Month: May 2022

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Still angry over a blowout loss in Miami that cost them home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat jumped to a 26-point first-half lead over the Boston Celtics in Game 3. Then Bam Adebayo made sure it was enough – just barely – to

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in Game 3 of their second-round series. Logan O’Connor, Nazem Kadri and Gabriel Landeskog also scored as the Avalanche took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marina Mabrey scored 22 points, Arike Ogunbowale added 20 and the Dallas Wings pulled away in the second half to beat the Minnesota Lynx 94-78. Dallas (4-2) trailed 45-43 at halftime, but Kayla Thornton buried a 3-pointer with 8:22 left in the third quarter to put the Wings up 51-49 and

By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a leadoff home run, Luis Urías added a solo shot and a defensive gem, and Brandon Woodruff allowed one run in six effective innings to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Urías defensively owned the first inning when he

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander had another splendid start to lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers. Verlander scattered six singles across six scoreless innings without a walk to earn his major league-leading sixth win. The 39-year-old right-hander, who made his return from Tommy

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mookie Betts homered, doubled and singled, knocked in three runs, threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate and sparked the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Gavin Lux lined the go-ahead single to right over a drawn-in infield in

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Heat played the entire second half without top scorer Jimmy Butler, yet were able to beat back a late rally to beat the Celtics 109-103 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics also briefly lost Jayson Tatum to a stinger and Marcus

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt went 4 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4. Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 14 games and his on-base streak to 28. His two-run double capped a four-run second inning. The Pirates’

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a pair of homers, Jeffrey Springs threw shutout ball into the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays spoiled the debut of Baltimore Orioles top prospect Adley Rutschman with a 6-1 victory. The switch-hitting Rutschman was the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft.

MIAMI (AP) — William Contreras homered twice,  Ronald Acuña Jr. extended his two-season on-base streak to 28 games and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 4-3. Acuña singled, walked twice, stole a base and scored a run. His string began last summer and was interrupted when the star outfielder injured his knee in Miami

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The All-Stars during qualifying Saturday night were the pit crew members for Kyle Busch. He is on the pole for NASCAR’s annual $1 million non-points exhibition race at Texas. Busch won the final round of an unusual elimination bracket involving the pit crews doing

By The Associated Press Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson has accused Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark during Saturday’s game and Major League Baseball is looking into the incident. Anderson, one of the sport’s leading Black voices, said Donaldson asked him, “What’s up, Jackie?” — a reference to Jackie Robinson, the

BOSTON (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have signed veteran slugger Justin Upton to a one-year contract. Upton is a four-time All-Star who was released by the Los Angeles Angels on April 8 heading into the final season of a $106 million, five-year guaranteed contract. Seattle must pay him only a prorated share of the $700,000

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy McNamara scored in the 89th minute to send the New England Revolution to a 3-2 victory over FC Cincinnati in a match that began 90 minutes late because of a weather delay. McNamara’s match-winner was a first-timer to the far post off a pass from Brandon Bye. New England (4-5-3) took

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust is staying in Pittsburgh. The veteran forward has agreed to a six-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins that will keep him with the club through 2028. The deal carries an average annual value of $5.125 million. The 30-year-old Rust scored 24 goals to go with a career-best 34 assists this

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Filly Secret Oath finished fourth in the Preakness after trailing the field for much of the race. The winner of the Kentucky Oaks showed well her second time facing high-caliber colts. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said it just wasn’t Secret Oath’s day. Jockey

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Osorio scored in the 89th minute to help Toronto FC earn a 2-2 draw with DC United. Osorio, who missed the previous three matches with a lower-body injury, was in the right place to tap in a rebound for the equalizer. Edison Flores gave United (4-6-2) an early lead with a

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington departed Game 3 of the second round against Colorado after colliding with Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri 6:45 into the first period. Kadri was attacking the St. Louis net when he got his skates tangled up with Blues defenseman Calle Rosen.

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Epicenter became the first horse since Bodemeister in 2012 to be the runner-up in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Each loss carried its own type of frustration. In the Derby, Epicenter ran a big race but was passed by 80-1 longshot Rich Strike at the

By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The key hole from Saturday’s third round at the PGA Championship.

