtis Cup. The Americans won a foursomes match and halved two others for a 2-1 lead in the morning at Sunningdale. GB&I stormed back by winning two fourballs matches to tie the score at 3. Sara Byrne of Ireland holed a 35-foot birdie putt on the 16th and then chipped in for birdie on the 17th as she and Lottie Woad won 2 and 1. Aine Donegan and Hannah Darling held on for a 1-up win over Auburn teammates Anna Davis and Megan Schofill.
08/30/2024 1:54pm
Midfielder Scott McTominay has transferred to Napoli in a 30 million euros ($33 million) deadline deal. He is one of United's most successful academy graduates with 253 appearances over seven years in the first team and 29 goals. United coach Erik ten Hag expressed dismay over English Premier League rules that he says encourage the sale of homegrown players. McTominay will play under Antonio Conte at Napoli. Conte was instrumental in signing Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea on Thursday.
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Just about everybody involved with Southern California's defense last season is still embarrassed about it. The Trojans gave up yards by the thousands and points by the hundreds in one of the worst overall defensive performances in this school's proud football history. Defensive coordinator Alex Grinch was fired and head coach Lincoln Riley became a national punch line while USC finished a tepid 8-5 despite another powerhouse offense led by future No. 1 pick Caleb Williams. Eight months after that season mercifully ended, No. 23 USC is back with a completely revamped coaching staff and several new contributors.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the 10-day injured list on Friday after he had been out with left knee inflammation. The club made several moves before opening a three-game series against AL Central-leading Cleveland. Pittsburgh also placed reliever Ben Heller on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, and right-hander Daulton Jefferies, who is on the 60-day injured list, will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Indianapolis. The 37-year-old McCutchen got hurt while running the bases against Seattle on Aug. 16. The five-time All-Star is batting .235 with 16 homers and 40 RBIs in 101 games this season.
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The Chiefs will have newly acquired JuJu Smith-Schuster and Samaje Perine but not wide receiver Marquise Brown when they play the Ravens on Thursday night in an AFC title game rematch that opens the NFL season. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Friday that Smith-Schuster and Perine should be able to pick up enough of the playbook in time to help them out against Baltimore. Smith-Schuster was released by the Patriots last month and signed with the Chiefs on Monday, while Perine was released by the Broncos on Tuesday and was in Kansas City two days later. Brown dislocated the sternoclavicular joint in his shoulder in their preseason opener against Jacksonville and needs more time for recovery.
08/30/2024 12:59pm
Haeran Ryu has a history of going low on the LPGA and the 23-year-old South Korean added to that in the FM Championship. Ryu twice had runs of four straight birdies on the TPC Boston. She wound up with a career-low 62 and a six-stroke lead. The FM Championship is in its first year on the TPC Boston. The course previously hosted a PGA Tour event for some two decades. Ryu was at 13-under 131. Bianca Pagdanganan, Yealimi Noh and Robyn Choi were tied for second. Pagdanganan had a 66, and Noh and Choi each shot 68.
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Jalen Milroe isn't resting on his success, not even a little bit. The Alabama quarterback typically rose before 5 a.m. during the offseason to head to the football building, striving for daily improvement as if he's battling for the starting job. But that was last year. Now, Milroe leads the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide into Saturday night's opener against Western Kentucky as one of the Southeastern Conference's top quarterbacks. He led Alabama to an SEC championship last season, finishing sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting even after getting benched for an early game.
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Marcus Thuram has scored twice as reigning champion Inter Milan moved to the top of Serie A after a 4-0 win over Atalanta. The big striker added to a first half beauty from Nicolò Barella and an own goal from Berat Djimsiti. Inter shares top spot with Torino, which beat Venezia 1-0 earlier. A late header from Saul Coco gave the Turin side all three points. The leaders have seven points from their first three matches.
