AP National Sports

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the deal confirms to The Associated Press that Mikyla Grant-Mentis has agreed to the richest deal in women’s professional hockey. The 23-year-old is set to sign an $80,000 contract with the Premier Hockey Federation’s Buffalo Beauts. The person spoke

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking home run into McCovey Cove in the sixth inning, and the San Francisco Giants only struck out once while beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Sunday. San Francisco closer Camilo Doval got slugger Nolan Arenado to strike out swinging with the

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic tumbled toward the baseline after getting bumped by Chris Paul just before the halftime buzzer, the apprentice showing he has watched one of the masters at drawing fouls. The trick spurred a critical fourth foul on Paul, setting up the Dallas Mavericks to get

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Abraham Toro hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Ty France singled home the winning run in the 10th and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 to snap a six-game losing streak. Manuel Margot hit his third home run of the series for

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Joey Logano bumped leader William Byron from behind and into the wall on the next to last lap to win at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Logano tracked Byron for about 25 laps until running up to his rear bumper, smacking it hard and sending Byron

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Anthony Rendon struggled for most of the Angels’ weekend series against the Washington Nationals. Both came up with clutch hits to give Los Angeles a comeback victory in the finale Sunday. Ohtani hit a tying, two-run double, Rendon followed with a game-ending

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jorge Alfaro hit a pinch-hit three-run home run with two outs in the ninth to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 win Sunday against his former team, the Miami Marlins. Alfaro went deep to center field on the first pitch he saw from Cole

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pete Alonso homered twice, had three hits and drove in five runs to lead the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies and a doubleheader split. Chris Bassitt allowed one run in 5 ⅔ innings to help the NL East-leading Mets. In the

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Alexander Zverev has criticized the ATP Tour for its scheduling of late-night matches and says he was at a disadvantage in Sunday’s final against Carlos Alcaraz at the Madrid Open. The third-ranked Zverev was overpowered by the 19-year-old Spaniard in straight sets. Zverev concedes he probably

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s starters have taken turns stringing together quality starts all season for one of baseball’s best rotations. To say they’re feeding off each other might be a stretch. More like nobody wants to be the one who unravels the string. Zac Gallen struck out seven in

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Max Verstappen used an aggressive early pass on Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc then controlled the inaugural Miami Grand Prix to pick up his third win of the season. The reigning world champion started third but Red Bull quickly got the best

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Tosaint Ricketts scored in the 90th minute to give the Vancouver Whitecaps a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC 1-0 on Sunday. Ricketts tucked the ball past goalkeeper Alex Bono after fellow substitute Lucas Cavallini broke past a defender to fire a pass across the face of the goal. Vancouver (2-6-1)

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Steve Flesch is a winner again on the TPC Sugarloaf. Four years after his only other PGA Tour Champions win, Flesch won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for the second time. He had to rally from a four-shot deficit in the final round with a 65. David Toms needed to birdie the

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Max Homa played solid, steady golf during a week of cold, wet conditions and a back-and-forth Sunday duel with Keegan Bradley. He closed with a 2-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship. The 31-year-old Homa finished at 8-under 272 at TPC

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Colin Moran hit a grand slam and a two-run homer against his former team, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tyler Mahle pitched five solid innings and the Reds rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the sixth. Cincinnati took two

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Memphis guard Ja Morant is unlikely to play in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against Golden State on Monday night after injuring his right knee on a play with Jordan Poole that the teams are debating from the Grizzlies’ 142-112 loss Saturday night.

By JORDAN GODWIN Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Aledmys Díaz hit a grand slam, Jake Odorizzi threw five innings of one-hit ball and the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 for a four-game sweep and their seventh straight win. Díaz’s second home run of the season came in the third inning on a 92