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Padraig Harrington avoids trouble, wins third straight Dick's Open
Irishman Padraig Harrington carded 33 on the front nine, then held on to win his third consecutive Dick's Open by one shot on Sunday in Endicott, N.Y.,"Well, I thought when you win three of these you get a Dick's superstore," Harrington quipped about the event's title sponsor, a chain of sporting go...

Storm overcome poor shooting, Sun
Jewell Loyd scored 16 points and the host Seattle Storm held off the Connecticut Sun 72-61 in a game featuring two teams that struggled with their shooting on Sunday afternoon.,Fellow starters Skylar Diggins-Smith added 13 points and eight assists, Nneka Ogumike scored 13, Ezi Magbegor had 11 points...
2024 MLB All-Star Game American League Ballot: Who Should Be Voted In?
These American League MLB players have earned themselves an All-Star nomination. ...

Protestors rush 18th green, disrupt end of Travelers Championship
A group of protestors ran onto the 18th green at TPC River Highlands to interrupt the conclusion of the Travelers Championship on Sunday in Cromwell, Conn.,The final group of golfers, including tournament leader Scottie Scheffler and second-place Tom Kim of South Korea, were reading their putts on t...

Marlins LHP Braxton Garrett (forearm) on 15-day IL
Miami Marlins left-hander Braxton Garrett was placed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a forearm flexor strain.,Garrett, 26, was slated to start on Sunday against the visiting Seattle Mariners but the Marlins scratched him on Saturday due to elbow discomfort. The move is retroactive to Thu...

Yankees place DH Giancarlo Stanton on 10-day IL
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left hamstring strain.,A trip to the injured list is familiar for Stanton, who landed on the IL for the eighth time in six seasons.,Stanton extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Saturday aft...

Red Bulls wait out 100-minute delay, blank Toronto FC
The New York Red Bulls ended a weather-delayed match with their unbeaten home record intact as they defeated struggling Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday night.,Elias Manoel, Dennis Gjengaar, and Cameron Harper each scored for the Red Bulls (9-4-7, 34 points), who improved to 6-0-3 at home. Their six home ...

Tyrrell Hatton climbs to top of leaderboard at LIV Golf Nashville
England's Tyrrell Hatton carded a 7-under 64 on Saturday to grab the lead heading into the third and final round at LIV Golf Nashville in College Grove, Tenn. ,Hatton did nearly all of his damage on the back nine, recording six of his seven second-round birdies over the final seven holes. He rattled...

Yankees DH Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) leaves game
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton exited Saturday's game against the visiting Atlanta Braves due to left hamstring tightness and will undergo imaging on Sunday.,Stanton extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a double. He scored...

Christopher Bell earns dramatic Xfinity win with last-lap pass at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. -- Christopher Bell kept it dramatic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon, relying on a last-lap pass in overtime to claim the SciAps 200 victory -- giving him a four-for-four track record in Xfinity Series races at the 1.058-mile track., ,Bell's No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing...

Padraig Harrington, Ken Tanigawa slide into lead at Dick's Open
Irishman Padraig Harrington and Ken Tanigawa shot matching 7-under 65s on Saturday to grab a share of the lead after two rounds of action at the Dick's Open in Endicott, N.Y. ,At 11-under 133 for the tournament, Harrington and Tanigawa sit atop the leaderboard alongside Canada's Stephen Ames, who wa...

Jarren Duran does it all as Red Sox edge Reds
Jarren Duran had two hits and scored the game-winning run as the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Saturday., ,The Red Sox trailed 3-2 after seven innings but tied the score on Rob Refsnyder's RBI single in the eighth. Boston took a 4-3 lead when Rafael Devers hit a sacrifice f...

Guardians homer 4 times to top Jays for fourth straight win
Bo Naylor and Jose Ramirez each hit two-run homers, and the Cleveland Guardians went deep four times en route to beating the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Saturday for Cleveland's fourth straight win. ,Steven Kwan and rookie Daniel Schneemann also clubbed homers for the American League Central-l...

Ronel Blanco helps Astros beat Orioles for second straight day
Ronel Blanco posted his third consecutive quality start while Yordan Alvarez and Chas McCormick provided support with titanic home runs as the Houston Astros claimed this three-game series with the visiting Baltimore Orioles with a 5-1 victory on Saturday.,Blanco (8-2) stifled a Baltimore lineup tha...

NASCAR notebook: Rain cancels qualifying at New Hampshire
Cup Series qualifying was canceled Saturday afternoon because of inclement weather at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The starting lineup for the USA Today 301 on Sunday will instead be based on a metric, including owners points, driver points, last week's race finishing position and last we...

Storm, Sun see similarities as they prepare for matchup
The Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm are coming off losses to the two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces as they prepare to meet Sunday afternoon in Seattle.,But both teams are still in very strong positions despite the recent setbacks. The Sun (13-2) still have the league's best recor...

Giants put OF Mike Yastrzemski on IL, recall Luis Matos
The San Francisco Giants put outfielder Mike Yastrzemski on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left oblique strain. ,The move was retroactive to Friday. He exited Thursday's 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at historic Rickwood Field in the fourth inning and was seen leaving the field with a...

Cards put C Ivan Herrera (back) on IL
The St. Louis Cardinals placed Ivan Herrera on the 10-day injured list with lower back tightness on Saturday and recalled fellow catcher Nick Raposo from Triple-A Memphis.,The move for Herrera is retroactive to Wednesday, one day after the last game in which he played.,Herrera, 24, is batting .279 w...

Phillies LHP Cristopher Sanchez agrees to 4-year extension
Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez agreed to a four-year contract extension on Saturday that runs through 2028 with club options for 2029 and 2030.,Sanchez's new contract begins in 2025, with the team buying out his arbitration years.,Financial terms were not disclosed for Sanchez,...

Report: Phillies, Cristopher Sanchez finalizing 4-year extension
The Philadelphia Phillies and left-hander Cristopher Sanchez are finalizing a four-year contract extension, MLB Network reported Saturday morning.,Financial terms were not disclosed for Sanchez, who is playing this season on a one-year, $753,500 contract.,Per the report, the Phillies will buy out Sa...