CHICAGO — The Philadelphia Phillies released veteran right-hander Taijuan Walker on Thursday before their game against the Chicago Cubs and recalled Nolan Hoffman from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Walker, in the final year of a four-year, $72 million contract, exited the clubhouse hours before the contest after five ineffective starts to...
Frisco, Texas. The Dallas Cowboys traded during the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday night, moving up from No. 12 to No. 11 to select Ohio State safety Caleb Downs and later trading their No. 20 pick to acquire No. 23 and select UCF edge rusher Malachi...
TAMPA, Fla. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Miami edge rusher Reuben Bain Jr. with the 15th overall pick on Thursday night, aiming to address the team’s inconsistent pass rush. The pick follows Bain’s role in Miami’s run to the College Football Playoff national championship in January and comes amid local...
Osage Beach — Southern Boone defeated the School of the Osage 13-0 Tuesday in a Tri-County Conference game, collecting 13 hits in five innings; Rowan Bonnot allowed two hits with five strikeouts. Southern Boone will travel to the River City Festival Friday and Saturday. On Thursday in California, the School...
PITTSBURGH — On Thursday the NFL opened its 2026 Draft in Pittsburgh, where Commissioner Roger Goodell announced an estimated 320,000 fans attended the first round, a single-day record. The league staged its main stage at Acrisure Stadium with fan programming at Point State Park as Fernando Mendoza was announced the...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Early Thursday, Wyatt Johnston scored on a power-play deflection at 12:10 of the second overtime, giving the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 3 and putting Dallas ahead 2-1 in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. The goal followed extended overtime...
Los Angeles on April 22–23, 2026, officials and sports leaders broke ground on a dedicated cricket venue at the Fairplex Grounds in Pomona ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. International Cricket Council chair Jay Shah and CEO Sanjog Gupta joined Los Angeles Knight Riders and Fairplex representatives to mark...
San Francisco: Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani pitched six scoreless innings Wednesday at Oracle Park in a 3-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants, and his career-best 53-game on-base streak ended. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said this week he may at times keep Ohtani out of the batting...
LOWELL, Mass. — Brianne Jenner scored with 1:14 remaining in overtime Wednesday night to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Fleet at the Tsongas Center. Rebecca Leslie also scored in regulation; Abby Newhook opened the scoring for Boston in the second period before Ottawa rallied...
Manchester — High school track teams from Lynchburg-Clay, Whiteoak, West Union, Oskaloosa, Jamestown and other area schools competed at regional invitationals this week, including the Manchester Invitational on Monday, April 20, and additional meets on Monday and Tuesday; Eastern won the Manchester boys title with 150 points and West Union...
