Well, that wasn't very nice of the Houston Astros. The Seattle Mariners returned home from a road trip as the hottest team in baseball, owning a 13-2 record, mashing home runs like a beer league softball team and creating buzz around the sport as the early ...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Some 50 minutes before tipoff, Paul George walked onto the floor at the Moda Center on Sunday with black tape canvasing both shoulders and picked up two basketballs. As is his pregame routine, standing on the baseline, he pounded ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — He stood over the fallen foe and sneered at him, daring him to get up, all that testosterone and chest sticking out to invite a conflict and send a buzz through the crowd. But this wasn't Ali looking down at Sonny Liston and providing a photo ...
PITTSBURGH -- Robin Lehner basically rolled his eyes when he was asked if the New York Islanders have taken the Pittsburgh Penguins by surprise after a 4-1 win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday gave New ...
ATLANTA — There's the world that you want and the world that actually exists, so consider this a nod to the latter. Because the obvious call for the Mets is to just write a nice-sized check to Dallas Keuchel on a one-year deal, use the veteran left-hander as their ...
MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points and 17 rebounds in just 24 minutes, and the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks showed they were serious about making a playoff run with a 121-86 rout of the Detroit Pistons in Game 1 on Sunday night.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice, Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Sunday night to climb back into their first-round playoff series. Winnipeg dropped the first two games by one goal, but ...
Twins fly-catcher Byron Buxton is still just 25 years of age, but for as long as he's been a part of the baseball consciousness it feels like he should be older. Buxton was second overall pick of the draft back in 2012, and he spent four years as a top-10 overall ...
BOX SCORE. MIAMI — Jean Segura's first home run as a Phillie was a memorable one. It broke a nine-inning scoring drought and lifted the Phillies to a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins in 14 innings on Sunday afternoon. On a day when the offense sputtered ...
The Orlando Pride were extremely disappointing in the first game of the season. The Portland Thorns came into Orlando City Stadium, dominated, and left with a 2-0 victory in front of 7,189 fans. The Pride (0-1-0, 0 points) have dropped three of their four ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers' six-game losing streak entering Sunday was not a product of one problem. A medley of dilemmas -- some constant, some isolated -- helped concoct the jarring downslide after an explosive start. Starting pitching, however, stood ...
So much for merely digging out of a slump. Vanderbilt first baseman Julian Infante is hitting home runs more frequently than even the best times of his career. On Sunday, Infante blasted two home runs out of Hawkins Field in No. 7 Vanderbilt's 14-12 loss to ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - (AP) -- The Columbus Blue Jackets extended their stunning postseason mastery of the Tampa Bay Lightning, beating the NHL's best team 3-1 on Sunday night and moving to within a game of sweeping the playoff series. Matt Duchene ...
A coach with the Chicago Fire junior soccer team was jailed on accusations that he inappropriately touched and groomed three young female players for sex. In one of the alleged encounters, according to Cook County prosecutors, the coach told the teenage ...
When Tyler Austin was traded to the Giants last Monday, he hadn't played the outfield since 2017, and that was in a cameo role. With the Giants, he's expected to get some time in left field, so the team had him throw to bases Friday. He developed ...
Danny Santana packed a lot into his first major league game of the season despite entering in the eighth inning. Santana had a two-run, pinch-hit triple and scored the go-ahead run during a four-run inning, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Oakland Athletics ...
Oklahoma picked up two commitments after a heavy recruiting weekend and it's possible more could be on the way. Dontae Manning, a 6-0, 180-pound cornerback from Raytown (Missouri) High School, became the sixth player to pledge to the 2020 recruiting ...
CINCINNATI — John Brannen has been hired as Cincinnati's coach after leading Northern Kentucky to two NCAA Tournament appearances in the last three years. The Bearcats announced Brannen's hiring Sunday and said he would be introduced Monday ...
Cale Makar is about to jump from one grueling playoff run straight into another. The 20-year-old defenseman signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the Colorado Avalanche a day after his Massachusetts squad lost in the Frozen Four championship game.
No. 16 at the Masters is allowing for some history on Sunday. Only hours after Bryson DeChambeau aced the 170-yard par-3 and celebrated accordingly, Justin Thomas followed suit by making his own hole-in-one at the 16th. Thomas followed playing partner ...
Warriors beat writers Dieter Kurtenbach and Mark Medina break down the "scheming" plays the Los Angeles Clippers performed to expose concerning weaknesses in Golden State's second unit. From the unconventional decision to make Patrick Beverley ...
R.J. Barrett. Year: Freshman; Height: 6-foot-7; Position: Forward; This year's stat line: 22.6 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 4.3 APG; The Blue Zone's projected stat line: 22.5 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 3.1 APG. Season breakdown: There is good reason R.J. Barrett won't be remembered ...
(Reuters) - Spaniard Alex Rins celebrated a surprise first MotoGP victory with Suzuki in Texas on Sunday as MotoGP champion Marc Marquez crashed out, ending a six-year winning streak at the Grand Prix of the Americas. FILE PHOTO: MotoGP - Qatar ...
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Brittany Force won the Top Fuel final Sunday in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals and John Force Racing teammate Robert Hight topped the Funny Car field. Brittany Force raced to her second straight Houston Raceway ...
Clippers: Eric Haase's two-run home run in the ninth inning carried Triple-A Columbus past host Durham, 3-1. Haase has two homers for the Clippers (6-4) in 2019. DH Mike Freeman hit a solo home run in the first inning. Starter Asher Wojciechowski and two ...
Glasgow: Socceroos midfielder Tom Rogic has scored his first club goal in more than four months to help Celtic beat nine-man Aderdeen 3-0 and reach the Scottish Cup final, with the Hoops still on course for a third straight domestic treble. Rogic, who had not ...
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen allowed himself a moment of levity when discussing the injury misfortune suffered by Damian McKenzie. The Chiefs back will miss this year's World Cup in Japan after rupturing his ACL in Saturday's Super Rugby win over the ...
The Toronto Blue Jays plan to option infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., to triple-A Buffalo and call up veteran Eric Sogard to take his place, Sportsnet's Shi Davidi is reporting. #BlueJays planning to bring up Eric Sogard in place of Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who will be ...
London — West Ham United will ban for life any supporters who are identified in a video posted online of anti-Semitic chanting that took place in the lead-up to Saturday's Premier League game at Manchester United. The fans were filmed singing an abusive ...
American teenager Amanda Anisimova rallied from a set and a break down to defeat Australia's Astra Sharma 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 for her first career title Sunday at the Claro Open Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia. The championship match began with five straight ...
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Despite having a successful preseason, the University of the Philippines (UP) Lady Maroons missed the Final Four for the third straight year. The National University (NU) Lady Bulldogs completed an elimination sweep of ...
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