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Kris Bryant joins ex-Chicago Cubs teammates Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez in mashing debut homer The former Cubs became the first trio of ex-teammates in the modern era to start the season on the same team and then homer in their respective debuts with a new club later that season, according to Elias Sports Bureau research.
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Joe Schobert on Giannis, Lawrence, and a Franchise Finding Its Way Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker and lifelong Milwaukee Bucks fan Joe Schobert has waited years to see his hometown team win a championship. Now that the Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo are champions, Schobert hopes the Jaguars can follow a similar ...
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Senate finishing crafting $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal, setting delicate debate in motion Senate Democrats and Republicans unveiled on Sunday a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the country's roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, setting in motion a long-awaited debate in the chamber to enact one of President Biden's ...
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Report: Carson Wentz opting against surgery; what it means for Eagles Here's the latest: #Colts QB Carson Wentz plans to try to rest and rehab his foot injury over the next few days, source said, rather than have immediate surgery. If all goes well, Week 1 is in play. If it doesn't improve, the answer may be surgery. — Ian Rapoport ...
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Bryant homers in Giants debut, San Francisco tops Houston SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kris Bryant homered in his Giants debut, a two-out solo shot in the third inning, and San Francisco beat the Houston Astros 5-3 on Sunday. Darin Ruf had three hits including a home run and two RBIs. Brandon Crawford and ...
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Alex Cora encouraged as Chris Sale, Kyle Schwarber move steps closer to joining Boston Red Sox Sale had Tommy John surgery in March 2020. "We'll re-address the situation after that but he's getting close," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said before Sunday night's game at Tampa Bay ...
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Roundup: Injured Cowboys stars Amari Cooper, DeMarcus Lawrence 'in really good shape' McCarthy added that timelines for the two stars will be discussed in about a week. Here's other news Around The NFL is monitoring on Sunday: The Miami Dolphins placed starting tight ...
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New York Mets don't sign first-round draft pick Kumar Rocker before deadline "This is clearly not the outcome we had hoped for and wish Kumar nothing but success moving forward," acting Mets general manager Zack Scott said in a statement. "We're excited about the players we have signed and look forward to watching them develop ...
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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn records upset in 100-meter hurdles, securing gold for Puerto Rico TOKYO -- Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico powered ahead of American Keni Harrison in the women's 100-meter hurdles Monday, springing an upset and keeping the United States out of the win column at the Olympic track meet for yet another ...
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What I Heard in the White House Basement This morning, the screen was off. We were all focused intently on the triangular conference-call speaker in the middle of the table. President Donald Trump's communications team was placing a call to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, and we were ...
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Democratic heavyweights converge on Cleveland as 11th District primary stokes intra-party heat Sen. Bernie Sanders was back on the campaign trail here, trying to push back against a coordinated effort from Democratic establishment groups working to defeat Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator and progressive leader who was one of Sanders' top ...
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Tunisia's President Holds Forth on Freedoms After Seizing Power "'Why do you think that, at 67, I would start a career as a dictator?'" President Kais Saied said in a meeting with The New York Times, quoting Charles de Gaulle. He vowed to preserve hard-fought rights.
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This Dodgers trade is one that Danny Duffy fully supports Duffy's favorite player was Mike Piazza, and after the future Hall-of-Fame catcher was traded to the Florida Marlins and flipped to the New York Mets in May 1998, Duffy always tried to attend games when Piazza returned to Dodger Stadium.
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Rizzo shines again with key hit, Yankees beat Marlins 3-1 Rizzo, who went to high school in the Miami area, singled home Brett Gardner for the game-tying run in his third game with the Yankees. The first baseman was acquired in a trade from the Chicago Cubs at the trade deadline and hit a homer in each of his first ...
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Tour Confidential: What Schauffele's win means, Olympic format tweaks Xander Schauffele earned a life-changing win at the Tokyo Olympics. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors as they break down ...
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Myanmar's military ruler declares himself Prime Minister, pledges to hold elections by 2023 Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has taken on the role of Prime Minister in a newly formed caretaker government, state media reported on Sunday, six months after the army seized power from a civilian government. In a speech on Sunday, Min Aung ...
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Hungarian Grand Prix intensifies an already classic Formula 1 season Through the chaos came Esteban Ocon to take a most unlikely but well deserved victory for the Alpine team. A win thanks in no small part to team-mate Fernando Alonso, who used all his experience and ...
