By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Santana homered and the Cleveland Guardians held off the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night in a game that ended on a bizarre play. The White Sox had the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth inning when Miguel Vargas singled ...

By GIDEON RUBIN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits including a triple and a double, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — While a federal judge considers whether to approve a massive NCAA settlement that would pay athletes over $2 billion and pave the way for even more spending, a large group of industry officials returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to ...

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — If big-game experience counts for anything, Denver hockey coach David Carle was encouraged how the defending champion Pioneers dealt with their share of second-half adversity to make it back to the Frozen Four. "We've learned and grown up ...

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Sammy Spieth, age 3, hit a better tee shot by his standards than playing partners Justin Thomas and Max Homa did by theirs on the second hole of the Par 3 Contest at the Masters. He teed up a driver, gripped it cross-handed and sent his ...

By The Associated Press Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey won't return this season after re-injuring his sprained right finger. Maxey was ramping up for a return to play, but an MRI confirmed he damaged the finger again. The team said Wednesday he is expected to make a full ...

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joey Bart singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, despite six hitless innings from Erick Fedde. The Pirates loaded the ...

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A hole-by-hole look at Augusta National, site of the 89th Masters to be played April 10-13, with famous shots played at each, the average score and where each hole ranks in difficulty over the years: No. 1, 445 yards, par 4 (Tea ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Max Fried threw seven scoreless innings to outduel high school teammate Jack Flaherty, Ben Rice hit a two-run homer in the seventh and AL MVP Aaron Judge drove in two more runs to help the New York Yankees hold off the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on ...

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nick Lodolo pitched six sharp innings and outdueled Landen Roupp, and the Cincinnati Reds shut out the San Francisco Giants for a second straight game with a 1-0 win Tuesday night. Jose Trevino's RBI groundout in the third was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fedor Svechkov scored 1:56 into overtime and the Nashville Predators rallied from two goals down late in the third period to beat the New York Islanders 7-6 on Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak. Steven Stamkos had two goals and two assists, Filip Forsberg ...

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Kenny Atkinson thought during training camp that realistic goals for the Cleveland Cavaliers would be 50 wins and a top-three seed in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers surpassed those goals awhile ago to the point where Atkinson is ...

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his third straight triple-double as the Milwaukee Bucks erased a 24-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103 on Tuesday ...

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Ragans struck out 11 in six crisp innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the sloppy Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Tuesday night. Kansas City won for the fourth time in five games despite managing just two unearned runs and three ...

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 40 seconds left in overtime after Jayson Tatum's 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds remaining forced the extra period, and the Boston Celtics completed a season sweep of the New York Knicks ...

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes might still be relatively new in the major leagues. The Pittsburgh Pirates star isn't new to baseball. The 22-year-old has been pitching for a while. He knows that some days — hopefully most of them — he's going to have ...

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Murphy homered and drove in four runs in his return from a rib injury, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 on Tuesday night. Austin Riley hit two doubles for Atlanta, including a tiebreaking shot to the wall in ...

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Nolan Jones drew a bases-loaded walk from Mike Clevinger in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians won their home opener 1-0 over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. It was the first 1-0 game that ended with a walk-off walk since the Los ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — All-Star center fielder Jackson Merrill landed on the injured list Tuesday, a week after finalizing a $135 million, nine-year deal with the San Diego Padres. He's out with a right hamstring strain in a huge blow for the NL West leaders. Merrill was off to a ...

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was knocked around by the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night, allowing a career-high five runs in a 5-3 loss at frigid PNC Park. Skenes (1-1), who was electric in his first two starts this season, was ...