Indiana Fever All-Star guard Caitlin Clark publicly backed Stephanie White after Indiana's second-year head coach was booed on the team's home court at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The boo birds rained down on White ahead of a 106-92 win over the New York Liberty, which marked the Fever's first game since Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington's hard foul on Sophie Cunningham and subsequent "White Privilege" post Aug. 8 reignited conversations about player safety and race. Some Fever fans felt White didn't adequately defend Cunningham, with Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith going as far as calling for White to be fired.
"I told (Stephanie White) that before the game, there was no way we were losing this game for her. And it's tough. That's my head coach. I hated that our fans booed her before the game. That made me a little sick, to be honest," Clark said in her postgame remarks. "It's professional sports, people are going to boo, but at the end of the day... we're going to ride for her and we're always going to have her back and that's never going to tear our locker room apart."
Clark added, "I just love her and I feel for her because I know it can be a lot at times and she does a great job a lot of times blocking it out, but there's other moments where it can get under your skin and that's just being human and that's just life."
“There was no way we were losing this game for [Stephanie White]. … I hated that our fans booed her before the game. That made me a little sick, to be honest.”

Caitlin Clark on the Indiana Fever’s motivation heading into tonight’s game against the Liberty. pic.twitter.com/NlIR1Umxkz

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United States President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino found themselves at the center of some controversy together at the FIFA World Cup. Now, as Infantino could be on the verge of losing his position, Trump has spoken out in his defense.
In a social media post on Monday, Trump warned that it would be a "terrible mistake" to replace Infantino as FIFA's president.
Throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Trump and the United States have faced some heavy criticism for a wide variety of reasons.
Fans have expressed frustration at FIFA's decision to allow Trump to hand the trophy to the victors following the World Cup Final, the treatment of Iranian players throughout the tournament, Africa's top referee being denied entry into the country, the Americanization of the sport with commercials during "hydration breaks," an extended Super Bowl style halftime show at the final, and championship rings, and most notably, Trump's involvement in getting the red card suspension to Folarin Balogun overturned.
The Balogun red card situation in particular sparked such widespread outrage throughout the international soccer community. As a result of these controversies, Trump was loudly booed by fans on multiple occasions during his appearance at the match on Sunday, and it sounds like Ceferin refused to attend the game altogether.

#balogun

Adley Rutschman is playing baseball! Unfortunately he's doing it in Worcester, not Boston. Still, it was nice to see him behind the plate for five innings, during which he went 1-2 for two walks and threw out a runner. It was also nice for him, given that he played in front of both his father and the family that hosted him during his season playing in the Cape league. "He was great to have. It was exciting, he was coming off being in the College World Series at Oregon State," said his former host Bill Matta. "He'd play with my boys — they played wiffle ball, they'd go for ice cream. And then we'd watch him play." (Matty Wasserman, Boston Globe)
Speaking of rehab, Marcelo Mayer hopes to finish his rehab soon and make his debut with the Giants. He doesn't sound too upset about being shipped west. "It's been, like, six months since I had a burger from In-N-Out, so had to go back," he said. "That's usually the first thing I do when I get home in the offseason. So I was able to get one two months early." (Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic)
Rutschamn didn't need to be worried about being booed by the fans in Worcester. But apparently Willson Contreras did need to worry about it at Fenway. In his first game after returning from an illness, Sox fans booed the team's best player after he didn't run out a grounder to lead off the eighth. Chad Tracy didn't take isssue with his play, though. "I know how that looks," he said. "But I'm also aware, more than others, that he's a little beat up and told us before the game, 'I don't have everything today.' So I'm fine. Especially with a guy that plays the game as hard as he does, and how hard he turns around first base all the time. I'm fine with him." (Peter Abraham, Boston Globe)
Contreras returned just in time to anchor the middle of the lineup on a day when Wilyer Abreu wasn't able to, after he suffered some swelling as a result of hitting a foul ball off his leg on Friday. But he's expected to be back in the lineup this afternoon. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
Someone who won't be back, though, is Raymond Burgos. Burgos had the unusual honor of pitching three innings in two consecutive games, as he saved the bullpen during yesterday's loss. He's been optioned back to Worcester, with Seth Martinez taking his spot. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)

