Golden Tempo takes 158th Belmont Stakes, winning first, third legs of Triple Crown
Golden Tempo proved his Kentucky Derby win was no fluke by coming back Saturday to take the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,The win made Cherie DeVaux the second woman to train a winner in the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. The Saratoga Springs native join...
Yordan Alvarez's slam powers Astros to big win over A's
Yordan Alvarez clubbed his fifth career grand slam as the Houston Astros pounded the visiting Athletics 13-2 on Saturday to win the three-game series between American League West rivals.,The Astros socked three home runs off Athletics right-hander Kade Morris (0-1), who endured a forgettable major l...
Argentina defender Leonardo Balerdi (calf) out of World Cup
Argentina defender Leonardo Balerdi will not participate in this summer's World Cup due to a right calf injury, the team announced ahead of Saturday night's friendly against Honduras in College Station, Texas.,"Defender Leonardo Balerdi suffered a muscle injury in the soleus of his right leg and wil...
Yankees-Red Sox game Saturday postponed
Saturday's game between the visiting Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees was postponed due to a forecast of sustained rain at Yankee Stadium.,The postponement was announced a little over a half hour after the originally scheduled 7:35 p.m. EST start. The game will be made up as a split doubleheader ...
Angels reinstate Nolan Schanuel, place Jorge Soler on IL
The Los Angeles Angels made a flurry of moves on Saturday. The club reinstated infielder Nolan Schanuel from the IL, placed outfielder Jorge Soler (oblique) on the IL (retroactive to June 4), selected the contract of outfielder Gustavo Campero and placed him on the 10-day IL and designated catcher O...
East-leading Dream pull away in second half, crush Mystics
Rhyne Howard scored 19 points and Angel Reese posted an 18-point, 17-rebound double-double to help the Atlanta Dream coast to a 109-77 victory over the visiting Washington Mystics on Saturday in College Park, Ga.,Allisha Gray added 15 points, while Madina Okot and Jordin Canada scored 11 apiece for ...
Denny Hamlin wins pole for Michigan NASCAR Cup race
The last driver to make a qualifying run around Michigan International Speedway on Saturday afternoon, Denny Hamlin claimed the Busch Light Pole Award for Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400 (3 p.m. ET on Prime Video, HBO Max, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) - dashing Michigan native Carson Hocevar's hopes ...
Sparks, Fire both looking for bounce-back win on Sunday
After dropping consecutive games for the first time in their debut season, the Portland Fire will visit the Los Angeles Sparks in an attempt to avoid a first-ever three-game losing streak.,The Sparks currently are on a three-game skid, with the first two defeats coming without league leading scorer ...
Darren Clarke, Ben Crane post record 54, lead American Family
Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke teamed with Ben Crane to break an event record with their 17-under 54 on Saturday at the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wis.,Partnering for the first time at the PGA Tour Champions' only team event, Clarke and Crane birdied a remarkable 17 of 18 h...
Brazil defeats USWNT in friendly, spoils Sophia Wilson's return
The U.S. national team scheduled a pair of matches in Brazil in preparation of a return for the 2027 Women's World Cup.,After quick start for the Americans, the hosts scored twice in three minutes for a 2-1 win at Sao Paulo on Saturday.,Sophia Wilson in her return to the team scored in the 2nd minut...
Golden Tempo wins 158th Belmont Stakes, winning first and third legs of Triple Crown
Golden Tempo proved his Kentucky Derby win was no fluke by coming back Saturday to take the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,The win made Cherie DeVaux the second woman to train a winner in the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. The Saratoga Springs native join...
Javier Sanoja leads Marlins past Rays
Javier Sanoja was 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs as the host Miami Marlins knotted their three-game series with the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays in a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon.,Otto Lopez notched two hits, and Esteury Ruiz scored a run, walked three times, stole a base and was ...
Yordan Alvarez blast powers Astros to big win over Athletics
Yordan Alvarez clubbed his fifth career grand slam as the Houston Astros pounded the visiting Athletics 13-2 on Saturday to win the three-game series between American League West rivals.,The Astros socked three home runs off Athletics right-hander Kade Morris (0-1), who endured a forgettable major l...
J.T. Poston, Ryan Gerard tied for Memorial lead after weather-shortened day
J.T. Poston and Ryan Gerard share the lead in the Memorial Tournament after a weather-hampered partial third round Saturday at Dublin, Ohio.,Poston and Gerard are at 9-under-par through five holes of the third round, which was suspended. setting up a long day of play Sunday at Muirfield Village Golf...
White Sox rough up Andrew Painter, Phillies in win
Colson Montgomery and Jacob Gonzalez homered to guide the visiting Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.,Tristan Peters notched three hits for Chicago, which had lost three of four. Chase Meidroth chipped in with two hits for the White Sox.,Alec Bohm and Bran...
Two double steals highlight Braves win over Pirates
Dominic Smith lobbed an opposite-field home run just inside the left-field foul pole to highlight a three-run rally and help the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Saturday.,With the game tied 3-3, the Braves rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth. They executed th...
USMNT recaptures belief in competitive loss to Germany
The day began with Jim Cornelison, the famed Chicago Blackhawks signer, doing his usual stirring "Star Spangled Banner," so it was appropriate the fans in Chicago went to a soccer match and a hockey game broke out.,Even though the U.S. men's national team fell to Germany 2-1 on Saturday in their las...
Nationals continue road dominance with win over Diamondbacks
Curtis Mead and Dylan Crews homered, Zack Littell won his fifth straight start, and the Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Saturday in Phoenix.,Mead hit a two-run homer on the eighth pitch of the game off Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2), as the Nationals secured the series win and imp...
Denzel Ward wants to stay in Cleveland despite Myles Garrett trade
With star defensive end Myles Garrett traded away from Cleveland, cornerback Denzel Ward became the longest-tenured player on the Browns, and he has no plans to change that.,"I definitely still want to be here," Ward said Saturday at his inaugural celebrity softball game in Eastlake, Ohio, according...
Ernie Clement dazzles all-around as Blue Jays down Orioles
Ernie Clement had a three-run homer and a triple Saturday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 6-4.,Clement also played strong defense at second base and Brandon Valenzuela added three hits and a sacrifice fly as Toronto gained a split of the first two games of...