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(LONDON) -- Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 38.

In a statement posted to social media, Nadal -- who has won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles -- said that "in this life everything has a beginning and an end."

“I am here to let you know that I am retiring from professional tennis,” Nadal said in the video. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations. It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make … and I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined.

Nadal’s prowess on the tennis court is unparalleled in the history of the sport, particularly on clay. He is one of only three men to complete the Career Golden Slam in singles and has won 92 ATP-level singles titles -- 63 of these coming on clay courts -- including 36 Masters titles and an Olympic gold medal.

“I am very excited that my last tournament will be the final of the Davis Cup and representing my country,” Nadal said. “I think I have come full circle since one of my first great joys as a professional tennis player was the Davis Cup final in Sevilla in 2004. I feel super, super lucky for all the things I have been able to experience.”

From 2005 to 2014, Nadal won nine out of 10 French Open titles, and managed to put together another streak in Paris from 2017 to 2022 where he won five out of six on the hallowed grounds of Court Philippe Chatrier.

Nadal took a moment to thank his family, his team and the rivals he played against on the courts for more than two decades.

“I want to thank the entire tennis industry, all the people involved in this sport, my life-long colleagues, especially my great rivals,” Nadal said. “I have spent many, many hours with them and I have lived many moments that I will remember for the rest of my life.

In his more than 20 years in the sport, Nadal has earned an estimated $135 million, which places him second all-time in career earnings.

“I can’t thank you enough for what you have made me feel,” Nadal said, addressing his fans around the world. “You have given me the energy I needed at every moment. Really, everything I have experienced has been a dream come true. I leave with the absolute peace of mind of having given my best, of having made an effort in every way. I can only end by saying a thousand thanks to all and see you soon.”

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Detroit Tigers 3, Houston Astros 1
Kansas City Royals 1, Baltimore Orioles 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
NY Mets 8, Milwaukee Brewers 4
San Diego Padres 4, Atlanta Braves 0

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Vegas Golden Knights 6, Colorado Avalanche 1
Utah Hockey Club 3, San Jose Sharks 1
Detroit Red Wings 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Boston Bruins 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1
NY Rangers 5, New Jersey Devils 4
Ottawa Senators 4, Montreal Canadiens 3
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, St. Louis Blues 1
Minnesota Wild 7, Chicago Blackhawks 2

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Minnesota Lynx 77, Connecticut Sun 70
New York Liberty 88, Las Vegas Aces 84

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(NEW YORK) -- Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s hit king who then became a pariah for gambling on the game, has died at the age of 83, the medical examiner in Clark County, Nevada, confirmed to ABC News on Monday.

Rose was found at his home by a family member, according to the medical examiner. There were no signs of foul play.

The medical examiner told ABC News that Rose was not under the care of a doctor when he died, and the scene is being examined.

The coroner will investigate to determine the cause and manner of death.

ABC News has reached out to Rose's rep.

Rose brought a workmanlike attitude to America's pastime and won innumerable fans for his hustle on the field. By the end of his 24-year career, 19 of which were with the Cincinnati Reds, he held the record for most career hits, as well as games played, plate appearances and at-bats. He was also a 17-time All-Star, the 1973 NL MVP and 1963 Rookie of the Year.

He also won three World Series -- two with Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" clubs in 1975 and 1976, and a third with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980.

But Rose will always be remembered as much for being banned for life from MLB in 1989 over gambling on games while he was managing the Reds.

With Rose under suspicion, new MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti commissioned an investigation led by John Dowd, a lawyer with the Department of Justice, in April 1989. By June, the damning report was released, documenting at least 52 bets on Reds games in 1987, his first season as solely a manager after serving as player/manager for three seasons. The bets totaled thousands of dollars per day, according to the Dowd Report.

Faced with few options, Rose voluntarily accepted placement on baseball's ineligible list in August 1989. Despite this, Rose continued to deny he ever gambled on his own team for over a decade.

