(Photo credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) Merrill Kelly tied a career high with 12 strikeouts in seven-plus innings before leaving with an apparent injury, Jace Peterson had a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 in Phoenix on Monday. Paul Sewald gave up a run in the ninth before earning his 30th save for Arizona (71-67), which remaisn in the thick of the race for the third Nati
(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports) Brad Maxwell, who spent parts of nine seasons of a 10-year NHL career with the Minnesota North Stars, died on Sunday due to lung cancer that had spread through his body. He was 66. Maxwell was Minnesota's No. 7 overall pick of the 1977 NHL Draft and played for the franchise 1977-84 and 17 games of the 1986-87 season. He was an All-Star selection in 1983-84. "We want to expre
(Photo credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports) The New England Patriots placed veteran offensive tackle Riley Reiff on injured reserve Monday, ruling him out for at least four games to begin the regular season. Reiff suffered a right knee injury in the Patriots' preseason finale against the Tennessee Titans. The Patriots signed Reiff as a free agent in March, and he was projected to be the team's starting right tackle this
(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) The River City Rivalry is back after an 11-year hiatus. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh played annually at Big East Conference members from 2005 through 2012, but Saturday's kickoff between the teams at Pittsburgh will be the first meeting since 2012. Both teams are coming off lopsided home wins over FCS opponents. Cincinnati started a new era with a 66-13 win over Eastern Ke
(Photo credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports) World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz eased past Italy's Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Monday in New York. The Spanish 20-year-old joined Andre Agassi as the only men to reach three U.S. Open quarterfinals before the age of 21 in the Open Era (since 1968). "The intensity from the start to the last ball, I think I played a really solid matc
(Photo credit: Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK) The quarterback matchup should be intriguing when nonconference foes Purdue and host Virginia Tech meet for a noon ET kickoff Saturday in Blacksburg. Purdue has a new face to its program at quarterback but certainly not a new face to college football. Hudson Card played three seasons at Texas before transferring to Purdue, and the redshirt junior seemed
(Photo credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports) Cole Ragans continued his dominance and Edward Olivares homered twice as the Kansas City Royals blasted the visiting Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Monday afternoon. One day after being named American League Pitcher of the Month for August, Ragans (6-4) allowed only Yoan Moncada's one-out single in the fifth inning while striking out seven over six shutout innings without a wal
Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 5 (ANI): The second edition of the college-level sports festival organised by the Department of Youth ServicesSports concluded at the Government College of Physical Education in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal. The five-day sports festival started on August 29 with the participation of around five thousand students from 37 universities and colleges across the Kashmir Province