Month: May 2022

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Andrew Wiggins added 27 while posterizing Luka Doncic on a dunk and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Warriors are within a victory of a return to the

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evander Kane had three goals in a six-minute span in the second period, Leon Draisaitl set an NHL record with four assists in one playoff period and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 to take a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series. Zach Hyman had the other goal

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Moussa Djitte scored in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time and Austin FC rallied for a 2-2 draw with Orlando City. Ercan Kara scored two minutes into the match and Ruan found the net in the 22nd minute as Orlando City (6-4-3) jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Sebastian Driussi

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Sebastián Ferreira notched a goal and two assists and Steve Clark turned away all nine shots he faced as the Houston Dynamo cruised to a 3-0 victory over the LA Galaxy. Ferreira staked the Dynamo (5-5-3) to an early lead with a goal in the 11th minute. Ferreira notched assists in

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jackson Yueill scored one minute into the second half to help the San Jose Earthquakes earn a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City. Jamiro Monteiro got an assist on the equalizer for San Jose (3-5-5). Johnny Russell scored in the 45th minute to give Sporting KC (3-7-4) the lead at

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Robin Lod and DJ Taylor each scored a goal and Minnesota United held off FC Dallas 2-1. Lod scored in the 28th minute to give Minnesota United (5-5-3) the lead and Taylor found the net in the 55th minute to make to 2-0. Off-season acquisition Paul Arriola quickly answered for Dallas

By The Associated Press First, Albert Pujols. Then, Yadier Molina. Anyone else want to pitch for St. Louis this season? First-year manager Oliver Marmol is definitely mixing fun with wins when it comes to who he puts on the mound. Exactly a week after the slugging Pujols made his first pitching appearance in the majors,

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Mito Pereira had a one-shot lead in the PGA Championship when he sent his tee shot into the water on the par-4 18th hole at Southern Hills. That led to a double-bogey 6 and Pereira finished one shot out of a playoff that Justin Thomas

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A brief look at Sunday in the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

MONTREAL (AP) — Justen Glad and Sergio Córdova scored in a 12-minute span in the second half, leading Real Salt Lake to a 2-1 win over CF Montreal on Sunday. Djordje Mihailovic scored for Montreal (6-5-2), which dropped points at home for the first time this season. Montreal wasted no time seizing the advantage when

DENVER (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt has an $8.65 million salary this season as part of a one-year contract. Bassitt is guaranteed $8.8 million as part of the deal, which avoided an arbitration hearing set for Monday. The deal includes a $19 million mutual option for 2023 with a $150,000 buyout. If

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ariel Lassiter scored in the first half, Robert Taylor scored an insurance goal late and Inter Miami CF defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-0. Lassiter, who was acquired from the Houston Dynamos in the off-season, found the net in the 29th minute to give Inter Miami (4-6-3) a 1-0

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The key hole Sunday at Southern Hills in the PGA Championship.

NEW YORK (AP) — Héber Araujo dos Santos scored on a penalty kick in the 28th minute and Sean Johnson made it stand up as New York City FC defeated the Chicago Fire 1-0. NYCF (7-3-2) at least temporarily moved two points ahead of the Philadelphia Union for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Justin Thomas didn’t pay attention to any score but his own Sunday in the PGA Championship, knowing he was seven shots behind but with only six players ahead of him on a Southern Hills course where anything could happen. He never could have dreamed how

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou watched helplessly as Scott Dixon’s incredibly quick qualifying lap speeds appeared on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway video board. He knew what it meant. The defending series champion, who finished second to Helio Castroneves in last year’s Indianapolis 500, lost the pole to his teammate

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado set a career-high and matched a franchise record with four extra-base hits, and the surging San Diego Padres completed a three-game sweep of the Giants, beating San Francisco 10-1 on Sunday. On a day when every San Diego starter had at least one hit

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Rios scored on a tap-in in the 85th minute to send Charlotte FC to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps. Vancouver (3-7-2) grabbed a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the match when Tosaint Ricketts took advantage of a Christian Fuchs miscue in the box to find the back

TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Rougned Odor had his second game-winning at-bat in three days as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 11 innings. The Orioles won two of three and managed to win a series against Tampa Bay for the first time since July 31–Aug. 2, 2020, when

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — There would be no repeat celebration for golf’s old guard at the PGA Championship. Stewart Cink was the elder statesman on the leaderboard at Southern Hills when the 49-year-old started the final round tied for seventh. That gave him an outside chance at following up

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Francisco Lindor broke a scoreless game with a single in the sixth inning, Taijuan Walker and three relievers combined on a six-hitter and the New York Mets extended their streak of rebounding from losses by beating the Colorado Rockies 2-0. The Mets dropped the second game

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Anderson hit a three-run homer and then put a finger to his lips to silence the booing fans, capping a tumultuous weekend at Yankee Stadium and helping the Chicago White Sox beat New York 5-0 for a doubleheader sweep. A day after Anderson, who is

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ryan Blaney had to go two extra laps after thinking he had already won NASCAR’s All-Star race and $1 million. Blaney stayed in front through a green-white-checkered finish after a caution came out just yards before he got to the line the first time

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Scott Dixon used a breathtaking run of more than 234 mph to post the fastest Indianapolis 500 pole run in history. The New Zealander will lead the field to green in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for the fifth time in his career. Dixon turned

By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin stopped 43 shots, and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series. Chris Kreider and Tyler Motte also scored as the Rangers cut their deficit

By CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gio Urshela hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning to complete Minnesota’s comeback from a six-run deficit, lifting the Twins over the Kansas City Royals 7-6. Down 6-0, the Twins scored five times in the eighth, capped by Kyle Garlick’s two-run homer. Jorge Polanco

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Heat were embarrassed in Game 2, losing home-court advantage in their Eastern Conference finals matchup with Boston. Miami returned the favor in Game 3, building a 26-point first-half lead en route to a 109-103 victory in which star Jimmy Butler sat in the second half

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Ukrainian flag Oleksandr Zinchenko used to wipe away the tears also inspired Manchester City’s Premier League title winner. As Zinchenko paraded around the field with the trophy, the yellow-and-blue colors of his homeland were wrapped around him. Then the weeping Ukraine international set

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lane Thomas hit two RBI doubles and the Washington Nationals broke out of their hitting slump in an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers lost right-hander Freddy Peralta to shoulder tightness in the fourth inning. Peralta left after allowing a run-scoring double to Thomas

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson used fast hands to wrestle his car out of a sideways slide that seemed headed toward a massive crash at 230 mph. He saved his car, but his Indianapolis 500 qualifying run was ruined. The seven-time NASCAR champion is locked into his first

WASHINGTON (AP) — Candace Parker finished with her second career triple-double and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the second half to beat the Washington Mystics 82-73. Parker totaled 16 points, 13 rebounds and picked up a 10th assist on a basket by Allie Quigley with 21.2 seconds remaining. It was the 12th triple-double in

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve hit a leadoff home run and José Urquidy tied a career high with 10 strikeouts to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers. Urquidy allowed six hits and one run in a season-high 6 2/3 innings as the Astros

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Muncy’s two-run fielding error in the bottom of the 10th capped a wild late-inning sequence and allowed the Philadelphia Phillies to post a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Garrett Stubbs had hit his first major league homer to get Philadelphia on the board in

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Nazem Kadri spent the entire season on his best behavior. The Colorado Avalanche forward didn’t want a repeat of what happened in the postseason a year ago, when he delivered a hit that resulted in an eight-game suspension. Once again, Kadri found himself at the center

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Franchy Cordero hit a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the surging Boston Red Sox to an 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Trevor Story continued his recent power surge with his fifth homer over the Green Monster in four

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Joey Votto hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2, avoiding a three-game sweep. The one-run win was the second of the season for the Reds. Cincinnati has won nine of 15 following a

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed veteran defenseman Mark Giordano to a two-year contract extension. The average annual value of the contract is $800,000. Giordano, 38, had eight goals and 27 assists in 75 games last season split between Toronto and the Seattle Kraken.

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Alex Faedo allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings for his first major league win and Miguel Cabrera had an RBI double as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2. Faedo struck out two in his fourth appearance since being called up from Triple-A Toledo

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Granada has been relegated from the Spanish league after missing a second-half penalty kick which could have kept the team up. Cádiz took advantage to stay in the first division. Striker Jorge Molina missed a 72nd-minute penalty in Granada’s 0-0 draw against Espanyol, when a win

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the Eastern Conference final. Corey Perry and Erik Cernak also scored, and

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The crowds at the French Open are back to their no-mask, no-distancing, full-capacity, pre-pandemic levels after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. This year’s edition began Sunday and the spectators were back to being as much a part of the fabric of the event as the red

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched a six-hitter and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3. The 26-year-old-Alcantara (4-2) limited the Braves to three unearned runs and six hits. He walked two and struck out seven for his fourth career complete game. Atlanta star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. had two of the hits against

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone says slugger Josh Donaldson was wrong to make a remark referencing Jackie Robinson when speaking to White Sox star Tim Anderson. A day after the comment called “racist” by Chicago manager Tony La Russa — an assessment that Anderson agreed

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alyssa Thomas and Brionna Jones scored 18 points apiece and the Connecticut Sun breezed to a 92-70 victory over the Indiana Fever. Thomas added six rebounds and six assists for Connecticut (4-1), which jumped out to a 26-15 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. Courtney Williams scored 15 and

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Penguins forward Bryan Rust made good on his promise to stay in Pittsburgh. Rust signed a six-year deal worth $5.125 million annually to remain with the Penguins rather than test free agency. The 30-year-old Rust says it was important for him to be in a place

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Sweden picked up its fifth win in six games at the hockey world championship by beating Norway 7-1 in group play. Switzerland stayed unbeaten and Germany extended its winning run. Dallas Stars forward Jacob Peterson led the way for Sweden with two goals and one assist. Germany is on a five-game

By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Albert Pujols hit two home runs, then caught the warmup tosses when star catcher Yadier Molina made his first pitching appearance to close out the St. Louis Cardinals’ 18-4 romp over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Molina gave up a pair of homers and four runs while working the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike remains on track to race in the Belmont Stakes on June 11. Trainer Eric Reed tells The Associated Press the plan is “absolutely” still to run Rich Strike in the final leg of the Triple Crown. Rich Strike looked good breezing

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City has successfully defended its Premier League title by beating Aston Villa 3-2 on the final day of the season. The champions had been trailing 2-0 but three goals in five minutes completed a remarkable comeback with the winner from lkay Gündoğan. It

LEICESTER, England (AP) — James Maddison has scored again to help Leicester rout Southampton 4-1 in their final Premier League game of the season. Maddison struck for the fourth consecutive game and took his league tally to 12 for the season. Two more goals from Spanish midfielder Ayoze Pérez and another goal from Jamie Vardy