Month: May 2022

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Lauer pitched seven sharp innings and Rowdy Tellez and Tyrone Taylor homered as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Washington Nationals 7-0. The Nationals provided a couple of highlights even as they failed to score. They unsuccessfully attempted an inside-the-park homer in the top of the

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled three times and drove in two runs, Julio Urías pitched five shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 for their sixth straight victory. Trea Turner doubled and had an RBI for the NL West-leading Dodgers who opened a 10-day,

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brendan Smith scored a short-handed goal late in the second period while Antti Raanta finished with 21 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 2-0, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series. Smith’s goal off a feed from Sebastian

MIAMI (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. had two hits and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 5-3. In his first game at the stadium where he sustained a season-ending knee injury July 10, Acuña also stole a base. Marcell Ozuna homered for the third consecutive game, while Dansby Swanson and Travis d’Arnaud also went

ATLANTA (AP) — Ariel Atkins scored 18 points, Natasha Cloud added 17 and the Washington Mystics erased a double-digit second-half deficit to beat the Atlanta Dream 78-73. There were two ties and three lead changes in the final 2 1/2 minutes, the last of which came when Tianna Hawkins made two free throws to give

By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez hit a three-run homer and tripled a day after avoiding a serious injury when he fouled a ball off his leg, and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1. Ramírez, the Guardians’ star third baseman, collapsed to the ground in pain after fouling a

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings of one-run ball to extend his domination of Pittsburgh, and battery-mate Yadier Molina keyed a four-run sixth inning with a two-run single as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pirates 5-3. Wainwright has won 10 straight decisions against the Pirates and gone

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story hit a grand slam over the Green Monster and into the hands of a former Red Sox player a night after hitting three over Fenway Park’s fabled left field wall to leading Boston to a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Former Red Sox outfielder

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Hyun Jin Ryu pitched six shutout innings to earn his first victory of the season, and the Blue Jays held Reds star Joey Votto in check in his return from COVID-19 as Toronto beat Cincinnati 2-1. Making his fourth start of the season and his second after

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A brief glance at the second round Friday at the PGA Championship.

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story has connected again — this time with a former Boston player seated atop the Green Monster. Story, who hit three home runs in Boston’s victory Thursday, launched a grand slam against Seattle in the third inning Friday night. Former Red Sox

The Associated Press More than 1,000 Canadian athletes from gymnastics, boxing and bobsled/skeleton have called for independent investigations into their sports in recent weeks, and former gymnast Amelia Cline filed a proposed class-action lawsuit last week against Gymnastics Canada and six provincial federations. The plaintiffs allege abuse dating back to 1978, claiming the organizations created

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The key hole from Friday’s round at the PGA Championship.

NEW YORK (AP) — Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics was the leading vote-getter for the All-Defensive first team, with Mikal Bridges of the Phoenix Suns joining him as the other guard. Former Defensive Players of the Year Rudy Gobert of Utah and Giannis Antetokounmpo of Milwaukee were also voted

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s national team will prepare in Europe for the World Cup in Qatar. Brazilian soccer body coordinator Juninho Paulista said the camp for the Seleção will start on Nov. 14 at a location to be decided. Juninho also said the team will arrive in Qatar

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Some of the intrigue heading into the PGA Championship at Southern Hills had to do with the compact nature of the grand old layout, where greens are often so close to tees that players get in logjams waiting for each other. Turned out it was

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Carlsbad 5000 will return Sunday for the first time since 2019, making it one of the last major road races to bounce back from a pandemic hiatus. Ed Cheserek of Kenya looks to defend his title and co-owner Meb Keflezighi will simply run for

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

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State is adding South Carolina transfer and former McDonald’s All-American Saniya Rivers to its women’s basketball program. The school announced Rivers’ addition Friday. She’ll be immediately eligible to play for the upcoming season with three seasons of eligibility remaining. The 6-foot-1 instate guard from Wilmington was the No. 3-ranked

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference reported a record total of $578.3 million in revenue for the 2020-21 fiscal year with the addition of Notre Dame as a full football member for one season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The league’s tax filing released Friday showed a 16.4% increase in revenue from $496.7 million

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Three-time runner-up Brad Keselowski is in a different spot going into this weekend’s NASCAR All-Star race. The former Cup champion is in his first season as owner-driver in the series. He was the runner-up in last year’s All-Star race at Texas, where he has

