AP National Sports

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Victor Wembanyama’s long frame and versatile game makes him the top big man in this year’s NBA draft. The 19-year-old Frenchman has strong perimeter skills and the size at 7-foot-3 to score over defenders. The teenager is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday night’s draft

By ANGELA CHARLTON and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to prosecutors, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics. The Paris organizing committee said in a statement that

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has hit back at national coach Domenico Tedesco following his walkout from the Belgium squad. Tedesco said Courtois made the decision to leave ahead of a European Championship qualifier because he was upset for not being selected as captain. He also accused Courtois of lying

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has marked the one month countdown to the start of the Women’s World Cup by creating a full-size football pitch in the shadow of the country’s highest mountain Aoraki Mount Cook. The 105-meter long, 68-meter wide (114 yards by 74 yards) pitch was built on the tussocky plains

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto homered and hit a go-ahead, two-run single in his return to the Reds’ lineup after a 10-month absence that followed surgery, helping Cincinnati extend its longest winning streak in a decade to nine with a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Cincinnati took over the

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Alek Thomas homered during Arizona’s six-run first inning against Corbin Burnes, Merrill Kelly continued his road dominance and the Diamondbacks rolled to a 9-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. Kelly (9-3) moved into the NL lead for wins by striking out seven and

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Verdugo tripled and drove in four runs, James Paxton pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-3 for their fifth straight win. Triston Casas hit a two-run homer and Jarren Duran added three doubles for Boston, which has outscored

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bennett Lee drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning after he made a huge defensive play at the plate to lead No. 1 national seed Wake Forest to a 3-2 victory over LSU in the College World Series. The Demon Deacons are now

MIAMI (AP) — Luis Arraez went 5 for 5 again to raise his batting average to .400, and Jorge Soler homered as the streaking Miami Marlins routed the Toronto Blue Jays 11-0. Jon Berti had three hits and Jesús Sánchez doubled twice for the Marlins, who finished with a season-high 19 hits and won their

MIAMI (AP) — Catcher Alejandro Kirk was put on the 10-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays because of a cut on his left hand. Kirk was hit by a pitch in the second inning of Sunday’s 11-7 loss to Texas. Kirk has three homers and 21 RBIs in 59 games this season. Catcher

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Slumping Arizona Diamondbacks utilityman Josh Rojas is heading to the minors. The Diamondbacks optioned Rojas to Triple-A Reno after Sunday’s game with the Cleveland Guardians and recalled outfielder Alek Thomas from Reno on Monday. Rojas was batting .235 with no homers and 26 RBIs in 57

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Brendan Donovan and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied from an early 5-0 deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 in a Juneteenth matinee. Donovan’s three-run shot to right-center off Josiah Gray tied the game 5-all, and