INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBA Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley and All-Star guard Darius Garland are back in the starting lineup for the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. Key backup De'Andre Hunter also is active after missing Game 2 with a sprained right thumb. The ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Shedeur Sanders began the process Friday of trying to show he can be a factor in the Cleveland Browns' quarterback competition. Sanders, possibly the most publicized 144th-overall draft pick in history after the projected first-rounder dropped into the fifth round, took ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez allowed one hit over six innings, Trea Turner, Bryson Stott and Bryce Harper each drove in two runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-0 on Wednesday night. Sánchez (4-1) allowed a single by Junior Caminero in the first and walked ...
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Austin Peay transfer defensive back William Hardrick, who previously played for Mississippi State and Miami (Ohio), has died, the university announced Wednesday. The university said the 22-year-old Hardrick died Tuesday but did not provide details regarding a cause ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carlos Santana kick-started an eight-run sixth inning with a bases-clearing double, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Nationals 8-6 on Wednesday to win two of three at Washington in a 24-hour span. The Guardians sent 13 men to the plate in the sixth against Michael ...
ATLANTA (AP) — TJ Friedl hit two home runs and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak despite losing right-hander Hunter Greene to a right groin injury after only three innings. Greene struck out six batters and allowed only two ...
After a mammoth undertaking of buying an NHL team, moving players, coaches and a full staff more than 600 miles and getting it all together in a matter of months before the puck dropped on a new season, it is perhaps a fitting identity that owners Ryan and Ashley Smith chose after rounds and ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Gray (4-1) struck out eight and walked one in his first win since April 14. The right-hander went 0-1 with a ...
The Atlantic Coast Conference is hoping its men's basketball programs trade two fewer league games for marquee nonconference matchups in an effort to reverse a dwindling haul of NCAA Tournament bids. The league announced Wednesday it is reducing its 20-game men's basketball schedule to 18. The ...
DETROIT (AP) — Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules for the rubber tire industry, specifically previously unregulated ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — José Tena hit a go-ahead, two-run double during a wild seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals rallied to beat the Cleveland Guardians 10-9 in the opener of a doubleheader on Tuesday after blowing a four-run lead in the top of the frame. James Wood hit a 114.6 mph ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carlos Santana broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the sixth inning and started a late onslaught by the Cleveland Guardians, who beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 on Tuesday night to split a doubleheader. Daniel Schneemann and Austin Hedges also went deep for ...
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves are gaining momentum in their attempt to recover from a staggering 0-7 start to the season. A come-from-behind 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in 10 innings Tuesday night was the latest confidence-building win. The Braves scored a run in the bottom of ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell did everything he physically could to try to get the Cleveland Cavaliers back on equal footing in their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Indiana Pacers. It wasn't enough, though. Now, the Cavaliers face their most daunting task of the season ...
Road, sweet road. Home-court advantage? It doesn't exist so far in the NBA conference semifinals — where visiting teams combined to go 4-0 in Game 1s, the first time that has happened during this round in the league's playoff history. Indiana beat top-seeded Cleveland on Sunday in the ...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has received a three-year contract extension through 2030, the conference confirmed Tuesday. ESPN first reported the Big 12 board of directors agreed to extend his original five-year contract, which was set to expire in 2027. Yormark ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they're bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state's most vulnerable people. Republican Gov. ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An eighth person has died months after the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday. Dominique Goods-Burke, who was in a vehicle hit by debris when the plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia, died on April 27, the city Medical ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A barrier described as an "anti-climb fence" is in the works for the Pennsylvania governor's official residence, the state police chief said Tuesday, less than a month after a late-night intruder jumped the existing fence, broke into the home and started a damaging ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber, Alec Bohm and Nick Castellanos all homered, and Zack Wheeler pitched seven solid innings as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 on Tuesday night. Castellanos hit a three-run shot to break open a close game in the eighth, and finished 3 for ...