Lawrence Shankland has to be Scotland’s starting striker at the World Cup this summer, says former Hearts midfielder Andy Halliday.The Hearts captain started his first match since January for the Scottish Premiership leaders against Livingston on Sunday, scoring and assisting in the 2-2 draw.AdvertisementThe 30-year-old has now netted 16 times in all competitions this season and has provided another five assists for Derek McInnes’ men.Despite scoring in the astonishing 4-2 win over Denmark in November, which booked Scotland’s place at this summer’s finals, Shankland has struggled to nail down a starting spot in Steve Clarke’s side.Just four of his 18…
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Seven-foot big men do not grow on trees. Luckily for Dusty May and Michigan basketball, they do sometimes enter the NCAA transfer portal.Such was the case with Aday Mara, who became the 2026 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in one year with the Wolverines after playing sparingly with UCLA in his first two collegiate seasons.AdvertisementREQUIRED READING: Even with squeaky Yaxel, Michigan blasts Arizona in Final Four thanks to supporting castWith star Yaxel Lendeborg dealing with an injury in the Final Four against No. 1 Arizona, it was Mara who stepped up with a career-best performance to help the…
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The loudest roar of the weekend probably came when Konnor Griffin cracked an RBI double in his first major league at-bat. Yet for the Pittsburgh Pirates, silence has been golden.Arguably the game’s most downtrodden franchise the past three decades, the Pirates have roared from the gates in 2026, winning six of their first nine games and soaring 12 spots in USA TODAY Sports’ MLB power rankings.AdvertisementAnd in sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in their home-opening series, the Pirates got deftly-pitched games from Mitch Keller and Braxton Ashcraft, 4 ⅓ scoreless relief innings in a 10-inning walk-off and a three-run homer from…
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Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning…The Pittsburgh Penguins closed out the rare home-home back-to-back on Sunday against the Florida Panthers. Pittsburgh once again took care of business after dispatching the Cats 9-4 on Saturday with a controlled, 5-2 win on Sunday, led by Sidney Crosby and Rickard…
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Record: 15-13-1. Change on 2025: -1. 5-inning Record: 11-16-2.The Diamondbacks saved the best for last, punching out their biggest margin of victory in the final Cactus League game. An emphatic 11-1 victory over the Padres was anchored by Gabriel Moreno, who hit two home-runs and doubled, giving him three long-balls…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored his second goal of the game on a break at 1:46 of overtime to give the Utah Mammoth a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night.Schmaltz carried the puck in on a 2-on-1 with defenseman Mikhail Sergachev on his…
Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy ForecastIt’s another edition of ‘Mock Draft Monday’ with PFF’s Trevor Sikkema He joins Matt Harmon to provide his five favorite potential fits for some of the top prospects in this year’s draft. Sikkema places two top WR prospects in the NFC East and gives the Cowboys…
Tyler Reddick pulls off rare Dale Earnhardt feat with NASCAR Darlington win appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Tyler Reddick has done it again. After Reddick started the season with three straight wins, he found himself back in the winner’s circle at Darlington.AdvertisementWith the…
Stuttgart attacker Deniz Undav’s final Bundesliga match before reporting back to Julian Nagelsmann’s German national team could hardly have gone better. Two more goals and an assist in Sunday’s 2-5 away victory over Augsburg gives the 29-year-old 18 league goals on the season. Only Bayern Munich superstar Harry Kane (31)…
World No. 8 Hyo Joo Kim won the Fortinet Founders Cup in wire-to-wire fashion after a big third-round lead.No problem, right? Wrong.It was a testy, gusty, performance by the Korean star because she lost a rare five-shot lead and survived a valiant charge by World No. 2 Nelly Korda.AdvertisementKorda pulled…
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Strome scored 26 seconds into overtime and the Calgary Flames beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Sunday night for their third straight victory.Victor Olofsson, Morgan Frost, with his team-leading 17th, and Mikael Backlund also scored for Calgary. Devin Cooley made 32 saves.AdvertisementRyan McDonagh, Darren…
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a new six-year contract with opening day starter Cristopher Sánchez.The deal announced Sunday for last season’s NL Cy Young Award runner-up begins in 2027 and will run through 2032 with a club option for 2033.AdvertisementTerms were not immediately available.Sánchez had been pitching…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Troy Terry scored on a breakaway 1:29 into overtime for his second goal of the game after Mikael Granlund tied it late in regulation and the Anaheim Ducks rallied to defeat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Sunday night.Anaheim ended Buffalo’s seven-game road winning streak when Tage…
Pre-draft free agency seems to be pretty close to wrapped up, as the market has nearly halted to a complete stop. The typical chronic borrowers (Eagles, Saints, Browns, Dolphins, etc.) didn’t really borrow from the future this year, and more teams than expected decided to punt on compensatory free agents…
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When it comes to the debut of the new short track package at Darlington Raceway, there might be a Venn Diagram overlap between those who had really good cars and those who felt like it improved the racing.As a result, there may also be a similar overlap for the opposite.…
