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Michael Lorenzen pitched six strong innings and the host Detroit Tigers defeated the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) struck out a season-high seven batters while allowing five hits and two walks. Will Vest pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Jose Cisnero got the last three outs to finish off the shutout. Riley Greene had three hits and scored a run, while Spencer Torkels

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Tense situation prevailed near the administrative building of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) as hundreds of workers stormed the building on Tuesday demanding wage revision which was allegedly pending for the past six years. The workers sat on the roads leading to the building and blocked vehicular movement police and security personnel of the Central Industrial Securi

The San Antonio Spurs may have lost 60 games this season, but they won the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes on Tuesday night in Chicago. The Spurs were one of three teams with a 14 percent chance of landing the top pick in the NBA draft lottery and now will surely use the pick on Wembanyama, the 19-year-old French sensation. San Antonio has landed big-time stars with the No. 1 overall choice in the past, selecting David Ro

JERUSALEM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli EuroLeague club Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday announced the contract extension of head coach Oded Kattash for the next season.

ACCRA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Ghana on Tuesday officially launched Ghana Football School to boost the country's football industry.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German was ejected from Tuesday night's game against the host Toronto Blue Jays after umpires conducted an illegal foreign substance check. German is the second pitcher to be tossed from a game this season over sticky substances, joining Max Scherzer of the New York Mets, and faces an automatic 10-game suspension. German threw three perfect innings and was checked after the thir

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Voting is now open for the Mascot Hall of Fame's Class of 2023, and you can help Miles the Mascot gain mascot immortality.

Click here to vote for Miles. Users can vote once per day until Sunday, May 28.

Miles is among six NFL mascots who are nominated for the Class of 2023. Eighteen total mascots are eligible for this year's class, and any mascot that receives at

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The Broncos' top draft pick has put pen to paper on his rookie contract.

Wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. officially signed his four-year rookie deal, the team announced Tuesday.

Denver selected Mims, an Oklahoma product, with the 63rd-overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Mims joins the Broncos following his final season for the Sooners in which he r

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The Broncos have signed a pair of former XFL players to their roster.

Quarterback Ben DiNucci and running back Jacques Patrick both signed with Denver, the team announced Tuesday.

DiNucci and Patrick were among the five veteran players who participated on a tryout basis during Denver's rookie minicamp.

DiNucci entered the NFL as a seventh-round p

Still in search of their first MLS home win of the season, Minnesota United will try to snap a six-game winless streak when they face the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn. The Loons (3-5-3, 12 points) are 0-1-3 at Allianz Field, but they did pick up a win in an U.S. Open Cup match, beating the Philadelphia Union on penalty kicks at home on May 9. Minnesota, which began the season with a five-match un

Heat star Jimmy Butler is known for speaking his mind, and he didn't disappoint Tuesday, one day before eighth-seeded Miami visits the second-seeded Boston Celtics for the opener of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday. Butler insisted this Miami team will not be deterred on its way to theNBA title. "This year is our year," Butler said. "We're going to go into this Game 1 and do what we're supposed to do and be th

MLS received a record $500 million expansion fee to field an expansion team in San Diego for the 2025 season, according to multiple reports Tuesday. Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour and the local Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation are the owners of the new San Diego franchise, which will be the league's third club in Southern California after the Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC. The team is expected to play at

While it used to be a somewhat more common occurrence, only two golfers have managed to win consecutive majors since 2008. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland ended the 2014 major season with victories at the Open Championship and the PGA Championship; Jordan Spieth picked up where McIlroy left offin 2015 by winning the Masters and the U.S. Open. Now the PGA Championship is the second major on the calendar, and Jon Rahm ha

The antitrust lawsuit that LIV Golf filed against the PGA Tour no longer carries the names of any actual LIV Golf players. LIV Golf v. PGA Tour is now exactly that -- "only a case between two competing golf leagues," as the PGA Tour argued in a court filing this week. Bryson DeChambeau and Australia's Matt Jones were the final two player plaintiffs to remove themselves from the case, which was initially reported last we

