The Yankees have won nine of their last 13 games, but their struggling offense has lost yet another key player. Cody Bellinger was placed on the injured list with a left hamstring strain Sunday, the team announced. Spencer Jones was called up in a corresponding move. Bellinger went 16 for 43 (.372) in his last 12 games, though he has not hit a home run since June 17.

On Monday, manager Aaron Boone announced Bellinger has a Grade 2 strain, and will miss 4-6 weeks. Bellinger suffered the injury legging out a double in the eighth inning of Saturday’s win (NYY 3, PHI 1). He stayed in the game to run the bases but was replaced in left field in the next half-inning. Here’s the play:

“The good thing is he’s able to move around right now. We’ll continue to do that and just allow this thing to heal and get him right,” Boone said Monday. “… Obviously we’ve had some tough injuries to some really important people, but again that is part of it. The season waits for no one.”

The Yankees are now without their starting right fielder (Aaron Judge), their starting left fielder (Bellinger), and their starting DH (Giancarlo Stanton), in addition to several pitchers. Judge is not yet ready to resume baseball activities and seems unlikely to return before September at this point, and it’s possible Bellinger will miss August as well.

Not surprisingly, the Yankees have had a real hard time scoring runs the last few weeks. They averaged 5.27 runs per game before Judge went on the injured list, fourth most in baseball. Since his injury, it’s 3.98 runs per game, fifth fewest in baseball. It’s been even worse the last few weeks. In their last 33 games, the Yankees have averaged only 3.18 runs per game.

The Yankees were already expected to be in the market for bullpen help, a catcher, and a right-handed platoon outfielder at the trade deadline. Bellinger’s injury will likely push into the market for a more everyday option. They’ll lean on Jones, Jasson Domínguez, and Trent Grisham in the outfield for the time being, but that will only take you so far.

Here are a few potential outfield trade targets:

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Jo Adell, Angels: The Angels are reportedly open to trading their controllable players, or at least more open to it than they have been in the past. Adell is well off last year’s 37-homer pace, and he certainly won’t replace Bellinger’s excellent defense, but he would give the Yankees the additional righty bat they sorely need. The extra year of control would be helpful too.

Heliot Ramos, Giants: Ramos is similar to Adell in that he has big right-handed power, but he doesn’t offer much else along with it. The Giants are clear sellers and there’s little chance they consider Ramos untouchable, no matter what they say publicly. He will remain under team control through 2029 and would be more of a long-term add, which would be helpful with Grisham set to become a free agent after the season. 

Luis Robert Jr., Mets: Robert returned from a back injury last week and has hit two long home runs. At this point, he needs to have his workload managed, meaning regular DH days and off-days. It’s easy to dream on his huge power, above-average speed, and strong defense. You just can’t count on him to stay on the field. Mets fourth outfielder Tyrone Taylor could be a lower-cost option. He and Robert are both rentals.

Spencer Steer, Reds: Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall recently expressed a willingness to discuss his controllable players, including Steer. There are no standout elements to his game but he’s also not deficient anywhere. Steer pairs average-ish exit velocities with average-ish contact rates and slightly better than average plate discipline. He’s also competent at first base and both outfield corners, and has second and third base experience as well. Steer will remain under team control through 2028.

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Lane Thomas, Royals: A near-lock to get traded, Thomas is having his best year since his 28-homer, 20-steal season in 2023. He’s a disciplined hitter who does his best work against lefties, and also provides some speed and defense. Thomas is a rental on a bad team, so of course he’ll move. If the Yankees don’t want to surrender a big prospect package for a player with multiple years of control, Thomas might be their best option.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison has voiced his enthusiasm for working under new manager Roberto De Zerbi, and is confident that the Italian’s attacking philosophy will perfectly align with his playing style as the club prepares for the new Premier League campaign.

De Zerbi, 47, assumed control in March following the departure of interim coach Igor Tudor, as he successfully steered Spurs to Premier League safety with a 17th-place finish secured by a final-day victory over Everton.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the 29-year-old midfielder Maddison explained how De Zerbi is approaching his first full season as Tottenham head coach.

