By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart rebounded from one of the worst games of her career with a stellar effort, scoring 28 points with 14 rebounds and seven assists to lift the New York Liberty to an 89-71 win over the Phoenix Mercury, who were playing without an injured
Continue ReadingBy KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora doesn’t know yet whether pitcher Tanner Houck will need surgery for a facial fracture he sustained when he was hit below the right eye by a line drive from the New York Yankees’ Kyle Higashioka on Friday. Cora said Sunday morning
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers star pitcher Jacob deGrom, six days following reconstructive surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, said Sunday morning the hardest part is behind him. “That’s when you’re dreading going in and getting it done,” deGrom said in his first post-surgery comments before the Rangers
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press SOMBOR, Serbia (AP) — Nikola Jokic made it back to Serbia in time to watch his beloved horses race in his hometown. Less than a week after leading the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA championship, Jokic was back in his hometown of Sombor to enjoy his big passion of
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner sat on the bench in warmups for the second straight game, sidelined by a hip injury she suffered earlier this week. The All-Star center worked out about an hour before the game on the court and looked good doing an array of post
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Marty Walsh wasn’t a man in a hurry to leave the Biden administration. Less than halfway through the president’s term, Walsh was in a comfortable spot in the Cabinet as labor secretary. Then he got a call about an interesting opportunity: running the NHL Players’ Association. The former mayor
Continue ReadingSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — There will be two American men’s tennis players ranked in the top 10 for the first time in more than a decade after Frances Tiafoe beat Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday to win the Stuttgart Open for his first grass-court title. Tiafoe won 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8) after saving a match
Continue ReadingDEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Ekaterina Alexandrova has defended her Libema Open title against fellow Russian and top seed Veronika Kudermetova after coming back to win 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in a near three-hour match that also had several rain delays. It was the first time in the tournament that either player dropped a set
Continue ReadingNOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Andy Murray added a second consecutive grass-court title on the ATP Challenger Tour on Sunday as the two-time Wimbledon champion continues his preparations for his home Grand Slam tournament. The former No. 1 followed up his win at Surbiton last week by beating Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 6-4 in the final
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — A bus driver was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence while transporting the Pittsburgh Pirates from Chicago to Milwaukee for their weekend series with the Brewers. Illinois State Police said the driver was traveling away from officers seeking to escort the bus on its trip to Milwaukee late Thursday
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German soccer federation’s sporting director says firing Germany coach Hansi Flick is out of the question despite the team’s lack of recent wins. Germany’s 1-0 loss to Poland in a friendly on Friday was the third game in a row without a win as Flick experiments with his squad with
Continue ReadingBy RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fans of the San Antonio Spurs couldn’t wait for the NBA draft. Their expectations were high long before their team landed the No. 1 pick which is expected to be 7-foot-3 French phenom Victor Wembanyama. Season ticket packages have been selling ever since the draft lottery
Continue ReadingNOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Katie Boulter has won the first all-British final on the WTA Tour in 46 years. She secured her first career title by beating Jodie Burrage 6-3, 6-3 at the Nottingham Open on Sunday. The last all-British final in 1977 saw Sue Barker beat Virginia Wade in San Francisco. Boulter extended her
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Lou Williams announced his retirement from the NBA on Sunday. The move ends a career where he won the league’s Sixth Man award three times and scored more points off the bench than anyone in history. Williams played for six teams. He was with Philadelphia, Toronto, the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston, the
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A project using artificial intelligence to track social media abuse aimed at players at the 2022 World Cup identified more than 300 people whose details are being given to law enforcement. FIFA says the people made “abusive, discriminatory, or threatening posts (or) comments” on platforms like
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the top of the U.S. Open leaderboard there are two players each going for their first major title. That’s about all they have in common. Rickie Fowler has contended in majors, won nine tournaments across the globe and has long been one of golf’s
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin says European soccer should not be afraid of a player exodus to Saudi Arabian clubs. He suggests the country was making a mistake investing in stars at the end of their careers. Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema have taken hundreds of millions
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — David Freese has decided to decline his induction into the St. Louis Cardinals’ Hall of Fame. The former third baseman was a postseason hero for his hometown team in helping the Cardinals win the 2011 World Series. He was chosen for the Hall of Fame by fans, garnering the most votes
Continue ReadingGOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Tim Tszyu retained his WBO interim super-welterweight title with a stunning first round knockout of Mexican Carlos Ocampo. It took the Australian just 77 seconds to knock Ocampo down and successfully defend the belt he claimed with a ninth-round stoppage of American Tony Harrison in Sydney in March. Tszyu first knocked down Ocampo
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Jake McCarthy hit a go-ahead homer leading off the eighth, Corbin Carroll added a two-run shot three batters later and the Arizona Diamondbacks launched three long balls in the inning to beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3. The surprising NL West leaders will go for a three-game
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