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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Quinn Mathews threw 156 pitches and had 16 strikeouts — both career highs — in a complete game, Drew Bowser hit a two-run home run and Stanford beat Texas 8-3 Sunday night to avoid elimination at best-of-3 Stanford Super Regional. The Cardinal (43-18) forced a decisive Game 3 on Monday with

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At almost every stop last year, Jill Biden delivered a clear message to supporters as she campaigned for Democrats in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections: Put voting on your “to-do” list, she’d say. “Like a lot of educators, to stay organized, I use to-do lists,”

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — As guests filed into Sunday’s music-filled memorial for Cynthia Weil, they smiled in recognition and sang along to a string of hit songs she co-wrote that were played on speakers in a lush courtyard of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Weil, the Grammy-winning lyricist who enjoyed

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Brandon Crawford built his Gold Glove resume, the San Francisco Giants shortstop had the desire to pitch. He repeatedly joked about the possibility. One day after becoming the fourth player in the franchise’s San Francisco era to play in 1,600 games, Crawford — the brother-in-law

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. shows up at Sonoma Raceway each year brimming with the confidence only acquired by repeated success on a track. Last summer, team owner Joe Gibbs admits he didn’t give Truex a car capable of demonstrating his driver’s mastery of this hilly road

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Wake Forest is headed to the College World Series for the first time since it won the national championship in 1955, and the Demon Deacons will bring the hottest offense in the country. Virginia also clinched a spot in the CWS on Sunday, and the two Atlantic Coast Conference

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — If only the Oakland Athletics played in the NL Central, they might not be on pace to have one of the worst seasons in modern history. Seth Brown and Brent Rooker hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to help the Athletics complete their first series

By MICHAEL R. SISAK AND MIKE BALSAMO AND JAKE OFFENHARTZ Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found

VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, has delivered her last foal with her broodmare career ending. She delivered a filly at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky on Friday night, according to her website. “The foaling was filled with ease and elegance and both mom and baby are in excellent health

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police searched Sunday for a person of interest in a mass shooting during a block party in San Francisco Friday night in what investigators said appeared to be a “targeted and isolated” incident. The person of interest is a man believed to be a member of a street gang

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Daniel Aguirre scored late in the second half to rally the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 1-1 draw with St. Louis City on Sunday. Aguirre took a pass from Douglas Costa in the 83rd minute and scored for the first time this season to help the Galaxy (3-9-4) earn a point

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — How well do you know U.S. Open history? Try this quiz based on the 14 times the U.S. Open was played in California: 1. Which California course has hosted the U.S. Open the most times? a.) Pebble Beach b.) Cypress Point c.) Olympic Club 2.