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Mets’ Luis Robert Jr. comes off injured list after missing almost three months

MILWAUKEE — New York Mets outfielder Luis Robert Jr. has been activated from the injured list after missing nearly three months with a back issue. The Mets announced the move before starting their three-game series at Milwaukee on Monday night. They optioned infielder Eric Wagaman to Triple-A Syracuse and sent infielder Zack Short outright to Syracuse. Robert, 28, last played for the Mets on April 26 before going on the injured list with a lumbar spine disk herniation. He was in the starting lineup Monday and went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in an 8-3 loss to the Brewers. "He's ...

Ryan Fox is the British Open champion and the model for playing faster

SOUTHPORT, England — More than a British Open champion, Ryan Fox has become the new face of playing quickly in a sport that could use a good example. Perhaps the best illustration came during the most important moment of his life. He had a 12-foot birdie putt to win his first major, ...

Contreras’ 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th gives Brewers 3-1 win over Marlins

MILWAUKEE — William Contreras hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off closer Pete Fairbanks to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday. Fairbanks (3-4) was trying to protect a one-run lead, and instead ended up with his third blown save that extended Miami's losing streak to a season-high six games. In the last of the ninth, Jackson Chourio singled. Brice Turang walked. With one out, Contreras, who pinch hit for Jake Bauers in the seventh, connected on a 1-2 pitch for his 10th home run of the season and second career walk-off ...

NHL unveils its 2026-27 schedule, the first with 84 games apiece since ’93-94

NEW YORK (AP) — The most expansive season in NHL history will begin in September, not October, and limit most teams to four preseason games. The league's first 84-game season since 1993-94 opens Sept. 29 as 32 teams will combine to play a total of 1,344 games. The season runs through Saturday, April 10, before the playoffs begin the following week. The increase from an 82-game slate, which had been the standard since the mid-'90s, was agreed upon by team owners and players in the last round of talks on a collective bargaining agreement. The intent is to provide more space between ...

Messi can conjure no more magic as crown passes from Argentina to Spain

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Lionel Messi could conjure no more magic. Twenty years after his World Cup debut and a career that lifted him above Pelé and Diego Maradona as soccer's greatest player, at 39 he could not will Argentina to become the first repeat champion in more than a half-century. Spain outplayed the Albiceleste from the opening whistle at MetLife Stadium, where the overwhelming majority of 80,663 were hoping for a recoronation. Ferran Torres scored 37 seconds into the second extra-time period, lifting Spain to a 1-0 victory and its second World Cup title. Instead of ...