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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Busch led all 25 laps after starting from the pole for the NASCAR All-Star race to take the first stage at Texas. The opening segment was caution-free, and put Busch in good position to stay at the front of the field for the

DENVER (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt has an $8.65 million salary this season as part of a one-year contract. Bassitt is guaranteed $8.8 million as part of the deal, which avoided an arbitration hearing set for Monday. The deal includes a $19 million mutual option for 2023 with a $150,000 buyout. If

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Will Zalatoris saw nearly every inch of Southern Hills on Sunday as one of the best ball-strikers in golf struggled to harness a series of wayward shots that threatened to take him out of the running at the PGA Championship. The rail-thin kid from Wake

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado set a career high and matched a franchise record with four extra-base hits, and the surging San Diego Padres completed a three-game sweep of the Giants, beating San Francisco 10-1 on Sunday. On a day when every San Diego starter had at least one

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ariel Lassiter scored in the first half, Robert Taylor scored an insurance goal late and Inter Miami CF defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-0. Lassiter, who was acquired from the Houston Dynamos in the off-season, found the net in the 29th minute to give Inter Miami (4-6-3) a 1-0

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Sandoval dominated the Oakland Athletics for the second straight Sunday, mixing his formidable off-speed pitches with excellent fastball control in a performance that underlined his credentials as a rising star on the Angels’ staff. The left-hander obviously finds his job a whole lot easier

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou watched helplessly as Scott Dixon’s incredibly quick qualifying lap speeds appeared on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway video board. He knew what it meant. The defending series champion, who finished second to Helio Castroneves in last year’s Indianapolis 500, lost the pole to his teammate

TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Rougned Odor had his second game-winning at-bat in three days as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 11 innings. The Orioles won two of three and managed to win a series against Tampa Bay for the first time since July 31–Aug. 2, 2020, when

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado set a career high and matched a franchise record with four extra-base hits, and the surging San Diego Padres completed a three-game sweep of the Giants, beating San Francisco 10-1 on Sunday. On a day when every San Diego starter had at least one

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Nazem Kadri spent the entire season on his best behavior. The Colorado Avalanche forward didn’t want a repeat of what happened in the postseason a year ago, when he delivered a hit that resulted in an eight-game suspension. Once again, Kadri found himself at the center

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Cueto pitched six more scoreless innings, AJ Pollock hit a tiebreaking home run off Aroldis Chapman in the ninth and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader. There didn’t appear to be any carryover of

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Rios scored on a tap-in in the 85th minute to send Charlotte FC to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps. Vancouver (3-7-2) grabbed a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the match when Tosaint Ricketts took advantage of a Christian Fuchs miscue in the box to find the back

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City has clinched a sixth Premier League title in 11 seasons. Pep Guardiola’s team scored three times in five minutes to come from behind and beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the finale to avoid being toppled by challenger Liverpool. City won the title

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — There would be no repeat celebration for golf’s old guard at the PGA Championship. Stewart Cink was the elder statesman on the leaderboard at Southern Hills when the 49-year-old started the final round tied for seventh. That gave him an outside chance at following up

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Wisdom grinned as he pulled on a gray T-shirt that read SCHWISDOM across the front. Nothing more needed to be said. Wisdom and Schwindel hit consecutive homers against Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Sunday

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Muncy’s two-run fielding error in the 10th capped a wild late-inning sequence and allowed the Philadelphia Phillies to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Sunday. With two outs and men on second and third in the 10th, Alec Bohm hit a little dribbler off Evan

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Joey Votto hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2, avoiding a three-game sweep. The one-run win was the second of the season for the Reds. Cincinnati has won nine of 15 following a

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Florida Panthers are on the brink of getting swept out of the second round of the playoffs by the back-to-back defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. And the Presidents’ Trophy winners don’t have any time to regroup with Game 4 set for Monday night. An arena conflict in Tampa