KingGreen learned a humbling lesson after issuing an open challengeto boxers.

Green recently made headlines by picking apart professional boxerBang Williams in boxing sparring. Williams trains under formerfour-division world champion Adrien Broner, who was also inattendance as the veteran UFC fighter trash-talked and repeatedlystung his pupil.
Green subsequently issued an open challenge to all professionalboxers. The Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight soon met his matchin WBO interim super lightweight champion Arnold Barboza Jr., whopieced up Green, albeit they ended without any bad blood.

Green then admitted that Barboza showed him what real boxing lookslike. While Green went in expecting a slugfest, Barboza kept asolid guard and displayed slick footwork to pick him apart.

"I'm thinking we're going to do this certain dance," Green said onhis Instagram Stories. "And it doesn't exactly turn out the way Ithought it would. I learned today what real boxing is. In my head,I thought we'd be all guns. But Arnold came out with peekaboo,tight stuff. So, he is not open to no attacks… He showed me realboxing where he came in, gave me no way to work. He would open up,pop, pop, pop, close back up."

Riding a four-fight winning streak with three finishes in the UFC,Green (36-17) is coming off a first-round buzzer-beater stoppagewin over TerranceMcKinney.

#arnold

We have all had the similar experience over the last year. When talking about how bad things are going in this country, whether in-person or online, with either family, friends or strangers you will inevitably get hit with an excuse that begins, "But Biden …"
It seems that no matter how badly things are going, President Trump, his administration, his army of cable news talking heads, podcasters, influencers, and regular supporters have a default excuse. "But Biden," then fill in the blank is supposed to shut you up and accept that the current train wreck should be much, much worse.
It really doesn't work anymore, does it? I mean, back in January 2025 and the early part of the second Trump term, it was very much a safe way to explain why his "day one" promises didn't come to fruition right away. But inflation has gone up since the end of Biden's term. Prices have gone up, the war with Ukraine did not end, we started a whole new war with Iran that was also won on Day One (but not really), gas has skyrocketed, and the list goes on.
It is now August 2026. More than 560 days have passed since Trump took office again. He has attained more power, surrounded himself with yes-men, has a Republican House and Senate, a 6-3 tilt on the Supreme Court, and no excuse to fail. But here we are, with Trump polling in Biden territory and trying to convince Americans that things are going great. And yet, when pressed, Trump and company keep defaulting to how bad things were under Biden.
A leader takes accountability for his job and his mistakes. The effect of tariffs didn't have the impact that Trump promised, they hurt American businesses and our international trade relations. How badly? Well companies were refunded $100 billion and Trump still keeps pursuing this folly. It is hard to defend Trump as this point, but people still do so by blaming someone else.

#going

LeBron James didn't go the traditional agent route in his NBA career, and he recently explained his decision and how it worked out for him.
At 16 years of age, LeBron James was already one of the most popular athletes in the United States. It's like everyone at that time knew he was destined for greatness.
Coming into the NBA with that type of hype, James needed to ensure he made all the right decisions so he could make the most of his gifts. However, he made a decision that surprised many.
From the beginning, James skipped getting a traditional agent, and instead involved his closest friends to represent him. This paid off massively for him, and he recently explained his thought process.
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#states

The top pound-for-pound fighter in the world, welterweight champion Islam Makhachev, puts his **** le on the line in the UFC 330 main event against No. 2 ranked contender Ian Machado Garry.
It will be Makhachev's first **** le defense and heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall believes it will be one of his toughest tests to date.
"I think this is going to be Islam' toughest fight that we've seen recently," Aspinall said on his YouTube channel. "I think stylistically, Ian Garry is a pretty bad matchup for him to be honest.
"He's long, rangy, moves really well. You don't often see him getting taken down and held there. Super tall, super like elusive, elite striking, judges the distance really well. He's young, he's fresh, he's not had, you know, loads of damage or anything like that. He's not got a lot of miles on the clock."
While Garry may present unique challenges to the champion, Aspinall still predicted that Makhachev will retain his **** le at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.

