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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her first WNBA double-double and the Indiana Fever beat Los Angeles 78-73 on Friday night to snap a season-opening five-game skid in front of a Sparks record crowd of 19,103 that included several Hollywood stars. “The

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jake Meyers hit a three-run homer to highlight Houston’s six-run fourth inning that backed Justin Verlander’s winning start, and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Friday night. Verlander (3-2) struck out nine over six innings to pass Hall of Famer Greg Maddux (3,371)

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Juan Soto hit a long two-run homer in his first game back in San Diego, and Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton also hit no-doubters off Yu Darvish in the third inning of the New York Yankees’ 8-0 win over the Padres on Friday night. Gleyber

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman saved San Francisco with a defensive gem and the Giants came back from another big deficit to beat the staggering New York Mets 8-7 on Friday night. After

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — José Ramírez and the Cleveland Guardians became the first team in the majors to hit three straight home runs, accomplishing the feat during the fourth inning Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels. The back-to-back-to-back homers came with two outs and extended the Guardians’ lead to 9-2. After Andrés Giménez got

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman saved the game with a defensive gem and the San Francisco Giants came back from another big deficit to beat the staggering New York Mets 8-7 on Friday

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families in Uvalde took more legal action Friday on the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack, suing Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, and the maker of the video game Call of Duty over claims the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan India hit a grand slam in Cincinnati’s six-run fifth inning, Spencer Steer had a three-run homer and the Reds took advantage of some sloppy pitching to beat the Dodgers 9-6 on Friday night. Stuart Fairchild also homered for the Reds, and the center fielder robbed

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman saved the game with a defensive gem and the San Francisco Giants came back from another big deficit to beat the staggering New York Mets 8-7 on Friday

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Houston Astros first baseman José Abreu is scheduled to rejoin the club Monday in Seattle after a prolonged stint in the minors to regain rhythm at the plate. The 2020 AL MVP was optioned to the franchise’s spring training facility in West Palm Beach, Florida,

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Juan Soto thinks San Diego is a great city for any big leaguer to play for a long time. It just didn’t work out for him. Soto returned to San Diego on Friday for the first time since the Padres dealt him to the New

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Freshman Brayden Dowd hit his first career home run before finishing with four RBIs, Josh Blum threw two innings of scoreless relief for his 10th save and USC beat California 7-4 on Friday to earn its ninth straight victory and a spot in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game. USC (31-27), which

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families in Uvalde took more legal action Friday on the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack, suing Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, and the maker of the video game “Call of Duty” over claims the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Pomeranz was in his Oklahoma City hotel room when his cell phone rang with his agent on the line. The San Francisco Giants were willing to bring the left-hander back to the major leagues after a three-year absence. “`Make it happen now. I’m there.

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to unionize college athletes will continue, advocates said Friday, even with the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. “With this settlement, the NCAA continues to do everything it can to avoid free market competition, which is most

By CLAUDIA LAUER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge overseeing Hunter Biden ’s federal firearms charges trial agreed Friday to block prosecutors from telling jurors about some other unflattering episodes from his personal life, but left the door open to allowing them in if the president’s son testifies. It’s unclear

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — NaVorro Bowman was able to see as a player how quickly Jim Harbaugh could turn a team into a Super Bowl contender. Bowman has reunited with Harbaugh, albeit in a different capacity. Harbaugh hired Bowman in February to be the Los Angeles Chargers’ linebackers

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Prosecutors in New York have accused Harvey Weinstein’s lead defense lawyer of making public statements intended to intimidate a potential witness ahead of the fallen movie mogul’s retrial and asked a judge to take action. The Manhattan district attorney’s office sent a letter to the trial judge Thursday criticizing comments

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The families of a group of victims from the Uvalde school shooting announced new lawsuits Friday against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game “Call of Duty” and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting. The lawsuits