Yankees ace Gerrit Cole throws 3 1/3 shutout innings in first rehab start at Double-A (2024)

Yankees slugger Juan Soto was removed from a game against the Minnesota Twins with left forearm discomfort. Soto will undergo imaging Friday. New York manager Aaron Boone said it’s too early to tell if the right fielder will need to miss time. Soto was lifted to start the top of the sixth inning when play resumed following a 56-minute rain delay. Soto, who throws and bats left-handed, was 0 for 1 with two walks. He has started all 64 games in his first season with New York after being acquired from the San Diego Padres in a blockbuster trade last December. The three-time All-Star is batting .318 with 17 home runs and 53 RBIs, a big reason the Yankees have the best record in baseball.

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Florida junior Parker Valby won the 10,000 meters in a meet-record time and the Gators took the women’s team lead Thursday in the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. Valby finished in 31 minutes, 46.09 seconds for her fifth NCAA title. She pulled away on the third lap. Florida has 26 points after six of the 21 events. Nebraska was second with 22, followed by Oregon with 15. In the men’s decathlon, Texas’ Leo Neugebauer shattered his own NCAA record with 8,961 points to defend his title. Neugebauer broke the decathlon world record in the discus at 189-4 and he matched his personal best of 17-1 in the pole vault. Neugebauer headed into the final event with 8,309 points — the second-most ever after nine.

SAN DIEGO — Nothing was working.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jarren Duran and Enmanuel Valdez homered, Tanner Houck pitched seven solid innings and the Boston Red Sox handed the White Sox their franchise-record 14th straight loss, beating Chicago 14-2 on Thursday night.

If Mavericks point guard Kyrie Irving was hoping to quiet the Boston fans with a big game in the opener of the NBA Finals, it didn’t quite go that way. Irving scored 12 points on 6 for 19 shooting and missed all five 3-point attempts. He turned the ball over three times as Boston beat Dallas 107-89 in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. Irving had two assists, and Dallas had just nine in all. Boston fans booed Irving at every opportunity. They haven't forgiven him for opting out of his Celtics contract after the 2019 season.

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Michael Toglia and Charlie Blackmon each drove in a run and the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Cal Quantrill (5-4) did not give up a run despite walking four and allowing three hits in five innings. Tyler Kinley allowed a single but struck out Nolan Gorman to end the game and pick up his third save this season. Sonny Gray (7-4) lasted 4 2/3 innings for the Cardinals, who stranded 10 runners and have dropped five of their past seven games. He allowed just two hits but he walked four and threw two wild pitches.

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Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts calls his transition from outfield to full-time shortstop the hardest thing he's had to do in baseball. Betts committed two errors in an 11-7 win over Pittsburgh. The miscues boosts his season total to nine, just two behind Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz for the most in the majors. Betts says he's not looking for sympathy and is trying to just ride the wave of the season. Next up for the Dodgers is a trip to New York to face Aaron Judge and the Yankees.

Of the many possible scenarios for Boston Celtics fans, the way Game 1 of the NBA Finals played out was a bowl of chowder on free beer night with a chaser of a dozen Dunkin’ donuts.

NEW YORK — A starter throughout his major league career, Trent Grisham has had a hard time adjusting to life as a bench player with the Yankees.

BOSTON — Here are five thoughts from the Mavericks’ 107-89 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals:

Oklahoma slugged its way to a record fourth straight NCAA softball title, getting a go-ahead, bases-clearing double from Cydney Sanders and beating Texas 8-4 for a two-game sweep of the Women’s College World Series championship. The Sooners won their eighth title overall, all under coach Patty Gasso, and moved into a tie with Arizona for the second-most national championships behind UCLA’s 12. Second-seeded Oklahoma scored eight runs in each of the two games and pounded 21 hits total against a top-seeded Texas team that came in having thrown three consecutive one-hit shutouts in the World Series.

Trent Grisham homered and had three RBIs, doubling his totals in both categories, and the New York Yankees completed a season sweep of the Minnesota Twins with an 8-5 victory for their eighth straight win. New York slugger Juan Soto was removed with left forearm discomfort following a 56-minute rain delay before the sixth inning. Gleyber Torres had a two-run double for the Yankees, who broke a tie with Philadelphia for the best record in the majors. They moved to 25-6 in the last 31 games and extended their longest winning streak since a nine-game run in June 2022. On deck this weekend, the Yankees renew an old October rivalry when they welcome Shohei Ohtani and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to the Bronx for a highly anticipated series.

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WASHINGTON — In recent seasons, you could expect the Braves to score a billion runs on their trips to Washington.

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals were seemingly on the cusp of that one big hit necessary to jump-start their offense. Instead, those would-be hits too often found their way into outfielders’ gloves.

Former Denver Broncos pass-rusher Randy Gregory has filed a lawsuit against the NFL and team claiming discrimination for being fined more than $500,000 in the past year-plus for taking medications for disabilities that include THC.

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Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 20 in his first game in more than a month and the Boston Celtics powered past the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Derrick White finished with 15 points for Boston, which led by 29 points in the first half and connected on 16 3-pointers in a powerful start to its quest for an 18th NBA title. Porzingis, who had been sidelined since April 29 with a strained right calf, came off the bench and provided an immediate spark, adding six rebounds and three blocks in 21 minutes. Six Celtics finished in double figures.

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Oklahoma wins its record fourth straight NCAA softball title, beating Texas 8-4 for two-game sweep.

Doug Porter, the longtime football coach at historically black colleges who was the oldest living member of the College Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 94. Porter died Wednesday. Miller Funeral Home said a funeral service is set for Saturday, June 15, in Grambling. Porter was the head coach at Mississippi Valley State, Howard and Fort Valley State. He was an assistant coach under Eddie Robinson at Grambling, returned to the school in 1997 as an advisor and helped establish the Eddie G. Robinson Museum in Grambling. Porter coached at Fort Valley State in Georgia from 1979 to 1985 and again from 1987 to 1996, going 112-66-3. From Memphis, Tennessee, Porter played quarterback at Xavier of Louisiana, and served in the U.S. Army.