#champion

Last week, the next 10 players in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2026 were revealed. It was players 40-31.
We are still waiting to see where Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride is ranked. The two Cardinals players to make the list so far are outside linebacker Josh Sweat, coming in at No. 78, and safety Budda Baker, who was No. 75.
Players 40-31, revealed last week, are as follows:
No. 40: 49ers OT Trent Williams
No. 39: Chargers QB Justin Herbert

#players #cardinals #last #josh

In this week's Injury Report, starting pitchers took some hits across baseball. The Rays lost Griffin Jax to an elbow injury. Nathan Eovaldi also went down with elbow inflammation. And Hunter Greene's season is over as he's set to undergo elbow surgery. Meanwhile, the Dodgers will welcome back Blake Snell on Tuesday against the Royals. All that and more as we highlight all of the most relevant injury news around baseball.
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This one is a tough blow to the Rays. Jax was scratched from his scheduled start on Saturday against the Mariners with right elbow soreness and placed on the 15-day injured list with elbow discomfort. The 31-year-old right-hander will get a second opinion, something that rarely foretells anything good. Jax has strived since moving from the bullpen and into the starting rotation, with a 3.16 ERA across 82 2/3 innings as a starter. Keep a lookout for an update in the coming days, but fantasy managers should probably be prepared to be without Jax the rest of the way. Michael Grove was recalled to take his spot on the active roster.
MLB Power Rankings: Slumping Dodgers fall out of No. 1 spot, Rays rolling once again
The Brewers reclaim the top spot while the Mariners and Guardians are trending in the wrong direction.

#spot

During the top of the third inning of Monday night's Royals vs. Dodgers game, the SportsNet LA broadcast flashed a leaderboard of the lowest starter ERA since the start of the 2023 season. Of the five names listed, four are currently employed by the back-to-back champs: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell and the star of this particular evening, Tarik Skubal. Some understandably pessimistic fans in western Pennsylvania surely harbor fear that the fifth figure, Paul Skenes, will end up in Dodger blue one day as well.
But if that list was a reminder — as if anybody needed another — of the preposterous talent gilding L.A.'s star-studded roster, Skubal's ordinary performance on Monday in his first home start as a Dodger emphasized that nothing in this wonky sport is preordained.
Pitching in front of a revved up, eager audience, Skubal was downright mediocre in L.A.'s 6-5 victory over the Royals.
His fastball command was, by his cathedral standards, scattershot. He struggled to locate the four-seamer consistently at and just above the top rail, right where the world-beating southpaw makes his bread. Skubal had similar issues with his sinker, a handful of which ended up catching far too much plate, including one that resulted in a first-inning RBI single from Royals first baseman Jac Caglianone.
But the hammer blow of Skubal's night came in the third, when he gifted Caglianone a hanging, piped 0-2 slider. The scalding-hot lefty didn't miss the miss, sizzling the breaker 110.8 mph into the right-field seats to give Kansas City an early 3-0 lead.

#Royals #caglianone #inning #start

Here are the results and details of every Los Angeles Dodgers game for 2026, from the beginning of the regular season through however long they last in the postseason.
For additional details on each game, click on the game scores below. That will take you to a recap of that particular game. We also have a section on the site dedicated to Dodgers scores and standings where you can also find these stories.
Here are the scores and details of every game in 2026, in reverse chronological order.
August 10: Dodgers 6, Royals 5 (71-48)
August 9: D-backs 4, Dodgers 2 (70-48)

#game #results

The Atlanta Dream edged past the Toronto Tempo 107-95 on Monday at the Gateway Center Arena, a game in which Angel Reese achieved a milestone with the Dream. However, there was another talking point after the game regarding the contact Reese made with her former LSU teammate Aneesah Morrow, as they contested for a rebound in the third quarter.
With around 3:59 left in the third quarter of the game, both Morrow and Reese attempted to grab the ball when Reese's outstretched hand grazed her ex-LSU Tigers teammate's eye. Morrow went down with her hand on her face but didn't require any medical attention and got up soon after the incident.
Playing alongside each other for one season in the SEC, Reese and Morrow provided elite rebounding and scoring for the Tigers. They even helped lead LSU deep into the SEC and an Elite Eight appearance in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
Barring this incident, it was otherwise a fantastic night for Atlanta and Angel Reese, and a much-needed win after suffering two losses in their last three games. Reese added another double-double on the night, creating franchise history in her very first season with the Atlanta Dream.
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#morrow #tigers #center

