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United States Men’s National Team soccer star Christian Pulisic tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Chelsea’s match against Arsenal on Sunday, Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel said Friday at a news conference....Read More

Seven relief pitchers combined to allow just six hits and one run to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-1 win over the New York Mets and extend the team’s win streak to seven games....Read More

Detroit Tigers icon Bill Freehan, an 11-time All-Star selection who played catcher on the 1968 World Series championship team, died Thursday at age 79....Read More

Milwaukee Brewers right-handed pitcher Freddy Peralta was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday due to inflammation in his throwing shoulder....Read More

Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook and Alvin Kamara lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler’s Top 75 running back rankings for the 2021 fantasy football season....Read More

Jon Rahm of Spain and American Jordan Spieth are the favorites to win this week’s 2021 Northern Trust, the first PGA Tour tournament of the FedExCup Playoffs....Read More

Atlanta Braves star first baseman Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle for the second time in his MLB career during Wednesday night’s game against the Miami Marlins....Read More

Kevin Durant and Draymond Green both faulted Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and team president/general manager Bob Myers for mishandling the aftermath from the players’ argument....Read More

New York Giants owner owner John Mara and general manager Dave Gettleman said they are “happy” with the results of the 2019 trade of Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns....Read More

The San Diego Padres’ struggles continued Tuesday night with a second straight loss to the Colorado Rockies, but outfielder Tommy Pham provided a bright spot by smacking the longest home run of the 2021 season....Read More