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Home stretch arrives for MLB’s regular season

There's a wide divide in finances between Major League Baseball's big-market and small-market teams. As for the win column? Not so much. The 2025 season has produced a surprising show of parity through the first five months of the regular season. While most of the league's big spenders — ...

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Carter awaits discipline NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL made it clear before the season that sportsmanship would be a point of emphasis. Jalen Carter provided the first example of misconduct. Now, he awaits discipline from the league. A fine is expected and even a suspension is a possibility, ...

Anisimova to face defending champion Sabalenka in US Open women’s final

NEW YORK (AP) — It is impossible to look ahead to Amanda Anisimova's U.S. Open final against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka today without viewing it through the prism of what happened less than two months ago at the last Grand Slam tournament, Wimbledon. Impossible for Anisimova. ...

Cubs rookie doesn’t mind early hook, even with a no-hitter going

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs rookie starter Cade Horton has been almost unhittable since the All-Star break. In fact, for the first five innings against Atlanta on Wednesday night, the 24-year-old right-hander didn't allow any hits at all to the Braves. But then came manager Craig ...

World Cup tickets could fluctuate with dynamic pricing

MIAMI (AP) — Ticket prices for next year's World Cup will range initially from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final, but could change as soccer's top event adopts dynamic pricing for the first time. The prices are up from a range of $25 to $475 for the 1994 tournament in the ...