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Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker out for the season after left knee surgery
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (131+ words) The team expects him to return in time for the start of spring training next year. Dr. Tim McAdams and Dr. Mike Freehill performed the debridement procedure of Rooker’s articular cartilage tear at Stanford Orthopedic Hospital in Redwood City and…...
Messi scores 20th World Cup goal, extends streak to 8 games and takes Golden Boot lead
2+ week, 1+ day ago (460+ words) Messi’s goal in the 29th minute was the 20th of his World Cup career, extending his record and moving him two ahead of France’s Kylian Mbappé on the all-time list. It was the opener of what became a wild night, with Argentina…...
Copper scores 23 of her 30 points in the 1st half as the Mercury race past the Storm, 90-67
2+ week, 2+ day ago (159+ words) Copper was 9 of 12 from the field in the first half to help Phoenix (8-13) build a 55-36 lead. Copper scored her first points of the second half with 8:39 left for a 75-60 lead. She finished 12 of 21 from the field. Lexi Held had 17 points…...
Athletics slugger Brent Rooker to have season-ending knee surgery
2+ week, 3+ day ago (198+ words) “This is a big blow,” manager Mark Kotsay said Wednesday before the A’s played the Los Angeles Dodgers. “It’s a middle-of-the-order bat. It’s a guy that produced for us offensively for the last three seasons with 30-plus homers. There’s not one…...
Justin Foscue rebounds from causing blooper with star SS Corey Seager with 1st homer for Rangers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) Foscue, a first-round draft pick by the Rangers in 2020, hit his first career homer Saturday night in the Rangers’ 6-0 victory that snapped the Chicago Cubs’ 10-game winning streak. “It was a big relief for me,” he said. “It is the…...
Cubs reinstate RHP Ethan Roberts from IL while Hunter Harvey has setback in his recovery
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (172+ words) Roberts returned after being out since April 13 because of a cut on his right middle finger. To make room on the active roster, right-hander Gavin Hollowell was optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Counsel said Hunter during a bullpen session Thursday experienced…...
Rangers OF Wyatt Langford put on 10-day IL because of flexor strain in forearm
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (184+ words) Manager Skip Schumaker said before Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburgh that the Rangers don’t expect Langford, who had an MRI earlier in the day, to miss any more time than the 10-day IL period. Langford exited Tuesday night’s 5-1 win over…...
Roger Penske’s Texas-sized ‘playground’ in Jerry Jones’ neighborhood is IndyCar’s new street course
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (526+ words) IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden answers questions during a media session inside ATT Stadium, Friday, March 13, in advance of the Grand Prix of Arlington on a temporary street course outside the stadium, which is also being prepared for hosting nine World…...