He finally admitted to gambling on Reds games in his 2004 autobiography, My Prison Without Bars. In an interview on ABC News promoting the book, he came clean for the first time as well.

"I bet on baseball in 1987 and 1988," he told ABC News' Charles Gibson in an exclusive interview that aired Jan. 8, 2004, on Primetime Thursday. "That was my mistake, not coming clean a lot earlier."

He maintained he never bet against his team, saying he "want[ed] to win every game."

"I think what happens is you're, at the time, you're betting football and then what's after football is basketball ... and obviously the next thing that follows is baseball," Rose said. "It's just a pattern that you got into."

Two years after Rose was banned for life, the Baseball Hall of Fame ruled no one on the ineligible list would be allowed into the institution.

The controversy over Rose's suspension and ban from the Hall of Fame has taken on a life of its own, becoming a subject sports fans often debate more than his legendary on-field exploits.

Even then-President Donald Trump weighed in on the debate in February 2020, tweeting, "He gambled, but only on his team winning, and paid a decades long price. GET PETE ROSE INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME! It's Time."

Rose petitioned the league to be removed from the list in 1992, 1998, 2003, 2015 and 2022 -- but either was rejected or received no response each time.

"That was a part of my life that you can't change, you wish it hadn't happened, but you can just guarantee yourself that it won't happen again," Rose told ABC News in 2004.

There's little debate over whether his on-field performance merits inclusion in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rose's pursuit of the career hits record captivated the country in 1985. Rose broke Ty Cobb's hallowed record on Sept. 11, 1985, with a single against the San Diego Padres for his 4,192nd hit. He would play just one more season, finishing his career with 4,256 hits.

Decades later, Rose remains atop the career hits list. Only Derek Jeter (3,465), Albert Pujols (3,384) and Paul Molitor (3,319) have even come within 1,000 hits of Rose's record in the time since it was set -- and none seriously challenged the mark.

Years earlier, in 1978, Rose captured attention when he made a run at Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak -- maybe the most vaunted record in sports. Starting on June 14, Rose would record a hit in 44 straight games. The streak finally came to an end on July 19, but 44 games remains the second-longest streak since 1900.

Rose was married twice and was in a long-term relationship with model Kiana Kim since 2011. The two appeared in a reality TV show, Pete Rose: Hits and Mrs. in 2013. Rose has four children.

Rose's eldest son, Pete Rose Jr., played in the minors and independent baseball for over 10 years, but played just 11 games in the majors with the Reds in 1997. He had two career hits.

Rose never strayed far from baseball, despite being on the sport's ineligible list. His No. 14 was retired by the Reds and appeared on the sport's All-Century Team, as voted by fans, in 1999. The team was announced at that year's All-Star Game in Boston and Rose received a standing ovation. Only three non-Hall of Famers are on the list of 30 players, with Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire absent due to allegations of steroid use that popped up after the list was compiled.

"I owe baseball," Rose told Gibson in 2004. "Baseball doesn't owe me a damn thing. I owe baseball. And the only way I can make my peace with baseball is taking this negative and somehow making it into a positive."

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Monday's sports events:

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Tennessee Titans 31, Miami Dolphins 12
Detroit Lions 42, Seattle Seahawks 29

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Calgary Flames 4, Seattle Kraken 3 (OT)
Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)
Los Angeles Kings 3, Anaheim Ducks 0 (2nd Period)
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Detroit Red Wings 1
NY Islanders 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Florida Panthers 1
Washington Capitals 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2
New Jersey Devils 3, NY Rangers 1
Buffalo Sabres 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 
Atlanta Braves 3, NY Mets 0 

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(NEW YORK) -- Women are taking the helm at the 37th edition of the America's Cup.

For the first time in the racing event's storied 173-year history, all-female sailing teams representing longtime participants New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and Switzerland will be joined by six new all-female teams from Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Australia. The teams will take to the seas next week in Barcelona and compete in the brand-new Puig Women's America's Cup trophy.

