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Adam Scott's majors streak alive with U.S. Open exemption
Adam Scott will play in his 23rd consecutive U.S. Open, receiving an exemption from the U.S. Golf Association on Monday.,The top 60 players in the world rankings have automatic exemptions into the tournament, which begins Thursday at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club's Course No. 2 in North Carolina. ...
WNBA opens with highest attendance in 26 years
The WNBA registered its highest attendance in 26 years for an opening month to the season as well as its most-watched start.,The league announced Monday that 400,000 fans attended games since the season tipped off on May 14 through the end of the month, its highest since nearly the league's inceptio...
Report: Commanders pay Brandon McManus rest of signing bonus
The Washington Commanders paid kicker Brandon McManus the other half of his signing bonus despite releasing him, Pro Football Talk reported Monday. ,The team paid McManus the first 50 percent of the $1.5 million bonus at signing, with the other half due Friday. However, the team released him in the ...
Padres look to take advantage of struggling A's
On paper, the San Diego Padres' three-game series with the visiting Oakland Athletics that starts Monday night figures to be a golden opportunity for them to feast on a weaker foe.,But as the first two-plus months of the season have shown, San Diego's ability to play good ball against top opponents ...
Timely homers help Yankees avoid sweep vs. Dodgers
Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning, Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 24th homer and the New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night.,Juan Soto missed his third straight game with left fo...
Giants TE Darren Waller retires after 8 NFL seasons
New York Giants tight end Darren Waller announced his retirement on Sunday, explaining in a YouTube video that "the passion has slowly been fading.",Waller, 31, also revealed that a "very scary" health emergency last November made him re-think where his life was at.,He did not name the medical condi...
MLB roundup: Angels rally, walk off Astros
Logan O'Hoppe's two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-7 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,The Angels rallied from a 7-5 deficit with two runs in the eighth inning to tie the game, setting up O'Hoppe's dramatic fin...
Super Regional roundup: Florida stuns Clemson in 13 innings
Michael Robertson slapped a two-run double in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift Florida to a wild 11-10 win over No. 6 Clemson and a two-game sweep of the Clemson (S.C.) Super Regional on Sunday.,After Cam Cannarella's three-run home run tied the game 9-9 for Clemson in the ninth, Alden Mathes p...
Super Regional roundup: Florida stuns Clemson in 13 innings
Michael Robertson slapped a two-run double in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift Florida to a wild 11-10 win over No. 6 Clemson and a two-game sweep of the Clemson (S.C.) Super Regional on Sunday.,After Cam Cannarella's three-run home run tied the game 9-9 for Clemson in the ninth, Alden Mathes p...
Max Verstappen back atop the podium with Canadian Grand Prix victory
Reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won for the sixth time this season, navigating wet and dry conditions and a challenge from Lando Norris to capture the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday in Montreal.,Verstappen's Red Bull Racing Honda finished the 70 laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve by...
Will Power wins at Road America to end two-year drought
Will Power ended a two-year victory drought by prevailing at the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Sunday.,Power had an average speed of 126.154 mph while beating out Team Penske teammates Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin. Power crossed the line 3.2609 seconds before Newg...
Diamondbacks bang out 15 hits, split series with Padres
Jake McCarthy rapped out three hits Sunday, including a two-run homer that capped a six-run second inning, as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged a split of their four-game series with the San Diego Padres, 9-3.,It was a reversal of form from the previous two games, when San Diego won by a co...
Red Sox force extra innings, top White Sox in 10
Jamie Westbrook and Rob Refsnyder drove in 10th-inning runs to help the visiting Boston Red Sox rally for a 6-4 win against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.,Refsnyder and David Hamilton had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who earned a split of the four-game series.,Paul DeJong and Corey Julks contr...
Ian Happ, Shota Imanaga help Cubs snap Reds' 7-game winning streak
Ian Happ continued to torment the Cincinnati Reds with a three-run double and a clutch defensive play late in the game to help the visiting Chicago Cubs salvage the finale of a four-game series with a 4-2 win on Sunday. ,Chicago lefty ace Shota Imanaga (6-1) won for the first time since May 1 after...
Cardinals down Rockies to earn split of four-game set
Masyn Winn drove in two runs and Andre Pallante threw five scoreless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-1 Sunday.,Alec Burleson hit a homer and Pedro Pages had an RBI and two runs for the Cardinals, who salvaged a 2-2 split in the four-game series. ,Pallante...
Tyler Freeman's blast propels Guardians over Marlins
Tyler Freeman hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the visiting Cleveland Guardians beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Sunday.,With the game tied 2-2, Cleveland's Brayan Rocchio and Steven Kwan recorded back-to-back singles with one out in the seventh. Then Freeman sent a pitch fr...
Carlos Alcaraz tops Alexander Zverev to win first French Open
The next great Spaniard has arrived at the French Open.,Third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz came from behind to defeat fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in four hours and 19 minutes to win his third Grand Slam title on Sunday -- his first on the clay courts at Roland Garros i...
Rockies call up prospect Adael Amador to make MLB debut
The Colorado Rockies promoted prized prospect Adael Amador from Double-A Hartford on Sunday and placed fellow infielder Brendan Rodgers on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain.,The move is retroactive to Saturday for Rodgers, who sustained the injury in Friday's 8-5 loss to the St. L...
Rudy Tomjanovich wins lifetime achievement award
Rudy Tomjanovich is the winner of the 2024 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association.,The organization announced the selection on Sunday of Tomjanovich, one of just nine coaches in NBA history to win consecutive league titles and a member of the ...
Sun seeking more success against visiting Fever
Considering Connecticut's recent dominance over Indiana, a visit from the Fever might be just what the Sun need to rebound from their first 2024 defeat.,The Sun look for an 11th straight victory over the Fever, and third this season, Monday night at Uncasville, Conn.,Connecticut's franchise-best sta...