By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A brief glance at the third round Saturday at the PGA Championship.

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — It’s been a long time since Bubba Watson contended for the PGA Championship. And he was right there for a while on Saturday. An up-and-down third round at blustery Southern Hills put Watson tantalizingly close to the lead until he faded late with some trouble

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Everyone went into a tailspin on a tough day of wind and cold at the PGA Championship. Mito Pereira managed to steady himself. The 27-year-old from Chile made birdies on three of his last six holes for a 69 at Southern Hills. That gives him

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Daulton Varsho drilled a two-out, three-RBI double in the 10th inning then scored on a throwing error by Andrelton Simmons to give the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-6 comeback win over the Chicago Cubs. Arizona only got one hit off Cubs starter Justin Steele, but came to

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joe Musgrove pitched seven scoreless innings of four-hit ball to remain unbeaten, Manny Machado homered and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1. urickson Profar had two hits as the Padres extended their winning streak to three with their fifth win in six games. Wilmer Flores homered for

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Maybe extra rest isn’t such a bad thing for a racehorse after all. In the Preakness Stakes that was run without the Kentucky Derby winner because Rich Strike’s owner felt he needed more time off after his 80-1 upset, Early Voting validated a gutsy decision to

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics will be without center Robert Williams III for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Heat due to soreness and swelling in his left knee. Daniel Theis will start in his place. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said point guard Kyle Lowry

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers hit two homers, Christian Vázquez had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Boston’s bullpen held the Seattle Mariners scoreless for six innings, lifting the Red Sox to a 6-5 victory.  Devers drove in three runs and had three hits for the Red Sox,

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Brian Serven launched a pair of two-run homers — his first two major league hits — to lead the Colorado Rockies over the New York Mets 11-3 for a doubleheader split. C.J. Cron also went deep for the Rockies, and Connor Joe had three hits. In the

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers head home for Game 3 on Sunday night against the Calgary Flames after eveing the series at 1-1. Veteran defenseman Duncan Keith was a big reason why. He had a goal and two assists for the Oilers in the Game 2 win. He was also a calming presence

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer The Tampa Bay Lightning don’t want to get ahead of themselves in their bid to become the first team in 40 years to win three consecutive Stanley Cup titles. The two-time defending champions are up 2-0 on the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference semifinals yet understand there’s still

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson posted the fastest four-lap average of any Indianapolis 500 rookie and qualified for Sunday’ pole shootout. The seven-time Cup champion went 232.398 mph on the sixth run of the day then waited to see if his average speed would be good enough to make

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a $5,925,000, two-year contract with John Means. The team avoided arbitration with the injured left-hander. Means is out for the season following Tommy John surgery. His salary was $593,500 last year. He asked for $3.1 million and the team initially offered $2.7 million for this season.

FRISCO, Texas. (AP) — Shannon Boxx, Christie Pearce Rampone and Linda Hamilton all celebrated this week’s equal pay agreement with U.S. Soccer as they were enshrined in the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Clint Dempsey, Marco Etcheverry and Esse Baharmast also were inducted at the Hall of Fame at Toyota Stadium. The event happened Saturday.

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappe celebrates signing a new-three year deal to stay at Paris Saint-Germain with a hat trick for the French champions against struggling Metz. Elsewhere there were euphoric scenes for PSG’s bitter rival Marseille as it routed Strasbourg 4-0 to secure second place and automatic entry

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Webb Simpson showed low scores were still possible in the soggy, blustery conditions at Southern Hills, even while some of the world’s best players were flopping. Simpson’s 65 off a morning start was one of the best rounds of the day Saturday, and keeps him

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Crowd violence and tear gas marred the Greek Cup final where Panathinaikos made a first-half penalty hold up to beat PAOK 1-0. Penalty-scorer Aitor Cantalapiedra was allegedly hit in the hand by a chunk of cement thrown from the crowd. Only 43,000 tickets were sold for

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 24 points, Jackie Young added 20 and Las Vegas dominated the third quarter in a 100-80 victory over the Phoenix Mercury. Plum sank three 3-pointers and scored 15 in a 38-point third quarter to help Las Vegas (6-1) turn a two-point halftime lead into an 82-60 advantage. Dearica

