ap Page 529 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Will Warren and Yankees bullpen whitewash Athletics
Will Warren pitched five innings and combined with four relievers on a three-hitter as the New York Yankees recorded a 3-0 victory over the visiting Athletics on Friday night.,Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in the second off starter Mitch Spence (2-3). Cody Bellinger and DJ LeMahieu hit RBI singles in th...
Jennifer Kupcho, Leona Maguire grab lead at Dow Championship
Jennifer Kupcho and Ireland's Leona Maguire put together a 10-under-par 60 on Friday to vault into the Dow Championship lead at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.,Friday served as the second round of the LPGA Tour's lone team event, but the first round using the four-ball (best ball) format. Thursday and...
Patrick Reed, Harold Varner III share lead at LIV Golf Dallas
Teammates Patrick Reed and Harold Varner III shared the lead at 5-under-par 67 after the first round of the LIV Golf Dallas on Friday in Carrollton, Texas.,Jon Rahm of Spain was one shot behind and Mexico's Abraham Ancer two back on the par-72 layout at Maridoe Golf Club.,Starting at the 10th hole, ...
Low-scoring struggle could be on tap when Rapids visit Revs
After ending their three-game losing streak, the Colorado Rapids will look to keep rolling when they visit the New England Revolution on Saturday in Foxborough, Mass.,The Rapids (7-8-4, 25 points) broke out of their slump with Wednesday's 2-0 home victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy. Though the Gala...
Chris Kirk among trio in lead at Rocket Classic
Chris Kirk, Philip Knowles and Andrew Putnam share the lead after two rounds of the Rocket Classic, while the course record fell for the second straight day Friday at Detroit Golf Club.,Kirk posted a 65 Friday, Knowles a 64 and Putnam a 66. They sit at 14-under-par 130 halfway through the tournament...
Mercedes boss confirms pursuit of Max Verstappen
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirmed his interest in signing four-time defending Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen on Friday.,On Thursday, Mercedes driver George Russell told reporters that his contract renewal talks were being delayed due to the team's pursuit of Red Bull's Verstappen.,In respo...
John Tavares signs 4-year extension with Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares signed a four-year contract extension worth $17.52 million on Friday.,Tavares recorded 74 points (38 goals, 36 assists) in 75 games last season with Toronto while playing in the final campaign of a seven-year, $77 million contract.,The 34-year-old Ontario nat...
Jake Knapp sets course record with 61 at Rocket Classic in Detroit
Jake Knapp's latest record day resulted in a course record at the Rocket Classic on Friday.,Knapp went 7-under par over an eight hole stretch to propel him to a course record 11-under 61 at the Detroit Golf Club on Friday. Knapp, who began the day tied for 120th at the Rocket Classic, poured in an e...
Raptors part ways with team president Masai Ujiri
The Toronto Raptors parted ways with team president and vice chairman Masai Ujiri on Friday after 13 seasons.,Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment made the move with one year remaining on Ujiri's contract.,Ujiri, 54, has been identified as a candidate in Atlanta's search for a president of basketball o...
Report: Masai Ujiri out as Raptors' vice chairman, president
Masai Ujiri is out as vice chairman and president of the Toronto Raptors, ESPN reported Friday.,Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment made the move with one year remaining on Ujiri's contract, per the report.,Ujiri, 54, has been identified as a candidate in Atlanta's search for a president of basketball...
Breach upset Thieves to open CDL Championship
The eighth-seeded Boston Breach upset the top-seeded Los Angeles Thieves 3-2 on Thursday as the Call of Duty League Championship got underway in Kitchener, Ontario.,In other opening-round results, OpTic Texas routed the Atlanta FaZe 3-0, the Miami Heretics downed the Vancouver Surge 3-1, and the Tor...
Upsets dominate opening day of PGL Wallachia Season 5 playoffs
After one day of playoffs, the PGL Wallachia Season 5 has been flipped upside down.,Three of the four upper-bracket opening-round matches played in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, saw the lower seed upset the higher seed, quickly putting some of the best teams in group play one loss away from elimina...
Sonia Citron shines as Mystics take down Aces
Rookie Sonia Citron scored 21 points and Sug Sutton added 17 as the visiting Washington Mystics extended their winning streak to a season-high three games with a 94-83 victory over the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday.,Lucy Olsen put up 14 points, Shakira Austin added 13 points and 13 rebounds and Kiki Ir...
USWNT hammers Ireland in Rose Lavelle's return
Rose Lavelle scored and had an assist in her return as the U.S. women's national team sent a friendly reminder of its dominance with a 4-0 victory over Ireland in Commerce City, Colo., on Thursday.,Lavelle played for the U.S for the first time since Dec. 3, 2024, after undergoing ankle surgery.,Aver...
Real Madrid blank RB Salzburg, win Group H in Club World Cup
Vinicius Junior scored one goal and assisted another to lift Real Madrid to a 3-0 victory over RB Salzburg and a Group H first-place finish in the FIFA Club World Cup on Thursday night in Philadelphia.,Federico Valverde added the second goal just before halftime and Gonzalo Garcia added the third in...
Al Hilal defeat Pachuca 2-0, advance to CWC knockout phase
Salem Al-Dawsari scored a fancy goal in the 22nd minute, Marcos Leonardo added a clincher in second-half stoppage time and Al Hilal defeated CF Pachuca 2-0 on Thursday in Nashville to advance to the knockout stage of the FIFA Club World Cup.,Al Hilal (1-0-2, 5 points), the most successful club in Sa...
Padraig Harrington, Mark Hensby co-leaders at U.S. Senior Open
Padraig Harrington of Ireland and Mark Hensby of Australia each shot 3-under-par 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs.,Harrington and Hensby are ahead by one stroke over seven players tied at 68, with three rounds to go at th...
Mets overcome starter's injury to blank Braves
Five pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout as the New York Mets overcame the loss of starting pitcher Griffin Canning to stop the visiting Atlanta Braves 4-0 Thursday night and earn a split of the teams' four-game series.,New York moved back into first place in the NL East by a half-game over Ph...
Fever, without Caitlin Clark, stumble late in loss to Sparks
Kelsey Plum scored 12 of her 21 points in the final five minutes as the Los Angeles Sparks rallied for an 85-75 win over the Caitlin Clark-less Indiana Fever on Thursday in Indianapolis.,The Sparks (5-11) also got a game-high 23 points from Azura Stevens, one off her season high, as they snapped a f...
Twins topple Mariners 10-1 to split four-game series
Trevor Larnach homered, singled, drove in three runs and scored twice for the Minnesota Twins in a 10-1 win against the visiting Seattle Mariners on Thursday, helping them earn a split of the four-game series in Minneapolis.,Brooks Lee and Matt Wallner also homered, Carlos Correa had two RBIs and By...