Longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has died at the age of 90, the team announced Thursday.

Uecker served as the Brewers' radio announcer since 1971, a job that earned him a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame as the Ford C. Frick Award winner in 2003.

The Milwaukee native was so beloved in his hometown that when the Brewers reached the National League Championship Series in 2018, the team had him throw out the first pitch for Game 1.

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Uecker may be best known for his role in the 1989 movie "Major League." Playing Cleveland Indians announcer Harry Doyle, Uecker had some of the movie's most memorable lines, such as "Juuuust a bit outside." He reprised the role for two sequels.

He also made a number of appearances on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," starred in the 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere" and had a series of Miller Lite commercials in the 1970s and 1980s in which he played "Mr. Baseball," a nickname that stuck.

"The Tonight Shows and doing that stuff was easy," Uecker said in 2018 before his Game 1 pitch. "Doing play-by-play [was hard], because I kept thinking about my friends here in Milwaukee. Guys that I grew up with, listening to the game, and here I am doing play-by-play, you know. And what they were thinking? That's what I was thinking, what they thought of me."

Along with his famed broadcasting career, Uecker played six seasons in the majors as a catcher for the Braves, Cardinals and Phillies. He was a career .200 hitter -- his biggest hit being a home run off Sandy Koufax, a moment Uecker says he always apologized to the Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Famer for.

The Brewers have honored him with two statues, one that's outside American Family Field and another in the back row of the terrace level, a nod to the old Miller Lite commercial in which he said, "I must be in the front row!" as he was escorted to the back of a stadium.

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Jabeur, 30, has dropped down to 39th in the world rankings after injury problems last year prevented her from competing at the US Open and Paris Olympics.

She ended her 2024 season in September, returning to action at the beginning of this year and suggested the long spell away had caused her asthma problems to resurface.

"Having taken off a lot [of time] didn't help. I think it provoked it even more," she said.

"I think I will have to find a way to feel better the next two days, which I am hoping to do because this started kind of two days or three days ago. I feel like it got worse for some reason."

Jabeur will face American eighth seed Emma Navarro, who beat China's Wang Xiyu 6-3 3-6 6-4, in the next round.

"I'm really just taking it one minute at a time and see how it's going to go, but definitely I'm doing everything that I can to be ready," said Jabeur.

"I don't want to be greedy just after coming back from an injury. Sometimes I get angry because I feel like I'm getting back there, but every time something happens."

Meanwhile, 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat 17-year-old American wildcard Iva Jovic 6-0 6-3 to seal her 50th Grand Slam match win.

Jovic was the youngest woman in the second round of the draw but struggled against 2023 Australian Open finalist Rybakina, who is ranked 184 places above Jovic.

The Kazakh will face Ukrainian 32nd seed Dayana Yastremska, who reached the semi-finals last year as a qualifier, in the third round.

Fourth seed Taylor Fritz said he is going to donate his first-round prize money from the Australian Open to support victims from the Los Angeles wildfires.

The fires, which began on 7 January, have killed at least 25 people and are being marked as the most destructive in the city's history.

After beating Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin to reach the third round on Thursday, American Fritz pledged his 132,000 Australian dollars (67,000) first-round prize.

"I just want everyone to stay safe, it's insane what happened," the 27-year-old said.

"I'm going to be donating my first round prize money to LA wildfire relief funds.

"It's the least I can do. Southern California is my home and LA was my home for a very long time, so I'm just doing what I can possibly do to help."

Fritz, who lost to Jannik Sinner in last year's US Open final, wrote "LA" and drew a love heart on a camera lens after his 6-2 6-1 6-0 over Garin in Melbourne.

The world number four will face French veteran Gael Monfils in the third round.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka revealed on Monday that the wildfires were just three blocks from her home.

Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek also dedicated their first-round wins to LA and the firefighters who have been tackling the fires.

Having pulled out of her season-opening event in Auckland after suffering a back spasm, Raducanu had not played since mid-November before her first-round win over Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Raducanu struggled with her second serve against the Russian 26nd seed, hitting 15 double faults which she put down to a remodelled serve and early tournament nerves.

Another on her first service point against Anisimova was not an encouraging start.

Although she quickly stemmed the flow, Raducanu's serve was regularly punished by the American's explosive hitting.

But Anisimova - who reached the French Open semi-finals as a 17-year-old in 2019 and is re-establishing herself after taking a mental health break from the sport in 2023 - also had issues with her serve and handed over the opening set with a double fault.

At the start of the second set, there were further signs of Raducanu's back issue having an effect.

Afterwards, Raducanu said she had not "fully investigated" whether it was related to the back spasm.

"When you haven't played a match in so long, then to have two really physical ones, I think small niggles are going to come up here and there," she added.

"I'm just hoping that it is that."

After stretching out the area between points, three double faults handed over another break and Raducanu called the trainer when she lost serve again for 3-0.

