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Sporting KC seeks first win at Colorado since 2014
Sporting Kansas City will be looking to try to snap a decade-long winless streak on Friday night when it faces the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, Colo.,Sporting KC (5-10-5, 20 points) is 0-6-5 in its last 11 trips to Dick's Sporting Goods Park since a 3-2 victory on March 29, 2014. Five of the la...
George Russell expects Mercedes return despite Max Verstappen rumors
George Russell believes he'll remain with Mercedes in 2026, even as his boss Toto Wolff continued to leave open the possibility of pursuing Max Verstappen.,Russell claimed last week that his own contract negotiations are being held up by Mercedes' interest in Verstappen, the four-time defending Form...
Rockies answer Astros' runs, have final edge for victory
Thairo Estrada homered, singled twice and drove in four runs and the Colorado Rockies held on to beat the Houston Astros 7-6 in Denver on Thursday.,Colorado leadoff hitter Tyler Freeman had two hits and extended his on-base streak to 18 games. Jordan Beck, Orlando Arcia and Brenton Doyle also had tw...
Doug Ghim leads John Deere as Rickie Fowler, Max Homa also go low
Doug Ghim made an eagle from the sixth fairway en route to a bogey-free, 9-under-par 62 on Thursday to set the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill.,Ghim made four of his seven birdies on the inward nine at TPC Deere Run to head to the clubhouse with a one-shot lead over Max Hom...
Marlins' Eury Perez gets first win since 2023 with victory against Twins
Eury Perez pitched six scoreless innings -- allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out seven -- as the host Miami Marlins remained hot, defeating the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Thursday afternoon.,The Marlins have won nine of their past 10 games. They have also prevailed in four straight seri...
Mirra Andreeva, Iga Swiatek avoid upsets, move to Wimbledon third round
Chaos reigned during the first three days at Wimbledon, with half of the women's Top 10 seeds ousted, before order was restored Thursday in London.,Seventh-seeded Mirra Andreeva of Russia and eighth-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland both prevailed on the grass courts to forge ahead to the third round. Th...
Novak Djokovic sweeps into Wimbledon third round
Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic moved into the third round at Wimbledon for a record 19th time with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 victory against home favorite Daniel Evans on Thursday in London.,The sixth-seeded Serbian struck 11 aces, won 89 percent of the points (40 of 45) behind his first serve and saved b...
Anyone's Legend overtake FlyQuest in LoL MSI
Anyone's Legend shook off a slow start to beat FlyQuest 3-1 on Wednesday in a bracket-stage opening-round match at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational in Vancouver.,The $2 million event began with two teams from each League of Legends region: China, Korea, Pacific, the Americas and Europe-...
Clayton Kershaw makes history in Dodgers' comeback win over White Sox
The Los Angeles Dodgers had a full night Wednesday, watching Clayton Kershaw record his 3,000th career strikeout while Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth-inning rally with a game-ending single in a 5-4 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.,Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani als...
Giants blow lead but edge D-backs in 10 to end skid
Jung Hoo Lee singled, doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored two for the San Francisco Giants, who ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-5, 10-inning win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday in Phoenix.,Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-opening home run and Brett Wisely had two hits, an RBI ...
Randy Arozarena's latest homer leads Mariners past Royals
Randy Arozarena homered for the fourth time in the past three games and added a sacrifice fly as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday.,Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh, named the American League's starting catcher for the All-Star Game earlier in the day, got ju...
Mexico edges Honduras, sets up Gold Cup final vs. U.S.
Raul Jimenez's 50th-minute goal was all Mexico needed to beat Honduras 1-0 on Wednesday in Santa Clara, Calif., and advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.,The assist on the winning play came from 16-year-old Gilberto Mora, who became the youngest player ever to appear for the Mexican national team ...
Jose Altuve, Astros pile up hits in victory over Rockies
Jose Altuve had two singles to pass Jeff Bagwell for second on Houston's career hit list, Shay Whitcomb hit his first major league home run and the Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Altuve now has 2,315 hits, one more than Bagwell amassed for the Astros in his Hall o...
Cubs send slumping Guardians to sixth straight loss
Seiya Suzuki had two hits and three RBIs and Shota Imanaga pitched into the sixth inning as the host Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland 5-4 on Wednesday night, handing the Guardians their sixth straight loss.,Pete Crow-Armstrong had two hits and drove in two runs for Chicago, which rallied from an early 3-...
Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers shut down Orioles
Marcus Semien ripped a three-run homer and Corey Seager added a solo shot as the Texas Rangers pounded out a 6-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday in the decisive game of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,Texas rode the right arms of aces Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi to win the f...
Jays squander 8-run lead, recover to tie Yanks for first in East
Davis Schneider homered twice and Addison Barger also went deep as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 11-9 on Wednesday night.,Toronto has won the first three games of the four-game series to tie the Yankees for first in the American League East.,The Blue Jays squandered an...
Brandon Nimmo's grand slam helps Mets salvage split with Brewers
Brandon Nimmo belted a grand slam and Francisco Lindor drove in three runs, helping the host New York Mets salvage a split of their doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers with a 7-3 victory on Wednesday.,Nimmo's grand slam in the second inning was the third of his career and second this season. ...
Sean Murphy, Matt Olson power Braves past Angels
Sean Murphy hit a three-run homer and Matt Olson soon followed with a grand slam as the Atlanta Braves rallied for seven runs in the sixth inning and defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 8-3 on Wednesday to even their three-game series.,Murphy ended Atlanta's 21-inning scoreless streak when he g...
Christian Encarnacion-Strand's slam sends Reds past Red Sox
Christian Encarnacion-Strand's seventh-inning grand slam sparked a Cincinnati comeback as the visiting Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-4 in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday night.,Encarnacion-Strand joined Tyler Stephenson, Gavin Lux and Matt McLain with multiple hits for the Reds, ...
Nationals use 6-run inning to surge past Tigers, split DH
Nathaniel Lowe's bases-loaded triple keyed a six-run eighth inning and the host Washington Nationals rallied past the Detroit Tigers 9-4 on Wednesday night to earn a split of the day-night doubleheader.,Riley Greene hit a pair of three-run homers to lead Detroit to an 11-2 win in the opener.,CJ Abra...