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Rays top Red Sox 3-2 for 3-game sweep, widen lead in East Kiké Hernández and Rafael Devers had consecutive two-out singles in the ninth off Matt Wisler, who then retired J.D. Martinez on a short fly to right for his first save. Boston ...
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91 wildfires are now burning across the US, with Oregon's Bootleg Fire growing to over 400000 acres (CNN) Seven new large fires were reported Sunday, bringing the total number of wildfires raging in the United States to 91, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). More than 1.8 million acres have burned since these fires began, the NIFC ...
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Xi Jinping's Capitalist Smackdown Sparks a $1 Trillion Reckoning Xi Jinping smiled and hinted at a policy bombshell that would soon roil stock markets from Shanghai to New York. It was mid-June, and the most powerful Chinese Communist Party leader since Mao Zedong was holding court at an after-school club for ...
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Newcomers Gomes, Marte boost Jefferies, A's over Angels 8-3 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Yan Gomes homered in his Oakland debut, fellow newcomer Starling Marte got three hits and stole three bases, and the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 on Sunday. Gomes, acquired from Washington at the trade deadline Friday, ...
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'We can't stop doing what we're doing': Reds keep making progress towards the playoffs NEW YORK –– According to Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto, the entire team had a meeting last October after the Reds were swept by the Atlanta Braves in the 2020 playoffs. Knowing that most of the team had the potential to return for 2021, the ...
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Hernandez's HR in 9th gives Nats 6-5 win over Cubs WASHINGTON — Yadiel Hernandez's solo shot in the ninth inning — his second homer of the day — gave the Washington Nationals a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Hernandez's four-hit day helped the Nationals overcome three home runs ...
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Tokyo Updates: Kerley Second in 100m; Skinner Wins Silver, Lee Wins Bronze in Gymnastics Event Finals Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs was crowned fastest man in the world with a time of 9.80 in the men's 100m race. He hadn't broken 10 seconds in a 100m before 2021. American Fred Kerley finished in second at 9.84, and Andre de Grasse was third at 9.89.
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At least 10 people injured in a mass shooting in New York City Around 10:38 p.m. Saturday, police responded to numerous 911 calls about a shooting, Assistant Chief Galen Frierson, of the NYPD's Patrol Borough Queens North said at a news conference Sunday morning.
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Track and Field Day 3: Fred Kerley Wins Silver in Men's 100m Canada's Andre de Grasse took the bronze, also running a personal best of 9.89. Kerley won the first semifinal heat with a time of 9.96 seconds and de Grasse finished second to also qualify for the final ...
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Fauci says shutdowns probably won't return, despite more 'suffering' ahead from delta variant At the beginning of the summer, many Americans sighed with relief, thinking the worst of the coronavirus pandemic was over. But as the delta variant of the virus surges nationwide, fears about returning to the dark days of shutdowns have also spread.
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USA vs. Canada: USWNT Tokyo Olympics live stream, TV channel, start time, how to watch online, news The U.S. women's national team will square off against Canada in the Tokyo Olympic semifinals on Monday at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Japan. The two teams are each other's most frequent foe in competition, and the postponed 2020 Summer Games ...
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More than 816000 Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered Saturday in the US as pace of vaccination rises Among vaccine-eligible Americans -- meaning those who are 12 and older -- 58.1% are fully vaccinated. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, hopes the recent surge in cases driven by the Delta variant is changing the minds of the ...
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Italians Stun Even Themselves in 100 Meters and High Jump Lamont Marcell Jacobs won the men's 100 meters and Gianmarco Tamberi shared gold in the high jump a day after discussing how improbable it would be if they won.
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India LIVE at Tokyo 2020 on Monday, August 2: Aishwary and Sanjeev in action; women's hockey team up soon PV Sindhu's bronze shone bright over Sunday as (arguably) India's greatest badminton player won her second Olympic medal in two Olympics. This was followed up with the Indian men's hockey team making their first Olympic semifinal since 1972 [there ...
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Lollapalooza Day 4: DaBaby is out in a lineup change as festival weekend concludes The rapper DaBaby was no longer headlining the Bud Light Seltzer Stage at 9 p.m. Instead, according to posts by the festival on social media, Young Thug, previously slated for an afternoon slot on the T-Mobile stage, would take his spot, with Chicago rapper G ...
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On a Refurbished Knee, Brazil's Andrade Vaults to a Gold Medal TOKYO — On a night of unexpected joy mixed with unexpected disappointment, Rebeca Andrade, a gymnast from Brazil, held her gold medal in the vault on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics and wondered if it was real. And Sunisa Lee of the United States, who ...