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Coco Gauff has come back to beat Elina Svitolina 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Friday's result in New York extends the 20-year-old American's defense of her first Grand Slam title. The third-seeded Gauff made mistake after mistake in the first set and dropped its last 11 points against the 27th-seeded Svitolina. But Gauff managed to turn things around and win despite losing the opening set, something she did three times en route to winning the 2023 trophy at the U.S. Open. This ends a five-match losing streak for Gauff against opponents ranked in the top 50. She will face Emma Navarro next.
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Sandro Tonali has been called back to Italy's squad after serving a 10-month gambling ban. Coach Luciano Spalletti also handed Leicester defender Caleb Okoli and Atalanta midfielder Marco Brescianini their first call-ups on Friday for Nations League matches against France and Israel. Key midfielder Nicolò Barella was left off the squad due to a sinus issue. Italy visits France next Friday and faces Israel in Budapest three days later. The Azzurri were eliminated by Switzerland in the European Championship round of 16 two months ago. Tonali missed the tournament because of his ban.
08/30/2024 11:25am
Adam Berdichevsky cried before his wheelchair tennis match at the Paralympics. He knew playing in front of fellow survivors from the kibbutz where he feared for his family's life would prove overwhelming. Berdichevsky, his wife Hila and their three children hid in their home at Nir Yitzhak during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack last year. Throughout Friday's match around 30 survivors from the Nir Yitzhak community held up Israeli flags. Berdichevsky met them before playing. He says "it's better to cry before than go into the match and see all of them." Berdichevsky won the first-round match.
08/30/2024 11:17am
Michael Woods has won the mountainous 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta for his third career win at the three-week race. The Canadian cyclist for Israel Premier Tech dropped the other breakaway riders and finished the 176-kilometer (109-mile) route from Lugo to a category-one finish at Puerto de Ancares 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Mauro Schmid. Primoz Roglic took another bite out of the race lead held by Ben O'Connor. O'Connor has seen his five-minute lead over Roglic from last week shrink to a 1:21 gap over the three-time Vuelta champion.
08/30/2024 11:14am
Atletico Madrid went on an ambitious rebuild this summer to give Diego Simeone a squad that could at least keep his team in the Spanish title conversation. The club spent over 180 million euros to bring in Argentina forward Julián Álvarez, Norway striker Alexander Sorloth, Spain defender Robin Le Normand, and midfielder Conor Gallagher from Chelsea. But it has only one win in three La Liga games. Next, it faces a tough trip to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
08/30/2024 10:55am
Bubba Wallace believes he can have success at Darlington this weekend and make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs for a second straight season. Wallace currently sits one spot out of NASCAR's postseason on the playoff grid. He's 21 points behind Chris Buescher and says his best way in is to win the Southern 500 on Sunday night. Wallace had the last spot going into the final regular-season race a year ago and made it through to compete for a championship. Wallace has run strongly at Darlington with four top 10s in his last four races there.
08/30/2024 10:16am
A person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel signed a contract Friday that extends him through the 2028 season. The person confirmed the news first reported by ESPN, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn't been announced. The Dolphins have gone 20-14 in two seasons under McDaniel and made back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since 2000-01. The next big goal for McDaniel is winning a playoff game. Miami has gone 24 years since its last postseason win, which is the longest drought in the NFL.
08/30/2024 10:12am
Tunisia's Raoua Tlili has won her fifth consecutive gold medal in shot put at her fifth Paralympics. Tlili's throw of 10.40 meters at the Stade de France was good enough to win the F41 class for a third straight Games. Her first two shot put golds, in Beijing and London, were in the F40 class. The difference is in stature. Tlili is 4-foot-4. Brazil's Julio Cesar Agripino won the first para-athletics gold in the men's 5,000-meter T11, breaking the world record. And reigning Paralympic champion and world record holder Gia Pergolini defended her women's 100-meter backstroke S13 title Friday, claiming the first gold medal for the United States.
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The Chiefs are going for a three-peat. Aaron Rodgers is trying to propel the Jets to prominence. The Ravens have unfinished business. That's just three of the contending teams in a stacked AFC. The Bills, Bengals, Texans and Dolphins each have a legitimate chance to go deep in the postseason. The Jaguars could make a run and the Steelers are always competitive. Then there's the NFC where fewer teams have a shot at the Super Bowl. The 49ers are favorites to win the conference, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. But it's been a rough training camp in San Francisco because of contract disputes.
