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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nolan Gorman went 4 for 4 with two solo homers and four RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nolan Gorman went 4 for 4 with two solo homers and four RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Will the hound be trumpeting a victory, or is its tiny cousin toying with a win? What…
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe and Jonah Heim hit consecutive homers off former teammate Kyle Gibson,…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story hit a three-run homer out of Fenway Park, Christian Vázquez added a solo shot for a key…
Continue ReadingBy DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Isaac Paredes homered in his first three at-bats and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bligh Madris hit his first major league home run and fellow rookie Roansy Contreras pitched…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a phone call between jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife is being…
Continue ReadingFORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Former Purdue basketball star Caleb Swanigan has died at age 25. The Allen County Coroner’s office confirmed Tuesday that…
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis may have canceled his planned trip to Congo because of his bad knee, but he’s had a visit from one of…
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Kristóf Milák has set a world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships. The…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have hired Morgan Cato as an assistant general manager and vice president of basketball operations. She becomes the…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Las Vegas and Chicago will meet in the second annual Commissioner’s Cup championship game next month. This…
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer American investor John Textor has become the main shareholder of French soccer club Lyon and he immediately…
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached an agreement to settle 20 of the 24 civil…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua have gone head-to-head for the first time since their rematch for the world…
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Carlos Tévez has been hired as coach of top-tier Argentine club Rosario Central. He announced his retirement as a player…
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Highly touted Pirates shortstop prospect Oneil Cruz is leading the charge of young players that…
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Two-time world champion Caeleb Dressel is not defending his title in the men’s 100…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Former Cameroon forward Samuel Eto’o has been given a suspended prison sentence in Spain for tax fraud during the time he played…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Retired player David Ferrer has been appointed tournament director of the Davis Cup Finals. The 40-year-old Ferrer is a three-time…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Craig Overton vividly remembers those childhood summers with twin brother Jamie, spending entire days at the local…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Two majors are on the golf calendar this week with the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. The PGA…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — The Associated Press has learned Brooks Koepka is the latest PGA Tour player to sign on with…
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United has landed two players from Mexico’s Liga MX to bolster positions affected by injuries. The team announced the…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play Japan and Saudia Arabia in its last two World Cup warmups. The 15th-ranked Americans will play No. 23…
Continue ReadingWIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be on opposite sides of the draw this time. The seedings for Wimbledon have been…
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian basketball great Lauren Jackson is set to rejoin the national team at the age of 41 in a bid for another…
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has extended emergency contract rules for players and coaches with Ukrainian soccer clubs to…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The final price tag for last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics has been put at $13 billion (1.4…
Continue ReadingBy ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer Title IX athletics violations aren’t as simple as comparing similar teams and seeing how much money is…
Continue ReadingBy KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Nikola Jovic of Serbia and Ousmane Dieng of France are among the top international prospects in…
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Benintendi, Salvador Perez and Hunter Dozier homered, Nicky Lopez drove in the go-ahead…
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays outfielders Manuel Margot and Kevin Kiermaier left Monday night’s loss to the New York Yankees with…
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched seven strong innings and Jake Cronenworth and Trent Grisham homered, leading…
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning’s bid for a three-peat is alive and well. With Steven Stamkos,…
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Transgender athletes will be barred from women’s international rugby league matches while the sport’s governing body…
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Colorado not only failed to take a stranglehold in the Stanley Cup Final after a 6-2 loss to…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Corbin Burnes pitched seven dominant innings, Tyrone Taylor hit a two-run homer and the…
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew Vaughn matched a career high with four hits, including a solo homer, and the Chicago White…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mississippi is one win away from the College World Series finals. Tim Elko and Calvin Harris…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Newly promoted Oneil Cruz drove in four runs and Bligh Madris got three hits in his major…
Continue ReadingBy DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gerrit Cole took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Aaron Hicks hit a tiebreaking…
Continue ReadingBy GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Orlando Arcia drove in pinch-runner Phil Gosselin from second base with a tiebreaking single in the…
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Franchy Cordero had three hits, including a two-run single to help the Boston Red Sox beat the…
Continue ReadingSAINT JOHN, New Brunswick (AP) — Ryan Francis had a goal and two assists and the Saint John Sea Dogs beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 5-3 in the Memorial…
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A member of the Canadian parliament says Hockey Canada executives should have forced members of the country’s gold…
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole lost his no-hit bid in the eighth inning when Tampa Bay’s Isaac Paredes led off by…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — The game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates was delayed for a few minutes in the bottom of the second inning when a…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Manny Machado was out of the lineup a day after spraining his left ankle, but Padres acting manager Ryan Flaherty is…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Thousands of dogs are competing at the illustrious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.…
