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AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Francisco rookie Grant McCray homered twice and drove in five runs as the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 6-3 on Saturday. McCray, who made his major league debut Aug. 14, put the Giants ahead 3-2 on his three-run drive deep into the seats in right field

HOUSTON (AP) — Hugo Lloris saved four shots for Los Angeles FC and Steve Clark had two saves for the Houston Dynamo in a scoreless draw on Saturday night. Lloris notched his 10th clean sheet of the season, tying him with Patrick Schulte of the Columbus Crew for the league lead. Clark’s shutout was his

Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tiger Bachmeier had a 90-yard punt return for touchdown in the third quarter, sparking Stanford to a 41-7 win over Cal Poly on Saturday. Ashton Daniels passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns, while back-up quarterback Justin Lamson ran for a score to help Stanford to its first home

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Smith put Texas ahead for the first time with a two-run single in the seventh inning and the Rangers overcame a pair of two-run deficits to beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Saturday night. Smith’s sharp liner to right field capped a three-run outburst that made

AP Soccer Writer WNBA star Caitlin Clark used the word “legend.” Gymnast Simone Biles offered thanks for elevating women’s sports. As Alex Morgan prepared for her final professional match on Sunday, the accolades for the retiring U.S. soccer star came from across the sports landscape — from Biles to fellow U.S. soccer player Christian Pulisic.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula’s husband is such a Stephen Curry fan that he uses the NBA superstar’s name for his iPhone. On Saturday, Curry came to support Pegula during her 7-5, 7-5 loss to Aryna Sabalenka in the U.S. Open final. Curry and his wife, Ayesha, sat behind one of the baselines and

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers placed wide receiver DJ Chark Jr. on injured reserve on Saturday due to a hip injury sustained in practice two weeks ago and leading up to the final preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys. Chark, in his seventh season, signed with the Chargers in May and

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Grant Sergent threw three touchdown passes and San Diego had its third pick-6 of the season to defeat Central Washington 26-7 on Saturday. The Toreros, 2-0 in a non-Covid season for the first time since 2011, led 12-7 at the half as Sargent found Kenyon Sims for a 28-yard score and

Associated Press HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles threatened ten of thousands of buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee Sunday amid a days-long heat wave of triple-digit temperatures. The so-called Line Fire was burning along the edge of the San Bernardino

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw for 233 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and California celebrated the first of several cross-country trips this season by holding onto a 21-14 road win at Auburn on Saturday. Mendoza completed 19 of 21 passes before halftime, which rallied late to beat Cal last September. Redshirt freshman

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brant Hurter pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Saturday. Detroit moved back over .500 after losing three of its previous four games. The Tigers (72-71) haven’t had a winning season since they went 86-75 in 2016. Looking to

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died from injuries after an automobile crash in New Mexico, authorities said. He was 69. Charles McMillan, an experimental physicist, spent nearly 23 years in various positions at Livermore in California and

AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey is listed as questionable for the season opener against the New York Jets with a sore calf and Achilles. McCaffrey got hurt early in training camp and missed four weeks of practice before returning to the field this week.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were ordered Saturday as a wildfire scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region. The so-called Line Fire was burning uncontrolled along the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest, about

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The publicly traded company said a non-prosecution settlement reached Friday represented a

AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce was placed on injured reserve Saturday because of a knee injury, meaning he will miss at least the first four games of the season, including Las Vegas’ Sunday contest at the Los Angeles Chargers. The club also signed defensive end Charles Snowden to

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Fritz got choked up when it hit him that he had reached the U.S. Open final. His explanation: “I cry at happy endings of movies and not at sad stuff. That’s kind of just how I am.” Imagine what the 26-year-old Californian’s reaction would be if he

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz and semifinalist Frances Tiafoe were not on the Davis Cup roster submitted by the United States for the country’s group-stage matches next week. Brandon Nakashima, Mackie McDonald, Reilly Opelka, Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram were the players the U.S. Tennis Association announced Saturday for the competition

AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Linebacker Haason Reddick won’t play in the New York Jets’ season-opening game Monday night at San Francisco while he remains in a contract dispute with the team. Coach Robert Saleh acknowledged Saturday “that would be fair” to rule out Reddick, who has not been at the

Associated Press Higher education advocates in Latino communities say they are optimistic about a new federal effort to support hundreds of local colleges and universities. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrollment that is at least a quarter Hispanic, are vital to the goals of equality in