PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jen Pawol is back in the big leagues. Pawol, who made history this month when she became the first female umpire to work a Major League Baseball game, is part of the crew working the three-game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies this weekend. Pawol ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bubba Chandler wanted to drink in a moment a lifetime in the making. The combination of adrenaline, the remnants of his traditional pregame Red Bull coursing through his system, and the buzz inside PNC Park as the 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander made his major ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kyle McCord led Philadelphia on five scoring drives while playing the entire game in an uneven performance, Montrell Johnson had a 15-yard touchdown run and the Eagles held on for a 19-17 victory over the New York Jets in a mostly sluggish preseason matchup of ...
Joc Pederson hit a walk-off RBI double to give the Texas Rangers a 4-3 comeback win over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night. Wyatt Langford, who hit a solo home run in the sixth, scored the tying run on Corey Seager's single after hustling to second for an aggressive double to open the ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft pick Derrick Harmon sprained a knee in the preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers and had to be carted to the locker room. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said after the 19-10 victory that the defensive end had a "knee sprain of ...
Real Salt Lake has acquired longtime U.S. national team right back DeAndre Yedlin in a trade with FC Cincinnati. Cincinnati received $304,700 in general allocation money in the deal announced on Thursday. The 32-year-old defender is a three-time Major League Soccer All-Star. He came to ...
Real Salt Lake has acquired longtime U.S. national team right back DeAndre Yedlin in a trade with FC Cincinnati. Cincinnati received $304,700 in general allocation money in the deal announced on Thursday. The 32-year-old defender is a three-time Major League Soccer All-Star. He came to ...
NEW YORK (AP) — An Ohio man was arrested for the throwing of a sex toy at a WNBA game in New York, police said Thursday. It's the latest development in a string of disturbances where similar toys were tossed at WNBA games across the country, resulting in at least three arrests. Charles ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johan Oviedo earned his first major league win since 2023 and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday to take the three-game series. In his second start since having Tommy John surgery in late 2023, Oviedo (1-0) struck out six, allowed two hits, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have decided to promote 22-year-old right-hander Bubba Chandler — baseball's top pitching prospect — ahead of their game Friday against the Colorado Rockies. Pirates manager Don Kelly said he's excited to add Chandler to a staff that already ...
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — This week, as usual, sports bettors can get action on MLB games from U.S.-based gambling sites. Meanwhile, at least a couple of offshore bookmakers are offering odds on games at the Little League World Series. Team managers, and Little League itself, are not ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had five hits and a pair of RBIs, Kyle Schwarber homered and drove in five runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with an 11-2 victory Wednesday. Turner has six multi-hit games in his last seven. He led off the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The way Ohio State's secondary coaches talk, they have plenty of players to fill spots vacated by the departure of their 2024 national championship defense. The challenge this month is figuring out where to put them. Secondary coach Tim Walton said "everybody's ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, Adrian Del Castillo had a broken-bat RBI single in the 10th and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Wednesday. Gurriel hit his 17th home of the season, a 424-foot shot to left off Cade ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson was placed on the injured list Wednesday because of a small fracture on the tip of his left thumb, an injury he initially sustained while catching a pitch from hard-throwing right-hander Hunter Greene last week. Stephenson, who ...
A federal judge on Wednesday allowed four football players to compete at West Virginia this season, the latest ruling in one of a long line of cases challenging the NCAA's eligibility rules. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by defensive ...
Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said. Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore. Mayar, 22, was a graduate student who joined the Mavericks after playing two seasons for Summit ...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Bear Bachmeier will be the first true freshman to start a season at quarterback in BYU history. Bachmeier emerged from a three-way competition to replace Jake Retzlaff and the team announced he will be the starter Aug. 30 against Portland State in a quirky social media ...
BYU entered the offseason with questions at receiver, cornerback, defensive line and kick returning. Quarterback was not expected to be an issue with Jake Retzlaff likely returning after a solid first season as the Cougars' starter. That all changed this summer, when Retzlaff opted to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies left-hander José Alvarado returned from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley and was reinstated from the restricted list before Tuesday night's game against Seattle. Alvarado's return follows an 80-game suspension for violating ...