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NEW YORK — Aaron Rodgers will be facing a familiar opponent, albeit in a different uniform and in a new location. Rodgers and the New York Jets will kick off this year’s slate of games in London, when they are the visiting team against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 6...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Caitlin Clark struggled early in her WNBA debut before finishing with 20 points and 10 turnovers as the Indiana Fever fell to the Connecticut Sun 92-71 on Tuesday night. Alyssa Thomas led the Sun with 13 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, registering the 12th triple-double of...

GENEVA — FIFA moved Wednesday toward ending decades of soccer tradition by ordering a review of its policy that currently blocks domestic league games being played in other countries. Fans are likely to object to their teams’ home matches potentially being moved thousands of miles away, though it has become...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 17-19) and Toledo (Tigers) were rained out. The game will be made up as apart of a doubleheader Thursday. Next: Wednesday vs. Toledo (Tigers), 1:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 8-26) gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose 2-1 to Akron (Guardians). RHP Braxton Ashcraft...

When Quinn Priester was asked Tuesday night about the lack of run support from his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates, he was decisive with his answer. “I’m focusing on what I’m doing to help the team,” he said on the SportsNet Pittsburgh postgame show. “Certainly, when we score some runs, I’ll get...

It’s the day track and field athletics have had circled all season. The WPIAL track and field championships begins 11 a.m. Wednesday at Slippery Rock. Athletes will try to become the best in the district and earn a spot in the PIAA championships, which are May 24 and 25 at...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Longtime basketball radio analyst Doug Gottlieb will make his college head coaching debut next season at Green Bay. Green Bay announced Tuesday that Gottlieb will take over for Sundance Wicks, who left the Phoenix after one year to take over Wyoming’s program. Green Bay went 18-14...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the covid-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. The three-time Super Bowl champion delivered the roughly 20-minute address Saturday at the Catholic private liberal...

DENVER — The nameplate above the locker for Valeri Nichushkin already has been removed at the Colorado Avalanche’s practice facility. It could be just for now — or possibly for good. For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs with Nichushkin, one...

Veteran first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who is hitting .178 with a .486 OPS, was not in the starting lineup Tuesday night in Milwaukee, but Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said he wants to continue to give him an opportunity to end his season-long slump. “We need a full lineup to...

Following in the footsteps of the Super Bowl, combine and first day of the draft, the annual schedule release has become a tent-pole event for the NFL. What once took place in April during the run-up to the draft, the schedule release keeps getting pushed back deeper into May. After...

Duquesne’s Atlantic 10 men’s basketball championship trophy is going on tour. The athletic department announced Tuesday where the trophy will be on display at various sites throughout the region. The 2023-2024 Dukes and coach Keith Dambrot claimed the trophy in March by winning four games in four days at the...

A new challenge awaits long-time women’s basketball coach and Seton LaSalle graduate Kathy McConnell-Miller after she was named Tuesday head coach at Carnegie Mellon. Her ties to women’s basketball in western Pennsylvania and around the nation go all the way back to high school when she helped Seton LaSalle win...

The countdown is on for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500, when a field of 33 cars will cross the famed yard of bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Memorial Day weekend for what is regarded as “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Josef Newgarden is the defending champion after...

TAMPA, Fla. — Ester Alencar plays quarterback for the Brazilian women’s flag football national team and coaches QBs on the men’s squad. Southeastern University defensive coordinator William Henry wrote 383 letters to colleges and NFL teams trying to get his foot in the door. Candice Davis-Price won a gold medal...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce after seven years of marriage, according to court records in Palm Beach County, Florida, a stunning development going into the PGA Championship. McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll, had a storybook meeting during the Ryder Cup in 2012, began dating two...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At first glance, it’s easy to pick out the most unlikely entrant in golf’s second major of the year. He’s a 61-year-old club pro out of Oklahoma named Tracy Phillips. A deeper look at Phillips’ pedigree suggests the only fluke about the 5-foot-4 golf instructor teeing it...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — David Puig knew what he was signing up for when the Spaniard left Arizona State to join Saudi-funded LIV Golf, even if it really wasn’t entirely about the money for him. The guarantee that LIV offered Puig was not so much a rich bonus — he played...

There was plenty of excitement generated by Paul Skenes’ debut Saturday night at PNC Park. Unfortunately, the bullpen folly of that 10-9 win for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the four losses in five games to close out their recent homestand drummed up some agitation within the fanbase and some grumbling...