Terry Francona and the Cincinnati Reds closed out the first half of the 2025 MLB season on July 13 by making history. With the Reds’ 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Francona earned his 2,000th career win. Francona becomes the 13th manager in MLB history to achieve the mark. The victory improved Cincinnati’s ...
The Washington Nationals will have its choice of any draft-eligible player available when the 2025 MLB Draft gets underway on Sunday, July 13. The Nationals, who won the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery at the Winter Meetings last December, could select LSU ace Kade Anderson, who vaulted into the top pick conversation after a dominant showing at the ...
PHOENIX – The Witherspoon twins, with their older sister and younger brother, moved all across Jacksonville, Florida, from apartments to townhouses to rental homes back to apartments, changing addresses 10 times in all, with their single mother working 75-hour workweek to make sure bills were paid. The kids never had Jordans or fancy clothes, and a night on the town ...
The NFL Players Association executive committee expressed its support for executive director Lloyd Howell in a letter sent to the full player membership on Sunday, July 13. In a memo obtained by USA TODAY Sports, the NFLPA’s Executive Committee denied asking Howell to step down and called out attempts to divide the association’s members. ‘As members of the NFLPA Executive ...
It’s almost time for players to report to training camp. Rookies report to training camp this week for several teams. Los Angeles Chargers veterans report to camp July 16 and Detroit Lions veterans are scheduled to show up July 19 because they have a date in the Hall of Fame Game. All other clubs report to training camp the following ...
American Chris Gotterup withstood a challenge from Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and England’s Marco Penge to win the Genesis Scottish Open by two strokes in the leadup to next week’s British Open. Gotterup, who began the final round tied with McIlroy at 9 under par for the tournament, shot a 4-under 66 at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, ...
Round one of Caitlin Clark vs. Paige Bueckers goes to Clark. Behind a strong second quarter, Clark and the Indiana Fever earned a blowout 102-83 win over Bueckers and the Dallas Wings on July 13 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Fever outscored the Wings 36-15 in the second quarter to lead by 22 at halftime. Clark scored 14 points ...
The women of WWE are ready to take center stage. For the first time in seven years, Evolution will take place as WWE holds an event dedicated to its stacked women’s division. It’ll be a bigger card than a typical WWE event with seven matches scheduled to take place. The top prizes in the division — the WWE Women’s Championship, ...
ATLANTA – It can be a dizzying climb: Star amateur player to draft day to prospect list and, just like that, the major leagues. For the dozens of participants in Major League Baseball’s Futures Game, a weekend spent immersed with fellow elite prospects can offer a moment’s perspective on how far they’ve come. Yet for those who have climbed to ...
Jim Abbott is 57 years old now and hasn’t thrown a pitch in a quarter-century, but on this day his voice slightly quivers, realizing the impact he has made in not only baseball, but this world. Once Abbott’s documentary ‘Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott’ hits the airwaves at 9 p.m. ET, Sunday, July 13 on ESPN, there ...