Month: June 2022

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum tied her career high with 32 points, Chelsea Gray added 18 and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 84-78. Dearica Hamby added 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Las Vegas. Plum hit a 3-pointer to give the Aces 75-67 lead with 56 seconds left. Allisha

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Matt Olson hit a three-run homer, Ronald Acuña Jr. had a solo shot among his four hits and the Atlanta Braves moved above .500 for the first time since the season’s opening week with an 8-7 victory over the reeling Colorado Rockies. The Braves completed a four-game

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Billy Horschel figured he didn’t have to anything special with a five-shot lead at the Memorial. He delivered a big moment just to make sure. Horschel made an eagle putt from just inside 55 feet on the 15th hole that all but secured his win

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Tennessee was right where it was expected to be Sunday night, celebrating an NCAA regional title on its home field and eager to continue one of the most dominant runs in college baseball history. The No. 1 national seed Volunteers, No. 4 Virginia Tech, No. 5 Texas A&M, Texas

By ANDREW WAGNER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jake Cronenworth hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres extended their winning streak to three games with a 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Trevor Gott pitched the 10th for Milwaukee because Josh Hader had worked the ninth after the

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jerry Kelly birdied the first hole of a playoff with Kirk Triplett to win the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Kelly hit his approach to 4 feet on the par-4 18th to set up the winning putt. The 55-year-old from Wisconsin has nine victories on the 50-and-over tour after

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Christopher Sargent delivered a run-scoring single with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to send Southern Mississippi to a 4-3 victory over Kennesaw State in an elimination game at the Hattiesburg Regional. Southern Miss (45-17) will play for the championship against LSU on Sunday night. A win by

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka both spoke out Sunday against the decision by Nigeria’s government to withdraw its basketball teams from international competitions for two years and potentially eliminate any chance of qualifying for the Paris Olympics. Ujiri and

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) — Minjee Lee won the U.S. Women’s Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles on Sunday to earn $1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women’s golf. Lee closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 13-under 271 after the

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chandler Simpson had five hits and scored four runs, Josiah Siegel threw 6 1/3 innings of one-run relief and Georgia Tech rolled to a 16-5 win over Campbell in a loser-out game of the Knoxville Regional. The Yellow Jackets banged out 19 hits to eliminate the Camels, who had won the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Joey Logano watched helplessly as Kyle Busch drove away from him on a late restart Sunday, seemingly ending his hopes of delivering a much-needed win for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series debut at World Wide Technology Raceway. Kevin Harvick’s wreck with five laps

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Franchy Cordero hit a three-run homer off Frankie Montas in the sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 5-2 victory. Rich Hill pitched three-hit ball over six innings and had five strikeouts. Rafael Devers homered and drove

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Quin Snyder resigned Sunday as coach of the Utah Jazz, ending an eight-year run where the team won nearly 60% of its games but never got past the second round of the playoffs. Snyder released a statement through the team, part of it simply saying “it is time.” He

KANSAS CITY, Kan, (AP) — Jesús Ferreira failed to convert a pair of first-half chances as U.S. forwards kept up their goal-scoring struggles and the Americans played a 0-0 draw against Uruguay in their second of four World Cup warmup matches this month. The U.S. took the field three hours after learning Wales would be