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Ali Abdelaziz sees Magomed Ankalaev vs. Paulo Costa as the perfect No. 1 contender bout.
Former light heavyweight champion Ankalaev (21-2-1 MMA, 12-2-1 UFC) is fresh off a dominant finish of Bogdan Guskov in the UFC Fight Night 282 headliner in Abu Dhabi. Costa dubbed Ankalaev's performance as boring, and criticized him for getting booed during the fight.
Ankalaev put the blame on Guskov for not willing to engage, and fears Costa would approach him the same. Either way, Ankalaev's manager Abdelaziz thinks a fight against Costa (16-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) makes sense.
"Carlos Ulberg needs to take his time. He's the champion," Abdelaziz told MMA Junkie. "I think the fight needs to happen, him and Paulo Costa. Paulo Costa said a lot of reckless things, and you know what? He does a good job to get people's attention – not in a bad way. A lot of a**holes, they say a lot of sh*t and they get bad attention. He's funny. He's witty. He's a good fighter, too.
"Paulo Costa, people think he's a joke. He's a real serious fighter, and I think him and Ankalaev for an interim belt, for a regular fight, doesn't matter. They just need to fight. This is what I want. That's what the UFC wants, too. The UFC offered this fight to Ankalaev three times, and I'm not sure why this fight didn't happen. ... I don't think his chances of winning are very high."

#happen

CHICAGO — The first fans booed Tarik Skubal at 6:22 p.m. CT, as he jogged on the outfield grass in front of the visitor's bullpen at Wrigley Field. They booed him again, and louder than any of his new teammates, when the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup was announced. They booed more as Skubal stepped to the mound for his first start with a team, which also doubled as his first career start inside the "Friendly Confines."
The two-time AL Cy Young Award winner was officially a villain, and he already knew it's a feeling that will become familiar.
"I plan on pitching in front of those atmospheres for the rest of the season," Skubal said. "I actually haven't made a home start in the postseason. They've all been on the road. I've pitched in pretty good environments and I'd say that's up there with any of those postseason starts."
Tarik Skubal of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning in his Dodgers debut at Wrigley Field on Aug. 4, 2026 in Chicago, Ill. The Detroit Tigers staple was traded to the Dodgers at the trade deadline.

#tarik #angeles

Over the past several weeks, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has found herself at the center of some controversy after she spoke out against transgender women competing in women's sports. As a result of those comments, she did not exactly receive a warm welcome from fans on Sunday afternoon.
During Sunday afternoon's showdown with the Minnesota Lynx in Minnesota, Cunningham was heavily booed every time she touched the ball as fans in attendance expressed their displeasure.
This whole ordeal began last month when Cunningham decided to take a stand on transgender athletes.
In a recent interview as part of an ESPN profile, Cunningham was asked about her political views, including the "MAGA Barbie" nickname that has been attached to her in recent months. During her response, the Indiana Fever guard addressed the topic of transgender athletes competing in women's sports.
"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that,'" she told ESPN. "I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men."

#sports

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie sensation Olivia Miles spearheaded an efficient offense with 28 points, Courtney Williams added 27 points, and the Minnesota Lynx won their 10th-straight game with a 108-100 win over the Indiana Fever on Sunday.
There was a rally outside the Target Center that pitted those supporting Fever reserve Sophie Cunningham, who told ESPN last week she believed trans athletes should not play against girls, against those with the opposite feeling. Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve wore a shirt that read, "Trans kids belong," and had a pregame conversation with Cunningham, who was booed throughout the game.
Minnesota had a 96-82 lead with 6:41 to play before the Fever, who had scored 100 in a record six-straight games, pulled within 100-98 with more than 2 1/2 minutes to go. Miles and Williams both came up with big baskets as the Lynx won their 10th straight for the first time since 2016.
"First time playing each other, so there's a bit of a feeling out sort of thing," Reeve said. "And offense definitely had their way with each of the teams' defense. Certainly knew it probably wasn't going to be sustained, and it wasn't. We were hoping at some point our defense could be a separator.
The league's No. 1 offense definitely made life difficult for the league's No. 2 defense, but the Fever, who played in Portland on Friday night, struggled to stop the Lynx on the offensive end. Both teams shot 57% and both had 11 3-pointers and went 11 of 15 from the foul line. They also combined for 55 ****** ists. The big difference was Indiana had 12 turnovers to six for Minnesota, which had an 11-5 edge in offensive rebounds and 9-0 advantage in fastbreak points.

