PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going on the Phoenix Mercury's opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here. Her back to the basket, Griner faked ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A son of longtime Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler has resigned from his position with the Wolverines, with the school saying it was aware of his social media activity that may have caused "pain" in the community. Glenn "Shemy" Schembechler stepped down ...
Carmelo Anthony, the star forward who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, announced his retirement on Monday. Anthony, who was not in the NBA this season, retires as the No. 9 scorer in league history. Only LeBron James, ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Oscar Mercado drove in five runs and Paul DeJong hit a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-5 on Sunday. St. Louis has won 11 of 14 after a 10-24 start to the season. Los Angles dropped three of four games in the series and lost its ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager hit a two-run homer in a five-run second inning and an RBI double in a six-run fifth, helping the Texas Rangers rout the Colorado Rockies 13-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. Seager had a two-run homer for the second straight day, scoring three times ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit his first major league homer and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Sunday for their fifth win in six games. Two days after making his major league debut and less than 24 hours after ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Graham Rahl sat on the sidepod of his No. 15 car, head in hands, sobbing as his children tried to steal a hug Sunday. There was no consoling Rahal this time. Thirty-eight minutes after bumping Jack Harvey off the Indianapolis 500 starting grid, Harvey returned the favor ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going to go on the Phoenix Mercury's opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here. Her back to the basket, Griner ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A slashing penalty in the first period and a retaliatory cross check in the second not only sent Vegas' Chandler Stephenson to the penalty box twice, but resulted in a conversation with coach Bruce Cassidy in the second intermission. "Let's not let our egos get in the way of ...
Ohtani strikes out 9, Moniak delivers big hit as Angels defeat Twins 4-2 By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out nine in six innings, Mickey Moniak delivered his second big hit of the series and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-2. ...
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson turned in a dominating effort to win his third All-Star race and earn $1 million Sunday night in the Cup Series' return to North Wilkesboro Speedway following a 27-year absence. Larson became only the fourth driver to win the All-Star race at least ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Verlander outpitched Shane Bieber in a marquee matchup of Cy Young Award winners that lived up to its billing, and the resurgent New York Mets edged the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Sunday night for a doubleheader sweep. Francisco Lindor homered against his former team ...
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf's elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title. Determined as ever to restore his reputation as ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk finished off a second straight overtime win — this time needing only a few minutes instead of four extra periods — then pointed again toward the door along the boards that led to the locker room. He skated over as Florida Panthers teammates joined ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Emmanuel Valdez hit a three-run homer and Chris Sale allowed just three hits — two of them home runs — in seven innings for the Boston Red Sox, who beat San Diego 4-2 Saturday night to send the Padres plummeting to their fourth straight loss and 11th in 13 games. The ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney retained his titles by winning a controversial unanimous decision over former three-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden. Lomachenko dominated the latter rounds and outpunched Haney, ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Joey Gallo homered for the fourth time in seven games, Trevor Larnach hit an RBI triple that turned into a Little League home run and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Saturday night. Shohei Ohtani hit his 11th home run of the season for the ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Harold Ramírez, Yandy Díaz and Christian Bethancourt homered, and the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Saturday. Zach Eflin (6-1) allowed three runs, four hits and struck out eight for the Rays (34-14), who improved to 21-3 ...
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has his health back, along with his swagger. Now he gets another chance to restore his reputation as golf's toughest customer in the toughest championships. Oak Hill was every bit of that on a rainy Saturday in the PGA Championship, and Koepka was up to ...
ATLANTA (AP) — After seeing the Atlanta Braves attack his fastball in the first inning, Logan Gilbert needed to change his strategy to keep Seattle in the game. Gilbert's splitter saved the day. Gilbert recovered from a rocky first inning to retire 15 consecutive hitters, Eugenio Suárez ...