AP-National-Sports

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Pinch-hitter Albert Pujols drove in the go-ahead run with a single up the middle in the 10th inning…

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nick Gordon hit a two-run homer and two singles, Josh Donaldson and Max Kepler each had three hits…

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth inning and a two-run double in the sixth,…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The quarterback competition at Southern California might be over before it even started.…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A sports association official says seven female taekwondo athletes who fled Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run triple with two outs in the 10th inning to rally the Philadelphia…

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Alek Manoah rebounded from early control issues to last six innings and the…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton lined a laser beam of a home run, Aaron Judge added a three-run shot and…

By GARY SCHATZ Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Ben Gamel homered, Ke’Bryan Hayes had three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates dampened the…

BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Medina Spirit, the Kentucky Derby winner who failed a postrace drug test, won’t run in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania…

MIAMI (AP) — Josh Rogers pitched 7 2/3 innings of one-run ball and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 7-1. Rogers scattered five hits,…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Rose Lavelle thrilled her hometown fans with a goal and three assists in the first 15 minutes,…

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Yu Chang hit a bases-loaded triple off left fielder Andrew Benintendi’s glove in the first…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres All-Stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. stood next to each other and…

By The Associated Press Kevin Kiermaier is playing for keeps — and the Toronto Blue Jays may not be too keen on what he’s keeping. The…

By JOE McDONALD and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s “zero tolerance” strategy of trying to isolate every case and…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash apologized to Blue Jays management a day after Rays veteran Kevin Kiermaier scooped up a…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos Pro Bowl linebacker Bradley Chubb needs surgery to remove bone spurs from…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson has seen the Bruins progress from a team that had a…

By JIM LITKE AP Sports Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Ryder Cup is always a second-guesser’s dream, but this year has spawned a devilish…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the midst of difficult negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, Major League…

DENVER (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed outfielder Cody Bellinger on the injured list with a left rib fracture. The team made the move just…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The United Soccer League is launching a professional women’s league that will compete as a second division below the top-tier…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Major League Soccer and Liga MX will pause play for a month each summer beginning in 2023 for an expanded…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer The ground-oriented, weather-proof offense has long been preferred by Big Ten teams. Recruiting and developing the…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — The next quarterback clash in Denver could very well pit John Elway and Peyton Manning…