#williams

Sophie Cunningham fires back at Portland crowd, corrects viral claim about her response originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Sophie Cunningham heard the boos from Portland Fire fans and did not let them go unanswered.
The Indiana Fever guard became the center of a viral moment during Saturday's 112-98 victory when fans booed her as she attempted a 3-pointer midway through the first quarter. Cunningham appeared to say something in response, immediately creating questions about what she told the crowd.
Parody sports account BrickCenter claimed Cunningham called the Portland fans "losers." Its post quickly gained traction on social media, generating more than 2.6 million views on X.
There was only one problem with that interpretation: Cunningham said it was not accurate.

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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham thrust herself into the headlines over the past few days after she spoke out against transgender women competing in women's sports. Needless to say, her comments did not go over well with Portland Fire fans.
During Friday night's game between the Fever and the Fire, Portland fans made their thoughts quite clear as they booed Cunningham and waved trans pride flags throughout the stands.
During a recent interview for an ESPN profile, Cunningham was asked about the "MAGA Barbie" nickname that has followed her in recent months, stemming from ******* umptions some people have made about her political views.
"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that,'" she told ESPN. "I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men."
A few days later, Cunningham doubled down on this stance.

#made #trans #recent

UPDATED with the latest: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has become the latest to reject FIFA's proposal to sell stakes in tournaments to private investors.
The AFC has joined with the European and Americas football bodies meaning that it is now likely that more than half of FIFA's overall membership would reject the plan if it were put to a vote.
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UPDATED with the latest: The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean ******* ociation Football (Concacaf), one of FIFA's six continental confederations that represents North America, Central America and the Caribbean, today flatly rejected a controversial plan to sell a 20% stake in the tournament to private investors.
Concacaf's 41 member ******* ociations issued a statement expressing "deep concerns about the lack of due process surrounding the proposal, the artificially short deadline imposed, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies." Further, the statement questioned "the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing FIFA Forward programs following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history."
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Canelo Alvarez has opened up on his put-down of Max Kellerman, 10 months after the Mexican fighter fired up fans with his response to the commentator.
At the press conference for Canelo’s fight with Terence Crawford, Kellerman lauded Dana White – who was promoting a major boxing event for the first time – for allegedly building the UFC into something bigger than boxing.
At the time, Kellerman said: “Dana White is the greatest combat-sports promoter in my lifetime. He built an institution. You know why boxing is not as popular as it used to be anymore, right? UFC is really popular. That’s because of Dana White. He built something like the NBA.”
Fans in Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena booed Kellerman at this point, to which he said: “Stop now, because he’s about to do it again, for boxing now. You want an NBA or an NFL for boxing? Here it comes.”
Canelo, 36, took issue with this comment, telling Kellerman: “Hey Max, boxing is always [getting] bigger and bigger and bigger. Don’t say boxing is not big enough. Boxing is big, you know how big boxing is.”

#boxing #kellerman #canelo #fans

PHILADELPHIA – The evening had many unforgettable sounds and scenes, as any Major League Baseball All-Star Game should.
Phillies fans among the 43,916 in attendance at Citizens Bank Park July 14 regularly and eagerly showed their affection or their disdain, depending on the individual and the uniform he wore.
Yankees, Dodgers and NL East rivals, especially the Mets, were ****** ily booed during any introduction.
One band of fans earned extra credit for chanting “Overrated!” when the Mets Juan Soto came up to bat in the fourth inning, but promptly singled to center field for the National League’s first hit on a night it managed just three in a 4-0 loss.
“Everyone that was here this week,” Phillies first-time all-star Brandon Marsh said, “knew how Philly is. They come in and play here throughout the year, they know what they’re gonna get. That’s just Philly being Philly. I know us, being on this side, we love it.