While this is the first time all-female sailing teams will compete for this trophy, it is not the first time women take to the water. Dating back to the 1800s, women have been pivotal members of the sailing, engineering and building teams in America's Cup but momentum to build up and invest in women sailors has always dwindled and stalled leaving women out of the world's oldest continually contested sporting trophy.

The Puig Women's America's Cup is trying to change that. The inaugural yacht race, which begins Oct. 5, is in part intended as a pipeline for women to eventually enter and compete in the America's Cup alongside male sailors.

Although there isn't a formal gender restriction that keeps women from sailing in the America's Cup, the sport has traditionally been dominated by men due to the intense physical nature of the sport. However, recent technological advancements have changed all of that, according to Coraline Jonet, project manager for Swiss Alinghi Red Bull Racing's youth and women's teams and herself a lifelong sailor.

"We saw that in the new boats half of the crew don't need physical strength, which means women and men can do the same job," she told ABC News. "Obviously, you need experience. And with this first women's America's Cup, doing all the jobs, getting that experience, will hopefully mean being able to join the America's Cup."

Marie Mazuay, 19, is a trimmer on the Alinghi Red Bull Racing women's team and has been sailing since she was seven. Her job is to control the sails, adjusting them in relation to the changing wind to turn the boat and control its speed. Previously, that role would require the strength necessary to manually haul on the ropes or crank the sails in place. In the new, high-tech AC40 boats that the teams will be racing, that job is accomplished by using a video game-type remote controller.

For Mazuay, this is a full-circle moment. "It's a real source of pride to be part of the new generation that is giving more and more opportunities for gender equity in sailing," she told ABC News. "I'm proud to represent women in sailing alongside women who have achieved great things, and I know how lucky I am to be part of this generation, and I'm going to make sure that this path for women continues."

And while Jonet and Mazuay hope Alinghi Red Bull Racing will win the Puig Women's America's Cup, they say the impact of the race itself surpasses winning a trophy.

"I hope that after this America's Cup, people will take women more seriously and realize that they are just as competitive and hard-working as men," Mazuay says.

"Young guys already see male sailors shining, and young girls will now be seeing women sailors as well shining, and the media highlighting them … it's going to be inspiration and show them that their dream can be true," Jonet said. "Little girls will see that they can make it. I hope that in time we'll have more and more women treated just as a sailors, no matter which gender, with the skills that she will get from this kind of pathway."

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Sunday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Miami 3, Toronto 1
NY Yankees 6, Pittsburgh 4
Kansas City 4, Atlanta 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Houston at Cleveland (Canceled)
Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1
Texas 8, LA Angels 0
Baltimore 6, Minnesota 2
Seattle 6, Oakland 4
Chi White Sox 9, Detroit 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 6, San Francisco 1
LA Dodgers 2, Colorado 1
NY Mets 5, Milwaukee 0
Philadelphia 6, Washington 3
Arizona 11, San Diego 2
Cincinnati 3, Chi Cubs 0

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 2
Dallas 4, Minnesota 2
Utah 6, Colorado 3

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Atlanta 26, New Orleans 24
Chicago 24, LA Rams 18
Cincinnati 34, Carolina 24
Denver 10, NY Jets 9
Houston 24, Jacksonville 20
Indianapolis 27, Pittsburgh 24
Minnesota 31, Green Bay 29
Tampa Bay 33, Philadelphia 16
San Francisco 30, New England 13
Washington 42, Arizona 14
Kansas City 17, LA Chargers 10
Las Vegas 20, Cleveland 16
Baltimore 35, Buffalo 10

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
New York 87, Las Vegas 77 NY leads series 1-0)
Connecticut 73, Minnesota 70 (Conn. leads series 1-0)

