Month: July 2022

By The Associated Press The Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Kyle Isbel, MJ

By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers The Columbus Blue Jackets landed the biggest prize on the opening day of NHL free agency by signing Johnny Gaudreau to a $68.25 million seven-year contract. The signing came a day after Johnny “Hockey” rejected an eight-year contract to stay in Calgary. Gaudreau’s signing highlighted a

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout is still expected to play in next week’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium despite dealing with upper back spasms. The Los Angeles Angels superstar wasn’t in the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the Houston Astros and could miss at least the next two

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mariners rookie Julio Rodríguez will compete in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium next Monday. Rodríguez will be the 14th rookie to particpate, and only two of those have won outright: Pete Alonso in 2019 and Aaron Judge in 2017. Alonso is the two-time defending champion and leads the eight-person

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired defenseman Brent Burns from San Jose and winger Max Pacioretty from Vegas. The team hopes those additions will help them make a deeper postseason push. The Hurricanes sent forward Steven Lorentz, a goaltender prospect and conditional third-round draft pick to

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Crawford hit a game-ending RBI single and the San Francisco Giants rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3. Wilmer Flores tied the game in the eighth with a pinch-hit homer. Belt started San Francisco’s rally with a solo homer in

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — N’Keal Harry is getting the new beginning to his NFL career that he was looking for a year ago. The Patriots traded the 2019 first-round pick to Chicago for a seventh-round pick in 2024. It ends a tenure in New England that never really got

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland right-hander Aaron Civale was removed from a game against the Chicago White Sox after one inning with a sore right wrist. Civale allowed two hits and threw 20 pitches in the scoreless inning. Yoán Moncada and Eloy Jiménez were retired on fly balls that were caught on the warning track in

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A defendant in a Mississippi welfare fraud case said in a court document she directed $1.1 million in welfare money to former NFL star Brett Favre at the direction of former Gov. Phil Bryant. Mississippi news outlets report that the accusation, which Bryant denies, is in a filing on behalf of

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Francisco Lindor led New York’s power game with a three-run homer, Chris Bassitt threw six strong innings and the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3. The NL East-leading Mets won two of three in the series and lead the second-place Braves by 2 1/2 games. Eduardo

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew