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For the second time in three years, the Cleveland Guardians are American League Central champions. The Guardians clinched the division title Saturday by virtue of the Royals’ 9-0 loss to the Giants. It was the Royals’ sixth straight loss. Cleveland locked up a postseason berth on Thursday. Now the Guardians have clinched the AL Central. “Right […]

In the latest positional breakout from our recently published top 100 NBA players, we’re going to be looking at the top 10 guards as ranked by our panel of 10 NBA analysts. Reminder: This is a projection for the 2024-25 season. There’s some educated guesswork here.  As far as the positional designations, it’s fair to […]

Getty Images The Houston Texans will be without running back Joe Mixon for their Week 3 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings due to an ankle injury he suffered on an illegal hip-drop tackle delivered by Chicago Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards during Houston’s Week 2 victory. Edwards was not penalized for the now-illegal tackle when it happened, […]

La Liga’s big game of the weekend is Barcelona’s trip to face Villarreal on Sunday at Estadio de la Ceramica. The Yellow Submarine finished eighth last season and off the pace that they had set in previous years with two fifth and two seventh-placed finishes. One of four sides unbeaten and within four points of […]

For almost the entirety of the build to Saturday’s IBF heavyweight title bout in London, the narrative of the fight surrounded just how rejuvenated and dangerous former unified champion Anthony Joshua appeared to be at age 34 following three knockout wins in 13 months.  It never seemed to matter much that Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 […]

Getty Images Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the charter member of a new power/speed club. One day after joining Vince Coleman and Rickey Henderson as the only players to steal 100 bases in their first two seasons, De La Cruz slugged his 25th home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday (GameTracker), […]

Joel Embiid has signed a contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers, the team announced Friday. It’s a three-year max deal worth $193 million, as confirmed by CBS Sports NBA insider Bill Reiter. Embiid himself announced the deal in an Instagram post. “Philadelphia is home,” he wrote. “I want to be here for the rest of my […]

Getty Images Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase did not receive the long-term lucrative extension he was after this offseason, and now, he finds his wallet a bit lighter due to his outburst during the Week 2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.  According to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones, Chase has been […]

Juventus meet Napoli on Saturday for a key match in the race for the Scudetto after the two teams had a solid start to the new season under new coaches Thiago Motta and Antonio Conte. The Azzurri started off the season with a 3-0 defeat against Verona, but then were able to win three games […]

Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua will tangle on Saturday in London for the IBF heavyweight championship in a scheduled 12-round bout. The main Joshua vs. Dubois fight card at Wembley Stadium is scheduled to start around 11 a.m. ET, with Joshua and Dubois making the ring walk several hours later. This will be the first meeting […]