Over the past three months, a growing number of universities have added or dropped entire sports programs on the eve of dramatic changes coming to college athletics under the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement. UTEP dropped women's tennis, Cal Poly discontinued swimming and diving, Marquette added ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies closer José Alvarado was suspended for 80 games on Sunday following a positive test for external testosterone under Major League Baseball's drug-testing program. Alvarado, among the hardest-throwing relievers, became the second player suspended this ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mick Abel outdueled Paul Skenes to win his major league debut, striking out nine over six innings to lead Philadelphia over the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep and the Phillies' 15th win in 20 games. Brandon Marsh grounded into a run-scoring forceout ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Will Benson had his first two-homer game, going deep for the fourth straight day to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory on Sunday and their first three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians since 2012. Benson followed Tyler Stephenson's fourth-inning single with a ...
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Djordje Mihailovic scored in the 70th minute and Colorado held on to defeat slumping Real Salt Lake 1-0 on Saturday night for the 50th win in Rapids coach Chris Armas' MLS career. Mihailovic scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper reached 1,000 RBIs and was part of a wild seventh inning rally in which the Philadelphia Phillies scored four runs on just one hit in an 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Harper, who had three hits and reached base four times, picked up ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings, Bryson Stott homered and drove in three runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Saturday night. Stott launched his fourth homer of the season off starter Carmen Mlodzinski (1-4) in the third and ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Will Benson hit a three-run homer, Brady Singer earned his fifth win and the Cincinnati Reds hung on to defeat the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Friday night. Austin Hays also homered for the Reds, who have won two in a row after dropping three straight. Singer (5-2) allowed ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Will Benson and Rece Hinds hit solo home runs as the Cincinnati Reds won their third straight game, 4-1 over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night. Brent Suter allowed four hits in three innings before five relievers combined to allow a run on four hits for the Reds, ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Davis Martin pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the slumping Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Wednesday night for their season-high third consecutive win. Lenyn Sosa and Michael A. Taylor homered as Chicago improved to 14-29 with its fourth ...
MONTREAL (AP) — Jacen Russell-Rowe's goal leveled the match at a goal apiece and Columbus fought off potential defeat playing to a 1-1 draw against CF Montreal on Wednesday night. Russell-Rowe scored his fifth goal of the season at the 63rd minute when he took advantage of an open goal with ...
TORONTO (AP) — Kévin Denkey scored early and FC Cincinnati made the lead hold and went on to beat Toronto FC 1-0 on Wednesday night moving Cincy into sole possession of the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Denkey put the conference leaders (9-3-1) ahead at the 18th minute when he took a ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Burleson had a homer among his three hits and drove in four runs as the St. Louis Cardinals outslugged the Philadelphia Phillies 14-7 in the second game of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday. Burleson was one of three Cardinals to homer off Phillies starter Aaron ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Gorski and Jared Triolo each connected for a two-run homer off New York Mets starter Clay Holmes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally mustered some offense in a 4-0 victory Wednesday night at rainy Citi Field. Five pitchers combined on a six-hitter as the last-place ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rhys Hoskins homered and drove in five runs, Jake Bauers had two RBIs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-5 to avoid a series sweep on Wednesday. Hoskins' single in the three-run sixth plated William Contreras with the go-ahead score and his two-run ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez has shown he can turn a game around with one swing of the bat. On Monday night, the Guardians All-Star third baseman did it with his glove and legs. Ramírez made a nice play to get Milwaukee's Andruw Monasterio out at second base with the bases loaded for ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder, one of the most successful wrestlers in U.S. history, was arrested in a prostitution sting, according to police in Columbus. Snyder, 29, was charged with engaging in prostitution after he was arrested on Friday, according to court ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State women's basketball coach Kevin McGuff, the Big Ten's 2024 coach of the year, was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired last week, police said. A witness told police McGuff hit several curbs and drove partially into a yard, where he was found behind ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Rose's permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the New York Mets took advantage of a costly error by shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Monday night. Pirates ace Paul Skenes pitched out of trouble all night and exited ...