CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong reached five times on two hits and three walks, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Framber Valdez and the Detroit Tigers 11-2 on Tuesday night. Crow-Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly each drove in two runs, and Michael Conforto connected for a two-run homer. ...
The Hockey Diversity Alliance is adding a football element to its youth SummerFest in Toronto this weekend, with former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch serving as a special guest. Aside from competing in a celebrity ball hockey game, Lynch will also host a football clinic at the HDA's fourth festival on Saturday. The former Seattle Seahawks player and 2014 Super Bowl champion is no stranger to the HDA. Lynch took the ice at the alliance's WinterFest that coincided with Toronto hosting the NHL All-Star Game two years ago. "I'm really excited about him and the football aspect of it," ...
The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so there's hope in each city that this season ends with a championship parade. Bryce Young and the defending NFC South champion Carolina Panthers report Wednesday. So do the Arizona Cardinals, led by rookie head coach ...
MILWAUKEE — Zac Thornton earned his first career win by combining with three relievers on a four-hitter as the New York Mets blanked the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 on Tuesday night. Jared Young and Luis Robert Jr. homered to help the Mets snap Milwaukee's four-game winning streak. Robert's solo shot off Bryse Wilson in the eighth was a titanic 451-foot drive to left-center for his first hit since missing nearly three months with a back injury. Backed by terrific defense, Thornton (1-1) allowed three hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in his fourth major league ...
NEW YORK — Baseball players proposed expanding eligibility for the amateur draft rather than decreasing it, maintaining 20 rounds of selections and moving it back to June in a signal the sport is heading to a labor confrontation this offseason. During a two-hour bargaining session Tuesday ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Each May, Dennis Reinbold would come to the Indianapolis 500 and explain he desperately wanted to return to full-time IndyCar racing. His dream is on the cusp of becoming reality. A little more than a month after the Indianapolis-based team owner died at 65, his oldest son, Derek, announced Dreyer & Reinbold Racing had purchased one of the series' 25 charters from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The transaction paves the way for DRR to run one full-time car next season for the first time since 2012. Series officials must still approve the move, though that ...