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres All-Star slugger Manny Machado wasn’t in the lineup a day after spraining his…
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have activated Tim Anderson from the 10-day injured list after the dynamic…
Continue ReadingDUBLIN (AP) — The vast majority of elite-level rugby players diagnosed with a concussion will not be able to return to play for 12 days as a result…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Auburn has eliminated No. 2 national seed Stanford from the College World Series. Cole Foster’s…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From the moment all those months ago that Klay Thompson uttered “championship or bust,”…
Continue ReadingCARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Ryan Giggs has quit as Wales coach with immediate effect. He says he doesn’t want his upcoming trial on charges of…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — David Peterson pitched into the sixth inning with his wife expected to go into labor soon, and…
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Boxing officials fighting to keep their sport in the Olympics have been warned to change its historical culture of…
Continue ReadingBAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Alizé Cornet won a rematch with a player who beat her last week on a day when rain interrupted play at the Bad Homburg…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — All-Star Mets sparkplug Jeff McNeil left a game against the Miami Marlins on Monday with tightness in his right hamstring and was…
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke at the swimming world championships in…
Continue ReadingBy CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks are emphasizing defensive improvement as they consider offseason changes. Change…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Relievers Sergio Romo and and Roenis Elías were cut by the struggling Seattle Mariners to make room for reliever Ken Giles and…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Title IX marks its 50th anniversary this year with countless women having benefited from the enactment and execution of the…
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Ginny Gilder wasn’t well versed on what Title IX meant until she was a freshman at Yale, competing…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have promoted first baseman/outfielder Dominic Smith from Triple-A Syracuse,…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA Summer League will start with a little Midnight Madness feel, at least in some of the country. And if the Orlando Magic keep…
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke and Katie…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — College basketball season ended almost three months ago, the NBA draft lottery was more…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in…
Continue ReadingEASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Serena Williams has skipped her scheduled practice session at Eastbourne at late notice as the 23-time Grand Slam…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Open began with Phil Mickelson speaking without saying hardly anything. It ended…
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Former Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger says he experienced first-hand what it felt like to be a…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland won’t consider defender Maciej Rybus in its plans for the World Cup in Qatar after he signed a new contract with a…
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Lewis Hamilton was energized by a respectable weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix, where he finished third. It…
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Track and field is leaving the multi-sport European Championships program after the 2022 edition in Munich. The…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Morocco defender Nayef Aguerd has joined West Ham from French club Rennes for a reported fee of 30 million pounds ($36.7 million).…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Bruce Buck is stepping down as Chelsea chairman. Buck has held the position since 2003 but is leaving following the change of…
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The unsettled future of golf was in the surest of hands over the final four tantalizing…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A look at what’s happening around the majors today: ___ MACHADO INJURED The Padres will see how star third baseman…
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Tampa Bay Rays came into the season with Wander Franco at shortstop, Brandon Lowe at second base and Mike…
Continue ReadingBy ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE For The Associated Press Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of…
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren, Auburn’s Jabari Smith and Duke’s Paolo Banchero are set to make it a…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly an hour after playing her final regular-season game in New York, Sue Bird was still…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and ERICA HUNZINGER Associated Press Title IX is best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment on…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Cade Horton struck out a career-high 11 in six innings, Tanner Tredaway continued his torrid…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie J.J. Matijevic homered for his first major league hit and Mauricio Dubón added a two-run…
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Travis Vick was already an NCAA team champion at Texas. Now he can add low amateur at the…
Continue ReadingBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A brief summation of the final round from the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Billy Foster grabbed the flag on the 18th green, pulled it toward his face and gave it a…
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler tied for second at the U.S. Open, a stroke behind winner…
Continue ReadingBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The key hole from Sunday’s final round in the U.S. Open at The Country…
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Graham Zusi scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for Sporting Kansas City over Nashville. After the victory, Sporting KC…
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The putt slid an inch — make that a millimeter — outside the left edge of the cup.…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 25 points, Dearica Hamby added 16 — including a 3-pointer in the closing seconds — and the Las Vegas Aces…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The San Diego Padres will see how star third baseman Manny Machado is feeling, a day after he sprained his left ankle while…
Continue ReadingFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Matt Turner sat the bench for his final game with the New England Revolution before his transfer to Arsenal, a 2-1 victory…
Continue ReadingBRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Ron Capps tied Tony Schumacher for the most NHRA wins at Bristol Dragway history, racing to his sixth Funny Car victory at…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Talles Magno scored the equalizer for New York City FC in a 1-1 draw against the Colorado Rapids. NYCFC moved to 8-3-3 and the…
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