MONTERREY, Mexico — Sophia Smith scored twice in the opening minutes and the U.S. women’s national team clinched a spot in the 2023 World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday night in the CONCACAF W Championship and some help from Haiti. With two victories at the W Championship, the United States leads […]
Read more »LONGWY, France — Tadej Pogačar is back in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. And it’s earlier than perhaps even he expected. On the way to his wins in the 2020 and 2021 Tours, Pogačar took the yellow jersey in the mountains, but on Thursday all he needed was the modest Côte des […]
Read more »Paolo Banchero is well aware of what the spectators inside the Thomas and Mack Center and the national audience watching from home wanted to see from Thursday’s Las Vegas summer league opener between the Orlando Magic and Houston Rockets. They tuned in to watch the NBA draft’s No. 1 pick put on a show. He […]
Read more »The Chicago Cubs have gained some insight into Kyle Hendrick’s right shoulder strain. An MRI showed no structural damage, and he will not need surgery, manager David Ross said Thursday. But the Cubs don’t know when Hendricks will be back on the mound. The team wants to get through the four-game series at Dodger Stadium […]
Read more »An overwhelming chunk of the optimism surrounding the Miami Marlins and their future is because of their young pitching. The Marlins have a bushel of pitchers that, if all goes according to plan, will help guide the team to regular postseason appearances. Daniel Castano and Jimmy Yacabonis are not part of that group. Castano and […]
Read more »The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, right, hits a solo home run during the first inning of their game against the Cubs on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. Betts added a second home run later in the Dodgers’ 5-3 win. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Dodgers starting pitcher Tony Gonsolin throws to the plate during the first inning of […]
Read more »By Jason Morris and Sara Murray | CNN Attorneys representing Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say that he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. “Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge […]
Read more »BOSTON — Aaron Judge was not in the lineup Thursday night, because tightness in his calf muscles. The slugger, however, thinks he will be back on Friday. “It’s just precautionary stuff; been feeling it for a week or so,” Judge said after the Yankees 6-5 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. “Just taking […]
Read more »MONTERREY, Mexico — Sophia Smith scored twice in the opening minutes and the U.S. women’s national team clinched a spot in the 2023 World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday night in the CONCACAF W Championship and some help from Haiti. With two victories at the W Championship, the United States leads […]
Read more »An overwhelming chunk of the optimism surrounding the Miami Marlins and their future is because of their young pitching. The Marlins have a bushel of pitchers that, if all goes according to plan, will help guide the team to regular postseason appearances. Daniel Castano and Jimmy Yacabonis are not part of that group. Castano and […]
Read more »By Jason Morris and Sara Murray | CNN Attorneys representing Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say that he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. “Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge […]
Read more »LONGWY, France — Tadej Pogačar is back in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. And it’s earlier than perhaps even he expected. On the way to his wins in the 2020 and 2021 Tours, Pogačar took the yellow jersey in the mountains, but on Thursday all he needed was the modest Côte des […]
Read more »TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. The broadcaster aired footage showing Abe collapsed on the street, with several security guards running toward him. Abe was holding his chest when he collapsed, […]
Read more »Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider renaming Soldier Field to raise money and “explore the feasibility” of enclosing the stadium with a dome or roof, an advisory panel she appointed to study Chicago’s Museum Campus recommended. The panel’s work marks Lightfoot’s attempt to keep the Chicago Bears, who are exploring a possible move to Arlington Heights, […]
Read more »Pete Crow-Armstrong has earned a notable honor in his first full professional baseball season. A torn labrum in his right shoulder ended his year six games into the 2021 season before the New York Mets traded him to the Chicago Cubs for shortstop Javier Báez. Crow-Armstrong has shown why the Mets drafted him 19th overall […]
Read more »The Orlando Magic made their most significant move in free agency official, re-signing big Mo Bamba to a multi-year contract on Thursday. The Magic, like all NBA teams, didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, citing team policy. Bamba’s agents told Yahoo Sports on June 30, shortly after teams were able to communicate with free […]
Read more »If there’s any lesson to take from the Miami Marlins’ recent run of wins — besides it being more fun to play bad teams — it’s how desperately this roster needs help if they’re thinking playoffs. And if there’s any lesson you can take from the past quarter-century of the Marlins’ ownership — four owners […]
Read more »Pete Crow-Armstrong has earned a notable honor in his first full professional baseball season. A torn labrum in his right shoulder ended his year six games into the 2021 season before the New York Mets traded him to the Chicago Cubs for shortstop Javier Báez. Crow-Armstrong has shown why the Mets drafted him 19th overall […]
Read more »Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider renaming Soldier Field to raise money and “explore the feasibility” of enclosing the stadium with a dome or roof, an advisory panel she appointed to study Chicago’s Museum Campus recommended. The panel’s work marks Lightfoot’s attempt to keep the Chicago Bears, who are exploring a possible move to Arlington Heights, […]
Read more »LONGWY, France — Tadej Pogačar is back in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. And it’s earlier than perhaps even he expected. On the way to his wins in the 2020 and 2021 Tours, Pogačar took the yellow jersey in the mountains, but on Thursday all he needed was the modest Côte des […]
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