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Bruins' Brad Marchand (upper-body injury) deemed week-to-week
Mar 1, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) is helped from the ice by right wing David Pastrnak (88) and a team trainer after suffering an apparent injury against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period at PPG Paints Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand has been ruled week-to-week with an upper-body injury, interim coach Joe Sacco told reporters Tuesday.
Marchand suffered the injury just 5:56 into Saturday’s 3-2 win over the host Pittsburgh Penguins. He collided awkwardly with the Penguins’ P.O Joseph and came up slowly after being hit shoulder-first into the corner boards. Joseph initially got his stick caught in the Marchand’s skates before finishing his hit. There was no penalty called on the play.
The Bruins also placed forward Trent Frederic on IR on Tuesday. Frederic has missed the past three games with a lower-body injury sustained during the Bruins’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last Tuesday.
The injuries come at a particularly tough time. The Bruins have lost six of their last seven amid a disappointing season that has seen coach Jim Montgomery fired and interim coach Sacco also unable to move the needle in the right direction.
Boston is four places out of the last wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with 20 games left. The Bruins are only two points behind the Detroit Red Wings, who currently hold the second wild-card spot, but the three teams ahead of Boston have one or two games in hand.
Marchand’s name has been circulating in trade rumors ahead of Friday’s deadline, with the Calgary Flames reportedly among teams interested in the veteran forward, and Frederic had been considered attractive trade bait.
Marchand, 36, had procedures on his elbow (torn tendon) and groin and for a sports hernia in his abdominal area during last off-season, none of which seemed to affect him during a season that saw him play all 82 games.
The veteran winger is in his 16th season with the Bruins. He has 47 points (21 goals, 26 assists) in 61 games this season.
The 2011 Stanley Cup champion, selected four times to the NHL All-Star Team, ranks fourth in franchise history in goals (422) and games played (1,090), fifth in points (976) and sixth in assists (554).
A pending unrestricted free agent, Frederic has 15 points (eight goals, seven assists) and a minus-14 rating in 57 games this season.
Those totals are a far cry from his career season in 2023-24, when he totaled 40 points (18 goals, 22 assists) and a plus-9 rating in 82 games.
Frederic, 27, has totaled 109 points (55 goals, 54 assists) and a plus-20 rating in 337 career games since being selected by the Bruins with the 29th overall pick of the 2016 NHL Draft.
–Field Level Media
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Angels reinstate RHP Alek Manoah from injured list
Mar 17, 2026; Mesa, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Angels pitcher Alek Manoah against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Los Angeles Angels reinstated right-hander Alek Manoah from the 15-day injured list on Wednesday.
The former All-Star has not pitched in the major leagues since the 2024 season with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Angels signed Manoah to a one-year, $1.95 million deal in December. He began the season on the IL with a finger contusion.
Manoah, 28, was 29-20 with a 3.34 ERA in 75 starts with the Blue Jays from 2021-24. He was an All-Star and a 16-game winner in 2022 before having Tommy John surgery in June 2024.
The Angels optioned left-hander Sam Aldegheri (1-0, 4.76 ERA) to Triple-A Salt Lake in a corresponding transaction.
–Field Level Media
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Lexi Thompson's U.S. Women's Open streak in jeopardy
Jun 21, 2025; Frisco, Texas, USA; Lexi Thompson plays her shot from the sixth tee during the third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images Lexi Thompson’s streak of 19 consecutive U.S. Women’s Open appearances is in jeopardy after she withdrew from a qualifier on Wednesday in Florida.
The streak started in 2007 when a 12-year-old Thompson set a then-record as the tournament’s youngest qualifier.
Thompson, 31, stepped away from full-time golf after the 2024 LPGA Tour season.
The 11-time LPGA Tour winner has missed the cut at the past three U.S. Women’s Opens, where her best finish was a tie for second in 2019 at the Country Club of Charleston (S.C.). Her only major win came at the 2014 Chevron Championship.
Thompson had been scheduled to play a 36-hole qualifier at the Wilderness Country Club in Naples, Fla.
She can still play her way into the field for the June 4-7 tournament at Riviera by winning an LPGA Tour event or climbing into the Rolex Rankings’ Top 75 by May 25. Thompson currently ranks 94th.
Her streak of U.S. Women’s appearances is tied for the longest among active players with South Korea’s Amy Yang.
–Field Level Media
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Mexico threatens Liga MX players' World Cup spots over camp dispute
Nov 17, 2025; San Antonio, Texas, USA; Mexico Coach Javier Aguirre Onaindia speaks to the media ahead of his Mexican National Team match against Paraguay at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Jefferson-Imagn Images Liga MX players were given an ultimatum by the Mexico Football Federation (FMF): Report to a pre-planned World Cup camp on Wednesday and miss their league playoffs and CONCACAF Champions Cup matches or lose their spots on Mexico’s World Cup roster.
The FMF stated in a Wednesday morning press release that “any player who does not turn up at the (national team’s) training center will miss the World Cup.”
On April 28, FMF announced that 20 players from Liga MX would participate in a pre-World Cup minicamp in Mexico City beginning Wednesday, with 12 of those players guaranteed a spot on the World Cup roster.
As a result, players from Toluca and Chivas de Guadalajara called in by Mexico manager Javier Aguirre would not be able to participate in the Liga MX quarterfinals and any subsequent matches, along with the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal second leg and final.
Toluca requested on Tuesday that FMF release players Jesus Gallardo and Alexis Vega for the club’s Champions Cup semifinal decider Wednesday against LAFC. Toluca trails 2-1 on aggregate after losing the first leg. FMF had an agreement with Liga MX clubs, and Toluca’s request was seen as a breach of that agreement.
As for Chivas, it will play Tigres in the Liga MX playoffs on Saturday, and trails 3-1 on aggregate ahead of the second leg of a quarterfinal.
Chivas club president Amaury Vergara wrote on social media platform X on Tuesday, “The agreement is valid only when all parties respect it. I have instructed the club’s sporting leadership that our players are to report to the club’s facilities tomorrow.”
Five Chivas players — former U.S. international midfielder Brian Gutierrez, veteran Luis Romo, winger Roberto Alvarado, forward Armando Gonzalez and Raul Rangel, who is expected to be the starting World Cup goalkeeper — are affected by this conflict.
Mexico’s World Cup roster announcement is expected to come June 1, following friendlies against Ghana and Australia. Mexico faces Serbia on June 4 in a final World Cup tune-up.
Co-hosting the World Cup along with the United States and Canada, Mexico opens the tournament June 11 against South Africa in Mexico City. The tournament runs through July 19.
–Field Level Media
Angels reinstate RHP Alek Manoah from injured list
Lexi Thompson's U.S. Women's Open streak in jeopardy
