11:31 PM ET Associated Press The Vancouver Whitecaps will be investigated for allegations dating back to 2010. Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports A group of former players for the Vancouver Whitecaps women’s team says it welcomes Major League Soccer’s investigation into how the club handled allegations of abuse, and wants the findings to be made public. The
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7:41 PM ET The Professional Referee Organization (PRO), which handles the assigning and training of referees in various North American leagues, admitted on Monday that the Video Assistant Referee handling Sunday’s match between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City made a critical error — a decision that effected the MLS playoff race. In the
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8:41 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Speedway Motorsports has reached an agreement to acquire Dover Motorsports, ending the Delaware NASCAR track’s run as one of the last independent operators in the sport. Dover Motorsports owned both Dover International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Dover ran its first Cup race in 1969
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5:05 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Three-time Paralympic wheelchair tennis champion medalist Nick Taylor has announced his retirement. Taylor, an American who turns 42 this week, won 11 Grand Slam doubles titles with David Wagner — seven at the US Open and four at the Australian Open. At the Paralympic Games, they won
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4:46 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots rookie quarterback Mac Jones said he wasn’t trying to injure Carolina Panthers defensive end Brian Burns on a play Sunday that one of Burns’ teammates called “completely dirty.” The play came near the end of the first quarter in the Patriots’ 24-6 win, when Jones was
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11:57 AM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Former San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler was hired Monday as bench coach of the Minnesota Twins, who also picked David Popkins as their new hitting coach. Tingler went 116-106 over two seasons with the Padres, who made the playoffs in 2020 but collapsed down the stretch this
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4:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former New York Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano, who pitched so often he earned the nickname Perpetual Pedro, has died. He was 45. Friends and former teammates told the Mets that Feliciano was found dead in his sleep Monday at home in Puerto Rico. The left-hander led the
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