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1 year ago
Does American tennis have a pickleball problem?

Even as the U.S. Open opened this week with more than a million fans expected for the sport’s biggest showcase, the game’s leaders are being forced to confront a devastating fact — the nation’s fastest-growing racket sport (or sport of any kind) is not tennis but pickleball, which has seen participation boom 223% in the past three years.

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1 year ago
Danny Jansen plays for both teams in Blue Jays-Red Sox game, an MLB first

Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn’t just play for both teams in the same game — a first in Major League Baseball history.
He batted for both teams in the same inning.

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1 year ago
US Open 2024: Coco Gauff, Olympic gold medalist Zheng win their first-round matches

Coco Gauff had an easy start to her U.S. Open title defense, rolling to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Varvara Gracheva on Monday.

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1 year ago
Receiver CeeDee Lamb agrees to 4-year, $136M deal with Cowboys, AP sources say

CeeDee Lamb’s monthslong holdout with the Dallas Cowboys is over, and the All-Pro receiver is a close second to Justin Jefferson as the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

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1 year ago
Fanatics refiles lawsuit against Cardinals’ Marvin Harrison Jr., adds father and fraud allegations

Apparel manufacturer Fanatics has refiled its lawsuit against Arizona Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., adding his father, former NFL star Marvin Harrison Sr., and fraud allegations in addition to breach of contract.

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1 year ago
Lake Mary, Florida, rallies to beat Taiwan 2-1 in 8 innings to win Little League World Series title

Lathan Norton was sick and didn’t play on Saturday at the Little League World Series. But on Sunday he scored the winning run in the championship.

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1 year ago
Caitlin Clark’s progression answers questions about how she would handle the transition to the WNBA

Caitlin Clark entered the WNBA amid a myriad of questions about how she would handle the transition to pro basketball.

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1 year ago
Verstappen under pressure in front of his home crowd as F1 returns at the Dutch Grand Prix

The Dutch Grand Prix has generally been a party for Max Verstappen and his legions of orange-clad fans. This year could be very different.

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1 year ago
Seattle Mariners fire manager Scott Servais in midst of midseason collapse, according to report

The Seattle Mariners reportedly fired manager Scott Servais on Thursday with the team in the midst a two-month long collapse having blown a 10-game lead in the division and tumbling to the fringes of playoff contention in the American League.

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1 year ago
Banged-up Braves scrambling to put together a lineup after an unrelenting series of injuries

An unrelenting series of breaks, tears and strains have left the six-time reigning NL champions scrambling to cobble together a lineup, putting their hopes of making it back to the postseason in serious jeopardy.

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