Month: July 2022

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas won the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, closing with a 9-under 61 in best-ball play for a five-stroke victory in the LPGA Tour’s lone team event. The U.S. Solheim Cup partners finished at 26-under 254 at Midland Country Club. They opened Wednesday with a

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit his 300th career homer and drove in three runs, Albert Pujols reached another milestone and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-3. Goldschmidt’s two-run homer in the second inning was his 20th this season and first since June 27. Now in

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Justin Allgaier outran 2011 Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for third Xfinity Series victory of the season. Allgaier won all three checkered flags over his last eight races, a hot streak that started in May at Darlington Raceway

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Fourth-seeded Maxime Cressy ended John Isner’s 10-match winning streak on Newport’s grass courts, beating the fellow American 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the Hall of Fame Open final. Cressy will face No. 3 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan. Bublik beat Jason Kubler of

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Third round of the British Open at a glance

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Smith started the third round of the British Open with a two-shot lead and finished it four strokes back. A slew of missed putts and a bad decision on No. 13 were to blame for that. The Australian’s drive came to rest on

LONDON (AP) — Spain will play host nation England in the quarterfinals at the Women’s European Championship on Wednesday after finishing second in Group B by beating Denmark 1-0. A draw would have been enough for Spain to hold onto second place and it took until 90th minute for Marta Cardona’s header to clinch the

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — One unlucky roll on the back nine cost Scottie Scheffler a couple of strokes and plenty of momentum. The Masters champion started the day five strokes behind one leader and finished it five strokes behind a pair of different leaders at the British Open.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Key hole from the third round of the British Open at St. Andrews

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time U.S. Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas station. He was 37. The Westminster Police Department issued a statement Saturday identifying Robert John East of San Dimas as the person stabbed in the chest at a 76

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Devon Allen begins a difficult double this month as he tries to win a medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the world championships and then earn a spot with the Philadelphia Eagles as a wide receiver. Devon Allen was a standout hurdler and football player

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Fred Kerley led the first American sweep of the 100 meters at the worlds in 31 years, barely edging teammates Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell to stamp a red-white-and-blue exclamation point on the first championships ever held in the United States. Kerley leaned at the

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Baltimore Orioles are picking first in Sunday’s draft. They’re also coming off a 10-game winning streak that moved them above .500. After entering the season in the midst of a difficult rebuild, the Orioles have become one of the game’s biggest surprises over the past few weeks. They’re

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cheers from every corner of the Old Course that belonged to Tiger Woods for two days at St. Andrews switched over to Rory McIlroy in the British Open, and he certainly did his part to give them what came to see Saturday. McIlroy holed

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto expressed irritation hours after a report that he had turned down a record contract with the rebuilding club. The 23-year-old Soto is a two-time All-Star who finished second in the NL MVP voting last season. He will not be a free agent

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Colton Herta posted a fast lap of 59.2698 seconds in Toronto to become the first repeat pole winner of the IndyCar season. A different driver started each of the first nine races this season. Herta broke that streak by barely edging six-time series champ Scott Dixon. Dixon completed the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Tyler Reddick’s decision to sign with Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan’s 22XI Racing in 2024 is one of many moves ahead in the free-agent market. Kyle Busch still wants a new deal for 2023. The long-time Joe Gibbs Racing driver has shopped himself to other

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Sweden’s Marcus Ericsson sits quietly atop the IndyCar points standings without much fanfare. His lone win this season came at the series biggest race, the Indianapolis 500. And with this weekend’s chatter focusing primarily on the future plans of defending series champ Alex Palou, Ericsson’s teammate, and the banter

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The Canadian women’s national team is keeping a wary eye on concerns about its federation back home while focusing on a showdown with the United States in Mexico. An investigation reported this week by The Sports Network detailed a controversial agreement between Canada Soccer