Albert Pujols hit his first home run against the Los Angeles Angels since they released him in May, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-2 win Sunday.
Eloy Jimenez hit two homers with five RBIs for the second straight game — the first in the majors to do so since Bryce Harper for Washington in 2015 — as the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox cruised past the Minnesota Twins 11-1 Monday night.
Longtime racing announcer Bob Jenkins, a former radio voice of the Indianapolis 500 whose career spanned more than five decades on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, died Monday. He was 73.
It didn’t take much for LeBron James to convince his friend of more than 20 years, Carmelo Anthony, to join him on the Lakers. As Anthony described Monday: “Bron just came to me one time and said, ‘Yo, the time is now. … We got to make this happen.'”
Goaltender Ilya Samsonov, 24, a restricted free agent who posted a 13-4-1 mark last season with two shutouts, re-signed with the Washington Capitals on Monday, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million contract.
The NBA announced Sunday afternoon that the summer league game between the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers has been postponed because of the league’s health and safety protocols.
The NBA is enforcing rule changes enacted this offseason to curb players attempting to use non-basketball moves to draw fouls at the Las Vegas Summer League.