The Washington Commanders continue to churn the bottom of the roster. Over the weekend, the Commanders worked out several players and ended up signing three offensive linemen for depth. Another move Washington made over the weekend was moving fifth-year defensive tackle DJ Davidson to the reserve/retired list.
Davidson faced long odds of making Washington's 53-man roster, but it wasn't out of the question. So, the Commanders brought in several players on Monday for tryouts. There were eight players in total, and apparently Washington has made a move, signing veteran defensive tackle Byron Cowart, according to Commanders insider Ben Standig.
Cowart is a familiar name to locals, as he finished his collegiate career at the University of Maryland. A native of Seffner, Florida, Cowart was the No. 1 overall high school player in the country in the 2015 recruiting class, committing to Auburn, where he played for three seasons.
After his one year with the Terps, Cowart entered the 2019 NFL Draft, where he was a fifth-round pick of the New England Patriots. Cowart spent three seasons with the Patriots and was waived ahead of the 2022 season. He was claimed by the Indianapolis Colts, where he spent that season. In 2023, Cowart signed with the Kansas City Chiefs, but was released shortly thereafter. He quickly signed with the Houston Texans, but was again released during final cuts.
In Sept. 2023, Cowart signed with the Miami Dolphins practice squad, where he remained for that season. He signed with the Chicago Bears in 2024, where he spent that season. In 2025, Cowart was with the New York Jets, but was placed on injured reserve and later released.

#cowart #washington #signed #three

Manchester United teenager Harry Amass is tipped to leave the club before the end of the summer, as he's unlikely to be included in the first team's plans.
The young left-back made his senior debut under Ruben Amorim during the 2024/25 campaign, before spending the previous season away on loan.
In September, he joined the struggling Sheffield Wednesday. Although the Owls were on a free fall, the MUFC youth product managed to impress on an individual level, with the club's supporters voting him Player of the Month twice in a row.
Following a bittersweet experience in Sheffield, Amass was recalled to the base in January, before joining Norwich City for the second half of the campaign. But unfortunately for the youngster, his stint was swiftly wrecked by a serious injury.
This summer, Amass rejoined Michael Carrick's squad and has been collecting cameos during the pre-season friendlies.

#amass #ruben

An amateur golfer was left "frozen" and "could not stop shaking" after hitting a hole in one from 411 yards (376 metres) - a one-in-six-million chance, according to one estimate.
Matthew Vigurs, from Droitwich in Worcestershire, narrowly missed out on claiming a Guinness World Record when he sank the shot during a league match at Great Barr Golf Club in Sandwell near Birmingham.
The record sits with Robert Mitera who in 1965 at Miracle Hills Golf Course in Nebraska, USA, hit a hole in one from 447 yards (408 metres).
But despite being 36 yards (33 metres) short, 32-year-old Vigurs said: "I got married last year so obviously that's number one but this is definitely up there as a close second best moment of my life."
England Golf, the national governing body for amateur golf, believes Vigurs' achievement could be a national record, but that is yet to be confirmed.

#amateur #national #matthew

The Texas Rangers scored four runs while the Anaheim Angels scored one run in ten innings.
Despite the fact that the Angels are among the worst teams in baseball, and indeed the team currently with the worst record in the American League, the Rangers came into tonight's game winless at Angel Stadium in 2026 after getting swept by their divisional rivals up the road from Disneyland back in late May.
The Rangers only fared marginally better when last these two teams met in Arlington around a month ago with Texas claiming two of three against the Angels despite suffering a 13-1 loss to Anaheim in the middle game of the series, a game started by MacKenzie Gore.
Gore was on the hill tonight for the Rangers as they tried to inch closer to a positive record against the division's basement dwellers. Two batters into the game and it was already 1-0 Angels as Mike Trout hit his 785th career home run against Texas.
Ultimately though, that first inning solo home run amounted to the Gore Inning (TM) as Gore settled in and didn't allow another run through his 5 1/3 innings of work. The Angels did make him work a little as it took him 103 pitches to get to one out in the sixth before hitting the showers, but he finished allowing just the one run on four hits and a couple of walks with nine strikeouts.

#gore #despite #inning

Let the bidding begin.
A coveted, one-of-one autographed Cooper Flagg NBA Debut Patch card with a bounty on it appears to have been pulled.
Topps, the producer of the card, shared an image on social media Monday night of the card being pulled by a Rhode Island collectibles streamer called "RhodyBreakers."
Video of the reveal was also shared on social media.
Why does this matter? The Flagg card is one of the most anticipated in modern collectibles history — so much that Flagg's Dallas Mavericks have put a bounty on it to claim it as their own.