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE

Kansas City Royals 7, Washington Nationals 4
Miami Marlins 8, Minnesota Twins 6

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit Tigers 4, Tampa Bay Rays 3
Chicago White Sox 7, L-A Angels 0
Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 2
Oakland Athletics 3, Baltimore Orioles 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Colorado Rockies 10, St. Louis Cardinals 8
San Diego Padres at L-A Dodgers (TBA)
N-Y Mets at Atlanta 1:10 p.m. (Postponed)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Dallas Cowboys 20, N-Y Giants 15

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Cleveland Guardians 5, Cincinnati Reds 2
Kansas City Royals 3, Washington Nationals 0
Minnesota Twins 8, Miami Marlins 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Seattle Mariners 8, Houston Astros 1
Detroit Tigers 7, Tampa Bay Rays 1
Baltimore Orioles 9, NY Yankees 7
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Boston Red Sox 1
Chicago White Sox 4, LA Angels 3
Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies 9, Chicago Cubs 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Colorado Rockies 2
NY Mets at Atlanta Braves (PPD)
San Francisco Giants 2, Arizona Diamondbacks 8
San Diego Padres 3, LA Dodgers 4

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Connecticut Sun 87, Indiana Fever 81
Minnesota Lynx 101, Phoenix Mercury 88

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(NEW YORK) -- U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles could be one step closer to reclaiming her Olympic bronze medal.

In the ongoing battle to get back the medal that was stripped from Chiles after the women's floor exercise final at the Paris games, her legal team said it believes they have new evidence to further support her case.

The Olympic gymnast filed a second appeal to overturn the decision to strip her of the medal, urging Switzerland's supreme court to require the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reopen the case and consider what her attorneys said is crucial video and audio evidence.

In video footage that was filmed by a documentary crew who was following Chiles' teammate Simone Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, her coach can be heard asking for an inquiry into Chiles' floor routine twice within what appears to be the one minute deadline required by the committee.

The inquiry initially led the judges to award Chiles an extra tenth of a point increase that, at the time, moved her from fifth place to third over Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu, who had already begun celebrating the bronze before Chiles' adjusted score was posted.

Days later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided that inquiry and said the coach's appeal to change her degree in difficulty score was filed four seconds too late and gave the bronze medal Barbosu.

The latest appeal was filed in conjunction with a similar application from USA Gymnastics, which told ABC News the video evidence "...Clearly proves Jordan’s bronze-medal finish in Paris was correct ... as Jordan has publicly stated, the case at this point is about her peace and justice, and the right of all athletes to be treated fairly."

Chiles recently choked up when talking about the controversy earlier this month.

"The biggest thing that was taken from me was a recognition of who I was," she said holding back tears at the 2024 Forbes Power Women's Summit.

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(WASHINGTON) -- NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre told lawmakers he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as he testified Tuesday before the House Ways and Means Committee investigating Mississippi's misuse of welfare funds -- a scandal that has tainted the Green Bay Packers legend after his retirement.

At a hearing titled, "Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): States' Misuse of Welfare Funds Leaves Poor Families Behind," the former quarterback said state officials "failed to protect federal TANF funds from fraud and abuse" and then attempted to blame him.

"When this started, I didn't know what TANF was. Now I know TANF is one of the country's most important welfare programs to help people in need," Favre testified.

Favre, wearing a sportscoat, untucked dress shirt and blue jeans, told the committee he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

"I also lost an investment in a company that I believe was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others, and I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me, because I recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's," Favre revealed.

Favre, 54, said he is under a gag order that prevents him from discussing the details of the case. He has not been criminally charged but faces a civil lawsuit stemming from his advocacy to state officials to obtain federal TANF funds.

At least $77 million in TANF funds, supposed to be given to poor families, were instead given to rich people, according to a Mississippi state audit, ESPN reported.

"I believe that I got swept up in a civil lawsuit at the instigation of a state auditor shading an ambitious public official who decided he was determined to tarnish my reputation to try to advance his own political career," Favre said.

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., said TANF has been "undermined by rampant waste, fraud, and abuse" -- leaving fewer services for those who really need them.

