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MLB roundup: Willy Adames ties franchise HR record in Brewers' win
Willy Adames homered for the fifth straight game to tie a Milwaukee record as the Brewers beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Monday afternoon in the opener of a three-game series.,Jackson Chourio hit a grand slam and Rhys Hoskins also went deep as the Brewers (81-57) won for the sixth time...
NWSL roundup: Courage, Angel City earn late wins
Brianna Pinto scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, lifting the North Carolina Courage to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Courage on Sunday in Cary, N.C.,Pinto brought down a pass at the left edge of the 18-yard box, spun past two defenders and fired a shot into the far top co...
MLB roundup: Dodgers open with back-to-back-to-back HRs in win
Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman became the first trio in franchise history to open a game with three consecutive homers and Tommy Edman delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondback...
Top 25 roundup: No. 1 Georgia crushes No. 14 Clemson
Carson Beck completed 23 of 33 passes for 278 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs steamrolled the No. 14 Clemson Tigers 34-3 in Atlanta., ,Georgia outscored Clemson 28-3 in the second half, extending its regular-season winning streak to 40 games. Nate Frazier added 83 rushin...
MLB roundup: Reds overtake A's with 9th-inning rally
TJ Friedl hit a two-run, walk-off single with the bases loaded to cap a three-run bottom of the ninth as the host Cincinnati Reds rallied for a wild 10-9 victory over Oakland Athletics on Thursday night.,Tyler Stephenson homered and had three hits, including an RBI single in the ninth for Cincinnati...
MLB roundup: Cubs rally behind Christian Bethancourt's 7 RBIs
Christian Bethancourt capped a career day with a go-ahead two-run single in the top of the ninth, lifting the Chicago Cubs to an improbable 14-10 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.,Bethancourt finished with seven RBIs, six coming in the final three innings. He had three hits and scor...
MLB roundup: Royals pull even with Guardians in AL Central
Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer as the surging Kansas City Royals won their third straight over host Cleveland, prevailing 6-1 on Tuesday to move into a first-place tie with the Guardians atop the American League Central.,Four Kansas City relievers retired the final 15 Cleveland hitters in order. Ja...
MLB roundup: Aaron Judge belts 2 more HRs in Yankees' rout
Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st homers of the season to lead the New York Yankees to a 10-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.,Judge joined Hall of Famer Babe Ruth along with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodriguez as the fifth player to reach 50 homers at least th...
NFL roundup: Titans upend Saints on late TD
Malik Willis threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Bryce Oliver, the second on a late fourth down, to lift the Tennessee Titans past the host New Orleans Saints 30-27 on Sunday in the preseason finale for both teams.,Competing for the backup job behind Derek Carr, Saints rookie Spencer Rattle...
WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler secures first WTA title in Cleveland
American McCartney Kessler stunned No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil on Saturday, shaking off a brutal first set for a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory in the final of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland.,It was Kessler's first career WTA Tour title.,Kessler thrived as an underdog in the tournament, ousting...
LLWS roundup: Florida rallies past Texas, faces Taiwan in final
Luis Calo's go-ahead two-run double highlighted a five-run sixth inning as Lake Mary, Fla., rallied past Boerne, Texas, 10-7 on Saturday to reach the Little League World Series championship in Williamsport, Pa.,Representing the Southeast Region, Florida will face Taiwan, representing the Asia-Pacifi...
LLWS roundup: Taiwan stymies Venezuela to win International final
Lai Cheng-Xi dazzled with 12 strikeouts across 5 1/3 dominant innings on Saturday to propel Taiwan past Venezuela 4-1 in the International final at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.,Representing the Asia-Pacific Region, Taiwan will face the winner of Saturday's U.S. final between L...
WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler reaches Cleveland final
McCartney Kessler is through to her first career WTA Tour final after beating fifth-seeded Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday in the semifinals of Tennis in the Land at Cleveland.,Her opponent in the championship match will be top-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, who got past third-seed...
NFL preseason roundup: Colts’ Anthony Richardson struggles in win over Bengals
Anthony Richardson threw a first-quarter touchdown pass and the Indianapolis reserves scored 17 fourth-quarter points in the Colts' 27-14 win over the Bengals in Cincinnati to wrap up the preseason for both teams.,Richardson led the Colts (2-1) down the field 80 yards on his first series, hitting Ad...
MLB roundup: Aaron Judge hits 48th HR as Yankees blank Guardians
Aaron Judge hit his major league-best 48th homer as the host New York Yankees recorded a 6-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon.,Judge homered for the third straight game when he lifted a 2-1 changeup into the right field seats off Guardians starter Gavin Williams (2-6) to gi...
LLWS roundup: Venezuela gets revenge on Japan, Florida moves on
Beiker Zarraga and Luis Yepez hit back-to-back RBI triples and Venezuela held off Japan 3-2 on Thursday to reach the International championship game at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.,After Japan defeated Venezuela 2-1 on Monday, the teams met again in the elimination bracket, wh...
WTA roundup: Beatriz Haddad Maia eases into Cleveland semis
No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil needed just 75 minutes to score a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Frenchwoman Clara Burel in the quarterfinals of Tennis in the Land on Thursday in Cleveland.,Haddad Maia won not only 21 of 27 first-service points (77.8 percent) but also 12 of her 22 first-return point...
LLWS roundup: Venezuela gets revenge on Japan
Beiker Zarraga and Luis Yepez hit back-to-back RBI triples and Venezuela held off Japan 3-2 on Thursday to reach the International championship game at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.,After Japan defeated Venezuela 2-1 on Monday, the teams met again in the elimination bracket, wh...
WTA roundup: No. 2 seed Leylah Fernandez stunned in Cleveland
Romania's Ana Bogdan stormed back to defeat No. 2 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the first round of Tennis in the Land on Tuesday in Cleveland.,Bogdan cruised to a 5-0 lead in the third set. Fernandez saved seven match points in a marathon seventh game, eventually pushing the s...
MLB roundup: Guardians outlast Yankees in 12 innings
Pinch hitter Lane Thomas hit a tiebreaking double to start a six-run 12th inning for the Cleveland Guardians, who earned a marathon 9-5 victory over the host New York Yankees on Tuesday night.,Thomas helped the Guardians avoid a fourth straight loss and win for the sixth time in 16 games on a night ...