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Report: Raiders to release QB Gardner Minshew
Nov 24, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew (15) throws the ball against the Denver Broncos in the first half at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Gardner Minshew was informed he will be released by the Las Vegas Raiders when the league year begins next week, NFL Network reported on Wednesday.
Minshew, 28, signed a two-year contract in last offseason and made nine starts in the 10 games in which he appeared last season. He completed 66.3 percent of his passes for 2,013 yards with nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions before a broken collarbone ended his season.
Minshew has $3.16 million in fully guaranteed money remaining on the two-year, $25 million contract he signed with Las Vegas last March. The Raiders will save $6.34 million against the salary cap by parting ways with Minshew.
The Raiders used Minshew and second-year quarterback Aidan O’Connell last season. New coach Pete Carroll is expected to seek a veteran signal-caller in free agency and the Raiders were active in meeting with quarterbacks in the 2025 draft class during the NFL Scouting Combine.
Minshew has completed 63.3 percent of his passes for 11,950 yards with 68 touchdowns and 34 interceptions in 59 career games (46 starts) with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Raiders. He was selected by the Jaguars in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
The Colts are in the market for a veteran to compete with Anthony Richardson, and reportedly have shown interest in chasing Daniel Jones in free agency. Minshew started most of the 2023 season following Richardson’s season-ending shoulder injury. He had 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 2023, then started nine games with the Raiders after joining Las Vegas in free agency.
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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.
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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.
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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