"But we all know this problem is not limited to Mississippi," Smith said, pointing at California and Michigan as additional examples. "How big a problem is it? What is the rate of improper payments? No one knows, because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has never reported a rate of improper payment. Together, this lack of federal protections has created the perfect storm for waste, fraud and abuse."

Smith explained that Favre's testimony "can help shed additional light on the need to pursue reforms to states' ability to spend TANF."

"We look forward to hearing his insights into how weak federal oversight and self-dealing state officials contributed to Mississippi's case," Smith said. "He saw how embezzlement and mismanagement hurt the people whom welfare is supposed to help. Thank you for coming here and using your name and platform to draw attention to the need for stronger federal safeguards in TANF spending to ensure what happened in Mississippi doesn't happen again."

Lawmakers were expected to press Favre about his efforts to help fund a volleyball facility at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter was a student-athlete, as well as Prevacus, a company developing a concussion drug where Favre had invested substantial capital.

Text messages made public in legal filings show Favre pushed state officials for funding for the volleyball facility during the time his daughter was on the team. The university's athletic foundation received $5 million in TANF funds. Favre donated $1.4 million of his own money to construct the facility, ESPN reported.

"I wanted to help my alma mater and benefit the community," Favre testified. "I had no way of knowing that there was anything wrong with how the state funded the project, especially since it was publicly approved by many state agencies and multiple attorneys, including the attorney general."

Favre was also paid $1.1 million from TANF funds for speeches the state auditor said Favre never made. He paid that money back, but the auditor has demanded he also pay $228,000 in interest, according to ESPN.

"Importantly, I have learned that nobody was or is watching how TANF funds are spent," Favre said. "I urge Congress put down guardrails in place to ensure that what happened in Mississippi doesn't happen again."

Favre was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016 after a 20-year career with the Falcons, Packers, Jets and Vikings. He built his legend in 16 years in Green Bay, winning three straight MVPs from 1995-1997. He finished top 5 in MVP voting four other times as well.

He owned the career record for most passing yards and most touchdowns when he retired, though Tom Brady now holds both marks. Famously known as a gunslinger at the QB position, he still holds the ignominious record for most career interceptions. He was also famously durable in his career, holding the record for most consecutive starts (297).

He won his lone Super Bowl title in January 1997 with a 35-21 victory over the Patriots in New Orleans.

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Sunday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
San Francisco 2, Kansas City 0
St. Louis 2, Cleveland 1
San Diego 4, Chi White Sox 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 8, Minnesota 1
Boston 9, Minnesota 3
Detroit 4, Baltimore 3
Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3
Texas 6, Seattle 5
LA Angels 9, Houston 8
NY Yankees 7, Oakland 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 0
Atlanta 5, Miami 4
Chi Cubs 5, Washington 0
Milwaukee 10, Arizona 9
LA Dodgers 6, Colorado 5
NY Mets 2, Philadelphia 1

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Calgary 6 Seattle 1
Florida 3, Nashville 2
Philadelphia 6, Washington 2
Utah 5, St. Louis 3
NY Rangers 3, Boston 2
Edmonton 3, Winnipeg 2 (OT)
Florida 6, Nashville 2
NY Islanders 4, New Jersey 2
Ottawa 6, Toronto 5 (OT)
Vegas 4, San Jose 2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Denver 26, Tampa Bay 7
Green Bay 30, Tennessee 14
Indianapolis 21, Chicago 16
Minnesota 34, Houston 7
NY Giants 21, Cleveland 15
Philadelphia 15, New Orleans 12
Pittsburgh 20, LA Chargers 10
Carolina 36, Las Vegas 22
Seattle 24, Miami 3
Baltimore 28, Dallas 25
Detroit 20, Arizona 13
LA Rams 27, San Francisco 24
Kansas City 22, Atlanta 17

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Las Vegas 78, Seattle 67 (Las Vegas leads series 1-0))
New York 83, Atlanta 69 (NY leads series 1-0)
Connecticut 93, Indiana 69 (Conn. leads series 1-0)
Minnesota 102, Phoenix 95 (Min. leads series 1-0)