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the Australian Open in January.
08/30/2024 9:50am
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau of the Columbus Blue Jackets has been killed after being hit by a car while riding a bicycle in his home state of New Jersey. He was 31. New Jersey State Police confirmed Gaudreau and brother Matthew were hit by a driver of a car on Thursday night in Salem County, not far from their native Carneys Point. Officials said the driver was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol and charged with two counts of death by auto. The driver admitted to drinking five or six beers prior to the crash.
08/30/2024 9:43am
Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino will miss the rest of the regular season after breaking his right thumb while trying to make a play at first base in the eighth inning of their loss to Houston, the team announced Friday. Pasquantino is fourth in the majors with 97 RBIs and has been a key piece in the Royals' turnaround. He returned to Kansas City after Thursday night's 6-3 loss at Minute Maid Park. X-rays revealed the broken bone and he is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Royals reliever Lucas Erceg, who also hurt his hand on the play, also was undergoing testing Friday but the results were not yet available.
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enough time for more deals like the one announced early Saturday that will see striker Ivan Toney join Al-Ahli. The Saudi club agreed to pay Brentford a transfer fee reported to be $52 million.
08/30/2024 9:28am
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau of the Columbus Blue Jackets has been killed after being hit by a car while riding a bicycle in his home state of New Jersey.
08/30/2024 9:10am
Georgia Tech suddenly seems relevant again in college football. The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a stunning upset of No. 10 Florida State in Dublin, Ireland. They are poised to crack the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 2015 if they can beat city rival Georgia State in their home opener Saturday night. Coach Brent Key now finds himself walking a fine line between relishing a triumph that energized a long-suffering fan base and keeping his team firmly focused on what's ahead. Still, the Yellow Jackets can't help but savor how far they've come since Key took over four games into the 2022 season.
08/30/2024 8:36am
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles Thursday night near their childhood home in New Jersey. Gaudreau was known as "Johnny Hockey" before he entered the league thanks to his dazzling play growing up and at Boston College. The Carneys Point, New Jersey, native spent nine seasons with the Calgary Flames and the past two with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
08/30/2024 8:28am
The hockey world was not alone in sending immediate and heartfelt condolences following the announcement that Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau died when, according to police, they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey. NBA star LeBron James, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Columbus' Major League Soccer team also quickly added their voices to the list of mourners.
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Mikel Merino's debut for Arsenal has been put on hold after the Spain midfielder sustained a broken bone in his shoulder in his first training session following his move for $42 million. Merino was in contention to play a part in Arsenal's Premier League game at home to Brighton on Saturday after joining from Real Sociedad on Tuesday. However Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Merino was hurt when defender Gabriel Magalhaes fell on him during a practice session on Thursday. Arteta says "it looks like he'll be out for a few weeks."
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Heatstroke is a dangerous illness caused by heat and runners are at increasing risk as climate change creates more hot days. It can damage organs and kill if not quickly treated. Experts say many races aren't prepared to offer the right care, which includes emerging victims in ice baths at the race to quickly cool their temperature. Carolyn Baker collapsed at the Falmouth road race in Massachusetts last year. She has no memory of the incident, but got good care, came back to running, and finished the race this year. Others aren't so lucky and live with lasting physical and psychological harm.
08/30/2024 7:39am
Heatstroke is a dangerous illness caused by heat and runners are at increasing risk as climate change creates more hot days. It can damage organs and kill if not quickly treated. A lot of races aren't prepared to offer the right care, which includes emerging victims in ice baths at the race to quickly cool their temperature. Carolyn Baker collapsed at the Falmouth road race in Massachusetts last year. She has no memory of the incident, but got good care, came back to running, and finished the race this year. Others aren't so lucky and live with lasting physical and psychological harm.
