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      The Baltimore Orioles attempted a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins with a x-x xxxxxx on Thursday at loanDepot park. The Marlins will host the Washinton Nationals this weekeend. 

      Baltimore(17-20)

      Miami (16-21)

 

Scripps Sports Back On Xfinity

     E.W. Scripps Company and Comcast agreed on Tuesday to have Scripps television stations back on Xfinity cable systems. It would include WPTV-TV Channel 5 and WHDT-TV Channel 9 in West Palm Beach along with WSFL-TV Channel 39 in Miami. 

    The conflict between both companies happened back on March 31 when these stations were halted from broadcasting on Xfinity. It was first noticed during the first period of a Florida Panthers home game against the Ottawa Senators. Panthers game broadcasts are expected to be back with Scripps Sports for the 2026-27 season.

Samantha Rivera Exiting WFOR-TV

     Samantha Rivera is leaving WFOR-TV Channel 4 in Miami after three years and joining ESPN as a sportscaster. She will work on their English-language digital platforms like ESPN and their Spanish-language digital platforms such as ESPN Deportes. Rivera joined WFOR-TV as a sports reporter and sports anchor in April 2023. 

     Rivera co-hosted a podcast for Univision Radio Chicago while she was attending college at DePaul University. She started her professional broadcasting career as a morning news anchor and news reporter for WLUC-TV in Marquette, Michigan. Rivera was then employed at WTVO-TV and WQRF-TV as a sportscaster in Rockford, Illinois.

     She shifted to San Diego as a sportscaster at KSWB-TV. Rivera was a bilingual reporter of the San Diego Wave FC in the National Women's Soccer League. 

     Rivera returned to her hometown of Chicago in September 2022 and became a sportscaster at WMAQ-TV. She also contributed to the sports staff of NBC Sports Chicago and Telemundo Chicago. 

Urban One Adds Joy Taylor

     Former Miami sportscaster Joy Taylor has joined Urban One. She will host the The Daily Play With Joy Taylor podcast. 

     Taylor was known locally as the morning show personality on Sports Talk 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM. She was recently employed at Fox Sports 1 as a television studio co-host of Speak For Yourself and Speak from September 2022 to July 2025. Taylor also co-hosted a Saturday afternoon show at Fox Sports Radio for nine years during the football off-season from February to August until last year. 

     She broke into the professional broadcasting business with Sports Radio 560 WQAM-AM as a producer. Taylor, a Barry University 2009 grad, later was an on-air sidekick, sports anchor and weekend host. 

     Taylor shifted over to WAXY-AM as an morning show sidekick and sports anchor. She would later be promoted to morning co-host and held that post from January 2014 to February 2016. 

     She joined Fox Sports Radio as a Saturday early afternoon co-host in March 2016. Taylor added duties at Fox Sports 1 as a moderator of Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe in September 2016. She was elevated in September 2018 to sports anchor and on-air sidekick of The Herd With Colin Cowherd, which was simulcasted on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1

     Taylor was named as an afternoon studio co-host of Speak For Yourself in September 2022. The program later rebranded itself as Speak. 

Orioles Handle Marlins

     The Baltimore Orioles knocked off the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday night at loanDepot park. The Marlins have lost four straight contests and five of their last six games. Miami relief pitcher Dax Fulton made his Major League Baseball debut. 

     Baltimore(17-20) broke out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Pete Alonso clobbered a three-run homer to left-center field on a 0-2 pitch with Taylor Ward and Adley Rutschman aboard. It turned out to be the seventh home run for Alonso with his new club. 

     Miami(16-21) matched it with three runs in the bottom of the second to make it 3-3. Jakob Marsee knocked in Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers with a double into the left-center field gap. Two batters later, Owen Caissie singled to right field and Marsee scored. 

     The Orioles moved ahead 4-3 in the fourth inning. Dylan Beavers hit a ground-rule double to right field and Leody Taveras crossed the plate. 

     The O's added one run in the top of the fifth for a 5-3 advantage. Rutschman doubled into right field and Ward touched home.

     In the seventh inning, it became a three-run margin for Baltimore 6-3. Rutschman drove in Ward on a double into the left-field corner. 

     The Marlins answered back to make it 6-4 in the bottom of the frame. Xavier Edwards grounded out to short for Otto Lopez to score. 

     The Orioles increased their lead to 7-4 in the top of the ninth. Blaze Alexander doubled down the right-field line and Samuel Basallo scored. 

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.