Mets trade P Vargas to Phillies
The New York Mets traded left-handed pitcher Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league catcher Austin Bossart on Monday.
After Pan Am Games slam dunk, 3×3 basketball looks towards Olympics
The front page of FIBA’s website offers a little teaser about its latest project: “From the streets to the Olympics” says basketball’s world governing body in a pitch for the 3×3 version of the game.
New York City FC reap rewards of shared Manchester City vision
Manchester City’s dominance of English football is helping their affiliate clubs to be successful around the world, using their expertise on the pitch as well as off it, New York City FC sporting director Claudio Reyna said.
American Vollmer announces retirement from competing
Five-times Olympic champion Dana Vollmer will retire from competitive swimming after this week’s national championships, the American said on Monday.
Panthers S Reid plans to kneel for anthem
Saying that he feels treatment of African Americans is “going backward,” Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid said he will keep taking a knee during the National Anthem before games.
Lightning G Vasilevskiy signs eight-year, $76 million extension
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, the winner of the Vezina Trophy, to an eight-year, $76 million contract extension.
Ortiz makes first social media comments since shooting
After nearly seven weeks in the hospital following a mistaken assassination attempt, retired Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz is happy to be home.
Germany likely to drop off F1 calendar despite crazy race
The German Grand Prix looks likely to drop off next year’s Formula One calendar, despite having served up a thriller for the second straight year on Sunday.
Truck crash adds to Renault’s bad weekend
Renault’s German Grand Prix weekend went from bad to worse on Monday when one of the team’s trucks crashed in Hungary while heading to Budapest for the next round of the Formula One championship.
Sick Hamilton aims to sleep off Hockenheim disappointment
Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton is planning to get plenty of rest over the next few days as he seeks to shake off the sickness that laid him low in Sunday’s German Grand Prix.
