AP National Sports

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — The venue that bills itself as “America’s National Park of Speed” is producing faster times after its first repaving in nearly three decades. It’s also producing plenty of fireworks. Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport earned the pole position for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland scored on his return to the Norway team. It wasn’t enough as Scotland came back to win 2-1 and keep a perfect record in European Championship qualifying. Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 61st minute but Scotland scored twice in two minutes after

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have placed infielder Patrick Wisdom on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist sprain. Manager David Ross says Wisdom has been dealing with the issue for about two weeks. But he aggravated the injury when he was playing left field on Friday and tried to make a diving

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers reinstated left-handed pitcher Wade Miley and designated hitter/outfielder Jesse Winker from the injured list. Miley started Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates after missing a month with a lat strain. Winker was batting second as the DH. He hadn’t played since May 27 because of a cervical strain. The Brewers

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — The first all-British final on the WTA Tour in 46 years will play out at the Nottingham Open. Katie Boulter beat Heather Watson 6-4, 7-5 in the first all-British semifinal on the tour in 48 years. Jodie Burrage piled on more history by edging Alize Cornet of France 7-5, 7-5. Boulter,

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Ekaterina Alexandrova will defend her Libema Open title against fellow Russian and top seed Veronika Kudermetova in the Den Bosch final. The No. 4-seeded Alexandrova defeated No. 7 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-1, 7-6. Sasnovich was playing her first semifinal of the year and first ever on grass. Alexandrova will

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Reigning IndyCar champion Will Power shoved Scott Dixon after the two were involved in a Saturday morning crash during practice at Road America. The crash severely damaged both their vehicles about three hours ahead of qualifying. The two cars spun off course and Power

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Police in Germany have arrested a truck driver accused in the crash last year that killed professional cyclist Davide Rebellin. Prosecutors in Italy say Wolfgang Rieke is being held pending possible extradition to Italy. He accused of road homicide and leaving the scene of a crash. They

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama wasn’t the only young French NBA prospect turning heads overseas this season. Granted, fans would have had to look much farther to find Rayan Rupert, who played for the New Zealand Breakers. He is among the international prospects expecting to hear their names called

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fan favorite. An underdog. A comeback story. All those storylines are in play heading into the weekend at the U.S. Open. And, as luck would have it, they are all wrapped up in the same player — Rickie Fowler. One of the sport’s most

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shane McClanahan pitched into the seven inning to get his major league-leading 11th win, Randy Arozarena homered and drove in four runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 6-2. Tampa Bay is now 51-22 — easily the best record in baseball,

By JOE STIGLICH Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber homered on the first pitch of the game, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 for their fourth straight victory. Oakland lost its third straight following a season-high, seven-game winning streak. At 19-53, the

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, rookie Bryan Woo struck out nine and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Friday night for their third win in four games. Four Seattle pitchers combined to walk none and strike out 16,

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen struck out seven in six effective innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Guardians 5-1. The Diamondbacks bounced back from losing three of four to Philadelphia with a solid all-around game to kick off Cleveland’s first series