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Cooper Flagg selected 1st overall by Mavericks in 2025 NBA Draft

The Dallas Mavericks selected Duke phenom Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night.The announcement ended a months-long buildup for the 18-year-old Flagg, who had long been projected as the top ...
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2025 NBA draft tracker: list of first-round picks

The players selected in the first round of the NBA draft Wednesday night in New York: ___ Scouting report: Only the fourth freshman named Associated Press men’s national player of the year. Led Final Four team in scoring (19.2), rebounding (7.5), ...
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Journey man: Mets pitcher Jonathan Pintaro takes improbable path to majors

NEW YORK (AP) — Some players take unusual paths to the big leagues. And then there is the journey of Jonathan Pintaro. Undrafted from a Division II college in Georgia, he spent two seasons in the MLB Draft League for ...
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Ronald Acuña Jr. of host Braves to compete in Home Run Derby on July 14 at Atlanta’s Truist Park

NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Braves was announced Wednesday as the first of the eight hitters who will compete in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Atlanta’s Truist Park on July 14. Acuña, who homered ...
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in ESPN interview, says league taking serious look at Achilles tears

The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night. The league had seven known ...
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Report: Utah Jazz F John Collins picks up $26.58M player option

Utah Jazz power forward John Collins has exercised his $26.58 million player option for next season, ESPN reported on Wednesday afternoon.Collins, 27, had signed a five-year, $125 million contract in August 2021 while with the Atlanta Hawks. In July ...
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Brewers’ Misiorowski continues history-making start to his career by outperforming Pirates’ Skenes

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski made an extra effort to avoid getting caught up in all the hype surrounding the rookie flamethrower’s highly anticipated matchup with Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes. “It was just one of those things that you wanted ...
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Reilly Smith agrees to 1-year extension with Golden Knights

Reilly Smith, one of the original members of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights in 2017, signed a one-year, $2 million extension with the club on Wednesday that includes a no-trade clause.The 34-year-old winger — who joined Vegas after splitting ...
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Report: Pac-12 expected to formally invite Texas State as member

The Pac-12 is continuing to rebuild its membership with its newest member expected to be Texas State, according to ESPN.Per ESPN, Texas State officials have informed the Sun Belt Conference that the university is expecting an offer from the ...
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Brewers’ Misiorowski and Pirates’ Skenes set new standards for velocity in Milwaukee’s 4-2 win

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski and Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes didn’t need to throw as many as 80 pitches to set new standards for velocity on Wednesday in the first matchup between these 23-year-old flamethrowers. Misiorowski struck out eight and ...
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NBA players seem to tear their Achilles more frequently nowadays. Why is that?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Durant and Tyrese Haliburton entered their respective NBA Finals elimination games with strained right calves. Each wound up leaving early with torn right Achilles tendons. Durant, a perennial All-Star and the league’s 2014 MVP, missed the whole ...
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Diamondbacks place infielder Ildemaro Vargas (foot) on 10-day IL

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ list of injured players this season grew longer with the placement of infielder Ildemaro Vargas on the 10-day IL on Wednesday because of a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot.Vargas was hit on the foot ...
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