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WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler secures top-50 win in Cleveland
American McCartney Kessler rallied in front of a friendly crowd on Wednesday, pulling off a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 upset of No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang of China in the second round of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland. ,Kessler had never defeated a top-50 opponent in her career before taking down Wang, who coughed u...
LLWS roundup: Bullpen helps Texas reach U.S. final
Cooper Hastings provided four innings of scoreless relief as Texas held off Nevada for a 5-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon to reach the United States final at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. ,Texas completed a successful run through the winners' bracket and will play Nevada, Flo...
Shigeki Maruyama named as Presidents Cup assistant
International team captain Mike Weir named Japan's Shigeki Maruyama as his final captain's assistant for the 2024 Presidents Cup.,The competition will take place at Canada's Royal Montreal Golf Club from Sept. 24-29. Maruyama, 54, joins fellow assistants Ernie Els, Trevor Immelman, Geoff Ogilvy and ...
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 ...
LLWS roundup: Mexico stuns Cuba with 5-run sixth
Ulises Ortiz cranked a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth, capping a five-run inning that allowed Mexico to earn a stunning 6-4 victory over Cuba on Tuesday at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. ,Mexico entered its final round of at-bats trailing 4-1, but Antonio Guer...
Competition close at both ends of NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A dramatic race at Michigan International Speedway over the weekend has meant that for the second consecutive week, the NASCAR Cup Series playoff outlook has undergone a major change -- both atop the standings and on the all-important cutoff line as the series heads to Daytona ...
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...
LLWS roundup: Venezuela beats Aruba on walk-off walk
Jhonson Freitez drew the game-winning, bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth inning as Venezuela eliminated Aruba 2-1 in the Little League World Series International bracket on Tuesday in Williamsport, Pa.,Aruba (2-2) of the Caribbean Region carried a 1-0 lead into the sixth on the strength o...
Lynx acquire F Myisha Hines-Allen from Mystics
The Minnesota Lynx acquired forward Myisha Hines-Allen from the Washington Mystics on Tuesday in exchange for guard Olivia Epoupa, forward Sika Kone and a second-round pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft.,The Mystics promptly waived Epoupa and guard DiDi Richards following the trade.,Hines-Allen, 28, is ave...
MLB roundup: Adrian Del Castillo (6 RBIs), D-backs top Marlins
Rookie catcher Adrian Del Castillo, a Miami native playing his first pro game in his hometown, slugged a grand slam and drove in six runs, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-6 win over the host Marlins on Monday night.,Del Castillo went 2-for-4 with a walk and his first career stolen base. He a...
WTA roundup: Aryna Sabalenka emotional after Cincinnati title
No. 3 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-5 in an hour and 15 minutes to win the Cincinnati Open on Monday in Mason, Ohio.,Sabalenka broke through for the first time since the Australian Open and won her first WTA 1000 tournament title of the year by stopping th...
ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner captures Cincinnati Open title
Jannik Sinner raised his ATP Tour-leading total of 2024 tournament championships to five by beating Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the final of the Cincinnati Open on Monday in Mason, Ohio.,Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian who was the event's No. 1 seed, heads to next week's U.S. Open as one of the fav...
LLWS roundup: Aruba eliminates Australia; Nevada, Texas advance
Aruba of the Caribbean Region eliminated Australia in emphatic fashion Monday, cruising to an 11-0 mercy-rule victory in four innings at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.,The game had been suspended in the top of the second inning on Sunday due to inclement weather, with Aruba lead...
WTA roundup: Aryna Sabalenka wins WTA 1000 title in Cincinnati
No. 3 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-5 in an hour and 15 minutes to win the Cincinnati Open on Monday in Mason, Ohio.,Sabalenka broke through for the first time since the Australian Open and won her first WTA 1000 tournament title of the year by stopping th...
Tyler Reddick storms to OT victory at Michigan
Tyler Reddick roared away from William Byron in the second overtime and broke Ford's stranglehold on Michigan International Raceway, winning the NASCAR Cup Series' postponed FireKeepers Casino 400 on Monday in Brooklyn, Mich.,After Martin Truex Jr. brought out the sixth caution with six laps left, l...
LLWS roundup: Aruba eliminates Australia
Aruba of the Caribbean Region eliminated Australia in emphatic fashion Monday, cruising to an 11-0 mercy-rule victory in four innings at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.,The game had been suspended in the top of the second inning on Sunday due to inclement weather, with Aruba lead...
NFL preseason roundup: Broncos' defense smothers Packers
Bo Nix and Zach Wilson each threw for a touchdown and the Broncos' defense took care of the rest as Denver crushed the visiting Green Bay Packers 27-2 on Sunday night in Week 2 of the preseason. ,Nix completed 8 of 9 passes for 80 yards, while Wilson was 2-for-6 for 29 yards. Jarrett Stidham also sp...
ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner final-bound at Cincinnati Open
No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy outlasted German Alexander Zverev, the No. 3 seed, in a marathon of a match on Sunday, picking up a 7-6 (9), 5-7, 7-6 (4) victory to advance to the final of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio. ,It took Sinner 3 hours, 7 minutes to knock off Zverev, who entered Sunda...
Nick Dunlap in, Tom Kim out as FedEx Cup playoffs down to 50
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- South Korean Tom Kim's loss was Nick Dunlap's and Keegan Bradley's gain on Sunday, when the results of the FedEx St. Jude Championship helped finalize the top 50 players in the FedEx Cup playoffs.,Japan's Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament by birdieing his final two holes, and he ...