Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson announced his retirement Wednesday after playing 12 NHL seasons and scoring one of the biggest goals in that franchise’s history.
Marcus Stroman left Tuesday’s start with hip soreness, Michael Conforto had his IL return pushed to Wednesday and Joey Lucchesi will have season-ending Tommy John surgery.
Los Angeles Sparks coach Derek Fisher said forward Nneka Ogwumike’s omission from the U.S. women’s basketball Olympic team didn’t make sense, adding that she “earned it and deserves it.”
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has placed $3.35 million in bets to win over $35 million on the Astros to win the World Series
Nationals ace Max Scherzer was inspected three times for the use of foreign substances on the baseball in his start Tuesday, but it was Phillies manager Joe Girardi’s request that he be checked that set him off.