#Social

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer to center field in the seventh inning and Mason Miller earned his NL-leading 30th save to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
With the Padres trailing 2-1 in the seventh, Ty France singled with one out and Merrill followed with his 19th homer on an 83 mph changeup from starter Logan Henderson (6-2). Merrill has nine homers since the All-Star break.
San Diego has won 13 of its last 17 games. The Padres remained a game out of the final National League playoff spot.
Henderson had won his last six decisions over seven starts before taking the loss versus San Diego. In 6 1/3 innings, he gave up three runs and five hits while striking out seven.
San Diego reliever Yuki Matsui (3-1) got the victory, pitching a scoreless seventh inning. Miller worked a scoreless ninth.

#henderson #inning #victory

IslamMakhachev is far more comfortable competing at welterweight andwon't move back down to 155 pounds.

Makhachev (28-1) defended the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight **** le four timesbefore moving up to welterweight. He dominantly dethroned JackDella Maddalena to win the 170-pound **** le last year and is nowscheduled to defend it against Ian Garry(17-1) at UFC330 on Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.
Makhachev's coach, Javier Mendez, doesn't believe his fighter willswitch between weight classes and is likely done with lightweightentirely. Mendez recently revealed that the champion has gainedfive kilos (11 pounds) of muscle since moving up to welterweightand isn't looking to move back down.

"He's gained five kilos of muscle and feels better atwelterweight," Mendez told Alvaro Colmenero. "He prefers thisweight class. I don't think he'll ever fight at lightweight."

Notably, Makhachev has previously stated that he can compete atmiddleweight as well. When Dricus DuPlessis was the 185-pound champion, then-lightweight kingMakhachev claimed that if the UFC offered him a **** le fight againstthe South African, he would gladly accept. However, the Russianhasn't mentioned middleweight since moving up, shining a light on170-pound contenders like CarlosPrates instead.

#mendez #welterweight #move

From legends who've become institutions to up-and-coming superstars with the world there for the taking, these are the 15 coaches who are among the very best, but slightly below the current elite.

All of them have won big things, but each is missing something. Can he win the really big games? Where's the national **** le? How long before all the great things turn into something special at a whole other level?

They're all fantastic, and they're all in the top 25 in our 2026 ranking of the best head coaches in college football going into the season.
Nov 29, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Southern California Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley (right) talks with quarterback Jayden Maiava (14) in the second half against the UCLA Bruins at United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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2025 Coach Rank: 10
FBS Record: 89-63 | FBS Win %: 58.6%
No one seems to grasp that it's way harder than it seems to consistently win at Army. 12 seasons in, Monken continues to produce.
- Army 2026 Team Preview
- CFN Preseason Top 10 Head Coaches
2025 Coach Rank: 24
FBS Record: 213-128 | FBS Win %: 62.5%
The head man at Iowa since 1999 - Troy Calhoun (Air Force) and Dabo Swinney (2009) are the only other coaches to be around since before 2013 - he's an institution with over 100 more FBS wins than all but 11 other current head coaches.
- Iowa 2026 Team Preview

#coaches #california #imagn

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday said he'll sue to force the Trump administration to restore his security clearance, which it revoked Friday after claiming he had disclosed sensitive information about the Qatari-gifted jet now serving as Air Force One.
Kendall, a West Point graduate who served as President Joe Biden's head of the Air Force, said on CNN Monday that he'll sue the administration, noting it has a history of retaliating against critics by stripping their clearances. "As my mother taught me years ago, you stand up to bullies," said Kendall, who has denied disclosing classified information.
Mark Zaid, a prominent national security attorney who sued the administration after his own clearance was revoked by the Trump administration, confirmed in a post on X that Kendall had hired him. "More to come,"" Zaid wrote.
Zaid specializes in helping a variety of military and civilian clients maintain security clearances in the face of investigations.
Last year he became a target of the Trump administration's efforts to strip security clearances from people they perceived to be enemies when he was named among 14 other people in an executive order signed by Trump. In a March 2025 executive order, Trump named former President Joe Biden and members of his family, Biden-era Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and New York state Attorney General Letitia James as being unsuitable to retain their clearances because it was "no longer in the national interest."