The American League shutout the National League 4-0 on Tuesday in the 2026 All-Star Game. Here’s some notes I took.
Keeping Score: I decided to watch the All-Star Game this year. Not only that, I decided to score the All-Star Game this year. I recently found my old scorebook and thought it’d be fun, since I’m here recapping this with you anyways. The first game in this scorebook is a Félix Hernández complete game from Opening Day 2011. The last is both halves of a doubleheader between Washington State University and Cal State Northridge in Pullman that I covered for the school paper in 2017. In between there’s the Mariners/Marlins game that was played in Seattle because of a U2 concert in Miami; a game from the Tokyo Dome that I woke up at 2 a.m. for, per my diligent notes; a game started by Blake Beavan that I did not proceed to score after the first inning; the Red Sox first game after the Boston Marathon bombing; a 2013 WBC game; a 2017 WBC game; and a bunch of losing Mariners baseball. I’m not quite sure what the point of scoring games is in 2026, with technology and such. But I’m adding to my corporeal collection of bizarre baseball games that I might not otherwise remember.
Star-Less: The 2026 All-Star Game was relatively starless. No Aaron Judge. No Shohei Ohtani. Yes Ernie Clement. I won’t lie and say that this adds to my interest in the All-Star Game, as I watch pretty much every year, albeit more passively. But it is cool that we’ll get to see a lot more of the B+ quality of player that I think makes the league so interesting these days. My takeaways from the starting lineups are that I think it’s cool CJ Abrams is batting fourth for the NL. What a year it’s been for him. The other takeaway is I initially wrote Freddie Freeman’s team in my book as “ATL” rather than “LAD.” I’m not sure what that means, but it’s the first mistake on what’s sure to be a rather messy scorecard.
The Pregame: I’m writing this as the lineups are being announced. Each player is entering through an MLB-branded Liberty Bell and jogging a few feet to a podium, where they’re signing what appears to be the starting lineups on a large, old-timey document using quill and ink. What I’ve gotten out of this All-Star week is that Philadelphia really wants you to know that their culture is boxing, the founding fathers, and booing other teams players. The only players who didn’t get booed on announcement were the Phillies players and the Philly-born players (like Mike Trout). After all the players were aligned on the chalk — a process that took a bit more than 30 minutes — the Mastercard Kids4Techᵀᴹ entered and shook all the players hands.
The Post-Pregame: Play ball! Er, commercial break… Washington’s Lottery, North Idaho College, RnR RV Center, some sort of sponcon game show called Beat Shazam… and Play Ball! Er, no let’s hear from our hosts tonight, Joe Davis and John Smoltz, who I haven’t seen since the postseason. They’re interviewing Justin Verlander, and hinting

Jordan Walker of the St. Louis Cardinals poses with the trophy after winning the 2026 Home Run Derby. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Philadelphia fans pride themselves on their blue collar nature; on their up by the bootstraps always the underdog, never fully respected position in the sports firmament. And their ardor runs deep; no visitor is safe – not even Santa Clause – from their vitriol.
On Monday night in Philly, in the 40th iteration of the Home Run Derby since it was brought back in 1985, those fans showed up to Citizens Bank Park for their hometown players Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber, and showed out for everyone else. The more than 43,000 in attendance ******* ily booed everyone not wearing Phillies red, with the loudest saved for Ben Rice of the Yankees (a “Yankees suck” chant, usually reserved for Fenway Park, even erupted at one point).
During the introductions, Schwarber and Harper were saved for last, and the crowd erupted as each climbed into the home plate shaped ring erected behind second base. And then it was on.
The nearly three-hour event, broadcast for the first time on Netflix, started off with a bang. Boston’s Willson Contreras led things off with 13 home runs – seven in his first ten swings – with four traveling at least 470 feet, and one landing 490 feet from home. Jordan Walker of the Cardinals matched him with 13 of his own. All of that was prologue for what was to come.

Willson Contreras Embraces 'Villain' Role at Home Run Derby: 'I Like When I Get Booed' originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Willson Contreras put on a show in front of a hostile Philadelphia crowd at Citizens Bank Park on Monday night.
The Red Sox star got mercilessly booed at the 2026 Home Run Derby, but he wasn't alone. That happened to all of the batters who didn't represent the Phillies, as the fans in attendance were clearly hoping to see either Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber win the event.
"They've been booing me for 10 years, so I had fun with it," Contreras said (via MLB.com). "I like when I get booed. It inspired me a little bit. But like I said, it was a great experience. I would do it again. I want to."
In Round 1 of the Home Run Derby, Contreras demolished 13 home runs, sending one pitch nearly 500 feet.