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson accused Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark by calling him Jackie Robinson during their game Saturday. Major League Baseball is looking into the incident. Anderson is Black and said Donaldson said “What’s up, Jackie?” Robinson broke the

ROME (AP) — Fiorentina has edged Atalanta for Serie A’s final berth in Europe with a 2-0 win over Juventus. Fiorentina claimed seventh place and a Europa Conference League spot with goals from Alfred Duncan and Nicolás González. Atalanta lost at home to Empoli 1-0. Fiorentina finished seventh and Atalanta came eighth to end the

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Ten-man Leipzig has come from a goal down in the German Cup final to beat Freiburg 4-2 on penalties for the club’s first trophy in its short history. Christopher Nkunku equalized in the 76th minute for 1-1 in normal time, sending the game to extra time.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Cup regular Tyler Reddick led the final 31 laps of the NASCAR Xfinity race at Texas to give second-year team Big Machine Racing its first victory. It also ended a three-race streak in which three different JR Motorsports took the checkered flag. Reddick finished

GENEVA (AP) — Casper Ruud retained his Geneva Open title by beating Joao Sousa 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (1) in the final on Saturday. The three-hour match was the longest three-set final on the ATP Tour this season. The eighth-ranked Ruud’s seventh career title on clay courts lifted his record in finals to 8-3 one

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is out of the PGA Championship after a painful third round at Southern Hills. He posted a 79 for his highest score ever in the PGA. It also was his third-highest score in a major. When the third round ended, the PGA of

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Adam Gaudette scored in overtime for the United States to beat Sweden 3-2 at the world ice hockey championship on Saturday. Gaudette was involved in all three of the U.S. goals as he scored the first and assisted Nate Schmidt for the second. The win improves the U.S. to 4-1 for

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league says it will file a complaint against Paris Saint-Germain over the renewal of Kylian Mbappé‘s contract. It says the “scandalous” agreement attacks the economic stability of European soccer. The league’s announcement on Saturday came after Mbappé’s decision to stay with PSG instead of

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer TURIN, Italy (AP) — Lyon has beaten defending champion Barcelona 3-1 to secure a record-extending eighth Women’s Champions League trophy. Lyon was 3-0 up after just 33 minutes. There were strikes by Amandine Henry, a header from Ada Hegerberg and a tap-in from Catarina Macario. Barcelona captain and Ballon

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The threat of thunderstorms and an ominous forecast postponed Saturday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians more than three hours before the first pitch. The Tigers were taking infield practice when the game was called at 2:45 p.m. The game was scheduled to start

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper has returned to the Phillies lineup as the designated hitter after he missed the previous five games because of soreness from a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow. Harper hit third for the Phillies against the Los Angeles Dodgers and right-hander Mitch White.

PRAGUE (AP) — Jiří Zidek Sr., voted the best Czech basketball player of the 20th century and the first Czech inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, has died. He was 78. The Czech Basketball Federation announced the news on Saturday, saying he had a long-term illness without elaborating. The two-meter-tall Zídek was one of

DENVER (AP) — The New York Mets on Saturday placed pitcher Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list with a left oblique strain. The move is retroactive to Thursday. Scherzer left his start on Wednesday night after experiencing tightness in his side. An MRI performed Thursday revealed a moderate to high-grade internal oblique strain, according

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rain held off long enough to complete the first round of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. It was a soupy day that still produced eye-popping speeds not seen in 26 years. A pair of young new IndyCar stars posted blistering qualifying averages over 233 mph

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Former No. 1 Angelique Kerber outlasted first-time WTA finalist Kaja Juvan 7-6 (5), 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5) over more than three hours in the Strasbourg International final. Kerber’s 14th career singles title was her first on clay in more than six years. Juvan upset Kerber at the 2020 French Open, and

MADRID (AP) — Thousands of Valencia fans angry with club owner Peter Lim have protested outside its stadium while their team played its final game of the season. Fans waved signs saying “Lim Go Home” and shouted for the Singapore businessman to sell the club. It appeared there were more fans flooding the streets outside