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Philadelphia 4, D.C. United 0

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE

Baltimore Orioles 5, San Francisco Giants 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland Guardians 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Texas Rangers 0
Seattle Mariners 3, N-Y Yankees 2
Tampa Bay Rays 2, Boston Red Sox 0
Houston Astros 3, L-A Angels 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Atlanta Braves 15, Cincinnati Reds 3
L-A Dodgers 20, Miami Marlins 4
Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1
N-Y Mets 10, Philadelphia Phillies 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Chicago Cubs 7, Washington Nationals 6

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

N-Y Jets 24, New England Patriots 3

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Atlanta Dream 78, New York Liberty 67
Connecticut Sun 87, Chicago Sky 54
Washington Mystics 92, Indiana Fever 91
Los Angeles Sparks 68, Minnesota Lynx 51
Las Vegas Aces 98, Dallas Wings 84
Seattle Storm 89, Phoenix Mercury 70

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(NEW YORK) -- Pennsylvania officially recognized flag football as a sanctioned girls' high school sport in an announcement made by Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA), on Wednesday.

The girls' flag football was made an official state-sanctioned high school sport after the sport met the requirement to have had at least 100 participating teams across the state, according to a press release.

The figure was achieved in April with the help of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers, which launched girls' flag football leagues in 2022.

"This is not just an important day for the Eagles and Steelers, but for the sport of football and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said in the release. "When we launched our Girls Flag Football League in 2022, we set an ambitious five-year goal to get the sport sanctioned in our state. Now, here we are three seasons later and two years ahead of schedule. The sport's organic growth is a credit to the participants, administrators, coaches, officials, and parents who helped raise the profile of Girls Flag Football."

He continued, "We thank the PIAA for their leadership in recognizing a sport that has the power to unlock new pathways and opportunities for girls of all ages in every community."

The sport will be officially available for high school girls in the state starting in the 2025-26 school year.

Pennsylvania has now joined other states, including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New York, and Tennessee, in making girls' flag football a state-sanctioned high school sport.

The decision will also unlock opportunities for the participants and school districts in allowing them to compete for a state championship and eventually create a pathway of talent for college sports and beyond.

Steelers President Art Rooney II, in a statement in the release, called the move a "groundbreaking moment for the future of girls' flag football."

"It has been great working with the Eagles to accomplish a successful ruling that will now give young girls the chance to compete at a state level," the statement read. "We look forward to seeing how girls' flag football continues to grow in Pennsylvania and worldwide."

A growing interest in flag football, which is a non-tackling version of American football where players wear belts with flags on them, peaked this summer after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in October 2023 that flag football would be included on the LA28 Olympic sports program.

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago Cubs 3
San Francisco Giants 5, Baltimore Orioles 3
San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE
LA Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Cleveland Guardians 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Boston Red Sox 2, Tampa Bay Rays 1
Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 2
Texas Rangers 2, Toronto Blue Jays 0
NY Yankees 2, Seattle Mariners 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona Diamondbacks 9, Colorado Rockies 4
Atlanta Braves 7, Cincinnati Reds 1
LA Dodgers 8, Miami Marlins 4
NY Mets 10, Washington Nationals 0
Milwaukee Brewers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1
St. Louis Cardinals 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
San Francisco Giants 10, Baltimore Orioles 0
Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota Twins 4, Cleveland Guardians 1
Tampa Bay Rays 8, Boston Red Sox 3
Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 1
Texas Rangers 13, Toronto Blue Jays 8
Chicago White Sox 0, LA Angels 5
NY Yankees 11, Seattle Mariners 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 5
Miami Marlins 11, LA Dodgers 9
NY Mets 10, Washington Nationals 1
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Colorado Rockies 8, Arizona Diamondbacks 2

