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Chicago Blackhawks give Bedard huge five-year contract

CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard has agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract, completing a major offseason goal for the team. The rebuilding Blackhawks announced the move on Saturday. There is a full no-movement clause in the final year of the deal. Bedard, who turned 21 ...

Conor McGregor did tear up knee

LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor confirmed he suffered a torn right ACL in his shortened UFC 329 fight against Max Holloway. McGregor said he also suffered meniscus damage in the fight on July 11 that lasted 1:09, comparing it to an injury he suffered in the opposite leg against Holloway in ...

Knee problem forces Shohei Ohtani to just be DH for Dodgers

NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani won’t make his next scheduled start on the mound because of left knee irritation and isn’t expected back in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation for a while. The two-way superstar received a lubricant injection in the knee just before the All-Star break last week ...

Pogacar still has overall Tour de France lead

PLATEAU DE SOLAISON, France — Remco Evenepoel held off Tadej Pogacar and his teammate Isaac Del Toro to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France. Meanwhile, Pogacar kept his commanding overall lead and saw his main rival Jonas Vingegaard crash out of the race. Vingegaard fell about 20 ...

Rose, Fitzpatrick among cuts at British Open

SOUTHPORT, England — Justin Rose could feel the warmth and adulation as he walked up the 18th hole Friday in the British Open. He just wishes he could have changed the day of the week. Rose had left himself too big of a hole and didn’t make nearly enough putts to make the cut at Royal Birkdale. He closed with a 2-under 68 — he shot 76 in the first round — and his exit was more ceremonial than it was a celebration. “I was trying to get out of my own head at that point and just enjoy the glorious walk that an Open Championship 18th hole is,” Rose said. He knows from ...

Trump, Infantino praise World Cup

NEW YORK — FIFA President Gianni Infantino deemed the World Cup a success on Friday, again lauding President Donald Trump for his role in the event and saying the tournament achieved its mission of uniting people from all corners of the globe. Infantino pointed to many numbers — sold-out ...