08/30/2024 7:37am
Euro 2024 stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams are back on Spain's squad to lead the start of its Nations League title defense. Coach Luis de la Fuente announced his squad list for the first two games of the competition. He stuck with the same block of players who won the European Championship in July when Yamal and Williams ignited the tournament. Spain visits Serbia on Sept. 5 and Switzerland on Sept. 8 to start the Nations League.
08/30/2024 7:34am
Two-time European champion Chelsea got home games against teams from Armenia, Ireland and Belgium in the draw for the new Conference League format. Chelsea's slate of six opponents included home games against Noah, Shamrock Rovers and Gent. The Champions League winner in 2021 also has trips to face German debutant Heidenheim, Panathinaikos and Astana in Kazakhstan. Victory in the third-tier Conference League would complete Chelsea's set of European trophies. Each Conference League team plays six games against six different opponents through Dec. 19.
08/30/2024 7:06am
Teenager Kimi Antonelli's Formula 1 debut lasted just 10 minutes. Antonelli only turned 18 on Sunday. He was involved in a high-speed crash in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. He lost control of his Mercedes car at the iconic Parabolica corner, spinning off the track and flying through the gravel trap into the barriers, knocking off the front wing of the car. A distraught-sounding Antonelli was swift to apologise on radio and was immediately reassured by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff. Antonelli is widely expected to be announced as George Russell's teammate for next season, replacing the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton.
08/30/2024 6:49am
England has moved into a powerful position to win the series against Sri Lanka by taking a stranglehold on the second test at Lord's after an unlikely century by Gus Atkinson and another batting collapse by the tourists. Atkinson's entertaining 118 led England to 427 all out before lunch before Sri Lanka was skittled for 196 in 55.3 overs to face a 231-run first-innings deficit on Day 2 Friday. England chose not to enforce the follow-on and reached stumps on 25-1, with a lead of 256. England won the first test in Manchester last week so is on track to wrap up a second straight series victory this international summer.
08/30/2024 6:33am
Despite arm issues earlier in the year and a slight drop in velocity and strikeouts this season, Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki showed he's ready to follow Japanese stars like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Major League Baseball. He pitched seven strong innings on Friday with seven strikeouts, three hits and two walks and no runs as the Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the f*ckuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-2. SoftBank has the best record in Japanese baseball this season.
08/30/2024 6:13am
England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has left Arsenal after losing his place in the team to David Raya and joined fellow Premier League club Southampton. Ramsdale has reportedly moved for an initial 18 million pounds ($23.7 million) and on a four-year deal on the final day of the summer transfer window. Hours later, Arsenal signed Brazilian goalkeeper Neto from Bournemouth on a season-long loan deal to also be the backup to Raya. Two seasons ago, Ramsdale was named in the Premier League's team of the year but fell out of Arsenal's side last year following the signing of Raya. Ramsdale was part of England's squad at the recent European Championship but didn't play a game.
08/30/2024 6:06am
Manchester United will face former coach José Mourinho's new club Fenerbahce among its eight opponents drawn in the new format of the Europa League. Mourinho led Man United to win the Europa League in 2017 during his 2½ years at Old Trafford, and took the Fenerbahce job in the offseason. The date of the game in Istanbul will be confirmed by UEFA on Saturday. The traditional group stage of the Europa League is replaced with an expanded league phase. All 36 teams compete in a single standings through January. Man United also will play Rangers and Porto.
08/30/2024 5:05am
Emirates Team New Zealand is working to replace a piece of the hull of its yacht that was damaged in a crane incident after its first warmup race at the America's Cup. The mishap happened late Thursday when the 75-foot yacht named "Taihoro" was being removed from the water. Team leader Grant Dalton initially said his team may have to sit out the opening phase of competition. But on Friday he said they could be back much sooner. Either way, the time lost shouldn't derail their title defense since the Kiwis are guaranteed a spot in the finals as the defending champions.
