Sports News

4:41 PM on Saturday, August 16

Houston Astros All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña is out of the lineup for the second straight game against the Baltimore Orioles due to illness

4:05 PM on Saturday, August 16

Houston Astros All-Star closer Josh Hader said he hopes to pitch again in 2025, even if it means in the postseason, after being shut down because of a left shoulder issue

3:53 PM on Saturday, August 16

Seiya Suzuki hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 for a sorely needed victory

3:33 PM on Saturday, August 16

Courtney Williams scored a season-high 26 points, Kayla McBride hit a deep 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left and the Minnesota Lynx beat the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty 86-80

3:17 PM on Saturday, August 16

The Cleveland Browns secured a 22-13 preseason victory over the Philadelphia Eagles

3:06 PM on Saturday, August 16

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2:25 PM on Saturday, August 16

Akshay Bhatia made an ace on the 17th hole of the BMW Championship, winning a car and boosting his chances for the Tour Championship

2:24 PM on Saturday, August 16

Philadelphia Phillies closer Jhoan Duran described himself as “100 percent," a day after he left a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals after taking a line drive off his right ankle

2:09 PM on Saturday, August 16

Monaco has opened its Ligue 1 campaign with a 3-1 home win against Le Havre

1:48 PM on Saturday, August 16

The Tennessee Titans are back home following a 10-day road trip and a split of their first two preseason games

12:43 PM on Saturday, August 16

It’s not an ice-cream cone

12:13 PM on Saturday, August 16

Australia has toppled South Africa at Ellis Park for the first time in 62 years with a sensational 38-22 comeback win from 22-0 down in the Rugby Championship opener

10:58 AM on Saturday, August 16

The Baltimore Orioles have called up Dylan Beavers from Triple-A Norfolk

10:58 AM on Saturday, August 16

Luis Díaz has scored and won a title on his Bayern Munich debut after a 2-1 win over Stuttgart in the German Supercup

10:44 AM on Saturday, August 16

The Jacksonville Jaguars plan to be cautious with two-way star Travis Hunter in their preseason game at New Orleans on Sunday

9:00 AM on Saturday, August 16

The Washington Commanders have activated Terry McLaurin off the physically unable to perform list

8:38 AM on Saturday, August 16

Tijjani Reijnders and Erling Haaland have starred as Manchester City has opened its Premier League campaign by crushing Wolverhampton 4-0

4:39 AM on Saturday, August 16

Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo has thanked his teammates, Liverpool’s players and the soccer community as a whole for the “overwhelming messages of support” he received after reporting that he was racially abused by a fan during the Premier League’s season opener at Anfield

10:38 PM on Friday, August 15

Five former Wisconsin women’s basketball players have filed a lawsuit saying they received psychological abuse from ex-Badgers coach Marisa Moseley and that the university responded with “a policy of laissez-faire inaction.”

4:57 PM on Friday, August 15

South Carolina snuck into the Little League World Series with a five-run rally over the defending champs