Yan Diomande came to America as a 15-year-old soccer prospect not speaking any English, with his family half a world away in Ivory Coast.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Recently re-hired LSU coach Will Wade is in the process of signing former professional player RJ Luis Jr., a person with knowledge of the move said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington Nationals outfielder Dylan Crews is back in the majors, less than two months after a surprise demotion near the end of spring training.
SEATTLE (AP) – Colt Emerson will make his first MLB start at shortstop for the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night against the White Sox, less than 24 hours after hitting a three-run homer for his first big league hit.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn underwent an MRI on his left knee on Tuesday.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Sheldon Keefe will return as coach of the New Jersey Devils after new general manager Sunny Mehta did the full assessment of the organization he promised when taking over control of hockey operations last month.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Joe Ingles is returning to play in Australia’s National Basketball League after a 12-year NBA career spanning more than 800 games.
Women’s flag football is on track to gaining NCAA championship status. If all goes according to plan, a title game may even take place right before the sport makes its Olympic debut at the 2028 LA Games.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Alexander Rossi was sore Tuesday morning after enduring one of the hardest crashes of his career.