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April 24 (UPI) — The Carolina Panthers have picked up the fifth-year option on linebacker Shaq Thompson. Carolina announced the move on Tuesday. Thompson, 24, is now under contract through 2019. The three-year veteran was the No. 25 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft out of the University of …

NEW YORK — While Brandon Drury is inching closer to returning, rookie Miguel Andujar is giving first-year manager Aaron Boone something to think about when making up lineup cards and deciding who plays third base for the New York Yankees. Andujar began the season 3-for-28, but he is hitting .316 …

The Buffalo Bills are unlikely to use their stockpile of draft picks to make a deal to acquire the New York Giants‘ No. 2 overall pick, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported Monday. The suspicions that the Bills might try to swing that deal arose because the Bills need a …

UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen isn’t one to hold his tongue. Two weeks after proclaiming himself as “the best QB in the (upcoming) draft,” Rosen told NFL.com that there’s a price for his unabashed honesty. “Everyone hates me,” the confident 21-year-old Rosen told Michael Silver of NFL.com. “I don’t know, everyone …

It was a different type of weekend for Brian Dozier and Gleyber Torres. While Dozier continued his hot start by getting a hit in his 16th straight game, the Minnesota Twins wound up with a frustrating three-game sweep by the Tampa Bay Rays. Meanwhile, Torres found out Saturday afternoon he …

Last Sunday night, after Texas Rangers veteran right-hander Bartolo Colon carried a perfect game into the eighth inning at Minute Maid Park, the Houston Astros closed that three-game series having scored a total of nine runs and continued what was a sluggish stretch offensively. The Astros (16-7) will return home …

Former NFL defensive lineman Greg Hardy is set to make his MMA debut in June, according to an ESPN report. The 29-year-old is reportedly close to being signed to an exclusive contract this summer. Hardy will make his heavyweight debut on the “Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series” on June …

Denver Broncos general manager John Elway said last week that the team has not decided if it will exercise its 2019 option on linebacker Shane Ray’s contract, but Ray said he is confident it will. “I’m not concerned,” Ray told The Athletic. “I love being a Bronco. John’s got a …

April 21 (UPI) — Colorado Avalanche radio broadcaster Marc Moser delivered a very entertaining call for the final goal of Game 5 in the team’s Stanley Cup playoffs series against the Nashville Predators. The Avalanche trailed 1-0 after a score from Predators center Nick Bonino at 10:18 in the third …

April 21 (UPI) — Ben Simmons and James Johnson were at the center of a huge second quarter scuffle during the Philadelphia 76ers’ 106-102 win against Miami Heat Saturday at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Fla. The Sixers now own a 3-1 lead in the first round Eastern Conference playoffs series …