Red Sox sign Brewers star Jake Bauers
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BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox signed Jake Bauers to a four-year, $58 million deal Friday that rewards the first baseman for his 2026 breakout season that included being named MVP of the National League Championship Series.
The signing was reported by ESPN and others. Bauers never had more than 372 at-bats and never hit more than 12 homers in his first six seasons and considered retiring before emerging as a power threat to help lead the Milwaukee Brewers to the World Series title.
Bauers set career highs with a .266 batting average, .874 OPS, 26 home runs and 86 RBIs.
US women crush Denmark
HERNING, Denmark -- Defending champion the United States marched into the semifinals of the women's ice hockey world championship in crushing host Denmark 14-0 on Friday.
The U.S. stormed the ice from the start, jumping 5-0 up 7:54 into the game. It was 10-0 before the end of the middle period in the inaugural matchup between the teams.
The U.S. will play Finland in Sunday's semifinals.
Taylor Fox set the pace by skating to the slot to score the opener 57 seconds in. Fox had a four-point game with three assists.
Caroline Harvey and Haley Winn finished with a couple of goals and three assists, Kelly Pannek scored twice and registered two assists, Hannah Bilka had a goal and two assists, Casey O'Brien, Grace Zumwinkle, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra scored one with one assist each and Alex Carpenter and Jesse Compher netted one apiece for the high scoring U.S. team.
Gwyneth Philips made eight saves for the shutout.
Suspension for tragic death
MADRID -- Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono has been suspended for 12 games after he received a red card for a reckless on-field collision with Jesus de Miguel that resulted in the death of the Tenerife striker.
The Spanish soccer federation's disciplinary committee issued the suspension for Owono on Friday, 10 days after De Miguel died a day after his clash with Owono. The disciplinary committee said that Owono used "excessive force" while when he collided with De Miguel.
De Miguel was chasing a high ball in midfield when he was struck in the chest by Owono near the end of the Nov. 2 match in Tenerife. The 30-year-old De Miguel suffered cardiac arrest following the collision.
Gauff wraps up 2026 season
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Coco Gauff came agonizingly close to extending her stellar season at the WTA Finals.
If not for the vagaries of the event's convoluted round-robin play, one of the game's brightest stars would be still be around for the final weekend of the $10 million event.
In her fifth consecutive Finals appearance, Gauff won two of her three matches, as did Linda Noskova and Jessica Pegula. However, she narrowly missed out on making the semifinals based on set-percentage tiebreakers. She won one fewer set than Pegula, so Pegula advanced.
The other scenario in which Gauff could have moved on was out of her control. Wimbledon champion Noskova lost to Pegula after holding a match point, and that meant Gauff was eliminated from the event she won in 2024.
She rallied to win the last six games and beat Marta Kostyuk on Thursday in her final official match of the year.
Gauff took home $680,000. She finished the year with a 49-16 match record, including a title in Cincinnati (beating Pegula). She reached finals in Miami and Rome and semifinals in Dubai and Toronto. Her season prize money totaled just over $7 million.
At the Grand Slam events, where it matters to the top players, Gauff was 16-4. She reached the semis at Wimbledon for the first time and the same stage at the U.S. Open.