4:25 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — First baseman/outfielder Tyler Austin has been traded to the San Francisco Giants from the Minnesota Twins for minor league outfielder Malique Ziegler. The 27-year-old Austin played in two games for the Twins after making the team out of spring training. He will be added to the 25-man
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4:53 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Englishman Justin Rose moved ahead of Dustin Johnson for No. 1 in the world on Sunday night, but that might not necessarily be a good thing heading into Masters week. Since the inception of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986, there have been only four instances — accomplished
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4:19 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs ace Jon Lester left the team’s home opener in the third inning due to hamstring tightness, while Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jameson Taillon took a liner off his head. While warming up before the top of the third, Lester grabbed his left hamstring. He then faced two batters, allowing
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3:28 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals re-signed defensive tackle Rodney Gunter to a one-year contract on Monday. Gunter decided to return to Arizona after making a free-agent visit with the Green Bay Packers last week. The Cardinals also signed offensive linemen Andrew Lauderdale (Arizona Hotshots) and Jeremiah Poutasi (Salt Lake City Stallions), who had both
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2:14 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill will lead the U.S. at the men’s world hockey championship next month in Slovakia. USA Hockey announced Monday that Blashill would be back to coach the team for a third straight year. The Americans finished third last year and fifth
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2:48 PM ET Utah Jazz guard Kyle Korver, in a first-person piece published Monday on The Players’ Tribune, reflected on race relations in America and pondered his position as a white man playing in the NBA. In the piece titled “Privileged,” Korver touched on a variety of race-related topics and shared his own experiences, citing
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