Sports

Mike Trout has 2 HRs and 7 RBIs as Angels beat Jays 11-6

Published on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:00am

TORONTO (AP) — Getting back to basics at the plate has been paying off for Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout. Trout hit two home runs, including his sixth career

McMahon drives in 3 as Rockies beat Greinke, D-backs 6-4

Published on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:00am

PHOENIX (AP) — Ryan McMahon and the Rockies found a way to stack hits against Arizona ace Zack Greinke, and those hits led to another Colorado victory. McMahon hit a

After piggybacking on baseball, NFL stood tall in expansion

Published on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 12:00am

George Halas wanted an NFL team in Dallas, and in 1960 the influential founder of the Chicago Bears helped Clint Murchison get one. Less than 10 years later, a league

Newcomer Boyd gets 2 goals for US in 4-0 win over Guyana

Published on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 12:00am

Up next for the Americans in Group D on Saturday night in Cleveland is Trinidad and Tobago, the plucky islanders who beat them on Oct. 10, 2017, in the World

US wants win vs Swedes, even if it would mean tougher path

Published on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 12:00am

LE HAVRE, France (AP) — Victory is the goal for the United States in its group stage finale against Sweden, even though a loss might give the Americans an easier

Sunday’s US win most-watched Women’s World Cup group match

Published on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 12:00am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Americans’ 3-0 win over Chile set a record for the mostwatched group-stage Women’s World Cup match on U.S. English-language television. Fox drew 5,324,000 viewers for

Rays’ Cy Young winner Snell chased by Yankees after 1 out

Published on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 12:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Rays left-hander Blake Snell was pulled Wednesday after one out against the New York Yankees in one of the worst outings ever by a Cy Young

For fledgling US men’s soccer team, Gold Cup brings chance for revival

Published on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:00am

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The overarching goal for the fledgling U.S. men’s soccer team, as frequently stated by new coach Gregg Berhalter, has been to improve the perception of this

Sharks re-signing Karlsson sets table for busy NHL offseason

Published on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:00am

Erik Karlsson had no wanderlust to test the free agent market before re-signing in San Jose. “I never thought outside that box,” Karlsson said. “I’m happy that it didn’t get

Texas’ Jaxson Hayes headlines list of big men in NBA draft

Published on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:00am

Jaxson Hayes needed only a year at Texas to put himself at the front of the class of big men in Thursday’s NBA draft. The freshman could go late in