08/30/2024 4:54am
Gus Atkinson has his name on both of England's honours boards at Lord's in his first summer of test cricket. The pace bowler reached his maiden first-class hundred early on Day 2 of the second test against Sri Lanka at the home of cricket on Friday. A powerful straight drive for four took him to three figures off 103 balls. His entertaining innings has included four sixes. Scoring a century gets a player on the famous boards inside the dressing rooms at Lord's as does getting a five-wicket haul in an innings and 10 wickets in a match. Atkinson achieved those last month on his test debut. The 26-year-old Atkinson had figures of 7-45 and 5-61 in the first test against the West Indies.
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against familiar foe Canada. Other women in wheelchair rugby are barrier-busting, too. Australia has an unprecedented three women on its 12-player team in Paris. Denmark, Germany and Japan also have female players, leaving host nation France, defending champion Britain and Canada as the only teams that don't.
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and then maybe get back together. So there was something akin to courtship before anyone took the court in women's, men's or mixed doubles this week at Flushing Meadows. It's all about putting together a pair that can go the distance. Some duos have been together for a while. Other times, doubles is two single people seeing how they might work as a couple.
08/30/2024 4:00am
Drake Maye is the quarterback of the future for the New England Patriots. Jacoby Brissett is the team's present. Credit coach Jerod Mayo for not giving in to public pressure. The Patriots are a rebuilding team with no chance of competing for the playoffs this season. They'll be closer to battling for the No. 1 overall pick. Maye, the No. 3 overall pick, may have outplayed Brissett in the preseason - Mayo even said so. But, the decision to start the veteran QB in Week 1 is more about the players surrounding Maye. The rookie won't be in a position to have success behind New England's weak offensive line and a mediocre receiving corps.
08/30/2024 3:53am
Portugal coach Roberto Martínez has included Cristiano Ronaldo in his squad list for the first two Nations League matches following the veteran forward's disappointing European Championship. Martínez announced the squad for its home games against Croatia on Sept. 5 and Scotland on Sept. 8. The 39-year-old Ronaldo holds the record of 130 goals for international men's soccer. But he went scoreless in all five of Portugal's games at Euro 2024 before it was eliminated in a penalty shootout by France in the quarterfinals.
08/30/2024 3:10am
There's a new track, new colors and renewed confidence for Ferrari heading into its home race at Monza. Ferrari did better than expected at last weekend's Dutch Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc earning a second straight podium finish and teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. surging from 10th on the grid to place fifth. That was a surprise in what was expected to be a weekend of damage limitation before planned car upgrades at the Italian Grand Prix. It was a well-timed morale boost but Leclerc has been quick to temper expectations. Max Verstappen finds himself in an unusual position. The three-time defending Formula 1 champion is now without a victory in five races, his longest winless run since 2020.
08/30/2024 2:02am
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is giving its Paralympians an advantage long held by its Olympians: a training facility of their own. For the first time, the U.S. High Performance Facility is staying open through the Paralympic games at a multisport facility in the Paris suburbs. Athletes say that having a space they can call their own makes training much easier, and that having the support facilities and staff they use back in the States allows them to focus on their competition. The facility will return to local ownership with $29 million in renovations by USOPC.
08/30/2024 1:00am
The 2026 World Cup is coming to North America with an ambitious plan, expanding the field by 50% and spreading the soccer spectacle over 16 cities in three countries with multiple climates and elevations. FIFA partnered with turf experts at the University of Tennessee and Michigan State University to research and develop the best surface for the tournament. When the World Cup begin in less than two years with 48 teams playing 104 matches in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, no one wants the field to be a topic of conversation like it was earlier this summer at the Copa America.
08/30/2024 12:15am
Bobby Wood leads the New England Revolution into a matchup with Real Salt Lake following a two-goal outing against CF Montreal.
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a 26-yard touchdown to Jacob Stewart in the second quarter. Brown, a sophom*ore transfer from Washington State, completed 20 of 34 passes for 298 yards. Floyd Chalk IV, a junior transfer from Grambling State, had 87 yards rushing and his two touchdowns in the fourth quarter helped put the game away.
