Month: May 2022

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Martina Trevisan of Italy has won her first WTA title after beating Claire Liu of the United States 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the Grand Prix Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat. The No. 85-ranked Trevisan and No. 92-ranked Liu were playing their first career final. Trevisan was under

LYON, France (AP) — Cameron Norrie of Britain has won his second ATP title of the year after beating Alex Molcan of Slovakia 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1 in the Lyon Open final. Norrie missed two match points on Molcan’s serve in the second set, but took his third chance to end the final after 2

LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees placed Chad Green on the injured list with a strained right elbow on Saturday and the stalwart reliever could be headed for surgery. Before the Yankees opened a series with the Chicago White Sox, manager Aaron Boone said Green was getting other opinions before making

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn a story about a book by former New York Jets assistant coach Mike Westhoff. The story should not have moved. No substitute story will move.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek carries a 28-match winning streak into the French Open. She has won 42 of her past 43 sets and five consecutive titles. The 20-year-old from Poland knows that means just about everyone will consider her the favorite to win the women’s title at

By ROB HARRIS and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has celebrated with fans at Parc des Princes then scored a hat trick after signing a new three-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain and turning down the chance again to join Real Madrid. France’s World-Cup winning star stood on a platform near

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have called top prospect Adley Rutschman up to the majors. The move paves the way for the 24-year-old catcher to make his big league debut. The switch-hitting Rutschman was the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft and is ranked as baseball’s No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline. The

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Charles Leclerc has won pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix after the Formula One leader recovered from spinning to a stop with a last-gasp lap to snatch the top spot from Max Verstappen. Leclerc’s Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz was third, followed by George Russell in

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Angel Di Maria is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after seven seasons with the club. The Argentina winger’s contract is expiring and the French champions announced his departure late Friday night. PSG says “Angel Di Maria has left a permanent mark on the history of the club.” Di

By The Associated Press A late-spring snowstorm in Denver postponed Friday’s opener between the Mets and Rockies and could threaten a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday. With Kris Bryant expected to return from a back injury, Colorado called off Friday’s game with 3 to 5 inches of snow forecast at Coors Field. The teams are scheduled

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fans in San Francisco threw at least one baseball and a beer bottle onto the field Friday night in the direction of San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar, who called the crowd at Giants games “the worst in the league.” Play was delayed briefly after Profar got into an exchange with

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer With the Premier League title race coming down to the final day of matches, NBC is pulling out all the stops in its coverage of Championship Sunday. To ensure covered in case Manchester City or Liverpool win the title, the network will have its top announcing team in Manchester

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. women’s national team’s efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week when the players reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts. The milestone wasn’t achieved just because the women filed a discrimination

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The PGA Championship is not the British Open. But it sounded like one at Southern Hills. That’s all because of the wind, and players that are helped by being on the right side of the draw. Will Zalatoris didn’t face any wind over his final

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman scored the go-ahead short-handed goal midway through the third period and the Edmonton Oilers rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 5-3, evening the second-round series at one game apiece. Edmonton captain Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, becoming the fastest active player to reach 20 points (six

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres won in manager Bob Melvin’s return, holding off the San Francisco Giants 8-7. Jake Cronenworth homered, Wil Myers doubled in two late runs and the Padres recovered after blowing leads of

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Seth Brown hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning and the Oakland Athletics bounced back with a 4-2 victory over the skidding Los Angeles Angels. After Jed Lowrie drew a walk with one out, Brown drove a fastball from Chase Silseth down the

SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting and the Seattle Storm held on for an 83-80 win over the Los Angeles Sparks. Jewell Loyd added 11 points for the Storm (3-3). Loyd has reached double-figure scoring in 155 games since 2016 — most in the WNBA. Liz Cambage led Los Angeles

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luka Doncic had been dominating for most of the night, yelling in celebration and flexing his arms in Stephen Curry’s house. Then Curry and the Golden State Warriors delivered one of those signature third-quarter flurries that have defined so many of their postseason runs —

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and Baltimore Orioles snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-6 victory. The Orioles’ last win over Tampa Bay was on July 19 at Tropicana Field, and Baltimore hadn’t beaten the Rays

HOUSTON (AP) — Martín Pérez pitched his first shutout since 2014, scattering seven singles as the Texas Rangers beat Houston 3-0, ending the Astros’ nine-game home winning streak. It was the first complete-game shutout for Texas since Kyle Gibson beat the Astros 1-0 on Sept. 16, 2020. Pérez struck out five, walked one and threw

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Stewart Friesen beat Christian Eckes in overtime to win at Texas Motor Speedway for his first NASCAR trucks victory of the season. The 38-year-old Friesen won for the third time in his career and the first time since November 2019. Coming out of a caution, Friesen got off to a