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DETROIT -- Steve Yzerman abruptly stepped down as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday, a stunning midsummer change of a franchise great leaving the job after seven seasons and zero playoff appearances.Yzerman’s resignation to transition to an...

PHILADELPHIA -- Junior Caminero feared the worst when a 98 mph sinker that didn’t sink struck him in the left hand in the All-Star Game.For the Tampa Bay Rays slugging third baseman, Caminero considered himself fortunate the hit-by-pitch was more a scare than a...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Kylian Mbappé saw it for himself on the field: France simply didn’t play well enough to reach a third consecutive World Cup final.The France striker will have to settle for a third-place match and the continuing chase for another Golden Boot award...

LAS VEGAS -- Hilton Grand Vacations has fired an employee who sent a racial slur via social media to Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray following the team’s 109-75 loss to the Indiana Fever on Sunday.The 33-year-old Gray posted the message she received that included a...

PHILADELPHIA -- Dylan Cease started a parade of pitchers that shut down a slew of baseball's best batters in a display of the pitching dominance that rules the sport.“I thought before the game about starting with a changeup and I thought it would be funny," he said.He...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mikel Oyarzabal scored from the penalty spot after a heady play by teenager Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro added another goal and Spain advanced to its first World Cup final since winning in 2010 with a 2-0 victory over France on Tuesday. A day after...

ATLANTA -- It's England vs. Argentina in the World Cup semifinals. It's also Lionel Messi vs. Jude Bellingham. The battle of the two No. 10s could be pivotal to deciding Wednesday's match in Atlanta. “We know how good Messi is,” England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford said...

PHILADELPHIA -- Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will be a designated hitter at a minimum for this weekend's series at the New York Yankees after having fluid drained from his left knee.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Ohtani had the procedure to...

PHILADELPHIA -- Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will be a designated hitter at a minimum for this weekend's series at the New York Yankees after having fluid drained from his left knee.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Ohtani had the procedure to...

SOUTHPORT, England -- Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are both chasing a second claret jug at the British Open this week.The world’s top two golfers are unmoved about what that would mean for their legacies.“I’ll be long gone. I’ll be dead,” McIlroy said Tuesday...

SOUTHPORT, England -- Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are both chasing a second claret jug at the British Open this week.The world’s top two golfers are unmoved about what that would mean for their legacies.“I’ll be long gone. I’ll be dead,” McIlroy said Tuesday...

PARKER, Colo. -- The U.S. Center for SafeSport hired a former police officer a year after she quit the force while subject of a malicious prosecution lawsuit that resulted in a $24 million verdict against her department.The case alleged that detective Shannon...