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The Atlanta Braves, who signed free agent first baseman Yonder Alonso over the winter as an insurance option at the position, has decided to move on from him and trade the Cuban-American star back to his former team. https://twitter.com/dennistlin/status/1293353189010333696?s=20 Atlanta, who left Alonso off of its roster for the MLB restart, had been without the veteran first baseman as he decided...

The first domino in what could be the sequence of events that leads to the cancellation of the fall college football season fell on Tuesday as the Big Ten conference announced that it would postpone all fall sports. https://twitter.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1293262004921171968?s=20 This means that football in the Big Ten conference will not take place, meaning that some of the country's biggest programs like...

One of the biggest surprises of the summer transfer window came to light on Monday after sources revealed that Juventus's Blaise Matuidi is set to sign for MLS's Inter Miami this summer. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1292801273348206597?s=20 Matuidi, a regular starter for Juve this season and a former France international, is reportedly set to sign a contract with David Beckham's MLS side after passing a...

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has run into injury problems yet again. The owner of baseball's fourth-largest contract hit the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring after pulling up lame while running the bases on Saturday night in Tampa. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1292459360623394819?s=20 Stanton was off to a hot start this season, batting .293/.453/.585 with 3 home runs and 7 RBI...

Phillip Evans of the Pittsburgh Pirates, one of the biggest surprises of the 2020 MLB season, suffered a violent collision with teammate Gregory Polanco in his team's Saturday night game while he attempted to catch a fly ball. After being diagnosed with a concussion and a fractured jaw as a result of the blow, the team announced that Evans would...

Olympique Lyon's Pape Cheikh, one of the club's star-signings prior to the 2018-19 season, will go out on loan for the second straight season as the club announced that he will play for Ligue 1 rivals Dijon FCO in the 2020-21 campaign. https://twitter.com/OL_English/status/1291436770261897217?s=20 Cheikh, who joined Celta Vigo on loan in 2019-20 and played sparingly, featuring in only 19 total matches...

The Atlanta Braves' injury hits just keep on coming. After losing ace starting pitcher Mike Soroka to a torn Achilles' tendon on Monday night, they found out on Wednesday that infielders Ozzie Albies and Matt Adams would also hit the 10-day injured list. https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1291029380072902657?s=20 Albies, Atlanta's starting second baseman and a 2018 NL All-Star, had gotten off to a slow start...

LeBron James was a surprise scratch from the Thursday night Lakers lineup in their matchup with the Houston Rockets, with the team announcing that it was due to a sore groin. https://twitter.com/BR_NBA/status/1291430824760336384?s=20 James, who missed significant time last season due to a groin injury, apparently felt discomfort in recent days in the same area. The team, with the playoffs coming up...

Real Madrid will be without star forward Gareth Bale for its Friday night Champions League Round fo 16 clash with Manchester City after he was left out of the squad list by manager Zinedine Zidane. It perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that Bale wasn't included in the squad list considering his lack of playing time after La Liga returned...

After being relegated at the end of the 2018-19 season, it did not take long for West London's Fulham FC to regain promotion to the Premier League, as the club won another promotion to England's top flight after beating Brentford 2-1 in extra time in the promotion playoff final. https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1290759636962799618?s=20 The Cottagers, who finished 4th in the Championship in the regular...