#Trump #kendall #security #president

Well, I'm not sure what I expected. The Royals stars (Witt, Cags) were showing out both offensively and defensively, but it wasn't enough to overcome the moribund bullpen in a 6-5 loss to the Dodgers that was full of punch-counterpunch.
The 6th inning was the key part. The Royals held a 3-2 lead and Noah Cameron, who had pitched pretty well up to this point, gave up a few hard-hit ****** in a row to put runners on second and third with two outs. John Schreiber came in and promptly blew the game by walking Kyle Tucker and giving up a weak line drive down the right field line just beyond Cags' outstretched glove. All three runners scored to give the Dodgers the lead. Sigh.
The Royals counterpunched with a Kyle Isbel two-run homer in the seventh inning to bring the game back to even-steven at 5-5, but Alex Lange gave up two singles in the bottom of the seventh to relinquish the lead for good. It goes as two runs total charged to Schreiber and Lange, but I don't think Cameron really deserved those runs being charged to him.
It's a shame. Facing Tarik Skubal, the Royals position players put up a good fight.
In the first inning, in his first-ever at-bat against Skubal (really?), Cags fouled off four pitches to hit a grounder that squeaked through the middle to score Witt from second (Cags extended his hitting streak to 9 games with that hit).

#inning #Dodgers #cameron #lange

It's time for the PGA Tour's postseason.
The FedExCup Playoffs are officially here, starting with the FedEx St. Jude Championship this week in Memphis. The top 70 golfers in the standings have qualified for the tournament at TPC Southwind, though only the top 50 in the standings come Sunday night will move on.
Almost everyone is competing this week, too. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler is back in action, and is carrying a giant lead into the postseason. He's the only golfer with more than 4,000 points in the standings, and he's got a nearly 800-point lead over the field. Naturally, Scheffler is the massive betting favorite.
Rory McIlroy isn't far behind betting-wise, either. He's back in action for the first time since the British Open, and is at No. 12 in the FedExCup standings. Tommy Fleetwood, who won the Tour Championship last season, is competing, too.
Daniel Berger is the only golfer who qualified that is not playing this week. Berger is at No. 60 in the standings, so his postseason is now over.

#fedexcup #time

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 21: Trey Sermon #27 of the Pittsburgh Steelers escapes a tackle from Lathan Ransom #22 of the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL Preseason 2025 game at Bank of America Stadium on August 21, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images) Getty
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - DECEMBER 22: Trey Sermon #27 of the Indianapolis Colts runs against the Tennessee ***** ans in the third quarter at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 22, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Colts won 38-30. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Getty
The Atlanta Falcons are rolling right along through their training camp, and with the team's first preseason game coming later this week, they are making some additions to their camp roster.
According to multiple reports, the Falcons have signed former 3rd-round running back Trey Sermon to add some depth to the tailback group.
ESPN's Adam Schefter wrote (via X.com): "Falcons signed veteran free-agent running back Trey Sermon."

#trey

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has suggested that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should keep Babar Azam away from the English media during the team's upcoming three-Test tour of England.

Latif believes Babar could come under scrutiny from the English media and has suggested that former Pakistan captain Shan Masood should handle more of the team's media interactions during the series.

"An England tour is a difficult ***** ignment, and the English media often tries to unnecessarily involve visiting teams in news stories," Rashid said while speaking to Geo News.

"Babar Azam is an experienced player, so it would be better for the PCB management to keep him away from the English media and send former captain Shan Masood to speak to them more often," he added.

"Shan has played in England and has better experience of dealing with the English media," Rashid said.

Latif's comments came after Babar made an important contribution during Pakistan's recent two-Test series against the West Indies.

Babar remained unbeaten on 58 in Pakistan's 90-run defeat in the first Test at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba. Pakistan were bowled out for 120 while chasing 211, with Babar left unbeaten as the rest of the batting order collapsed.

Babar then scored 88 off 147 ***** in Pakistan's first innings of the second Test at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. His innings helped Pakistan reach 387 after the West Indies had scored 344.

He followed it with an unbeaten 24 off 30 ***** in the second innings as Pakistan chased down 75 to win by eight wickets and level the series 1-1.

