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USATSI The New York Yankees continued their recent hot streak with a 5-2 victory against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday that completed a three-game sweep. The Yankees, who came into the night tied with the Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics for the top wild card spot in the American League, will now enter […]

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Among the more widely discussed topics at this year’s Nike EYBL showcase: the looming decision for No. 1 2022 prospect Jalen Duren.  Will he soon no longer be a 2022 prospect? That is the expected outcome, according to multiple sources. Duren is mulling a reclassification to 2021, but getting there will […]

Getty Images It’s FedEx Cup Playoffs time, which means there are seemingly endless looks at a variety of different wagers you could make for the first of three events to close out the 2020-21 PGA Tour season. My formula all year has been some combination of recent tee-to-green form (last two months or last 20 […]

Add new San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Arrieta to the team’s list of walking wounded after he left his start against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday with a mild left hamstring strain. Arrieta, 35, gave up five runs in 3.1 innings before exiting. His last pitch was hit for a home run by Rockies catcher […]

Getty Images Chicago White Sox right-hander Lance Lynn was ejected from his start on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics (GameTracker) during a foreign substance check. Lynn seemingly was not tossed because he was found to have a substance on his person or his glove, but, rather, because he irked an umpire by tossing his belt […]

Aaron Rodgers will be suiting up for the Green Bay Packers this coming season, which may be the most surprising outcome of this offseason saga. After months where it seemed as if he played his last down for the organization, the NFL‘s reigning MVP was able to come together with the Packers to iron out […]

Getty Images Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman became the third player to hit for the cycle during the 2021 season on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat against the Miami Marlins. Freeman doubled in the first inning against Marlins starter Jesús Luzardo. He then tripled versus Luzardo to lead off the fourth inning. Freeman wouldn’t get […]

USATSI Former NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace is heading to Memphis to join Penny Hardaway’s coaching staff, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish on Wednesday. Wallace won a title with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 and will reunite with the coach of that team, Larry Brown, who was also hired as an assistant by Hardaway […]

It’s a sprint to the finish — and a $15 million payday — as the FedEx Cup Playoffs tee off Thursday with the 2021 Northern Trust golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Club. The event at the scenic course adjacent to the Statue of Liberty in Jersey City, N.J., is the first of three playoff […]

MY FIRST VISIT to the ludicrously charming town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League World Series, came in 2015, an assignment several colleagues guaranteed would be a career highlight, which it was, and so much more. One of the many wonderful traditions at the LLWS is to slide down The Hill at Lamade […]