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Last-place Mets fire manager Carlos Mendoza.

Owner Steve Cohen says 'fans deserve better' NEW YORK (AP) Carlos Mendoza was has been fired as manager of the underperforming New York Mets and has been replaced by Andy Green.

New York is 34-47 following a six-game losing streak, 15 games behind NL East-leading Atlanta and 9 1/2 games back of the NLs last wild-card berth.

Mets owner Steve Cohen had high expectations for a team without a World Series title since 1986.

The team opened the season with baseballs highest payroll at $358 million and projected to [pay an additional $124 million in luxury tax.

Prosecutor dropping drug case against Olympian skier Bode Miller An Idaho prosecutor says she's dropping misdemeanor drug charges against Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller.

The 48-year-old Miller was arrested in eastern Idaho on June 6 and charged with possessing psilocybin mushrooms.

Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake said in a statement provided to The Associated Press on Friday that she will be dismissing the case because of new information.

She declined to release that information.

Miller said in an Instagram post this week that he was pulled over after passing another vehicle on a highway and his friend had a small amount of drugs he didn't know about.

Miller won six Olympic medals during his career.

Pulisic returns to the US lineup with highlights and lowlight in a World Cup loss to Turkey INGLEWOOD, Calif.

(AP) Christian Pulisic returned to the field for the United States just in time to warm up for the World Cup games that really matter starting next week.

Pulisic entered the Americans 3-2 loss to Turkey as a substitute early in the second half, and he provided several strong sequences during his first game action in nearly two weeks.

He also had a lowlight when rising young star Arda Guler nutmegged him to begin the sequence that ended with Kaan Ayhans winning goal on the final kick of the match.

Pulisic hadn't played since the Americans' tournament-opening win over Paraguay.

Pochettino annoyed by perceived disappointment after US finishes group play with 3-2 loss to Turkey INGLEWOOD, Calif.

(AP) Kaan Ayhan scored on the final kick of the match, and Turkey beat the United States 3-2 for its only win of the World Cup.

Auston Trusty scored in the third minute and Sebastian Berhalter got a tying goal early in the second half for the Americans, who had already won the group with victories over Paraguay and Australia.

Pochettino fielded nine new starters for this low-stakes game, but Christian Pulisic entered in the 58th minute.

Turkey won in the eighth minute of stoppage time when Can Uzun got the ball in space on the back post and got it to Ayhan.

Caitlin Clark sidelined vs the Sparks as she recovers from back injury Caitlin Clark will miss Saturdays game against the Los Angeles Sparks while she recovers from a back injury she suffered against Phoenix on Wednesday.

Indiana coach Stephanie White said Friday morning that Clark wouldnt play.

Indiana doesnt play again after Saturday until visiting the Las Vegas Aces on July 5.

Clark only played in 13 games last season because of a variety of injuries.

Shes missed one game this season because of her back.

Clark is tied for fourth in the league with 21.2 points a game.

She had 19 points in 20 minutes against Phoenix.

Serena Williams draws 20-year-old Maya Joint in first Wimbledon singles match in 4 years LONDON (AP) Serena Williams has been drawn to play 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in the first round at Wimbledon for her first singles match in nearly four years.

The 44-year-old seven-time Wimbledon singles champion accepted a wild-card entry to the grass-court Grand Slam where shell also compete in doubles with her older sister Venus.

Joint is ranked No.

53 and made her Wimbledon debut last year, losing in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-2.

Joint was born in the U.S.

but represents Australia through her father.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek opens against Taylor Townsend.

Jannik Sinner's title defense begins against Miomir Kecmanovic.

Who is Marina Mabrey? The feisty Tempo guard who tied the WNBA scoring record with 53 points Marina Mabrey had one of the best shooting nights in WNBA history, matching the league record of 53 points.

She was 17 of 28 from the field, including matching her own WNBA record of nine 3-pointers.

Mabrey matched Aja Wilson and Liz Cambage as the only players to score 3 points in a game.

Mabrey is a journeywoman playing on her fifth WNBA team since getting drafted in the second round in 2019 by the Los Angeles Sparks.

MLB proposes limiting most free agent contracts to 5 years and 15% of a team's salary cap Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a teams salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players association that could lead to the first loss of regular-season games since 1995.

During a bargaining session Thursday at the unions office, MLB said it would accept the unions proposal granting free agency a year early for players who have reached age 30 as part of a salary cap system.

MLB also proposed boosting the minimum salary from $780,000 to $1 million for those with two years of big league service.

MLB's draft overhaul would limit choices for teen players and be a boon for colleges PHOENIX (AP) MLB's owners recently proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, which would be a huge change for the sport.

There are dozens of current MLB stars who started their professional careers as teenagers immediately after high school, including Pete Crow-Armstrong, Mike Trout and Bobby Witt Jr.

Even more recently, Pirates phenom Konnor Griffin made his MLB debut at 19 years old.

The rise of NCAA baseball as a training ground for prospects has made streamlining the minor leagues a realistic possibility.

In the 2025 MLB draft, 56 college players were selected in the top 90 picks.

With US, Canada and Mexico through, the World Cup knockout round hinges on who finishes third As group play winds down at the World Cup, the biggest intrigue might be not who finishes first in a four-team group.

Its who finishes third.

Teams that finish first and second in their groups move on automatically to the Round of 32.

The U.S., Canada and Mexico, co-hosts of the tournament, have all advanced, along with France, Germany, Brazil, Norway and others.

The U.S.

will face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday in Santa Clara, California, while Canada heads to Los Angeles to face South Africa on Sunday.

Other marquee matchups are set, including Morocco versus the Netherlands and Japan versus Brazil.

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