The victory ended Pakistan's eight-match losing streak in away Tests and gave Babar his first overseas Test win since returning as captain.

Pakistan will now prepare for their England tour, with the first Test scheduled to begin at Headingley in Leeds on August 19. The second Test will be played at Lord's from August 27, while the series will conclude at Edgbaston from September 9.

#Media

New Zealand continue their preparations for the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series against South Africa as they take on the Sharks, and a familiar face, in Durban.
The All Blacks opened their landmark tour with a scratchy performance but eventual win over the Stormers in Cape Town, and will hope to build cohesion and continuity as they continue their adventure.
They will encounter an old friend in Ma'a Nonu, with the 44-year-old centre included in the Sharks squad after signing a short-term deal with the United Rugby Championship side.
Nonu won 103 caps and two World Cups during his All Blacks career, and is set to feature off the bench against the current crop.
Here's everything you need to know.

#sharks #blacks #rivalry #durban

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A major WNBA clash is coming to screens Tuesday night as the Fever and Liberty go head-to-head at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The Fever (20-12) are back home after a weekend in the Windy City, in which they defeated the Sky 90-86 and avoided a continued losing skid. Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell are still one of the most threatening duos in the league, making league history with a combined 516 points over the last 10 games.
Meanwhile, New York (20-13) is riding the high of a four-game winning streak, which included an impressive 40-point victory over a struggling Aces squad on Sunday. The Liberty are carrying a solid momentum heading into Tuesday night, with Marine Johannes finally off the bench and Breanna Stewart averaging 21.3 points a game.
Who will take the win in this high-intensity matchup?

#fever #sporting #head

LeBron James is heading into his 24th season in the NBA, but it's the first one for his son, Bronny James, where his father isn't on the same roster as him.
Bronny has shared a locker room with his father since joining the Los Angeles Lakers as a late second-round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.
With LeBron now spending two seasons with his son and joining the Philadelphia 76ers, the 41-year-old couldn't help but laugh at his incredible longevity.
In an interview on Boardroom Talks, James openly admitted that he finds it hilarious that he's now a former teammate of his 22-year-old son.
"I have an almost 22-year-old son who is now my former teammate, which is hilarious. That's my former teammate."

#hilarious

There was no hangover for the Diamondbacks after their low-scoring series victory over the Dodgers. Indeed, the offense nearly matched the entire output there, in just the first four outs. That provided a nice, soft landing for Michael Soroka, in his return from the injured list, as he threw 4.1 scoreless innings, before being removed for pitch count purposes. Zack Littell made his D-backs debut, and was awarded the win for his 4.2 innings of relief. Arizona simply took care of business tonight at Chase Field, and as a result remain tied with the Phillies for the second wild-card spot, since Philadelphia also won, in St. Louis.
Before this season, the Diamondbacks had hit only five first inning grand-slams in team history – that's over a span north of 4,400 opening frames. The last came more than fifteen years ago, in April 2011, when Stephen Drew took Ryan Dempster deep. But the team has now done it twice this year, with Nolan Arenado the man responsible on both occasions. Amusingly, he has a Rockies appeal to thank for it. With two outs, Gabriel Moreno hit a triple that rattled around in the right-field corner. It looked he then scored on a wild pitch, but Colorado appealed, saying it hit Marte. A review confirmed this, so Gabi was sent back and Ketel took first. But instead of getting out of the frame, Lars Nootbaar drew a walk, which allowed Arenado to come up with the bases loaded. Just like on May 18 against Robbie Ray, this then happened.
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Arizona put up another crooked number in the second inning. With one out, Ryan Waldschmidt singled, Geraldo Perdomo walked, and Corbin Carroll doubled home Waldschmidt for a 5-0 lead. A wild pitch added another run, and Marte drove in one more with a single. Through two innings, Arizona were 7-0 up, and they had made Colorado starter Gabriel Hughes throw 63 pitches. With Soroka having allowed one walk and no hits through two, it was a bit of a surprise that it was the D-backs starter who was the first to be replaced. Part of this was the Arizona offense taking a bit of a nap for the next few innings. Also, this was Soroka's first outing in the majors since June 19. He had only one rehab start, throwing 57 pitches for the Reno Aces.
Therefore, while it would have been nice to get him through five and qualify for the victory, a fairly long fourth inning (needing 22 pitches) put the dampers on that. After getting the first out in the fifth, Soroka threw an 8-pitch walk, and Torey Lovullo decided that was enough, at a total of 77 pitches. The final line: 4.1 shutout innings, on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Under normal circumstances, this might have been a bit of a problem. But new guy Zack Littell had been signed for exactly this, and had no pitch count limitation. He didn't make a great first impression, walking the first batter he faced on four pitches. However, he immediately dialed up a double-play to end the fifth. The DP was Arizona's friend tonight, with four being tu