The physiological, and perhaps psychological, boost helped her immediately.

England's extraordinary 42-37 defeat by the Wallabies in November was said to have Borthwick's side "battling to keep fans onside", according to BBC Sport's rugby union correspondent Chris Jones at the time.

Van Poortvliet, who is among five Leicester players called up by Borthwick for the upcoming Six Nations, says the public perception of the team differs greatly from those within the set-up.

And with his previous experience playing under Borthwick, having been part of the Tigers side he revived as a Premiership force, the 23-year-old is adamant that success will eventually come.

"Obviously results haven't been what we wanted in the last year, but I think it is similar to when we were almost into our second year at Tigers," Van Poortvliet said.

"He has a lot more time with us, so you get the changes quicker, but when we finished sixth in the table [in Borthwick's first full season] for half that year we were on the wrong ends of results and then by the end of the year we got more of a run together.

"It was close, the performances were there and we were just off it. And that's how I see it with England - we are so close.

"It can seem to the media or be seen by fans that you are miles off it, but it is really close and I'm sure this Six Nations we will work even harder and Steve will push us hard and keep us working on what we need to improve on.

"I have full faith that we will be able to turn those results around and be able to push forward to have a more successful campaign."

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Connor McDavid continues setting records and moving up scoring lists.

McDavid had two goals and an assist in the Edmonton Oilers' 5-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night, passing Jari Kurri for second all time in points in Edmonton history. McDavid, a three-time Hart Trophy winner for league MVP and five-time scoring champion, now has 1,044 points in his 10-year career and trails only Wayne Gretzky on the franchise list.

Kurri had 1,043 points in his 10 years with the Oilers, playing on a line with Gretzky for much of it. Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, had 1,669 points in nine seasons in Edmonton.

"Quite a remarkable feat," Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. "For him to go up the scoring list as quickly as he has, and within an organization that has had so many significant players. I've seen so many remarkable things from him. He's a tremendous player and great teammate. I said I wouldn't be surprised anymore just because he surprises you so often over these years, but it's a nice feat for him and the guys are very proud of him."

McDavid's second goal was of the highlight variety. He shot the puck from a tough angle, lifting it over Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson without much room.

McDavid didn't speak to reporters after the game. He was involved in a collision with Minnesota forward Marcus Johansson in the second period in which McDavid's elbow hit Johansson in the face. There was no penalty called, but it drew the ire of the Wild.

Barcelona midfielder Gavi says Lamine Yamal is the best player in the world after Lionel Messi following the teenager's devastating showing in Wednesday's 5-1 Copa del Rey win over Real Betis.

Yamal scored one, created two and had another goal ruled out for offside as Barça eased into Monday's quarterfinal draw.

The 17-year-old has now scored nine times this season and laid on 13 assists for his teammates in 24 appearances.

"Yes, he is," Gavi told reporters when asked if Yamal is already the best player in the game. "Well, after Lionel Messi, he's the best."

Yamal, who led Spain to European Championship success last summer, finished eighth in the Ballon d'Or last year and also claimed the Kopa Trophy and the Golden Boy award, prizes given to the best young player in the world.

He has long since established himself as a regular in Barça's first team, clocking up over 70 appearances already, and was a nuisance for Betis all night on Wednesday.

After Gavi had opened the scoring, Yamal's brilliant lobbed pass set up Jules Koundé for Barça's second. The winger then set up Kounde again, only for the goal to be ruled off for offside after a lengthy VAR check.

Yamal thought he had added Barça's third after the break, only for a VAR review to once again cancel out the effort for offside, before a brilliant solo run from the edge of his own box led to Raphinha scoring.

Substitute Ferran Torres scored Barça's fourth before Yamal finally got his goal, finishing well after being fed by Fermín López. Vitor Roque, on loan at Betis from Barça, scored a late consolation from the penalty spot.

"You know, Gavi's very emotional, so I say yes as well," Barça coach Hansi Flick said in a news conference when asked if he agreed with Gavi's take on Yamal. "You can see it. I think in great matches you see big talent and he's showed it many times. He's on a really good way. But we have to take care about him."

After a disappointing end to 2024, Barça have now started 2025 with four straight wins, including Sunday's 5-2 demolition of Real Madrid in the Spanish Supercopa final.

Flick wants his players to now take that form into LaLiga, where they have fallen six points behind leaders Atlético Madrid and five behind Real.

"For us, today was very important after the big win against Real Madrid," the German said. "It was very good to see how all the team come back because we travel [back from Saudi Arabia] and we train only yesterday.

"So it's good to see this, how we play today, the performance from the beginning. We controlled the game and this is really great to see how they do.

"The big goal [is to play like this in LaLiga]. We are looking match to match, of course Saturday is the next one against Getafe. We want to play and be ready for that and win."