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 JACKSONVILLE (Florida Sports Wire) – Miami Marlins’ right-hander Janson Junk will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on Tuesday against the Charlotte Knights at Truist Field. Junk was placed on the 15-day injured list on August 27 with right ulnar nerve irritation, retroactive to August 24. Since having his contract selected on May 24, 2025, the righty has made 17 appearances (12 starts) for the Marlins. In 88.0 innings, he’s allowed 43 runs (40 earned runs), posting a 4.09 ERA with a 6-2 record. He’s totaled 61 strikeouts against just 10 walks. A native of Federal Way, Wash., the New York Yankees selected Junk out of Seattle University in the 22nd round of the 2017 draft. After spending his first four seasons with the Yankees organization and reaching as high as Double-A Somerset in 2021, Junk was traded to the Los Angeles Angels along with RHP Elvis Peguero in exchange for LHP Andrew Heaney and cash. He made his major league debut that s...

 JACKSONVILLE – Jacob Berry notched three hits and drove in three and Kemp Alderman’s two-run homer vaulted the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to a 6-5 win over the Rochester Red Wings Sunday night at VyStar Ballpark. With the score tied at one, Jacksonville (77-54, 30-26) reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the second. With one out, Johnny Olmstead walked. He stole second and moved to third on a throwing error. Olmstead scored on a wild pitch that also walked Bennett Hostetler. Shane Sasaki then singled on a soft ground ball, putting runners on first and second. Two batters later, Mathew Etzel walked to load the bases for the Shrimp. Berry singled on a fly ball in the gap, scoring Hostetler and Sasaki and widening the gap 4-1. Rochester (52-77, 25-32) cut the Jumbo Shrimp’s lead in the top of the third. Christian Franklin (12) smacked a solo homerun, cutting the deficit to 4-2. The Shrimp secured insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth. Berry began the inning with a hard grounder for...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Florida Sports Wire) – From start to finish the roars reverberated from the hashmarks to the rafters. Before a sold-out, orange-clad crowd of 66,793 at Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Hurricanes defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a 27-24 thriller Sunday night, waking up their own echoes with a statement victory that no doubt made the star-studded sideline of Hurricanes legends beam with pride. No. 10 Miami improved to 1-0, while the sixth-ranked Irish fell to 0-1. It was the Canes’ highest ranked win since, well, Miami’s 2017 victory over then-No. 3 Notre Dame at Hard Rock in 2017. The Canes have now won seven consecutive home games against Notre Dame, the last defeat coming in 1977. Carter Davis kicked two field goals, including a 47-yarder with 1:04 remaining that broke a 24-24 tie. Miami’s defense held from there, sacking Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr on the final two snaps of the game. Quarterback Carson Beck completed 20 of 31 passes for 205 yards and tw...

  NEW YORK AND MEXICO CITY  (August 31, 2025)   – In front of a sellout and record-breaking crowd of 69,314 fans at Lumen Field in Seattle,   Seattle Sounders FC , led by a commanding performance from Osaze De Rosario, Alex Roldán’s second-half penalty kick and Paul Rothrock’s late finish, defeated   Inter Miami CF , 3-0, to win the Leagues Cup 2025 title. This marks the first Leagues Cup title for the  Sounders , who have now captured their ninth trophy since entering MLS in 2009. Seattle previously lifted four U.S. Open Cups, two MLS Cups, one Concacaf Champions Cup, and one Supporter’s Shield. With the victory, the Sounders secure direct entry into the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16. The following are the individual award winners for Leagues Cup 2025: Top Scorer presented by AT&T: Angel Correa, Tigres UANL Best Player: Pedro de la Vega, Seattle Sounders FC Best Goalkeeper: Andrew Thomas, Seattle Sounders FC Leagues Cup 2025 set a record-sett...

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  – Ole Miss football senior defensive tackle  Zxavian Harris  has been named a co-winner of the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week award, as announced by the conference office on Monday morning. Harris led the Rebel defense with an all-around excellent outing in Ole Miss’ dominant 63-7 season-opening victory over Georgia State on Aug. 30, ending the night with five tackles, 1.5 TFL, one solo sack, two QB hurries and the first interception of his career. Harris also got his fingers on a missed field goal attempt by the Panthers in the late stages of the first quarter, the sixth combined blocked kick of his career – putting him one away from tying the all-time SEC record.   Ole Miss (1-0) hits the road to open SEC play this week at Kentucky (1-0), with kickoff in Lexington scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC.

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (Sept. 1, 2025) –   University of South Carolina linebacker Fred Johnson was named the Southeastern Conference co-Defensive Player of the Week and punt returner Vicari Swain was selected as the SEC’s co-Special Teams Player of the Week, it was announced today. The two standout performances helped the 13 th -ranked Gamecocks to a season-opening 24-11 win over Virginia Tech Sunday in Atlanta. Johnson, a 6-3, 244-pound linebacker was all over the field on Sunday. In his first career start he was credited with a game-high 10 tackles. The sophomore from Norfolk, Va., also intercepted a pass in the end zone and had one pass breakup. He helped the Carolina defense keep the Hokies out of the end zone all game. Swain, a 6-1, 190-pound redshirt sophomore defensive back from Carrollton, Ga., broke the game open early in the fourth quarter with an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown, giving Carolina a two-score lead for the first time in the game. It was the Gamecocks’ fi...

  IRVING, Texas (September 1, 2025)  – The American Conference announced its weekly accolades on Monday. Gentiana Fetaj represented the University of South Florida women’s soccer team as the American Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Hedda Ornberg landed on the weekly honorable mention.   Fetaj played a pivotal role in the South Florida defense and the attack. She provided a beautiful through ball from the defensive half of the field that led to an assist on the lone USF goal for the week. Defensively, she helped limit the goals surrendered to just one, which was against a nationally ranked opponent in No. 19 Wake Forest.   Ornberg scored the match-winning goal against UNCG. She was on the receiving end of a stellar pass and hit a perfectly placed shot into the back of the net. She leads the team with two goals on the season.   Next Up South Florida returns to the friendly confines of Corbett Stadium for an in-state contest with Stetson. The Bulls and the...