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Nola bests Ohtani and Dodgers, Phillies sweep to distance themselves from rest of NL originally appeared on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaAaron Nola ended his first half with a flourish, stifling a powerful Dodgers lineup in one of his most impressive starts of the season to help the Phillies finish a sweep over the National League team closest to them in the standings.Nola struck out nine over six innings, including the murderer’s row of Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman in order in the fifth after allowing his only run of the night on a CBP special to Gavin Lux that…
DETROIT — — Riley Greene drove in three runs on three hits and Jack Flaherty pitched six strong innings, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians 10-1 on Thursday to win their four-game series. Cleveland’s Bo Naylor homered in the third and Carson Kelly countered with his seventh of the season in the bottom of the inning, restoring Detroit’s three-run lead before the game turned into a rout. Greene’s two-run double in the fourth put the Tigers ahead 6-1, and Gio Urshela’s three-run double gave them a 10-1 lead in the sixth inning. Detroit is 6-1 in…
Image source, Egyptian Cycling Federation Image caption, Shahd Saeed (2nd right) with other members of Egypt’s Olympic cycling teamArticle informationAuthor, Wael HusseinRole, BBC NewsReporting from Cairo11 July 2024With just two weeks to go until the Paris 2024 Olympics begin, many Egyptians are debating the decision to select as a competitor a cyclist who collided with a rival team-mate who was knocked into a cement barrier.In April, cyclist Ganna Eliwa, 19, was left concussed and with a broken right collarbone and severe cuts and bruises to the right-hand side of her body, according to a medical report, after she was pushed…
By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff Spain defender Marc Cucurella has spoken out about the controversial incident against Germany where the ball hit his hand in the box and the referee didn’t award a penalty. Germany’s players screamed for a penalty in extra time of their Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain when Jamal Musiala’s finish hit the arm of Spain defender Marc Cururella inside the box.Their protests were waved away by the referee, however, and Spain eventually won the game 2-1 thanks to a late winner from Mikel Merino.At a press conference on Sunday, Cururella gave his side of the incident, telling reporters:“The ball…
The Bloomingdales have made attending opening day at the track a multi-generational tradition, even as Scott Bloomingdale has lived in Florida for around a decade.His son Nick said he always comes up to keep up the tradition. It’s also tradition that has included Nick’s son Connor for the last three years.“I used to come up with my mother,” said Scott Bloomingdale.Nick Bloomingdale said he loves getting to spend the time together and Connor is always happy.Connor spent the day trying to help his dad and grandpa pick winning horses while playing with his own stuffed horse, who he named Mr.…
Following the opening games of the Test action in the southern hemisphere, Wallabies great David Campese gives us his learnings from the international arena. Speaking to Planet Rugby’s James While, Campese looks over the Springboks v Ireland, All Blacks v England and Wallabies v Wales openers and also this week’s rematches. Green envy “There’s a lot of noise in the press this week about the perceived unfairness of the Springboks and their bench tactics. 6/2, 7/1 or whatever, they’re unloading their replacements to devastating effect as we saw on Saturday,” said Campese. “The Bok starting front-row were under pressure as…
Australian Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins recently posed with popular Formula One racer Oscar Piastri. Cummins was last seen on the field during the 2024 T20 World Cup in June when his side crashed out of the tournament in the Super 8 stage without reaching the semi-finals. Both Cummins and Piastri have been spotted together multiple times over the past few years and share a mutual admiration for each other’s sports. Oscar Piastri took to his official X handle and shared a picture to give fans a glimpse of his latest meeting with Pat Cummins. He captioned: “Bowling royalty…
Paddy Pimblett has revealed his fight at UFC 304 in Manchester is the final bout on his current UFC contract.The Liverpudlian is one of the biggest British stars in the promotion and has become a big name in the US.Pimblett, 29, fights Bobby Green on 27 July in Manchester and the lightweight says he intends to stay with the UFC.”I wouldn’t want to go to a different organization,” Pimblett told MMA Junkie., external”UFC is the cream of the crop. It’s the main place. When you say to people, ‘I do MMA’. Most of them go, ‘What’s that?’ You say, ‘UFC’.…
What rivalry? Angel Reese is excited to team up with her so-called nemesis Caitlin Clark at this year’s WNBA All-Star game.In a little over a week, the 22-year-old basketball stars will play on the same team for the very first time in Phoeniz, Arizona. After being left off this year’s Olympic roster, the rookies will get to face off against Team USA as part of this year’s All-Star Team, which is partially determined by WNBA viewers. While Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark earned the most fan votes of any player with 700,733 votes, Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese earned 381,518 votes of…
Hollister-based Bulldog Boxing will take over Bolado Park on July 13 for the Summer Punch-Out, a follow-up to last year’s” We Are Back” tournament. At press time, there are 25 scheduled bouts—at least seven with Bulldog fighters—with contestants from Nevada, Utah, and all regions of California.“We are going to put on a show for our kids,” Bulldog owner Zeke Lopez said. “And it is a great way to pay back all of our supporters in the community for everything they do for us.”The lack of a local boxing scene means the Bulldogs are on the road for much of the…