Athletics acquire Wynns from Reds for cash while Brewers claim Avans off waivers from A's

Athletics acquire Wynns from Reds for cash while Brewers claim Avans off waivers from A's

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics acquired catcher Austin Wynns from the Cincinnati Reds for cash on Sunday. In another move announced Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers claimed outfielder Drew Avans off waivers from the Athletics and assigned him to their Triple-A Nashville affiliate. The 34-year-old Wynns had batted .400 with a .442 on-base percentage, three homers and 11 RBIs in 18 games with the Reds. He has batted .241 with a .287 on-base percentage, 16 homers and 74 RBIs in 256 career games with the Baltimore Orioles (2018-21), San Francisco Giants (2022-23), Los Angeles Dodgers (2023), Colorado Rockies (2023) and Reds (2024-25). Avans, who turns 29 on Friday, had gone 1 for 15 in seven games with the Athletics this season. He had hit .328 with a .414 on-base percentage, four homers, 34 RBIs and 16 steals in 48 games with the Athletics' Triple-A Las Vegas affiliate. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/MLB

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June 08, 2025

Athletics acquire Wynns from Reds for cash while Brewers claim Avans off waivers from A's

Athletics acquire Wynns from Reds for cash while Brewers claim Avans off waivers from A's WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics a...

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NCAA Baseball Tournament: Louisville, Arizona advance to College World Series

NCAA Baseball Tournament: Louisville, Arizona advance to College World Series

Ten teams have an opportunity to advance to the 2025 Men's College World Series with a win in Super Regional play on Sunday. Arizona and North Carolina had a decisive Game 3 in their best-of-3 series while Miami and Louisville, in addition to Florida State and Oregon State were also tied at 1-1. Elsewhere in the Super Regionals, Arkansas has a 1-0 lead over defending national champion Tennessee and winning on Sunday would send them to Omaha. LSU also won its opener versus West Virginia, as did Duke over Murray State and UCLA versus UTSA. Coastal Carolina wasthe first to team to qualifyfor the MCWS by finishing a sweep of Auburn on Saturday. Eddie King Jr.'s 2-out double scored Jake Munroe in the seventh inning to put the Cardinals on top. Jake Schweitzer, Justin West and Brennyn Cutts combined for a scoreless final two innings to put Louisville (40-22) among the eight teams going to Omaha. EDDIE KING JR FOR THE LEAD‼️B7 | Cards 3, Canes 2📺 ESPN#GoCards|@EddieKingJr17pic.twitter.com/Oyizirye7o — Louisville Baseball (@LouisvilleBSB)June 8, 2025 Ethan Eberle pitched five innings for Louisville, giving up a 2-run homer to Max Galvin among his six hits allowed. Schweitzer got the win with three scoreless innings, while Cutts earned the save by retiring the final Hurricanes batter of the game. For Miami (35-27), Reese Lumpkin gave up two runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings. But Will Smith was tagged with the loss after allowing King's RBI double. It was only the second hit he allowed in 2 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks. Galvin and Daniel Cuvet each had two hits for Miami. The Wildcats join the Chanticleers in Omaha, defeating the Tar Heels on their home field. Arizona took a 4-3 lead with a 3-run eighth inning as its first four batters reached base, helped out by an two throwing errors by UNC. Tommy Splaine first scored on a bunt single from Easton Breyfogle. Brendan Summerhill then walked to load the bases and Mason White drove in two runs with a single. 🗣️ TUCSON STAND UP FOR YOUR HOMETOWN KID!pic.twitter.com/ElNaIFPkLA — Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball)June 8, 2025 A 3-run homer by Jackson Van De Brake gave North Carolina a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, following consecutive singles from Carter French and Kane Kepley. Arizona starter Smith Bailey was charged with those three runs with five hits allowed, four strikeouts and three walks in six innings. Ryan Lynch pitched seven innings for the Tar Heels, allowing three runs (two earned) with five strikeouts. Walker McDuffie took the loss after he allowed the go-ahead run to reach base in the eighth. The Racers rebounded decisively after losing Saturday's Super Regionals opener to Duke, 7-4. Dom Decker and Will Vierling each drove in four runs, while Dan Tauken had three RBI to send the series to a decisive Game 3 on Monday. Duke took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on back-to-back homers by AJ Gracia and Ben Miller, but Murray State answered in the bottom of the frame with three runs beginning with Jonathan Hogart's leadoff home run. Both teams eventually traded five-run innings, but the Racers blew the game open with a nine-run seventh. Racers bat around in the 7th, Dan Tauken makes it 17-8 Racers on his 11th homer of the season.#GoRacers🏇pic.twitter.com/frCPObssYl — Murray State Baseball (@RacersBaseball)June 8, 2025 The Blue Devils' Kyle Johnson and Racers' Isaac Silva each allowed six runs as starting pitchers. Yet while Jacob Hustedde and Graham Kelham combined to give up another three runs in 3 2/3 innings of relief, Duke's bullpen could not keep Murray State's lineup from lighting up the scoreboard. Seven more pitchers took the mound for the Blue Devils with five of them allowing two or more runs. Gabe Nard and Mark Hindy each gave up three runs in a combined 1 1/3 innings.