“The manager is very clear. The goals are to be better, to play better football, to be passionate and to be proud to play for this club,” he said.

Maddison elaborated on the importance of embracing the new approach.

“If we listen to his style, principles, if we keep the short-term targets of trying to be better and trying to implement the way he’ll play, the long-term targets will be better in the long run,” he added.

Maddison further expressed his personal anticipation, stating: “We’re still learning the way he plays. As a player he’s a coach you want to play for because he loves everything with the ball. He’s very attacking, and I’m really excited.”

Maddison, whose previous season was curtailed by an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury, which he only returned from in the final weeks of the campaign, confirmed the immediate focus is now firmly on building momentum towards Spurs’ Premier League opener against Brentford on 22 August.

The club has already commenced its pre-season tour, securing a 2-0 victory over Auckland FC in New Zealand on Sunday. They are set to face Sydney FC on Wednesday before a clash with Chelsea in Sydney three days later.

Looking ahead, Maddison underscored the significance of the upcoming campaign: “First game of the season, Brentford — a big season for us under a new manager. We want to have a successful season.

“We need to be better than the last couple of seasons. So it’s kind of all just preparation leading to that first game.”

India head into Day 5 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Tuesday with several medal opportunities across athletics, weightlifting and para swimming, while five boxers will attempt to secure podium finishes in their respective quarterfinals.

Preeti Pawar, Priya Ghanghas, Parveen Hooda, Jadumani Singh and Kapil Pokhariya will compete in quarterfinal bouts later in the day. Each victory would confirm another medal for India and strengthen the country’s overall position in Glasgow.

Preeti will face Northern Ireland’s Nicole Clyde in the women’s 54kg category, while Priya takes on Scotland’s Niamh Mitchell in the women’s 60kg division. Parveen will meet England’s Sacha Hickey in the women’s 65kg quarterfinal.

Gulveer and Pooja lead athletics challenge

India have two direct medal opportunities in athletics. Gulveer Singh will compete in the men’s 10,000m final, while Pooja Singh will contest the women’s high jump final.

Gulveer faces a demanding endurance test against a strong Commonwealth field. His ability to stay with the leading group before the decisive final laps will be central to his medal prospects.

Pooja, meanwhile, will aim to convert her consistency into a podium finish in the high jump. Vishal T K and Rajesh Ramesh will also begin their campaigns in the men’s 400m heats.

Weightlifters seek to extend India’s strong run

Weightlifting has emerged as one of India’s most productive sports at the Games, and Nirupama Devi Seram and Harjinder Kaur will look to continue that run.

Nirupama will compete in the women’s 63kg final, while Harjinder will feature in the women’s 69kg medal event. Their performances could prove crucial as India seek to maintain the momentum generated by their lifters over the opening days.

Swimmers chase places in evening races

Sajan Prakash will begin his campaign in the men’s 50m butterfly heats and could return for the semifinal if he qualifies.

Srihari Nataraj will compete in the men’s 100m backstroke heats, with the semifinal scheduled early on Wednesday. In para swimming, Karthik Budigina and Ali Imam will race in the men’s 50m freestyle S13 heats and could advance to the medal event later in the night.

India will also be represented in bowls, with Dinesh Kumar and Navneet Singh competing in the men’s pairs sectional event. Nayanmoni Saikia will continue her women’s singles campaign against Wales’ Amy Williams.

Two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Vita Vea requested a trade from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his agent said to NFL Network. Vea asked to be moved after attempting to secure an extension with the Buccaneers—the team that drafted him No. 12 overall in 2018 and for which he has played his entire career.

The trade request comes after Vea conducted a hold-in during mandatory minicamp in June. Coach Todd Bowles, at the time, said the situation was “not concerning” and that “it’s part of the business,” but declined to say whether he was confident the sides would reach an agreement before the start of training camp. In the end, they did not. Camp opens on Tuesday.

Vea is set to earn $18 million this season in the final campaign of a four-year contract he signed in 2022. Presumably, whichever team trades for him will be open to signing him to a new contract beyond 2026, or else it would not take on the risk of giving up assets for a player who may hold out until he gets a deal done.

