ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Drew Smyly has had a long road back from Tommy John elbow surgery, and the Texas left-hander put together a quality start on Friday night that helped earn him his first win in three years. Smyly went a season-best six innings and ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — With six home runs in his last nine games, Mark Canha is trying to do his best impression of Oakland teammate Khris Davis. That's going to be critical in the coming weeks while Davis continues to recover from a sore left hip.
Houston Astros right fielder George Springer left Friday night's 4-3 win against the Boston Red Sox with a left hamstring injury and likely will be placed on the injured list, manager AJ Hinch said. Springer was hurt attempting to catch a Xander Bogaerts pop ...
Carlos Vela took his MLS leading goals tally to 15 as LAFC thrashed the visiting Montreal Impact 4-2 at Banc of California Stadium on Friday night. The win extends LAFC's unbeaten run to seven games and keeps them undefeated at home with a record of ...
It's time FIFA puts its money where its mouth is. The global soccer leader says it cares about the development of the women's game, that robust, international competition is critical for soccer's future. And yet … The champion of this summer's World Cup will get ...
There's no escaping the reality of what's at stake when the Toronto Raptors host the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. The surging Raptors have won three straight, putting them on the brink of the first NBA Finals ...
It seems we can count LeBron James among those who would like to see Kyrie Irving in purple and gold. On Friday, James liked a photoshopped image of Irving in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform on Instagram: Bleacher Report @BleacherReport. LeBron liked ...
JaCoby Jones homered and drove in four runs, including a go-ahead double in the seventh inning, and Miguel Cabrera also connected as the visiting Detroit Tigers halted their nine-game losing streak on Friday night with a wild 9-8 victory over the Mets.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — After witnessing a narrow birdie miss on a third consecutive hole, Austin Eckroat let his putter slip through his hands and closed his eyes in dismay. "I was hitting good putts," Eckroat said. "It wasn't like I was doing anything wrong.
CLEVELAND — Roberto Perez's crawling infield single scored Francisco Lindor with the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Indians snapped a season-high, four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on ...
A few brave nightwatchmen are pledging to stay awake by any means necessary to follow the Black Caps as they chase glory at the Cricket World Cup. At the last tournament in 2015, New Zealand briefly transformed into a diehard cricketing country as the ...
What a difference 12 months make. This time last year Ireland had a Six Nations title, while Leinster, whose players make up the bulk of the national side, had the Heineken Champions Cup in the bag and were on their way to a Guinness Pro14 title.
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska's batters settled into a sweet spot early on against Iowa in the Big Ten baseball tournament Friday. Meanwhile, Iowa's pitchers were never truly able to settle into any kind of a groove. Nebraska pounded out 14 hits and drew 10 ...
Phil Esten, University of St. Thomas Class of 1995, knew the dilemma his alma mater faced when he succeeded Steve Fritz five months ago as UST athletics director. It wasn't yet public knowledge that the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference ...
Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has revealed that a conrod issue forced the team to reduce power in their R.S.19s in recent races. The problem, which the Anglo-French team believes that it has now addressed, arose after a focus was placed on performance ...
With just four teams remaining in the 2019 World Championships, the semifinals are set and all three medalists from 2018 won't be returning home with hardware this year. Finland forced overtime to oust back-to-back gold medalist Sweden, Canada stunned ...