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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rowdy Tellez isn’t accustomed to waiting this long between homers. Tellez went deep for the first time since May 22 as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Friday for their season high-tying sixth straight victory. Tellez’s three-run shot capped a five-run third
Continue ReadingBy JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani doubled to key a two-run third inning, leading the Angels to a 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Friday night in the first game after Los Angeles announced the two-way superstar had torn an elbow ligament. “The guy loves the game —
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Laurent Landi stood on the mat, arms slightly outstretched. He took one small step to his right. Then another. Above him, above everyone really, Simone Biles soared through the air. Her arms clasped behind her knees. Her legs at a perfect 90-degree angle from
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her 100th career double-double and the Los Angeles Sparks erased a 16-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Dream 83-78 on Friday night for their sixth-straight win. Azura Stevens added 18 points, Jordin Canada 15 with nine assists and six steals and Layshia
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts didn’t arrive at Fenway Park with any expectations. He wanted to be ready to receive whatever came his way during his return to face the first major league franchise he played for. On a night in which he was embraced and celebrated by his
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Nick Allen homered and drove in a career-high five runs, Zach Neal won his first start in seven years and the Oakland Athletics pounded the Chicago White Sox 12-4 on Friday night. The Athletics (38-91) tagged Dylan Cease for a career-high nine runs on the way
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s right elbow was fine until he tore his ulnar collateral ligament with a 94 mph fastball to Cincinnati’s Christian Encarnacion-Strand on Wednesday, according to Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin. Baseball’s two-way superstar was back in the Angels’ lineup as a designated hitter
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages this week to a protester shot twice with hard-foam projectiles fired by Los Angeles police during demonstrations in 2020. Jurors on Wednesday ruled that the LA Police Department was negligent when one or more of its officers fired the so-called less-lethal devices at Asim
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kyra Carusa scored in the 75th minute and the San Diego Wave beat the Orlando Pride 2-1 on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Players on both sides wore tape on their wrists that said “Contigo Jenni” in support of Jenni Hermoso, the Spanish player who says she was
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts was surrounded by his past when he stepped onto the Fenway Park field on Friday night for the first time since he was traded by the Boston Red Sox in 2020. The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger was greeted by a huge ovation as he
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have traded quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys less than three years after trading three first-round picks to draft him. A person familiar with the situation said the Cowboys will send a fourth-round pick to San Francisco for
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California last month because of a congenital heart defect, according to a family spokeswoman. The 18-year-old son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was stricken on July 24. He
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — One bad shot during practice led to Collin Morikawa spending two hours looking for a fix. And now he has a scoring record at East Lake that previously belonged to Tiger Woods. Morikawa followed his 61 with another clean card for a 6-under 64 on Friday
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s right elbow was fine until he tore his ulnar collateral ligament with a 94 mph fastball to Cincinnati’s Christian Encarnacion-Strand on Wednesday, according to Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin. Baseball’s two-way superstar was back in the Angels’ lineup as a designated hitter
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried said Friday that prosecutors have delivered another four million pages of documents for the FTX founder to examine six weeks before trial, making it impossible for the former cryptocurrency executive to adequately review the evidence for an October trial from behind bars.
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Guidus was enjoying a spontaneous night out Wednesday with his 7-month-old daughter and mother-in-law at Cook’s Corner, a favorite family spot in Southern California that he’s frequented since his own childhood, when gunshots rang out. First, he thought it was fireworks. But when screaming began
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before. Officials are already expecting updated COVID-19 vaccines that contain one
Continue ReadingBy SETH ENGLE Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Texas will play California on Saturday for a bid to represent the United States in the Little League World Series title game on Sunday. Here’s a look at both teams prior to their semifinal matchup. HOW THEY GOT THERE Texas is the lone undefeated team
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Jett Lawrence has already given Honda its first 450cc motocross championship since 2003 while becoming the eighth rookie to clinch the title in his rookie season. The 20-year-old Aussie has one more piece of history in his sights and it’s a big one: a perfect season. Win at Indiana’s
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — DoorDash will pay $1.6 million to its workers after a Seattle investigation found the company failed to implement the city’s required sick and safe time policy. The city’s Office of Labor Standards said this week that the San Francisco-based delivery company, which contracts workers to make food deliveries, violated city requirements for
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