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Minnesota Lynx 78, Connecticut Sun 76
New York Liberty 87, Washington Mystics 71
Atlanta Dream 86, Chicago Sky 70
Las Vegas Aces 85, Seattle Storm 72
Phoenix Mercury 85, Los Angeles Sparks 81

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Monday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Mets 2, Washington Nationals 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Atlanta Braves 0
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Colorado Rockies 3, Arizona Diamondbacks, 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago White Sox 8, Los Angeles Angles 4 
Cleveland Guardians 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 6

INTERLEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 9, Oakland Athletics 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOOTBALL
Atlanta Falcons 22, Philadelphia Eagles 21

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Sunday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Minnesota 9, Cincinnati 2
Toronto 3, St. Louis 2
Pittsburgh 4, Kansas City 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 4, Baltimore 2
Cleveland 2, Tampa Bay 0
Chi White Sox 4, Oakland 3
NY Yankees 5, Boston 2
Seattle 7, Texas 0
Houston 6, LA Angels 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2, NY Mets 1
Washington 4, Miami 3
Chi Cubs 6, Colorado 2
San Diego 4, San Francisco 3
Arizona 11, Milwaukee 10
LA Dodgers 9, Atlanta 2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Cleveland 18, Jacksonville 13
Green Bay 16, Indianapolis 10
LA Chargers 26, Carolina 3
Las Vegas 26, Baltimore 23
Minnesota 23, San Francisco 17
NY Jets 24, Tennessee 17
New Orleans 44, Dallas 19
Seattle 23, New England 20 (OT)
Tampa Bay 20, Detroit 16
Washington 21, NY Giants 18
Arizona 41, LA Rams 10
Kansas City 26, Cincinnati 25
Pittsburgh 13, Denver 6
Houston 19, Chicago 13

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Minnesota 88, New York 79
Indiana 110, Dallas 109
Atlanta 76, Washington 73 (OT)
Las Vegas 84, Connecticut 71
Phoenix 93, Chicago 88
Seattle 90, Los Angeles 87

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Seattle 2, Sporting Kansas City 0

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(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE

Philadelphia Phillies 2, Tampa Bay Rays 1

New York Mets 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Red Sox 12, Baltimore Orioles 3

New York Yankees 10, Kansas City Royals 4

Los Angeles Angels 6, Minnesota Twins 2

Cleveland Guardians 5, Chicago White Sox 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago Cubs 4 at Los Angeles Dodgers TBA

Cincinnati Reds 1, Atlanta Braves 0

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Miami Marlins 2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

San Francisco 49ers 32, New York Jets 19

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(NEW YORK) -- Olympian Jordan Chiles opened up this week in her first interview since being stripped of her bronze medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The star gymnast, whose bronze medal in the women's gymnastics floor exercise final was revoked in August, spoke on the subject at the 2024 Forbes Power Women's Summit in New York City on Wednesday.

"The biggest thing that was taken from me was that it was the recognition of who I was," said Chiles, pausing halfway through and becoming emotional. "Not just my sport, but the person I am."

"To me, everything that has gone on, it's not about the medal, it's about my skin color, it's about the fact that there were things that have led up to this position of being an athlete," she said.

She added, "I felt like when I was back in 2018, where I did lose the love of this sport. I lost it again. I felt like I was really left in the dark."

Chiles referenced a coach she said she had in 2018, who she claimed "emotionally and verbally abused" her, though she did not name them, and said losing her medal made her feel voiceless again.

"I wasn't able to be heard," she said.

She added, "I made history and I will always continue to make history, and something that I rightfully did, I followed the rules. My coach followed the rules. We did everything that was totally, completely right."

Initially, Chiles finished fifth in the individual floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics, only to be moved up to the bronze medal spot after her coaches appealed the scoring of one of the elements in her routine. In moving from fifth to third, she leaped over two Romanian gymnasts -- including Ana Barbosu, who had already begun celebrating bronze.

