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Mariners reliever Gabe Speier suspended for three games

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners reliever Gabe Speier was given a three-game suspension Thursday after hitting Detroit's Gleyber Torres with a pitch in the eighth inning of Wednesday night's game. Speier is appealing the ban, according to the MLB Players Association. Additionally, ...

White pushing for starting LB role with Lions

ALLEN PARK, MI (AP) — Devin White finished last season as the NFL's third-leading tackler. He's still no lock for a starting job with his new team. The 28-year-old White had a career-high 174 tackles — a franchise record — for the Las Vegas Raiders last season. A free agent after ...

Lions are NFL’s ‘worst to first’ favorite

Going from last place to first in the division is far from an oddity in the NFL. With last-place teams getting advantages like favorable schedules and higher draft picks, there have been 27 teams since the 2002 realignment that followed up a last-place finish with a division title the ...

Red Sox, Phillies, Padres are biggest buyers at the buzzer

The Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies took big swings Monday ahead of baseball's trade deadline, with the Red Sox adding three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman a few hours after the Phillies picked up three-time batting champion Luis Arraez. The pair of aggressive moves ...

Tigers face difficult challenge after trading Skubal to Dodgers

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Detroit Tigers said their goodbyes to ace Tarik Skubal and now must turn their focus to an uncertain final two months of the season as they try to make a playoff push without their best player. The Tigers traded the two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award ...