Trevor Richards Traded To White Sox

      The Philadelphia Phillies traded pitcher Trevor Richards to the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations. It was the first season for Richards with the Phillies. 

     Richards broke into Major League Baseball with the Miami Marlins in 2018 and 2019. He had a 7-21 record with a 4.43 earned run average in 48 games with Miami. 

Florida Panthers Get Ninth Overall Pick

     The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery was held at the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey on Tuesday night. The 2026 NHL Draft will happen at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on June 28. 

     The Florida Panthers ended up with the ninth overall selection in the first round. The last time the Panthers had a top-10 pick was in 2017 when they selected Owen Tippett at 10th overall. 

Ravens Ink Skylar Thompson

     The Baltimore Ravens are adding quarterback Skylar Thompson. He has signed a one-year contract with the team. Thompson spent last season on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad. 

     Thompson was selected in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He saw action with the Fins during the regular season in 2022 and 2024. Thompson did get one postseason start with the club in 2022. 

Orioles Outscore Marlins

     The Baltimore Orioles outlasted the Miami Marlins 9-7 at loanDepot park on Tuesday night. The Marlins are in the middle of a 10-game homestand. The Orioles snapped a five-game losing streak. 

     Baltimore(16-20) rumbled out to a 3-0 advantage in the top of the first. Pete Alonso doubled down the left-field line for Taylor Ward and Dylan Beavers to score. Samuel Basallo came up next and knocked in Alonso with a double into deep left-center field. 

     Miami(16-20) responded with one run in the bottom of the first and they were down 3-1. Xavier Edwards scored on a wild pitch. 

     The Marlins evened it up 3-3 in the second inning. Liam Hicks singled to right-center field which scored Owen Caissie and Graham Pauley. 

     The Orioles regained the lead 5-3 in the top of the third. Basallo got a single into right field for Ward and Alonso to cross the plate. 

     The Fish cut the deficit to 5-4 in the bottom of the third. Joe Mack picked up his first base hit in the majors and his first run batted in of his MLB career with a single into left field to score Kyle Stowers.

     The O's extended it to 7-4 in the fifth inning. Basallo drove in Alonso on a triple into the right-center filed gap. Two batters later, Colin Cowser grounded into a fielder's choice to short and Basallo reached home. 

     In the seventh inning, Miami compiled two runs and closed it to 7-6. Hicks walloped a solo home run into the upper deck in right field on a 2-2 pitch for his eighth homer this season. Otto Lopez followed with a solo homer on a 1-1 count to center field for his fourth home run of the year. 

     The Marlins tied the contest up 7-7 in the bottom of the eighth. Esteury Ruiz stole third base and advanced home on a throwing error by Basallo from behind the plate. 

     Baltimore retook the lead 9-7 during the top of the ninth with two runs. Adley Rutschman had a base hit to left field and Ward touched home. Leody Taveras then singled into right field and Alonso scored for a 9-7 lead. 

Dolphins Let Go Taybor Pepper

     The Miami Dolphins have released long snapper Taybor Pepper. He just returned to the club for a second stint in March. 

     Pepper played 16 games with the Dolphins during the 2019 campaign. He spent five seasons with the San Francisco 49ers from 2020 to 2024. 

John Sterling Passes Away

     John Sterling passed away on Monday at the age of 87. He was the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees from 1989 to 2024. 

     Sterling was in the broadcast booth at Fort Lauderdale Stadium in Fort Lauderdale from 1989 to 1995 when the Yankees had spring training home games at that facility. The team moved their spring training site to Tampa in 1996 and have been there for the past 30 years. 

     He did appear as a guest at several Miami Heat home games at Miami Arena in 1994. Sterling had a friendship with one-time Miami Heat head coach Kevin Loughery. Both worked together with the New York Nets and the New Jersey Nets from 1975 to 1980. Sterling was the radio voice of the team while Loughery was the Nets head coach. 

     Sterling was heard on South Florida radio for over a decade. The New York Yankees Radio Network aired on 640 WMEN-AM from 2008 to 2021 with Sterling as the radio play-by-play announcer and Susyn Waldman as the radio game analyst. 

Lucas Wallmark Moves To Sweden

     Former Florida Panthers center Lucas Wallmark has signed a six-year contract with IF Bjorkloven of the Swedish Hockey League. He was with Fribourg-Gotteron in the Swish National League for the past three seasons. 

     Wallmark was acquired twice via trade by the Panthers late in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. He had one goal and one assist for two points in 11 games during his two combined stints.