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June 08, 2025

NCAA Baseball Tournament: Louisville, Arizona advance to College World Series

NCAA Baseball Tournament: Louisville, Arizona advance to College World Series Ten teams have an opportunity to advance to the 2025 Men's...

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Is Musk Starting a New Political Party Amid Trump Feud?

Is Musk Starting a New Political Party Amid Trump Feud?

Elon Musk speaks during a Town Hall event at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on March 30, 2025. Credit - Joshua Lott—The Washington Post In an escalation ofElon Musk's fractured relationship with President Donald Trumpand his Republican allies, the Tesla CEO has floated the idea of starting a new political party to rival the two-party system. Muskconducted a pollvia his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), asking his 220 million followers: "Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?" The public results show that around 80% of respondents voted yes. "The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle!"Musk said,reacting to the results of his Thursday, June 5, poll. "And exactly 80% of people agree…This is Fate." On Friday, Musk shared a potential name: "The America Party." The moniker echoes that of his super political action committee (PAC), America PAC, which was founded in 2024 to support Trump's efforts to return to the White House. The super PAC reportedly spentaround $200 millionto help elect Trump. Musk's donations made him Trump's largest, and most prominent, donor in the 2024 election. Read More:5 Things To Watch As the Trump-Musk Meltdown Proceeds Meanwhile, when talking to NBC News on Saturday, Trump said that Musk will "have to pay the consequences" if he opts to fund Democratic candidates in light of their feud. The President declined to say what those consequences would be. "I'm not going to say, but he'll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that," Trump said. In 2016 and 2020, Muskvoted for Trump's Democratic opponents—Hillary Clinton and former President Joe Biden, respectively. But during the 2022 midterm elections, Musk said he intended to vote Republican, and that later developed into him becoming Trump's close ally, which was cemented when the President positioned him as lead of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),a role he held until recently. However, Trump and Musk have nowhad an explosive fall-out,which has played out in the public arena via social media over the past few days. It started with Musk's disapproval over Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," which he called an "abomination" andtold his social media followersto "call your Senator, call your Congressman… kill the bill." On Thursday, the back-and-forth between the two influential men escalated, with Musk alleging that Trump is listed in the files related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "That is the real reason they have not been made public,"Musk said. He did not provide evidence pertaining to this and, as of early Saturday morning,the post has been deleted. Musk also,in another since-deleted X post, endorsed a message that said: "Trump should be impeached" and that Vance "should replace him." Trump has argued on his ownsocial media platform, Truth Social,that "Elon was wearing thin" and that he asked the Tesla CEO to leave the White House. Read More:Musk's Major Allegation Against Trump Disappears From Social Media: 'That Post Has Been Deleted' When talking to reporters aboard Air Force Oneon Friday night, Trump said he didn't have any plans to speak with Musk. But some lawmakers are convinced that the feud between Trump and Musk will soon thaw, and that the latter's idea for a new political party won't come to fruition. On Friday, RepublicanRep. Jimmy Patronis of Florida told NewsNation's Blake Burman: "Elon Musk is not gonna create a new political party... Trump knows that sometimes you're going to have [a] falling out with those that you trust, you like, that you're friends with. It happens with us in D.C. all the time. Mark my words, about a month from now, these guys will be hanging around again." Contact usatletters@time.com.

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June 08, 2025

Is Musk Starting a New Political Party Amid Trump Feud?

Is Musk Starting a New Political Party Amid Trump Feud? Elon Musk speaks during a Town Hall event at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, ...