The $17.5 million average annual value of Vea’s contract makes him the 19th-highest paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL, per Over The Cap. He regularly outperformed that value over the first eight years of his career, though, with a pair of Pro Bowl seasons and a reputation as one of the more powerful interior forces in the league. At 6-foot-4 and 347 pounds, Vea is both a space-eater in run defense and a capable pass rusher with 35 career sacks.

Vea played all 17 games last year for Tampa Bay and was as reliable as ever with 34 tackles, 4.5 sacks and seven tackles for loss, all of which were about in line with his career averages.

If the Buccaneers move on from Vea, the defensive front figures to take a serious blow, which could be catastrophic for a team that needs to return to playoff contention for coach Todd Bowles to regain the fanbase’s favor.

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Trade requests are often standard operating procedure when the negotiation process lasts into training camp, and just because a player asks to be moved, that does not guarantee they will not end up being shipped out of town. Vea just used one of his biggest leverage moves. The Buccaneers have to know that they will be significantly worse off without him in run defense and might now be more willing to pay up to keep him. Ahead of a crucial season for this franchise’s trajectory, this might be the step that finally gets Tampa Bay to pay what Vea wants.

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Las Vegas Raiders

Vea is rumored to have an interest in the Raiders, and the fit makes plenty of sense. While Las Vegas is building around a young core, it still needs a veteran presence on the interior defensive line to become more competitive in 2026. Pairing Vea’s run-stopping prowess with the pass-rushing beast that is Maxx Crosby would make the Raiders‘ defensive front significantly more well-rounded and would thus take some pressure off the young offense. This trade would also move Vea much closer to home, considering he hails from Northern California.

New York Giants

While the Giants could get by with D.J. Reader as their starting defensive tackle, Vea would be an upgrade over the spring signee, who is coming off his first year without a tackle for loss and who could be moved into a depth role. New York’s need for help on the interior defensive line arose when they heeded Dexter Lawrence II’s trade request and sent him to Cincinnati. Lawrence was a massive loss in run defense, and in going after Vea, the Giants could reduce the impact of losing such a stout stopper. They might have to complete some salary cap gymnastics to get the deal done, though.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are already loaded with defensive talent, but the fact that they continue to kick the tires on a reunion with Aaron Donald says everything about their desire to add beef to the trenches. If Donald does not come out of retirement, Vea would be the next-best thing to pair with the otherworldly pass-rushing talent on the edge in Myles Garrett. This is a franchise that wants to push all its chips forward for a Super Bowl push in 2026, and a Vea trade is on brand for that kind of effort. Plus, like Las Vegas, this landing spot brings Vea close to his roots in the Golden State. Cap space is a potential roadblock, as expected for a team that has been on a spending spree all offseason.

Details of Tony Romo’s arrest on charges of alleged operating while intoxicated emerged, with the ex-Dallas Cowboys quarterback being allegedly uncooperative with law enforcement during the incident.

Records obtained by The California Post showed Romo was issued a citation for “refusing to take test for intoxication after arrest” during the July 23 incident with police following his appearance at a Milwaukee golf event.

Romo was stopped on an interstate following his round at the Wisconsin Amateur Championship and he performed poorly during field sobriety tests, FOX6 in Milwaukee reported. He was released and is due in court on Sept. 21.

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Tony Romo mugshot from arrest. (Fox News Digital)

The California Post added that the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office said that, since Romo’s situation is allegations, the case is considered a traffic violation and not a criminal charge in Wisconsin.

Other information regarding the arrest was not immediately available. Neither the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office nor CBS immediately responded to emails from Fox News Digital.

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Romo was set to appear at another golf tournament, the M&P Group Texas State Open, but he withdrew over the weekend.

Romo retired from football in 2017 and soon joined CBS as a color commentator.

He was the Cowboys’ starter from 2006 to 2015, but an injury cost him his spot in 2016 to Dak Prescott. The Cowboys released him after the season, and he eventually hung up the cleats.

