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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had their early struggles Friday night, yet both played big factors in the Los Angeles Angels extending their winning streak to five games. Ohtani homered and had three hits, but did not factor in the decision after allowing three runs in five innings,

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Oregon pulled off the biggest comeback in the history of super regionals to move within a win of reaching the College World Series for the first time in 69 years, and Duke edged closer to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament’s final eight in 62 years. No. 2

By CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched into the sixth inning to earn his 100th career win and was backed by five home runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-6 Friday night. Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Gary Sánchez, Trent Grisham and Brandon Dixon all went deep

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rookie reliever Ben Joyce left due to right hand irritation during the sixth inning of the Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. The hard-throwing right-hander, who was making his fifth appearance, walked Teoscar Hernández and fell behind 2-1 to Cal Raleigh before being taken out. Joyce,

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ramón Laureano hit a two-run triple, Jonah Bride also drove in a pair of runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season. The Athletics (15-50) entered the day having put together the

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking home run with two outs in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Friday night for their season-high sixth straight win. Nick Castellanos, Bryce Harper and Trea Turner also drove in runs for the defending

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Duke moved within a win of reaching the College World Series for the first time in 62 years, and TCU will clinch a spot in the final eight of the NCAA Tournament with one more victory over Indiana State. The Blue Devils opened their best-of-three super regional with a

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police sergeant and five officers broke department policy when they opened fire last year on an armed man who refused to follow officers’ commands, killing him, a police commission found. The Board of Police Commissioners voted on May 23 to approve a Los Angeles Police Department internal investigation

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has taken a dramatic, but not immediate, step toward limiting the amount of Colorado River water used in the most populous part of the nation’s most arid state, after lawmakers gave Las Vegas-area water managers the levers to limit flows to single-family homes. Gov. Joe

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies activated left-handed reliever José Alvarado from the injured list piror to Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Alvarado has been sidelined since May 8 with left elbow inflammation. The 28-year-old has allowed one earned run in 14 appearances over 14 ⅓ innings, striking out 24

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans hired Sarah Bailey as their new director of football research and development. The Titans announced the hiring Friday. Bailey spent the past six seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, starting as a football analyst in 2017 before being promoted to manager of football analytics in 2020. She will

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — LA Galaxy forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernández has torn a ligament in his right knee. The Galaxy confirmed the injury Friday. The Mexican star will have surgery soon, but the injury could end his season. Hernández tore his ACL on a noncontact play Wednesday night in the first half of the Galaxy’s

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of the captain of a fishing charter boat that was found last month partially submerged off an island in southeast Alaska. The bodies of three of the four passengers aboard the vessel had been previously recovered. The body of Morgan Robidou, 32, of Sitka, Alaska, was

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California and UCLA will both face Michigan during their first season as members of the Big Ten Conference in 2024. The conference announced the opponents for the 2024 and ’25 football seasons Thursday afternoon. Next year will be the first season with 16 teams and no divisional format as the

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside: illegal growers who offer huge amounts of cash to lease or buy land and then leave behind pollution, garbage and a drained water table. Now, a bill