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit a three-run homer in an eight-run eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 10-6 victory over the Athletics on Monday night.
Caminero hit his 34th of the year after Yandy Díaz and Jonathan Aranda both singled to kick off the inning, bringing the Rays within one. Chandler Simpson's RBI single tied the game, and Taylor Walls hit a two-run single to give Tampa Bay an 8-6 lead. Díaz hit a sacrifice fly and Aranda hit an RBI single in his second at-bat of the inning to make it 10-6.
Rays reliever Chris Roycroft (1-0) pitched the seventh inning, giving up three hits and three earned runs. Starter Freddy Peralta pitched the first six innings, with five strikeouts, three earned runs and a walk.
Díaz homered on the second pitch of the game to make it 1-0. The A's responded with an RBI double by Tyler Soderstrom to tie it, followed by Soderstrom stealing home later in the inning to make it 2-1.
Zack Gelof hit a solo home run in the fifth inning for the Athletics in his first game back after being on the injured list with a right knee laceration he sustained against the Detroit Tigers on July 9. He hit an RBI double in the seventh inning.

#three #rays #single #make

The Colorado Rockies have had a few games in recent weeks where mistakes piled up and got the best of them. They have also had their fair share of games where the bats go cold and nothing comes together offensively. On top of that, they've had some games where starting pitching puts them in an insurmountable hole.
Tonight, all three of those were true.
Michael Soroka, coming back to the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation after a stint on the injured list, kept the Rockies' bats at bay. They couldn't get much going when he was gone, either.
Gabriel Hughes struggled with his command tonight and what could have been a clean first inning turned quickly into a disaster thanks to an early grand slam.
Wild pitches, walks, fielding miscues, and a do-nothing offense were all the recipe for the wrong end of a very forgettable shutout to start this series.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Wallabies lock Miles Amatosero has been banned for three weeks after admitting to dangerous play in Australia's 35-32 win over ****** an in Osaka last weekend.
Amatosero was shown a red card late in the first half after a video match official ruled that his left shoulder made contact with the head of an opposing player as he attempted a clean out in a maul.
A southern hemisphere rugby judiciary committee on Tuesday suspended Amatosero for three weeks, a timeframe that includes another test against ****** an on Saturday, a club game for Gordon in Sydney's Shute Shield and a test against Argentina on Aug. 29.
He could become eligible to play against Argentina, though, after being given permission to apply to take part in World Rugby's Coaching Intervention Program as a substitute for the last match of the sanction.
The 203-centimeter (6-foot-8) Amatosero made his test debut in Joe Schmidt's last match as head coach against Italy last month and was selected to start in the first test match under new coach Les Kiss.

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Lightweight contender Mateusz Gamrot released a statement addressing his UFC Vegas 120 main event loss to rising star Quillan Salkilld.
Salkilld put the rest of the lightweight division on notice after submitting Gamrot in the first round. It was his 13th consecutive win and earned him a fourth Performance of the Night bonus in a row.
In his statement, Gamrot emphasized that his story will go on and lessons were learned.
"I have lost. But that failure doesn't end my story," Gamrot wrote on Instagram. "For many years I have been following this path that taught me sports, just like life, we don't always get what we work hard for. Sometimes instead of winning, we learn the lesson. Sometimes, instead of a raised hand, there is silence that forces us to look deeper into ourselves.
"I've already been to the peak. I have been down too. I win, I lose, I fall, and I come back And that's why I know my road doesn't end yet. You can defeat me in one evening, but you can't take away my faith, character and will to fight. I believe there are still great times ahead of me. Next chapters that I haven't written yet. Because a man is not defined by failure. He's defined by what he'll do after he loses. You can stay down or you can get up. I will rise up! With my head held high With confidence in yourself. Grateful for the road I've come, and hungry for what's ahead. Because as long as you go the story goes on.

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