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Gucci taking over title sponsorship for F1's Alpine in 2027
Italian fashion company Gucci will take over as the title sponsor for Formula 1 team Alpine beginning in 2027. The Alpine Formula 1 team will have a new look next year when Gucci takes over as the title sponsor.
The Gucci Racing Alpine Formula One Team will feature the sponsor’s red and green color scheme, a switch from Alpine’s current blue and pink.
According to Alpine, the agreement will create “a new business and experiential platform built around the values of performance, precision, discipline, and excellence at the intersection of luxury and sport.”
Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore added in a statement, in part, “Partnering with a prestigious brand of Gucci’s calibre in Formula 1 as title partner of Alpine Formula One Team is something I am incredibly proud of.
“Not only that, but I am also excited about the possibilities the partnership with Gucci brings and the great things we can achieve together at a global level. The Enstone Team has a history of doing things differently to others and has previously shown that fashion can finish first in Formula 1.
“With the improved performance on track, and Alpine having its best-ever points total to start a season, this new collaboration with Gucci shows the growing momentum behind the team.”
Gucci president and chief executive officer Francesca Bellettini lauded the company becoming the first luxury fashion house to act as the title sponsor of an F1 team.
“That reflects our ambition for the brand and the role we want Gucci to play on this stage,” Bellettini said. “Formula 1 represents today a unique convergence of performance, culture, and global reach, and Alpine Formula One Team is the right partner to bring this vision to life.
“Gucci Racing is more than a presence on the grid. It is an expression of who we are and where we want to take the brand. And there is much more to come. We are grateful to Alpine and the entire Renault Group for sharing this ambition with us.”
After coming in last place (10th) in the F1 team standings in 2025, Alpine currently sit in fifth place. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly holds eighth place in the driver standings, and teammate Franco Colapinto sits in 11th.
–Field Level Media
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Rockies overtake Giants with 2 homers, 5 runs in bottom of ninth
May 29, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb (62) delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar homered in a five-run ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to stun the San Francisco Giants 8-6 in Denver on Friday.
Willi Castro, Jake McCarthy, Tyler Freeman, Goodman and Tovar had two hits each and Juan Mejia (1-4) got the win for Colorado, which snapped a five-game skid with the dramatic victory.
The Rockies trailed 6-3 when McCarthy and Freeman opened the ninth with singles off Caleb Killian (1-3). TJ Rumfield flied out before Goodman crushed a home run just inside the left field foul pole to tie the game.
Castro’s two-single kept the inning alive, and Tovar ended it with his second homer of the game and fourth of the season.
Jung Hoo Lee had four hits and scored twice while Luis Arraez and Rafael Devers had two hits each for San Francisco, which has dropped four in a row.
San Francisco’s Logan Webb made his first start since May 5 and lasted 4 1/3 innings. He allowed one run on three hits and three walks while striking out five in his return from right knee bursitis.
Lee, who was activated from the 10-day injured list after recovering from a mid-back strain, contributed two run-saving catches. He made a running catch of Kyle Karros’ liner at the right field wall to end the fourth and then a sliding catch of Troy Johnston’s sinking liner to end the fifth.
The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the second when Tovar came home on a double steal, with Edouard Julien swiping second.
San Francisco tied it in the third on Willy Adames’ sacrifice fly and then went ahead in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Daniel Susac and an RBI single from Harrison Bader.
That was all for Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen, who allowed three runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two.
The Giants padded the lead in the eighth when Lee led off with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Bryce Eldridge’s sacrifice fly.
Tovar hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. San Francisco answered with two in the ninth, on Devers’ RBI triple and Matt Chapman’s run-scoring single, to make it 6-3.
–Field Level Media
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UCLA belts 4 homers to rout Arkansas in WCWS
Arkansas Razorbacks pitcher Payton Burnham (12) throws a pitch during a Women’s College World Series softball game between the UCLA Bruins and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 29, 2026. UCLA blasted four home runs en route to an 11-0, five-inning run rule victory over Arkansas in an elimination game in the Women’s College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.
The Bruins blasted the game open with a nine-run second to quickly move into position for the run rule.
Three of their home runs came during that inning, including Megan Grant extending her NCAA record with her 42nd home run of the season.
Aleena Garcia led off the second with a homer to center on the first pitch she saw from Payton Burnham.
After an out, a hit-by-pitch and a single, Soo-Jin Berry delivered her fifth home run of the season to make it 4-0 and drive Burnham from the game.
Grant blasted a three-run shot on the first pitch she saw in her second-inning at-bat after Jolyna Lamar and Rylee Slimp drew back-to-back walks.
Kaniya Bragg later delivered a two-run double to cap the massive inning in which UCLA sent 14 batters to the plate.
UCLA added a run in the third on a wild pitch, then another in the fifth on Lama’s solo shot.
The Bruins now have 206 home runs on the season, extending their NCAA record. Before this season, the NCAA record for home runs in a season was 161.
Taylor Tinsley went the distance for UCLA, allowing just three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
UCLA (53-9) will take on the loser of Saturday’s Texas Tech-Tennessee game in an elimination game Sunday.
–Field Level Media
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Four solo shots, Justin Wrobleski's pitching lift Dodgers past Phils
May 29, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the third inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Justin Wrobleski gave up one run on one hit over seven innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers increased their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.
Wrobleski (7-2) recorded a career-high nine strikeouts with no walks on 88 pitches as he rebounded from a pair of losses in his past three starts.
Freddie Freeman hit a first-inning home run and Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith also went deep as the Dodgers won for the 13th time in their past 15 games.
Kyle Schwarber homered, but Zack Wheeler gave up four home runs as the Phillies saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. Wheeler (4-1) permitted four runs on five hits over six innings while absorbing his first loss in seven starts this year. He fanned four and walked one.
The Dodgers were in complete control from the outset.
Freeman made it 1-0 in the opening inning on his eighth home run of the season and his fourth in the past nine games.
Muncy hit his 13th of the season in the second inning for a 2-0 lead.
Ohtani continued his power resurgence with a home run in the third, just his 10th of the season but his third in the past eight games.
Smith made it 4-0 in the fifth inning with his sixth of the season, giving Los Angeles 12 home runs over the past three games.
Wrobleski carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Schwarber hit a two-out home run, his major-league-leading 22nd.
The Philadelphia offense came to life in the eighth inning against Edgardo Henriquez. Brandon Marsh doubled with one out and Steward Berroa delivered a two-out RBI single in his Phillies debut, cutting the deficit to 4-2.
Schwarber came to the plate as the tying run but struck out against Alex Vesia.
Los Angeles’ Tanner Scott pitched a perfect ninth inning for his fifth save and first since May 14, finishing off a 2-hour, 3-minute game.
–Field Level Media
Rockies overtake Giants with 2 homers, 5 runs in bottom of ninth
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