The International Gymnastics Federation has since awarded Barbosu third place, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided the appeal made by Chiles' coach at the event, with CAS saying Chiles' score was "raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline." In stating the challenge came too late, the CAS reinstated Chiles' incorrect 13.666 score.

CAS later said it would not hear Chiles' appeal to keep her bronze medal from the Paris Olympics despite new evidence, according to USA Gymnastics.

Following the unsuccessful appeal, Chiles took to Instagram to share her feelings on losing the medal.

"I have no words. This decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow, not just to me, but to everyone who has championed my journey," she wrote in a statement at the time.

"To add to the heartbreak, the unprompted racially driven attacks on social media are wrong and extremely hurtful. I've poured my heart and soul into this sport and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country," she continued.

Chiles took home one medal from the Olympics, helping Team USA secure gold in the women's artistic team all-around event. She was also a part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

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(MIAMI) -- The NFL's Miami Dolphins franchise spoke out Monday night about the traffic stop by police officers where wide receiver Tyreek Hill was removed from his vehicle, placed on the ground and handcuffed before Sunday’s season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In its statement, the organization said it was "saddened by the overly aggressive and violent conduct directed toward" Hill on Sunday, urging "swift and strong action against the officers" involved in the incident.

Hill was detained and handcuffed on the ground after being pulled over as he was driving up to Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday around 10:20 a.m. ET.

"It is both maddening and heartbreaking to watch the very people we trust to protect our community use such unnecessary force and hostility towards these players," the Dolphins’ organization said.

The statement from the team follows the release of officer body camera footage of the incident by Miami-Dade Police on Monday night.

In the footage, which ABC News has reviewed, a motorcycle officer pulls over Hill and approaches the driver's side window. Hill rolls down the window and tells the officer to stop knocking on the window.

Hill then asks for his ticket and tells the officer he's going to be late before rolling the car window back up.

The officer then asks the wide receiver to roll the window down, and Hill cracks it open a little. The officer then tells Hill, "Get out of the car right now. We're not playing this game."

When Hill opens the door, the newly released footage shows the officer grabbing Hill's hand and putting it behind Hill’s head. The officer then appears to drag Hill out of the car.

The videos then shows the officer putting Hill’s face down on the ground with two other officers assisting. One officer has his knee on Hill's back until Hill is handcuffed, the videos show.

Approximately six minutes into the incident, body camera footage shows an assisting officer looking at Hill's ID. He can be heard saying, "You know who that is, right?"

The first officer said he didn't know and then was told Hill was one of the Dolphins' star players.

In a statement from Hill's attorney, Julius B. Collins, describing the incident, Collins said Hill "had his window rolled down and that officer then demanded Mr. Hill out of the vehicle even after Mr. Hill complied with that officer’s request to keep his window down."

Collins said in his statement, "Hill rolled down his window each time he was requested to do so by the requesting officers." He went on to call the officers' actions "excessive" and said they were exploring all legal remedies.

"We believe that this matter was escalated due to overzealous officers attempting to impose their authority on Mr. Hill because they were not pleased with how fast he complied with their request and that Mr. Hill did not roll down his window far enough to their liking," he added.

When asked about the incident after the game, Hill told reporters, "I wasn't disrespectful... because my mom didn't raise me that way, didn't curse, none of that."

South Florida Police Benevolent Association president Steadman Stahl released a statement Monday saying Hill's refusal to cooperate with officers led to his detainment.

"He was briefly detained for officer safety, after driving in a manner in which he was putting himself and others in great risk of danger," Stahl said. "Upon being stopped, Mr. Hill was not immediately cooperative with the officers on scene who, pursuant to policy and for their immediate safety, placed Mr. Hill in handcuffs."

Miami-Dade Police Department director Stephanie V. Daniels said in a statement along with the body camera footage Monday that the "department is committed to conducting a thorough, objective investigation into this matter."

"We will continue to update the public on the outcome of that process," Daniels said.

Daniels also said one of the officers involved was placed on "administrative duty."

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