Oracle's annual filing cited AI adoption among the drivers of 21,000 job cuts in fiscal 2026. Snap cut 1,000 people and the CEO said rapid AI advances meant a smaller team could do the same work. At college graduation ceremonies this spring, speakers who brought up AI got booed.
By May, Challenger, Gray and Christmas found AI was the primary reason cited for nearly 40% of U.S. job cuts. In January it was 7%. Mark Cuban had been watching this play out and posted on X. It drew nearly 2 million views.
The post, covered by Fortune within hours of going up, was blunt. Cuban said major AI companies have already lost the public relations battle. They keep talking about the technology and ignoring the people most threatened by it.
He told them what to do: go to the towns losing jobs and ask what they need.
"Billions of dollars is a lot of money across towns and city programs. Across the major LLMs, it's a cost of doing business," he wrote on X.

UFC 329 had some brilliant bright spots. But it ended in a letdown for the MMA history books after Conor McGregor succumbed to a leg injury almost immediately in his rematch with Max Holloway in the main event.
What a mess. What a disastrous attempt at a comeback. What a way to end the night. Here are all the key takeaways you need to know about after Saturday's UFC event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas:
1. What the **** did I just watch? Sorry. I should be more articulate than that. Finding the right words even in tricky moments is kind of my whole job description. But come on. After all the build-up, all the hype and delusions of grandeur, all the claims about sleeping in the gym and abstaining from the marital bed and every other fight sports movie cliche anybody could dream up, it ends like that? With Conor McGregor shattering like cheap glass the instant he attempts a single strike? It's an abomination, I tell you. A sick, sad joke.
Or maybe it's not. Maybe it's all very fitting. For years now McGregor's life and career have felt like a living parable on the dark side of fame. It's as if he got bored with the usual methods of squandering the love of the people and went hunting for new ways to lose fans and alienate people. Getting booed out of the same building that cheered him just a few minutes earlier, all because he wasn't up to the task of giving them anything at all for their money even after months of promises and predictions, yep, that feels like a new low point. That one's going to be hard to forget — and harder to come back from.
2. Max Holloway just made the easiest money in MMA history. He didn't have to cut weight. He didn't have to coach TUF or campaign for a "red panty night." Turns out he didn't even need to train except for the purposes of looking credible with his shirt off. All Holloway had to do was show up, wait for McGregor to topple like a Jenga tower, then collect his check.

Conor McGregor’s long-awaited UFC return ended in the most underwhelming way possible as he suffered a knee injury moments into his main event with Max Holloway.
McGregor was making a comeback to the cage for the first time since suffering back-to-back defeats to Dustin Poirier in 2021. The latter of those losses came via a serious injury to his left leg.
But in a nightmare twist of fate, McGregor blew his left knee out after throwing a jumping roundhouse kick at the very beginning of the fight.
Clearly injured, he buckled to the mat under any pressure Holloway put him under and the bout was subsequently waved off by the referee.
McGregor was booed as he left the arena despite Holloway’s attempts to get the Las Vegas crowd to show their appreciation for the Irishman.

Even in the context of a World Cup not exactly short on controversy, the so-called hydration breaks mandated by FIFA have caused an outsized uproar.
World soccer’s governing body announced in December last year that every match at the 2026 World Cup would include a hydration break at the mid-point of each half, effectively dividing games into quarters.
Fox, the English-language broadcasters of the tournament in the United States, have been one of the biggest beneficiaries of hydration breaks, which have allowed them to smuggle in more adverts.
One study suggests that Fox are likely to have extracted at least $250m in extra advertising revenue in the six minutes across both hydration breaks, potentially as high as $600m. For a TV deal that cost $485m, that is an extraordinary upside.
Fans, unsurprisingly, are almost universally opposed, seeing it as a cash grab by FIFA and broadcasters alike that disrupts the flow of a momentum-based sport. The breaks are roundly booed in-stadium.

Aryna Sabalenka was booed by the Wimbledon crowd after whacking a ball out of Centre Court following her straight-sets defeat to Naomi Osaka.
World No 1 Sabalenka suffered her earliest grand slam defeat since the 2022 French Open, with Osaka producing a brilliant performance and claiming her first win on Centre Court with a 6-2 7-6 vicotry.
The loss was the first time Sabalenka had exited a grand slam in straight sets since the 2020 US Open, with Osaka also snapping her streak of 21 consecutive tiebreaks won at the grand slams.
Osaka, the former world No 1 and four-time grand slam champion, is through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time, ending Sabalenka's bid in what is becoming a wide-open tournament.
For the 10th year in a row, the women's draw will crown a new Wimbledon champion - but it will not be Sabalenka as the US Open crashed out in what is another painful grand slam defeat, following her unravelling against Dian Shnaider at the French Open and Australian Open final defeat to Elena Rybakina this season.

