MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi headed into the World Cup break a bit earlier than planned, and now it'll be Argentina waiting to see if there's an injury to worry about. Messi — who almost never gets subbed out of matches — left in the 73rd minute, meaning he was long gone before Luis ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Henry Davis hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their ninth straight loss with a 2-1 victory on Monday. Davis turned on a 91 mph cutter from Cubs reliever Trent Thornton (2-1) and sent it well over the ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Schwarber struck again at Petco Park, hitting his major league-leading 21st home run to send Jesús Luzardo and the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 win against the San Diego Padres on Monday. Brandon Marsh added a two-run homer for the Phillies, who had just three hits ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins hit an RBI double in the sixth inning and Travis Bazzana homered in the eighth to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. Hoskins has a big-hit history when he returns to Philadelphia to face his former team. That ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe doubled twice and drove in three runs, including a pivotal two-bagger in the seventh inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-4 on Wednesday. The Reds won two of three at Philadelphia, handing the Phillies their first series loss ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Kurt Kitayama tied the lowest final round in major championship history with a 7-under 63 on Sunday at the PGA Championship. Kitayama, in the fourth group off in the morning, charged up the leaderboard with the lowest score of this championship at the par-70 ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Rai stood straight with his arms behind his back, perfect posture, as he waited to be introduced as the latest — and among the most remarkable — winner of the PGA Championship. Next to him on a small table was the Wanamaker Trophy, big and silver and ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers has spent two-plus decades keeping everyone off balance. From opponents to teammates to reporters and everyone in between. The start of his 22nd season was no different. The 42-year-old four-time NFL MVP made a surprise appearance on the Pittsburgh Steelers ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Jhoan Duran worked a 1-2-3 ninth as the Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. The Phillies (25-23) won for the ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The PGA Championship once used a slogan that only illustrated an identity crisis of a major often looked upon as the fourth of four. "This is major," it said, as if anyone should need a reminder. The 108th edition was every bit of a major, right down to Aaron Rai ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Not many players imagined Aronimink Golf Club and its wild, wavy greens would be so tough on scoring at the PGA Championship. Even fewer would have predicted Alex Smalley and Maverick McNealy to be atop the leaderboard Friday. What to expect the rest of the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez struck out a career-high 13 while picking up the second shutout of his big league career as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Saturday to reach .500 for the first time since mid-April. Sánchez (5-2), the National League Cy ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is running it back with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that the four-time NFL MVP agreed to a one-year deal to return to Pittsburgh on Saturday, ending a protracted decision-making process. The ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Alex Smalley kept his composure amid pure chaos Saturday in the PGA Championship, when he vanished from the leaderboard with a shaky start and when he surged back in front with sublime shots along the back nine at Aronimink Golf Club. His voice was calm and steady ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers fired president Daryl Morey on Tuesday and decided to keep Nick Nurse as their coach after the team was swept in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The 76ers were easily ousted by the New York Knicks to end Morey's sixth season in charge, and the ...
BOSTON (AP) — Kyle Schwarber tied a Phillies record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, hitting his major league-high 17th to lead Philadelphia over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night and give Don Mattingly his 900th managerial win. Philadelphia (20-22) has won three straight ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace at ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers and longtime kicker Chris Boswell have agreed to a new five-year contract that will make him one of the highest-paid players at his position. The deal, announced on Wednesday, averages $7 million a season over the final four years. That ties Boswell ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Luke Donald goes into his third term as European captain without having to worry about whether Jon Rahm will be able to play in the Ryder Cup. In that regard, his captaincy is off to a great start. Rahm had declined a European tour offer — accepted by eight other ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Rory McIlroy now has big shoes to fill. The Masters champion made it through three holes of his first practice round before he chose to walk in from Aronimink because of a blister that was under the nail of his right pinky toe. On Wednesday, McIlroy made it ...