Month: July 2022

8:04 AM ET It’s costing more to root, root, root for the home team, especially if you want to pony up for peanuts and Cracker Jack. A maelstrom of complications — including COVID-19-driven supply-chain disruptions, skyrocketing fuel prices and additional spending cash available to consumers from U.S. government stimulus programs — has contributed to the
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6:52 AM BST Embattled All Blacks coach Ian Foster has ditched specialist coaches John Plumtree and Brad Mooar in a bid to turn around their poor form following the series loss against Ireland earlier this month. Jason Ryan has left the Canterbury Crusaders to replace Plumtree as forwards coach while Foster will work with the
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12:06 AM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Pete Rose will make an appearance on the field in Philadelphia next month for the first time since receiving a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball. Rose agreed to the lifetime ban in August 1989 after an investigation for MLB by lawyer John Dowd found Rose placed numerous
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4:44 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Left-hander Aaron Ashby and the Milwaukee Brewers agreed Saturday to a five-year contract through 2027, and the National League Central leaders made a short-term addition in former San Francisco Giants reliever Jake McGee. Ashby’s deal includes club options for 2028 and 2029. The 23-year-old is 2-7 with a
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8:47 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Highly touted Miami Marlins rookie pitcher Max Meyer left in the first inning of Saturday night’s 1-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates with right elbow discomfort. In his second career start, Meyer faced just three batters and threw 10 pitches before exiting after being met on the mound
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8:03 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Justin Verlander became the major league’s first 13-game winner, striking out nine and topping 99 mph in his final inning to lead the Houston Astros over the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Saturday. Verlander (13-3), 39, allowed four hits in seven innings to win his fifth straight start
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7:23 PM ET Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout will not be returning when he’s eligible to come off the injured list on Monday. Trout, dealing with left rib cage inflammation, hasn’t played since July 12. He was a late scratch from the lineup in the Angels’ 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press SALINA, Kan. — Karrie Webb shot a 6-under 66 in windy and hot conditions Saturday to take a 2-stroke lead over playing partner Annika Sorenstam in the Senior LPGA Championship. Webb had six birdies in the bogey-free round in 100-degree heat and wind gusting to 30 mph. She was at
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Daniel Vogelbach was happy to be leaping up the standings and reunite with Francisco Lindor, his travel teammate during high school days in Florida. “Just as good as he is now as he was back then,” Vogelbach said of Lindor on Saturday, a day after the Mets
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