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What Activision Blizzard Is Losing, Besides The PR War But if we're talking about what this current scandal could do to Activision as a company, the implications could reach far beyond poor perception of the corporate entity or its CEO, Bobby Kotick, who let me tell you, has not exactly been winning any PR wars for a ...
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Riots Shatter Veneer of Coexistence in Israel's Mixed Towns ACRE, Israel — Uri Jeremias, a celebrated Israeli chef, saw himself as a benefactor. By bringing jobs, tourists and investment to the mainly Arab heart of the coastal town of Acre, he believed he was seen as nurturing coexistence between Jews and Arabs.
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Pandemic Eviction Crisis Leads to Greater Tenant Protections As a state lawmaker made a few remarks and others grabbed free lunch, Simmons connected with attorneys from the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia. They advised her that her landlord needed a court order to get her out. She was safe for now.
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Belarusian Sprinter Refuses to Leave Tokyo TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Belarusian sprinter refused to get on a flight from Tokyo on Sunday after being taken to the airport against her wishes by her team following her complaints about national coaching staff at the Olympic Games. Krystsina ...
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Sky News Australia barred for week by YouTube over Covid misinformation YouTube has barred Sky News Australia from uploading new content for a week, saying it had breached rules on spreading Covid-19 misinformation. It issued a "strike" under its three-strike policy, the last of which means permanent removal. YouTube did not ...
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Square to acquire Afterpay, Australian buy now, pay later platform for $29 billion New York (CNN Business) Jack Dorsey's Square (SQ) is spending $29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his company build out its global payments empire. Square — the financial payments company known ...
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American Kate Nye relishes weightlifting silver: 'I'm not going to sit here and cry' TOKYO — With the silver medal draped around her neck, American weightlifter Kate Nye wasn't going to complain. It was only five years ago, after all, that she took up this sport — a remarkable turnaround time from beginner to Olympian, much less a medalist ...
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New Zealand Apologizes For 1970s Immigration Raids That Targeted Pacific Islanders Nearly 50 years later, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday formally apologized for those raids and the lasting hurt they have caused. Ardern expressed the government's "sorrow, remorse and regret" over the raids.
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TikTok star Anthony Barajas dies from wounds after California movie theater shooting Barajas has almost 1 million followers on TikTok. Police in California on Sunday were trying to determine the motive behind a "random and unprovoked attack" at a movie theater that left two people dead, ...
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NHL will investigate Evander Kane, who denies wife's claim that he gambled on his own games The account linked to Anna Kane posted Saturday about Kane's alleged gambling addiction. "How does the NHL let a compulsive gambling addict still play when he's obviously throwing games to win money?" the post said. "Hmm maybe someone needs to ...
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American Isaiah Jewett's act of sportsmanship after being tripped is bigger than a win TOKYO – Running the final curb in the men's 800 meters, American Isaiah Jewett was in prime position to finish in the top two in his heat. Unfortunately, unintentional disaster happened. Botswana's Nijel Amos inadvertently tripped Jewett from behind and the ...
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'Jungle Cruise' Sails Atop Box Office Despite COVID Concerns Los Angeles (AP) -- Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, "Jungle Cruise" still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film's opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office. The Disney film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt ...
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Zoom Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over 'Zoombombing' Zoom Video Communications, the videoconferencing company whose internet app became a mainstay of American life during the coronavirus pandemic, has agreed to pay $85 million and improve its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the ...
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Ocasio-Cortez slams White House for approach to fighting voter suppression by GOP She was referring to recently reported comments from White House officials saying Democrats can "out-organize" Republican efforts to limit voting across the country. Advertisement.
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Gesicki, 2 other Dolphins TEs go on COVID-19 reserve list MIAMI (AP) — Mike Gesicki and two other Miami Dolphins tight ends went on the NFL's COVID-19 reserve list. Also sidelined were Cethan Carter and Adam Shaheen. The Dolphins have had four training camp practices and were off Sunday. The Dolphins ...
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Report: Heat Expected to Offer Goran Dragic and Precious Achiuwa to Raptors for Kyle Lowry It sounds like Kyle Lowry's career as a member of the Toronto Raptors is coming to an end. The Miami Heat ...
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Robinson lifts US to Gold Cup win over Mexico Robinson, a centerback for Atlanta United, scored the winner on a header in the 118th minute on a free kick hit by Kellyn Acosta. Robinson outjumped his mark to head the pass down into the ground 6 yards from goal. It was Robinson's third goal in his ninth ...
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