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NCAA approves age-based eligibility for D-I athletes

Eager to lessen the chaos of the transfer portal era, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes on Tuesday that will allow five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, ...

Vargas’ homer lifts White Sox over Guards

CHICAGO — Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, Sean Burke struck out six in 6 1/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox claimed sole possession of first place in the AL Central on Tuesday night with a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Burke (5-4) allowed one run on ...

Young’s home run powers Mariners past Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Cole Young hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in his first major league game in his hometown to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old second baseman’s drive into the right-field bleachers kept the ...

Canfield tops Crestview, wins 50/70 district title

CANFIELD — It is not how you start, the saying goes, but rather how you finish. Fortunately for Canfield during Tuesday’s Little League Ohio District 2 Intermediate (50/70) championship game at McCune Park, it did both. Canfield scored four runs in the first two innings and eight in the ...

NFL will not host supplemental draft for Sorsby

Brendan Sorsby will have to wait until 2027 to begin his NFL career. The NFL informed the 22-year-old quarterback on Tuesday that it will not hold a supplemental draft this year, and encouraged him to focus on preparing for possible entry into the league through the regular draft next ...

De La Cruz expected to return Tuesday

CINCINNATI — Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is expected to be reinstated from the injured list Tuesday after missing 19 games with a strained right hamstring, manager Terry Francona said Monday. De La Cruz — who has been sidelined since June 1 — took batting practice prior to Monday night’s series opener against the first-place Brewers. He made three rehab starts for Triple-A Louisville going 2 for 8 with a home run and two RBIs. After homering in his first rehab start on Friday, De La Cruz texted Francona, “Be there tomorrow” but the Reds didn’t want to rush ...