Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws 27 pitches and Bobby Miller takes a comebacker off his head and is placed into concussion protocol during the Dodgers' 12-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
With contract extension, Aaron Boone commits to two more seasons in the high-stakes, high-pressure role of Yankees manager
"I don’t like that we haven’t won a championship yet. That bothers me,” Boone told reporters Thursday in Florida.
Champions Trophy 2025: Australia’s second tier up against it in absence of bowling big three | Geoff Lemon
Their attack has a distinctly Sheffield Shield flavour to it but the main thing in the two-times winners’ favour is the relative weakness of their group
For a long time, a strange situation continued in Australian cricket. Through a one-day World Cup in 2023, through a T20 World Cup in 2024, through a Test summer that sat between them, and through the lead-ups and warm-ups before all of the above, the same three fast bowlers showed up almost all of the time. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Patrick Cummins, in aeternum.
Things don’t work that way. Fast bowling is a horrifically taxing art, and the mad operators who pursue it across any level of the game share a gruesome delight in cataloguing their lifetime’s injuries, discarding sneakers and peeling back socks and rolling up trouser legs to show you toes bent sideways or lurid half-moons of scars around ankles or knees. At the top level, fitness and availability are sporadic, and that’s before you come to the changes driven by each format requiring different skills. Australia’s big three have been men for all seasons, all styles, all conditions, in a remarkable show of consistency and adaptability.
Continue reading...Gerwyn Price sinks Nathan Aspinall to claim Premier League win in Dublin
- Welshman wins final 6-3 having beaten Luke Littler
- Price now second in table behind Luke Humphries
Gerwyn Price beat Nathan Aspinall 6-3 to win night three of the Premier League in Dublin, after earlier seeing off the world champion, Luke Littler.
Welshman Price – sporting an Ireland green shirt to help get the fans onside – had backed up his quarter-final win over Littler with another pristine display against Luke Humphries, the world No 1, coming from behind to win 6-3 and book his place in the final.
Continue reading...Major colleges, including USC, Texas, and Ohio State, start ditching spring games
As an expanded playoff adds full-speed games to the college football season, multiple major programs are moving away from the traditional offseason scrimmage that caps spring practice.
Offseason needs for EVERY NFC team: Do the Giants draft a QB? | Football 301
Nate Tice and Charles McDonald break down the biggest needs for every single NFC team.
Cowboys lineman Zack Martin, 7-time All-Pro and likely Hall of Famer, to retire after 11 seasons: Report
Martin played 11 seasons after the Cowboys made him their first-round pick in 2014.
Europa League playoffs: Roma 3-2 Porto, Galatasaray 2-2 AZ and more – as it happened
Ajax sneaked through despite losing at home, while Shamrock Rovers were eliminated on penalties by Molde
45 min: Roma 2-1 Porto (agg: 3-2) Roma almost scored a third a moment ago, with a shot cleared off the line by Otavio. I didn’t see exactly what happened because THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON.
Welcome to heaven. AZ Alkmaar are cruising into the last 16 of the Europa League, having done a helluva number on one of the tournament favourties. After a superb run from Ernest Poku, Gabriel Sara’s attempted clearance hit Seiya Maikuma and ricocheted into the net.
Continue reading...Is Toronto’s gamble with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a massive mistake? | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is poised to hit free agency next winter. Did the Blue Jays miss their opportunity?
Mavericks’ centers — Anthony Davis, Derreck Lively II, Daniel Gafford — all out at least two more weeks
The Mavericks bigs will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
‘Interesting discussions’: Donald Trump and Tiger Woods hold talks on golf’s rift
- Woods joins PGA delegation at White House on Thursday
- LIV representatives also present in Washington
Donald Trump’s involvement in professional golf’s peace talks has ramped up, with Tiger Woods among those afforded an audience with the US president at the White House on Thursday afternoon.
Woods joined the PGA Tour commissioner, Jay Monahan, his fellow board member Adam Scott and representatives of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in a meeting hosted by Trump amid increasing hopes the fractured sport can unite over the coming months. Key sticking points were expected to surround the precise role for Yasir al-Rumayyan, PIF’s governor, in golf’s new world and where the Saudi-established LIV Tour sits on the sport’s schedule.
Continue reading...England recall wicketkeeper Jamie Smith for Champions Trophy clash against Australia
England has recalled wicketkeeper Jamie Smith for the opening game of their Champions Trophy campaign against Australia in Lahore, which gets underway on Saturday at 8pm AEDT.
With Victor Wembanyama out, Jaren Jackson Jr. becomes new favorite for NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Wembanyama was a -2500 favorite to win DPOY before his season prematurely ended.
Zack Martin has told the Cowboys he plans to retire
The seven-time first-team All-Pro has decided to call it a career at age 34.
Fran Dunphy retiring at end of La Salle’s season. He’ll leave as winningest coach in Philly’s Big 5
La Salle's Fran Dunphy, who has won more than 600 games and made 17 NCAA Tournament appearances in 33 seasons as coach at three of Philadelphia's Big 5 schools, said Thursday he would retire at the end of the season. The 76-year-old Dunphy will become special assistant to the president at La Salle. Dunphy is ingrained in the Philadelphia hoops scene like few others.