Romo threw for 34,183 yards, 248 touchdowns, and 117 interceptions, completing 65.3% of his passes.

Tony Romo stands on the first green during the final round of the American Century Championship 2026 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on July 12, 2026, in Stateline, Nev. (Getty Images)

He was named to the Pro Bowl four times and finished tied for third in the MVP vote in 2014 behind Aaron Rodgers and J.J. Watt — he was tied with DeMarcio Murray.

Romo went 2-4 in the playoffs, famously dropping a snap for a potential game-winning field goal in his first against the Seattle Seahawks. Romo then picked up the ball and tried to run for a touchdown but was stopped short, giving Seattle the win.

Since retiring, Romo and Jim Nantz have been the main tandem for CBS, calling three Super Bowls, including the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.

Tony Romo during the NFC Divisional Playoff game against Wisconsin’s Green Bay Packers on January 11, 2015.

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Romo has yet to comment on his arrest.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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As negotiation tactics go, asking for a trade the day before training camp opens is the NFL equivalent of reaching for the nuclear codes before deciding to type them in. But that’s exactly what Tampa Bay Buccaneers nose tackle Vita Vea has done.

The two-time Pro Bowl player has grown so frustrated with contract discussions this offseason that he’s decided he doesn’t see a future with the team, and has asked to be traded, a league source confirmed to Fox News Digital.

That doesn’t mean a trade will happen. Vea is under contract for the 2026 season and is scheduled to make up to $18 million if he can play all 17 games in the final year of his current contract.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins (18) scrambles away from Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea (50) during the first half of an NFL football game Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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The Bucs aren’t simply going to hold a fire sale to avoid the trade talk distraction, per a source.

Vea wants more money and points to the fact he is currently the 19th-highest-paid interior defensive lineman in the league. And he believes he is much better than the 19th-best defensive lineman in the league.

Vea is, for all intents and purposes, the structural centerpiece of the Tampa Bay defense. He is arguably the team’s best run defender and, as all NFL defensive coordinators often note, if a defense cannot stop the run it is unable to do much of anything else.

Vea provides a rare combination of size, power to movement to control the middle of the formation from his nose tackle spot. At 6-foot-4 and 347 pounds, Vea has anchored against double-teams for much of his recent years.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea sacks Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) during the first half of an NFL wild-card football game, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Despite this attention, he is able to clog interior rushing lanes and prevent offensive linemen from climbing cleanly to the second level of Tampa Bay’s defense. Since becoming a full-time starter in 2019, he has helped the Buccaneers establish one of the NFL’s most consistently productive run defenses.

From 2019 through most of the 2024 season, Tampa Bay ranked first in the NFL in rushing yards allowed per game at 94.1, first in yards allowed per carry at 4.0 and finished in the top five against the run in five of six seasons, including No. 1 finishes in 2019 and 2020.

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Vea played only five games in 2020 due to a fractured ankle, but he’s proven durable ever since. He has started 78 games in the past five seasons.

Vea’s individual production shows he is more than a traditional space-eating nose tackle but he set a career high with seven sacks in 2024, then added 4.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss and 13 quarterback hits in 2025.

His 2024 pass-rush production made Tampa Bay one of only three teams that season with two defensive tackles recording at least seven sacks, as Vea and Calijah Kancey both reached that mark.

TAMPA, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 24: Vita Vea #50 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates after beating the Chicago Bears 38-3 in the game at Raymond James Stadium on October 24, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Vea was selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2021 and 2024 seasons, earned a place on the NFL Players Association’s Top 100 list entering 2025 and was a key member of Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl LV championship team.

This trade request creates issues for the Bucs.

It’s possible Vea, who reported but did not take part in the teams mandatory minicamp and missed the rest of the offseason program, might decide to simply hold in to start training camp – that is to say, he shows up but doesn’t practice.

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No coach likes that. No team wants that.

The Buccaneers are already managing the high-stakes contract negotiations with quarterback Baker Mayfield as their top contract issue. So dealing with a very large star defender who has publicly let it be known he wants out is not great for the team.