A record Silverstone crowd booed the farcical conclusion to Sunday's British Grand Prix which ended behind a safety car amid a "software error".
Charles Leclerc claimed his first win in almost two years for Ferrari, with George Russell second and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli failed to score after he damaged his Mercedes.
A safety car had been deployed with four laps left after Max Verstappen crashed out from third.
The stage appeared set for a thrilling one-lap finale as a message was relayed that the safety car would be in at the end of the 51st of 52 racing laps.
However, it was sent by the governing FIA in error – because the unlapped cars had not completed a full lap – and a grandstand finish was scrubbed off.

CINCINNATI — Last weekend, Mike Elias said he plans on "going for it" at the MLB trade deadline.
To do that, though, his team would have to play better in the coming weeks to put the Baltimore Orioles' president of baseball operations in a position to be a buyer.
Instead, the Orioles responded with four straight losses after Elias' comments. Baltimore's back-to-back lopsided defeats to the Chicago White Sox sank the ballclub to nine below .500 — the lowest mark of the season. The Orioles have had several low moments this season, but Tuesday's defeat to the White Sox was rock bottom as fans at Camden Yards, normally not ones to loudly express their displeasure, booed the local nine.
So, naturally, they've since played some of their best baseball of the season to win three straight games, continuing the puzzling nature of a team that's been wildly inconsistent all season. Saturday, the Orioles scored early, put up a crooked number, clobbered an ace starting pitcher and had their own pitching staff buckle down en route to an 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Samuel Basallo blasted a three-run homer in the first inning for his second homer in as many games after his two-run long ball led the Orioles to a 3-0 win Friday. Three innings later, shortly after the Reds took a one-run lead, Baltimore's bats teamed up to put up five runs against Cincinnati ace Hunter Greene in his season debut after he missed the three months with an elbow injury.

With Carlos Rodon on the injured list, the Yankees turned to Brendan Beck as their starter on Saturday.
They had reason for hope as the 27-year-old right-hander had gone 5-0 with a 1.24 ERA at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in June. The right-hander allowed just four earned runs last month and struck out 31 batters in 29 innings.
But Beck's start quickly turned into a disaster en route to an 11-4 Yankees' loss, their eighth loss in nine games. He allowed three runs in the first inning, including a two run homer to Kody Clemens, his 16th of the year
In the second inning, Beck then allowed back-to-back homers to Luke Keaschall (on a four-seam fastball) and to Alex Jackson (on a slider) to fall behind 5-0.
Fans booed Beck heavily.

England were booed as they arrived at their hotel to prepare for their World Cup last-16 game against Mexico - but that will be far from their main issue in Mexico City.
The Three Lions face the tournament co-hosts on Sunday (01:00 BST, Monday), a match which will be shown live on BBC One and iPlayer.
There is increased security at England's hotel after Ecuador, whom Mexico played in the last 32 in Mexico City, lodged a noise complaint with Fifa.
And Thomas Tuchel's side face further threats from the weather, the altitude and reportedly, even spying.
Before the last round Ecuador players were deliberately kept awake by local supporters, who used loudspeakers, horns and motorcycles outside the team hotel late at night.

Adam Carolla said he doesn't want to hear a **** thing from ex-President Joe Biden — and other liberals, for that matter — about President Donald Trump's revamp of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The veteran podcaster and comic ranted on his show on Tuesday that the much-publicized and much-maligned pool project doesn't affect average Americans one bit, so Biden and others just sound out of touch and clueless when they complain about it. Carolla also said Biden has some chutzpah to whine about the pool, considering his handling of immigration was much more devastating to the country.
"Everything for Democrats is symbolic. It's all symbolic," Carolla said. "It's all like, 'It's cruel! He's mean! He's doing a thing!' It doesn't make any difference, the f*ckin' reflecting pool, whatever he's doing [does] not have any actual impact on anybody ever."
He started the rant after playing a clip of Biden ripping Trump and his "vanity projects" at a Democratic Party Gala in Maryland last weekend. Biden was booed at that same gala, with one protester yelping out he was "Genocide Joe" over his approach to Israel's war in Gaza.
Carolla said he couldn't stand the clip of Biden ripping Trump, considering how bad he was on the border.

