Month: May 2022

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Lightweight Charles Oliveira shook off two big punches from Justin Gaethje and choked him out to win by submission in the first round at UFC 274. Oliveira had to vacate the title after missing the 155-pound limit by a half-pound at Friday’s weigh-in, leaving Gaethje as

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Franco Escobar scored the tying goal for Los Angeles FC in a 2-2 draw against the Philadelphia Union. LAFC is now 7-1-2 and the Union are 5-1-4.

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol retained his title Saturday night by defeating Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by unanimous decision. The unbeaten Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs), who has held a version of his belt since May 2016, handed Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) just the second defeat of

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxiarchis Fountas scored goals about 7 minutes apart and Rafael Romo made his MLS debut as D.C. United beat the Houston Dynamo 2-0. Fountas chipped in a first-timer off a corner kick by Julian Gressel in the 35th minute and blasted a rising shot into the net in the 43rd to give

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit two solo homers off Seattle starter Marco Gonzales for the seventh multi-homer game of his career, Manuel Margot hit his first grand slam, and the Tampa Bay Rays won their sixth straight, beating the Mariners 8-2. Lowe’s last multi-homer game came on Oct.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nathan Cardoso scored an all-important goal while JT Marcinkowski stopped the four shots he faced as the San Jose Earthquakes earned a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids. The Earthquakes moved to 2-5-3 after the victory and the Rapids dropped to 3-4-3.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Josh Bell, Yadiel Hernandez and Nelson Cruz went deep, Maikel Franco drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Josiah Gray (4-2) won his second straight start, allowing three runs and

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Dunand, the nephew of Alex Rodriguez, homered on the third pitch he saw as a big leaguer and then doubled as the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 to end a six-game losing streak.  Jorge Soler hit his first career grand slam

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Yonathan Daza, José Iglesias and Connor Joe hit consecutive, two-out, run-scoring singles in the ninth inning to help the Colorado Rockies rally past the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1. Colorado trailed 1-0 entering the ninth and pieced together four runs off Arizona closer Mark Melancon, who had a

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesús Ferreira scored his 25th career Major League Soccer goal, one more than father David, to help Dallas beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0. Ferreira put Dallas (5-1-4) ahead for good at 1-0 in the 65th minute, with an assist from Ema Twumasi. David Ferreira played for Dallas from 2008-13. Paul Arriola,

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored 16 points in her debut for Atlanta, Cheyenne Parker had 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks and the Dream beat the Dallas Wings 66-59 in the season opener for both teams. Nia Coffey added 11 points and nine rebounds for Atlanta, Erika Wheeler also scored 11 points

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Brandon Vazquez scored an all-important goal while Roman Celentano stopped the five shots he faced as Cincinnati earned a 1-0 win over Minnesota United. Cincinnati moved to 5-5-1 with the victory and United fell to 4-4-2.

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Now, Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies are calling out the Golden State Warriors for causing unnecessary injury. Morant re-injured his troublesome right knee late in the game when Jordan Poole grabbed it as they fought for a loose ball late in the Warriors’ 142-112

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spyros Chakas had 14 kills and 16 1/2 points and Hawaii swept Long Beach State 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 on Saturday night to win its second straight NCAA men’s volleyball title. Hawaii (27-5), which also swept BYU last year in the final, hit at least .400 in each set. Alex Nikolov had

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a fifth-inning homer for the game’s first run, Max Fried outpitched Corbin Burnes and the Atlanta Braves held on in the ninth to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2. Fried allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings to

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Erik Hurtado scored the tying goal for the Columbus Crew in a 2-2 draw with the New England Revolution. The Revolution are now 3-5-2 and the Crew are 3-3-4.

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Danton Heinen’s first playoff goal in three years just past the midway point of the third period helped the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers. The win gives the Penguins a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. Pittsburgh blew a

CHARLOTTE, N,C. (AP) — Andre Shinyashiki scored in his Charlotte debut in the expansion team’s 1-0 victory over Inter Miami on Saturday. Four days after coming over from Colorado in a trade, Shinyashiki scored off Yordy Reyna’s cross in the 68th minute. Kristijan Kahlina made six saves for Charlotte (4-6-1). Inter Miami dropped to 3-6-1.

By The Associated Press Susan G. Komen and Major League Baseball are teaming up in the fight against breast cancer, and Komen’s “Share a Moment with Mom” campaign will debut a Mother’s Day video Sunday. The video will be released on the organization’s social media channels and website. It will also appear in stadiums and

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jockey Sonny Leon and trainer Eric Reed hit the ground running in every way imaginable for the Kentucky Derby. Rich Strike did both one better after his last-minute Derby entry, blowing past 80-1 odds and then Epicenter and Zandon in the stretch Saturday for

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Long scored the equalizer for the New York Red Bulls in a 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers. The Red Bulls moved to 5-2-3 and the Timbers are 2-3-6.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Johnson made three saves for New York City FC and Tim Melia had two saves for Sporting Kansas City in a 0-0 draw. NYCFC moved to 4-3-2 and Sporting KC is 2-6-3.

