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Stephen Strasburg is the best pitcher on Thursday's daily fantasy slate, but also the most expensive.

Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next month's games in Rio de Janeiro.

Offensive and defensive linemen make up most of the top 10.

   

RENO, Nev. (AP) Leave it to Charles Barkley to capsulize the challenges he and others will face atop the Sierra this weekend trying to keep their golf balls in the fairway, away from the galleries and out of the water during the 27th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.

BOSTON (AP) Hanley Ramirez homered three times and drove in a career-high six runs and the Boston Red Sox held on for a 11-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night even though newly acquired starter Drew Pomeranz struggled to protect an eight-run lead.

A former NFL player who suffered what the league deemed a career-ending concussion has sued insurer Lloyd's of London for denying a $1 million insurance policy for professional athletes.

   

Top-seeded Venus Williams beat Magda Linette 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-2 on Wednesday in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic.

Starting pitchers Steven Wright and Tyler Duffey square off as the Minnesota Twins hit the road to take on the Boston Red Sox.

BOSTON -- Hanley Ramirez and Max Kepler are both coming off impressive games at the plate on Wednesday night, and they'll hope to keep their hot hands as the Boston Red Sox host the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a four-game weekend series on Thursday.

Kyle Larson rallied from a lap down to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway.

   

Suns president Jason Rowley said at a news conference that the Suns "want to be the NBA team for Mexico."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland A's right-hander Sonny Gray earned his third win of the season on April 22 against Toronto in just his fourth start.

SEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Mariners announced Wednesday that minor league outfielder Kyle Lewis, the team's first-round draft pick in 2016, injured his knee and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

CHICAGO -- James Shields is pitching considerably better for the Chicago White Sox -- but he's been unable to pick up a victory in his last two starts due to zero run support.

Back when Ryan Harrison participated in the 2011 edition of the hard-court ATP tournament in the nation's capital, he was still a teen, still considered the next big thing in American men's tennis, and still talking about wanting to be, in his words at the time, a "multiple Grand Slam champion." Harrison lost to Viktor Troicki that week.

BOSTON (AP) Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts was hit on the head by an errant throw, but he remained in Wednesday night's game against the San Francisco Giants.

See the complete starting lineup for Wednesday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Aspen Dental Dirt Derby main event at Eldora Speedway.