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Mike Johnson downplays Musk's influence and says Republicans will pass Trump's tax and budget bill

Mike Johnson downplays Musk's influence and says Republicans will pass Trump's tax and budget bill

With an uncharacteristically feistiness, SpeakerMike Johnsontook clear sides Sunday in PresidentDonald Trump'sbreakupwith mega-billionaireElon Musk. The Republican House leader and staunch Trump ally said Musk's criticism of the GOP's massivetax and budget policy billwill not derail the measure, and he downplayed Musk's influence over the GOP-controlled Congress. "I didn't go out to craft a piece of legislation to please the richest man in the world," Johnson said on ABC's "This Week." "What we're trying to do is help hardworking Americans who are trying to provide for their families and make ends meet," Johnson insisted. Johnson said he has exchanged text messages with Musk since the former chief of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency came out against the GOP bill. Musk called it an "abomination" that would add to U.S. debts and threaten economic stability. He urged voters to flood Capitol Hill with calls to vote against the measure, which is pending in the Senate after clearing the House. His criticism sparked anangry social media back-and-forthwith Trump, who told reporters over the weekend that he has no desire to repair his relationship with Musk. The speaker was dismissive of Musk's threats to finance opponents — even Democrats — of Republican members who back Trump's bill. "We've got almost no calls to the offices, any Republican member of Congress," Johnson said. "And I think that indicates that people are taking a wait and see attitude. Some who may be convinced by some of his arguments, but the rest understand: this is a very exciting piece of legislation." Johnson argued that Musk still believes "that our policies are better for human flourishing. They're better for the US economy. They're better for everything that he's involved in with his innovation and job creation and entrepreneurship." The speaker and other Republicans, including Trump's White House budget chief, continued their push back Sunday against forecasts that their tax and budget plans will add to annual deficits and thus balloon a national debt already climbing toward $40 trillion. Johnson insisted that Musk has bad information, and the speaker disputed the forecasts of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that scores budget legislation. The bill would extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, cut spending and reduce some other levies but also leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance and spike deficits by $2.4 trillionover the decade, according to the CBO's analysis. The speaker countered with arguments Republicanshave made for decades: That lower taxes and spending cuts would spur economic growth that ensure deficits fall. Annual deficits and the overall debt actually climbed during the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, andduring Trump's first presidency, even after sweeping tax cuts. Russell Vought, who leads the White House Office of Budget and Management, said on Fox News Sunday that CBO analysts base their models of "artificial baselines." Because the 2017 tax law set the lower rates to expire, CBO's cost estimates, Vought argued, presuming a return to the higher rates before that law went into effect. Vought acknowledged CBO's charge from Congress is to analyze legislation and current law as it is written. But he said the office could issue additional analyses, implying it would be friendlier to GOP goals. Asked whether the White House would ask for alternative estimates, Vought again put the burden on CBO, repeating that congressional rules allow the office to publish more analysis. Other Republicans, meanwhile, approached the Trump-Musk battle cautiously. "As a former professional fighter, I learned a long time ago, don't get between two fighters," said Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin on CNN's "State of the Union." He even compared the two billionaire businessmen to a married couple. "President Trump is a friend of mine but I don't need to get, I can have friends that have disagreements," Mullin said. "My wife and I dearly love each other and every now and then, well actually quite often, sometimes she disagrees with me, but that doesn't mean that we can't stay focused on what's best for our family. Right now, there may be a disagreement but we're laser focused on what is best for the American people." —- Associated Press journalist Gary Fields contributed from Washington.

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June 08, 2025

Mike Johnson downplays Musk's influence and says Republicans will pass Trump's tax and budget bill

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Panthers D Aaron Ekblad (hand) participates in practice

Panthers D Aaron Ekblad (hand) participates in practice

Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad participated in an optional practice session on Sunday morning, one day ahead of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla. Ekblad sustained an injured left hand after he was hit by a shot from Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse during the second overtime of Florida's 5-4 victory in Game 2 of the finals. Brad Marchand scored later in the session for the Panthers, who tied the best-of-seven series at one win apiece. Ekblad, 29, has recorded 11 points (three goals, eight assists) and averaged 23:58 of ice time in 15 playoff games. He totaled 33 points (three goals, 30 assists) in 56 games during the regular season. Florida made Ekblad the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, and he has spent his entire 11-year career with the franchise. He has 380 points (118 goals, 262 assists) in 732 career games. --Field Level Media

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June 08, 2025

Panthers D Aaron Ekblad (hand) participates in practice

Panthers D Aaron Ekblad (hand) participates in practice Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad participated in an optional practice sessio...