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi was booed during the World Cup group phase after it was announced he will stand trial in a rape case.
Hours before Morocco’s game against Scotland on 19 June, a French appeals court confirmed that Hakimi will stand trial in a rape case.
The PSG defender, who was part of the French side’s Champions League glory in May, had appealed a February decision by an investigative judge. That ruling followed recommendations from public prosecutors that Hakimi should face trial.
He denies any wrongdoing.
The Versailles appeals court’s decision was released just hours before Morocco beat Scotland 1-0 in their Group C match, after the African side drew 1-1 with Brazil in their opening game.

The Yankees are lucky this series is in Boston, because after three pretty gross outings in a row against the Red Sox, they’d almost certainly booed by the Bronx like the hunter who shot Bambi’s mom. They can get a little bit of good vibes back today by managing a single win in this four-game set, though they’ll need to beat arguably the BoSox’s best in order to do it.
Sonny Gray, who I’m sure many of us remember, has been quite effective from a pure run prevention standpoint. He’s top 20 in baseball by ERA albeit with a 70-inning threshold, but what should be noteworthy is how his strikeouts have disappeared. He sat down 26.7 percent of batters faced last year and over 30 percent two years ago, but manages just a 21.1 percent this year. Far more **** in play are available against Gray, and while he’s juiced his ground-ball rate to something we haven’t seen from him this side of COVID-19. If the Yankees can elevate against him, there are runs on the table here.
Meanwhile, Carlos Rodón will once again take the stage for the Yankees. I don’t want to harp on Carlos too much, he’s a fair pitcher who probably isn’t what you’re paying him to be but his wife is an excellent social media follow. He hasn’t allowed more than three runs a start all year. I hate watching him pitch. He is a laborious viewing prospect, seemingly spotting every hitter an extra pitch and being one of the slowest pitchers in baseball in terms of how long he holds the ball for. Cam Schlittler is the second-slowest, but at least he seems to dock a pitch per hitter rather than donate one. I hope Rodón pitches well, but I doubt I’ll enjoy the journey.
We have a bit of a funky lineup today, with Aaron Boone seemingly try to shake the tree and see if a few runs drop out. Against the righty Gray, Jazz Chisholm Jr. will lead us off for the first time all season–first time as a Yankee actually–and traditional lefty platoon hitter Amed Rosario will DH and bat sixth. This means Paul Goldschmidt is the odd man out, with the league’s oldest position player given the day off. Oswaldo Cabrera also gets his first start since the ugly ankle injury that ended his season early in May 2025.
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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest celebrities in the world, selling out stadiums and always in the headlines. Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce have grabbed the spotlight since they began their relationship in 2023, and now the power couple is heavily rumored to tie the knot in New York next weekend.
However, days before the highly anticipated wedding, Swift made a virtual appearance at the farewell concert for country icon Alan Jackson, and she got a somewhat surprising reaction from the crowd.
Jackson announced his plans to retire from performing ahead of this tour, which was labeled "Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale." Swift, who started her career in the country genre, paid homage to a legend by making a video appearance during the show at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
She was one of many celebrities, including Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert, and Luke Bryan, who paid tribute to Jackson with a live performance or a video.
However, unlike the other celebrities, Swift was not greeted particularly kindly by the crowd, as the pop icon was booed at the show.

Thomas Partey will make his first appearance in the 2026 World Cup when Ghana play against England on Tuesday. Partey was refused entry to Canada forcing him to miss Ghana’s opening match in Toronto, and he could be booed by spectators when he finally takes to the field in Boston.
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Ghana played Panama in their first game of the tournament, winning 1-0. The team and staff members travelled over the US-Canada border from their base in Rhode Island, but Partey was denied a visa and stayed behind.
Under Canadian law, foreign nationals can be found inadmissible ⁠even without a conviction. Court documents also revealed that Partey’s application for a temporary resident visa, submitted in May, did not disclose his criminal charges, falsely answering “no” to a question about whether he had “ever committed, been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any criminal offence in any country”.
Partey’s lawyers sought an emergency appeal, which was rejected by the Federal Court in Ottawa.