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Blake Snell to make season debut for Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — Blake Snell will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of National League division leaders. The two-time Cy Young Award winner is set to rejoin the rotation sooner than anticipated after teammate Tyler Glasnow left a start early this week because of back trouble. Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with low back spasms, and Los Angeles recalled right-hander Paul Gervase from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Snell missed most of the 2025 regular season because of a lingering shoulder injury, making ...

Injuries pile up ahead of World Cup

Kylian Mbappé is sidelined with a hamstring injury. Lamine Yamal is out for the rest of the season and so is Brazil star Estêvão. There was also a scare when Mohamed Salah hurt his hamstring recently. Injuries to some of soccer's biggest names are mounting ahead of the World Cup which starts in five weeks. Mbappé is expected to play again for Real Madrid this month and there is no suggestion his issue will rule him out of the World Cup. But every setback to France's best player will be of concern to the national team. Barcelona's teenage sensation Yamal — recuperating from a ...

Scary collision at Yankees game

NEW YORK — Jasson Dominnguez is headed to the injured list yet again after spraining a shoulder when he crashed into Yankee Stadium’s outfield wall, opening a path for heralded prospect Spencer Jones to make his major league debut. Dominguez was hurt eight pitches into Thursday’s 9-2 ...

Big Ten reports $1.5B in revenue

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten joined the Southeastern Conference in crossing the $1 billion mark in total revenue for the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a significant uptick in payouts to its member schools. The league reported roughly $1.47 billion in total revenue in its federal tax filing for the term running from July 2024 to June 2025, which covered the first year of westward expansion that brought in UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon from the Pac-12. That was up from the previous total of roughly $928.1 million in 2023-24, an increase of roughly 58%. And for schools, that meant a ...

2026 Steelers schedule to be released on Thursday

PITTSBURGH — The NFL will release its complete regular-season schedule at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The Steelers’ complete schedule will be released on all of the Steelers’ digital and social platforms. In addition, the NFL will host a 2026 NFL Schedule Release Show, which will be simulcast ...

Formula 1 leaders agree to make engine design changes

PARIS — Formula 1 leaders have agreed to an engine design change for 2027 that will slightly increase internal combustion output. F1 started the year with big changes including a 50-50 split in power between a traditional engine and the onboard battery pack, but driver criticism was ...