Texas Rangers pitching prospect Kumar Rocker has a torn ligament in his right elbow and will undergo Tommy John surgery. Rocker, 23, was the third overall player selected in last June's MLB Draft and was 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA at Single-A Hickory this season. He is considered the No. 10 overall prospect in the Rangers' system, according to MLB.com. Rocker was the No. 10 overall draft pick in 2021 by the New York Mets out o

The Philadelphia Phillies optioned left-hander Bailey Falter to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday and recalled right-hander Erich Uelmen. Falter, 26, was 0-7 with a 5.13 ERA over eight appearances (seven starts) and is tied for the major league lead in losses. He appeared out of the bullpen for the first time Monday and was tagged for six runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings, although none of the runs were earned. In p

FC Dallas will look to continue its success of stingy play at home when it hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday in a Western Conference match at Frisco, Texas. FC Dallas heads home after a rousing 1-0 win at rival Austin FC on Saturday when Jesus Ferreira scored in the 89th minute. Dallas (5-3-3, 18 points) won for only the second time in its past seven MLS games, with two ties over that stretch. Ferreira leads Da

The Denver Broncos signed quarterback Ben DiNucci and running back Jacques Patrick on Tuesday, adding two players who most recently starred in the XFL. DiNucci was the XFL's leading passer, racking up 2,671 passing yards with 20 touchdowns and 13 interceptions for the Seattle Sea Dragons. He led Seattle to one of four playoff spots in the inaugural season of the "XFL 3.0." DiNucci, 26, spent 2021-22 with the Dallas Cowb

The Boston Red Sox added right-hander Justin Garza and left-hander Ryan Sherriff on to their bullpen Tuesday, with both pitchers promoted from Triple-A Worcester. In corresponding moves, the Red Sox optioned left-hander Brennan Bernardino to Worcester and placed right-hander John Schreiber on the 15-day injured list with a right teres major strain. Garza, 29, was claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on April

Two teams that did not have much go their way earlier this season are anxious to see if they can keep their new-found good times rolling. The Chicago Fire and Charlotte FC will bring optimism into a matchup Wednesday night at Charlotte. Charlotte (4-5-3, 15 points) has won its last two MLS games, recording three goals each time. "This group is working really well," Charlotte FC coach Christian Lattanzio said. "Now our

Miami Marlins starting center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. landed on the injured list Tuesday and is expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks with turf toe. Chisholm, 25, injured the big right toe on Saturday trying to chase down a line drive in the left-center field gap in the eighth inning. He slammed into the wall and his toe got caught under the fence and bent back. Chisholm did not play Sunday and saw a foot specialist in Charlo

Beijing - China is prepared to 'resolutely smash any form of Taiwan independence,' its military said Tuesday, as the United States reportedly prepares to accelerate the sale of defensive weapons and other military assistance to the self-governing island democracy.

The Philadelphia Union will aim to extend their three-game MLS win streak Wednesday when they host D.C. United, who are showing considerable improvement under coach Wayne Rooney. The Union (5-4-2, 17 points) started slowly in league play while balancing CONCACAF Champions League commitments. Their league form has improved following their elimination from the CCL as well as the U.S. Open Cup. They're also unbeaten in fou

FC Cincinnati look to keep their homefield winning streak intact when they battle CF Montreal on Wednesday night. FC Cincinnati (7-1-3, 24 points) have won all six of their home matches en route to a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with the New England Revolution. All six victories have come by one goal. "It's hard to win," Cincinnati coach Pat Noonan told reporters. "Blowing teams out is not easy to do, a

Seth Waugh has a distinguished background in the business world, and the PGA CEO doesn't see how LIV Golf has a sustainable model no matter how much money its Saudi Arabian backers pump into the upstart rival. The former Deutsche Bank Americas CEO said that the disruption LIV Golf created has ledto some positive changes, but he's not a believer in the league's team-based format. "We don't think division is in the best i