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Orioles add SS Nick Maton to active roster
The Baltimore Orioles selected the contract of shortstop Nick Maton on Monday and designated catcher David Banuelos for assignment.,Maton, 27, appeared in one game for the Orioles this season as a late-inning defensive replacement at second base on June 20.,Maton played in 93 games for the Detroit T...
FM Championship returns to 2025 LPGA Tour schedule
The FM Championship will return to TPC Boston in 2025.,The LPGA Tour made the announcement Monday, a day after the inaugural event closed with Haeran Ryu winning in a playoff over fellow South Korean Jin Young Ko and earning $570,000.,The $3.8 million purse was the largest non-major, non-tour champi...
Back home after successful trip, Mets battle Red Sox
The New York Mets went on a challenging road trip and returned home in a better position to make a charge at the final National League wild-card berth over the final weeks of the season.,The Boston Red Sox are running out of time to author a similar tale. ,The Mets (73-64) will look to stay hot and ...
Heading in different directions, Astros, Reds begin series
The Houston Astros appear to be hitting their stride again as September starts and thoughts of the playoffs become more prominent among their players and coaches.,The Cincinnati Reds are trying to cope with an overwhelming number of injuries to their pitching staff and make it to the end of the seas...
Chase Briscoe wins Darlington, makes playoffs in last chance
Chase Briscoe beat Kyle Busch in a two-car breakaway Sunday night, taking the Cook Out Southern 500 and joining the championship field in the final regular-season race in Darlington, S.C.,A lame duck driver at Stewart-Haas Racing who will join Joe Gibbs Racing in Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 19 next seaso...
Cubs' offense explodes in sweep of host Nationals
Dansby Swanson had four hits, Isaac Paredes had two hits and drove in three runs and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1 on Sunday for their sixth straight win.,Pete Crow-Armstrong added three hits and scored twice for the Cubs, who scored 26 runs in sweeping the three-game ...
Tigers' Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene homer to down Red Sox
Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene hit two-run home runs and the surging Detroit Tigers defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon.,Brant Hurter (3-1) picked up the victory in long relief. Hurter gave up one run and six hits in five innings while recording five strikeouts. Jason ...
Storm can't overcome Sun as Brionna Jones stars
Brionna Jones scored a season-high 26 points Sunday as the Connecticut Sun won their second game in less than 24 hours, stopping the visiting Seattle Storm 93-86.,Jones was 9 of 13 from the field and 8 of 13 from the foul line as Connecticut improved to 24-8 and maintained the second-best record in ...
Stampeders aim to take down provincial-rival Elks
Both teams will look to make a move in the tightly bunched CFL West as the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders meet twice in six days, starting Monday night in Calgary.,The Elks (3-8) will host the Stampeders (4-6) in a rematch next Saturday night, and the division rivals will close their season se...
Nationals add Darren Baker, son of ex-manager Dusty Baker
The Washington Nationals added some major league pedigree Sunday when they placed infielder/outfielder Darren Baker on the active roster.,The 25-year-old is the son of former major league player and manager Dusty Baker, who played 19 seasons (1968-86) with four clubs and was a manager for 26 seasons...
Risky strategy pays off as Charles Leclerc wins Italian Grand Prix
Ferrari claimed its first home-nation victory since 2019 at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with driver Charles Leclerc holding off the McLaren cars.,The difference for LeClerc was the team decision to have him make only one pit stop, compared to two for the McLaren team of Oscar Piastri and Lando...
UNLV defense dominates Houston in season-opening win
Matthew Sluka threw two touchdown passes as the visiting UNLV Rebels spoiled Willie Fritz's Houston head coaching debut with a 27-7 victory over the Cougars on Saturday night in the season opener for both schools.,Sluka, a senior transfer from Holy Cross, where he earned Patriot League Offensive Pla...
Jonah Coleman (3 TDs), Washington breeze past Weber State
Jonah Coleman rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns as Washington opened its season with a 35-3 victory against Weber State in a non-conference game Saturday night in Seattle.,Will Rogers, a transfer from Mississippi State, completed 20 of 26 passes for 250 yards and a touchdown for the Huskies....
Pato O’Ward holds off Will Power to win in Wisconsin
Pato O'Ward held off Will Power by 1.8215 seconds on Saturday in the first race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s in West Allis, Wis.,O'Ward earned his third victory of the season and seventh of his career to rebound from a recent slump. The driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet had finished n...
Claudia Zornoza helps Utah top Houston to extend unbeaten run
Claudia Zornoza had one goal and one assist to lift the Utah Royals over the host Houston Dash 3-1 on Saturday night, extending Utah's unbeaten streak to four matches., ,In the 55th minute, Zornoza scored from the penalty spot after a foul on Cloe Lacasse that was originally called outside of the 18...
SMU gets little resistance from Houston Christian in 59-7 rout
Preston Stone passed for two touchdowns in about two quarters, and Brashard Smith ran for 108 yards and two scores on just nine carries, all in the first half, as SMU routed visiting Houston Christian 59-7 on Saturday in Dallas., ,The Mustangs (2-0) were up by 35 points after a dominating first half...
UNLV's defense dominates in season-opening victory over Houston
Matthew Sluka threw two touchdown passes and also rushed for 59 yards and Jalen Catalon had two interceptions, including one he returned 36 yards for a touchdown, as the visiting UNLV Rebels spoiled Willie Fritz's Houston head coaching debut with a 27-7 victory over the Cougars on Saturday night in ...
D.C. United downs Toronto FC with two late goals
Dominique Badji's late goal broke a 1-1 deadlock as visiting D.C. United defeated host Toronto FC 3-1 on Saturday evening.,Martin Rodriguez and Gabriel Pirani also scored for D.C. (7-12-8, 29 points), which has now won three of its last four matches. ,Toronto (10-15-3, 33 points) saw its brief two-m...
Storm searching for consistency vs. short-rested Sun
While the Connecticut Sun have to make a quick turnaround, the Seattle Storm are shooting for a turnaround of their own from some recent efforts they felt weren't up to par.,The teams meet Sunday afternoon in Uncasville, Conn., to open a two-game series and an East Coast road swing for Seattle (19-1...
Cam Ward (3 TDs), No. 19 Miami dominate rival Florida
Cam Ward threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 19 Miami to a convincing 41-17 victory over host Florida on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, Fla. ,In the season opener for both teams, Ward completed 26 of 35 passes and threw only one interception in his first start for the Hurricanes...