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Washington Nationals infielder Carter Kieboom will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery to address the elbow issue that landed him on the injured list in March. Manager Dave Martinez says Kieboom will have the surgery on May 27. Kieboom has been dealing with a strained flexor mass

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Fire goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina says he will remain with the U.S. national team program and will turn down an invitation to join Poland. The 18-year-old who is viewed as a potential standout issued a statement on Friday, saying “my heart is American. This country has given me and my family all

NEW YORK (AP) — Pablo López went to a salary arbitration hearing with the Miami Marlins, with the right-hander asking for $3 million and the team arguing for $2.45 million. The case was heard by Allen Ponak, Scott Buchheit and Brian Keller. López, 26, was 5-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 20 starts last season,

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It was a challenging “Fast Friday” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with serious wind disrupting practice for the Indy 500. Wind gusts were measured at 41 mph and the sustained wind was around 25 mph. Teams were given a horsepower boost to prepare for two days

By STEVE GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Canada-bred Interstatedaydream held off race favorite Adare Manor and win the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course It’s the first Black-Eyed Susan victory for trainer Brad Cox and jockey Florent Geroux. Interstatedaydream won for the third time in five career starts and has never finished

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — All-Big Ten forward Trayce Jackson-Davis will return to Indiana next season after withdrawing from the NBA draft. Jackson-Davis still has two years of eligibility remaining. Indiana’s top player last season, he finished sixth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.3 points and sixth in rebounding with 8.1. He’ll start next

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid’s regular starters have been held by Real Betis to 0-0 in the team’s last match before the Champions League final. Madrid began with the team that is expected to face Liverpool on May 28 in Paris, where it will try to win a record-extending

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Guardians will play the opener of a three-game series without their managers Friday night. Detroit’s A.J. Hinch is out because he isn’t feeling well but tested negative for COVID-19. Bench coach George Lombard will manage the team. Terry Francona will miss the game for Cleveland because

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and style through his essays, humor pieces and editing, has died. He was 101. Angell died Friday of heart failure, according

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies slugger Bryce Harper will miss his fifth straight game when Philadelphia hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series. Harper had a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow on Sunday. The Phillies originally hoped Harper could return on Tuesday. Philadelphia has lost three of four without

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Tammy Abraham scored twice to help Roma win at Torino 3-0 and seal a spot in Europe for next season ahead of the Europa Conference League final next week. Both Abraham goals came in the first half of Roma’s final Serie A match as the England international took his tally to

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics got outworked by the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals but returned the favor in Game 2. A big factor for the Celtics was having Marcus Smart back. The Defensive Player of the Year brought his signature energy in

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Mountain West Conference will eliminate its two-division format in football for the 2023 season. The conference announced Friday that the two teams with the highest winning percentage will compete in the league championship game. The decision came two days after the NCAA threw out requirements dictating how conferences can

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Finland got back to winning ways at the world ice hockey championship when it beat Britain 6-0. Montreal Canadiens forward Joel Armia was among six different players to score for host Finland. Jussi Olkinuora faced 10 shots for the shutout as the Finns rained 42 shots on the British net. The

NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees game has been postponed due to a forecast of inclement weather. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader Sunday. The Yankees announced the postponement about 3 1/2 hours before the scheduled first pitch. The doubleheader Sunday will begin at 3:05

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Will Zalatoris is leading the PGA Championship with great shots and a good draw. The notorious Oklahoma wind died in the afternoon at Southern Hills. Zalatoris took advantage with five birdies for a 65 and a one-shot lead over Mito Pereira of Chile. The conditions

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer The St. Louis Blues made all the right moves against Colorado to tie the second-round series at a game apiece. The Blues shuffled their lines to generate more offense and clogged up the middle to frustrate Colorado’s fast flyers. It’s now Colorado’s move as the series shifts to St.

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s week included meeting with NFL investigators and golf in the Bahamas with his new Browns teammates. Next week he’ll be back on the field, and under more public scrutiny. Some of the women who have accused Cleveland’s quarterback of sexual misconduct during massage therapy

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Malik Tillman, Haji Wright, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Djordje Mihailovic are joining the U.S. national team for four World Cup prep matches next month. It shows open spots remain on what is expected to be a 26-man roster in November. The 19-year-old Tillman plays for Bayern Munich and is switching

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference suffered a 36% decrease in revenue for the 2020-21 fiscal year due in large part to pandemic-related cancellations in football and basketball. The conference announced Friday that it had total revenues of $344 million and distributions to member schools of $238 million. The $19.8 million payouts per school