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronaldo Cisneros’ goal helped lead Atlanta United FC to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Fire. United is now 4-4-2 after the victory and the Fire dropped to 2-4-4.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta defender Miles Robinson has been stretchered off the field after collapsing to the artificial turf with a non-contact injury to his left leg in Atlanta’s 4-1 win over the Chicago Fire. Atlanta coach Gonzalo Pineda said Robinson will have an MRI on his Achilles tendon. A serious injury to the 25-year-old

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — José Abreu hit a go-ahead double in the 10th after the White Sox tied it an inning earlier, helping Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 at windy Fenway Park for its fifth straight win. Leury García had two singles and a game-tying sacrifice fly in the

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rich Strike came charging up the rail to overtake the leaders in the closing strides for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from well back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog scored twice in the second period, and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 7-3 for a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference series. Landeskog also had two assists. Nazem Kadri and Devon Toews each added a goal and

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a season-best six games with an 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The win was manager Dusty Baker’s 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for

NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $50,000 by the NBA on Saturday for violating league injury reporting rules in failing to disclose Joel Embiid’s participation status in an accurate and timely manner. Embiid returned Friday night after missing the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Miami because of a

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Keegan Bradley shot the lowest score in bad weather for the second straight day at the Wells Fargo Championship. He leads Max Homa by two shots after a third-round 67 at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. About 2 inches of rain has fallen since Friday

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — David Toms went from trailing to leading comfortably in just one hole in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Toms birdied the 15th hole. Ken Duke had a putt go off the green and 35 yards into the fairway on the 15th and made triple bogey. That four-shot swing wound up giving Toms

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 42 points and made the go-ahead basket with 44.3 seconds left and the Milwaukee Bucks withstood a frantic flurry of shots in the final seconds to beat the Boston Celtics 103-101 on Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. The defending

MONTREAL (AP) — Joe Waterman, Djordje Mihailovic, Joquin Torres and Zachary Brault-Guillard scored and Montreal beat Orlando City 4-1 on Saturday to run its club-record unbeaten streak to seven games. Montreal improved to 5-3-2. João Moutinho scored for Orlando City (5-4-2).

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Andrew McCutchen has tested positive for COVID-19. McCutchen returned to the team hotel in Atlanta and was placed on the COVID-19 injured list. The Brewers recalled infielder Mike Brosseau from Triple-A Nashville. It was not known if Brosseau would arrive in Atlanta before

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Nantes has earned its first trophy in 21 years after winning the French Cup final against Nice 1-0 at the Stade de France. Ludovic Blas converted the penalty that lifted Nantes to a fourth French Cup success and first trophy since the league title in 2001.

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The NHL playoffs are missing the close games and comebacks that seemingly comes annually with all the postseason intensity. Excluding games with empty-netters increasing the margin, 10 of the 20 first-round games through Friday night have been decided by three or more goals. By comparison, there had been only

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ferrari stormed to the front of the grid for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix as Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. locked up the front row in Saturday qualifying. It’s the first time Ferrari will lead the field

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool is top of the English Premier League again after drawing with Tottenham 1-1 but Manchester City can go three points clear on Sunday. Dropping points is also a setback for Tottenham’s bid to overhaul Arsenal in fourth place. Tottenham moved to only a

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Owen Miller hit a two-run double and Franmil Reyes homered and had two RBIs, helping the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 and earn a doubleheader split. The Blue Jays won the opener 8-3 as George Springer and Raimel Tapia each drove in three runs

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Colorado goaltender Darcy Kuemper hurt an eye after being struck in the face by a stick late in the first period of the Avalanche’s 7-3 win over Nashville. Kuemper yanked his mask off and fell to the ice holding his head after being struck

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jordi Alba has scored a last-gasp winner to snatch Barcelona a 2-1 win at Real Betis in the Spanish league. The loss deals a blow to Betis’ hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Barcelona strengthened its hold on second place behind newly crowned champion Real

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jorge Polanco homered in the sixth inning and four Minnesota Twins pitchers made it stand up, blanking Oakland 1-0 and sending the Athletics to their eighth straight loss. Minnesota pitchers combined to strike out 15 while allowing just three hits. The Twins won again minus manager Rocco

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets signed cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner to a fully guaranteed four-year deal worth $38.7 million. He is the first of the team’s seven draft picks to get under contract. The team announced the signing Saturday after the second day

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale has suffered a setback in his recovery from a fractured rib cage suffered in late February. That’s according to chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, who spoke before Saturday’s game against the White Sox. The last-place Red Sox had lost 12 of

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox Sports’ coverage of the Professional Bowlers Association continues to gain momentum during the PBA Playoffs. Going into Sunday’s semifinals in Jupiter, Florida, Fox’s first four broadcasts have seen ratings increases. Last month’s USBC Masters averaged 847,000 viewers on FOX, up 28% from the March 13 PBA WSOB World

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Former NASCAR Cup Series champions Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick will start at the rear of the field Sunday at Darlington Raceway. Denny Hamlin will be back there, too. Elliott and Harvick had issues in Saturday’s practice session. Hamlin had problems in qualifying later in the day. All three will have

BALTIMORE (AP) — A second straight game between the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals has been postponed because of rain. The teams also had a game Friday night called off, one of six games around the major leagues that were rained out that night. That was the most in a day because of inclement

CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh emergency catcher Josh VanMeter had a rough time in his first try behind the plate since he was a teenager, and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage to end a nine-game losing streak, beating the Pirates 9-2 in the opener of a doubleheader. Tyler Stephenson fouled a ball hard off VanMeter’s mask,

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — NASCAR’s new Next Gen machine will get its first true test at Darlington Raceway, the circuit’s oldest superspeedway. Two-time winner Ross Chastain said it kept him up this week thinking about what might happen at the Goodyear 400 this weekend. And he’s not the only

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves as the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 in Game 3 to take a lead in their first-round playoff series. Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal and assisted on another to put the Capitals up two games to one. Washington

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evander Kane is happy to be making headlines for his on-ice play instead of off-ice controversies. Edmonton’s enigmatic forward has an NHL-best five goals in the past two games of the Western Conference first-round series against Los Angeles. Kane had his first hat trick in