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Mbappé stars in France victory

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Kylian Mbappé had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembélé also scored and France beat Morocco 2-0 Thursday in the World Cup quarterfinals. Mbappé's goal in the 60th minute was the 20th of his World Cup career and came in ...

Yahoo launches college fantasy leagues

How about Texas quarterback Arch Manning paired with Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith on the same college football roster. While at it, add Michigan tailback Jordan Marshall, too. No transfer portal needed, either. Just some savvy drafting by a college fantasy football team owner. Yahoo Sports is expanding more into college fantasy football this season by launching leagues that feature players from Power Four conferences along with Notre Dame. So fill that QB1 slot with Heisman Trophy favorites Manning or the Fighting Irish's CJ Carr. Grab Marshall or LJ Martin of BYU to round ...

Belgium’s golden generation wants one more chance

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Spain hasn't lost and hasn't even conceded a single goal at this year's World Cup. La Roja is unbeaten in 36 straight competitive matches since March 2023. This lofty standard of play clearly doesn't scare Belgium, which is on a surging trajectory of its own heading into the teams' World Cup quarterfinal match on Friday. While Spain has been Europe's most consistent winner for the past 3 1/2 years, Belgium has played its way into position for what could be the final chance for its full golden generation of stars to do something spectacular together. The ...

Winona Ruritan Club gun raffle winner

The Winona Ruritan Club held its semi-annual gun raffle for a “Henry Made in America Big Boy Rifle, in the new.360 Cal. Buckhammer (for popular white tail deer hunting). The winning ticket belongs to Andrew King, left, grandson of club member Bobby King. Andrew earned his bachelor degree in ...

Phillies’ Wheeler toots his own horn

CINCINNATI (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler described his 14-strikeout outing in a victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night a "reminder for whoever needs to be reminded" that Major League Baseball erred in leaving him off of National League roster for next week's All-Star game. "It pisses me off and it's kind of BS," Wheeler (9-1) said in postgame comments broadcast by NBC Sports Philadelphia. The 36-year-old Wheeler's career high-tying strikeout performance in a 4-1 victory came mere hours after Major League Baseball announced that three other National ...

Not a perfect ending for Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NL East-leading Atlanta Braves broke up a combined perfect-game bid by Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers Jared Jones and Mason Montgomery in the seventh inning Wednesday night. Jones started and struck out eight on 77 pitches, including 53 strikes, before being replaced by Montgomery at the start of the seventh. Montgomery got Michael Harris II to ground out to first before allowing a single to left field by Ozzie Albies, ending the bid at 6 1/3 innings. Atlanta catcher Joey Bart hit a two-run home run off Dennis Santana with two outs in the eighth and the Braves ...