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You are more likely to be struck by lightning than the Pacers were to win their playoff comebacks

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than the Pacers were to win their playoff comebacks

When the Indiana Pacers trailed the Oklahoma City Thunder by 9 points with 2 minutes and 52 seconds left in Game 1 of the NBA Finals,ESPN's win probability modelgave the Pacers only a 3.6% chance to win. Not only did the Pacers overcome that deficitto win 111-110 and take a 1-0 lead in the series, that wasn't even Indiana's most improbable comeback this postseason. The Pacers have become the masters of the come-from-behind victory in the 2025 playoffs, pulling off at least one miracle in each round. In Game 5 of the conference quarterfinals, Indiana overcame a 7-point deficit against the Milwaukee Bucks in the final 39 seconds of overtime — when the Pacers' odds of winning were only 2.1% — and won 119-118. In Game 2 of the conference semifinals, Indiana had only a 4.1% chance of winning when it trailed the Cleveland Cavaliers by 7 with 57.1 seconds to go, but the Pacers ultimately won 120-119. And in Game 1 of the conference finals, Indiana pulled off anever-before-seen comebackagainst the New York Knicks, rallying from 14 points down with 2 minutes and 51 seconds to go in the fourth quarter before winning 138-135 in overtime — the odds of which were 0.3%. While winning even one of these games was a highly improbable task for the Pacers, winning all four wasextremelyunlikely. How unlikely, exactly? Well, you'd have a better chance of being struck by lightning, for starters. Here's how the Pacers' four biggest comebacks stack up against some other rare events.

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June 08, 2025

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than the Pacers were to win their playoff comebacks

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than the Pacers were to win their playoff comebacks When the Indiana Pacers trailed the Oklaho...

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ABC News correspondent suspended after tweet calling Trump 'a world class hater'

ABC News correspondent suspended after tweet calling Trump 'a world class hater'

Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was suspended Sunday after he posted a harsh criticism of the Trump White House on X. Moran, 65, took aim Saturday at President Trump and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has been outspoken in his desire to see a step up in the deportation of undocumented migrants. "Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater," Moran wrote his post, which has been deleted. "You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate." He also described Miller as "vile." Moran went on to call Trump "a world class hater" adding, "but his hatred only a means to an end and that end is his own glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment." Moran, whose title is senior national correspondent, has been an ABC News journalist since 1999 and is not a commentator. He conducted an Oval Office interview with Trump in April to discuss the first 100 days of the president's second term. In a statement, an ABC News representative said Moran's statements violated the division's policy. "ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others," the representative said. "The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards — as a result, Terry Moran has been suspended pending further evaluation." White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped Moran and called for action by ABC when the journalist's post was raised during an interview Sunday on Fox News. "This is unacceptable and unhinged rhetoric coming from someone who works at a major television network," Leavitt said. "We have reached out to ABC, they have said they will be taking action, so we will see what they do. But I think this speaks to the distrust the American public have in the legacy media." The rapid suspension by ABC News demonstrateshow networks are on edgeover their news organizations antagonizing the Trump White House, which has shown a willingness to extract revenge on its critics. Read more:The network evening news is in flux: Why an American TV institution is under pressure Trump has asked Congress to cut off federal funding from public media outlets PBS and NPR,calling their programming "left wing propaganda." Trump is suing CBS News over a "60 Minutes" interview last October that he claims was deceptively edited to help his 2024 election opponent Vice President Kamala Harris. The suit —an obstacle to CBS parent Paramount Global's dealto merge with Skydance Media — has gone to a mediator. ABC Newspaid $15 million to settle a lawsuit Trumpfiled over statements by "Good Morning America" co-host George Stephanopoulos, who incorrectly said on air that the president had been liable of rape, when it was sexual abuse. Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger has asked that ABC's "The View" spend less time talking about Trump, who typically leads the daytime talk show's hot topics segment. Sign up for our Wide Shot newsletter to get the latest entertainment business news, analysis and insights. This story originally appeared inLos Angeles Times.

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ABC News correspondent suspended after tweet calling Trump 'a world class hater'

ABC News correspondent suspended after tweet calling Trump 'a world class hater' Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was susp...

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