By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. was jazzed up: He tied New York Yankees teammate Aaron Judge for the major league home run lead and was going to assert some bragging rights. "I've got to go talk to him right now," Chisholm said Monday night after ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Geno Auriemma now has added yet another big number to an already gaudy resume with Paige Bueckers the sixth of his UConn Huskies to be selected No. 1 overall in the WNBA draft. Watching Bueckers join Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Maya Moore ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes bounced back from the worst start of his career and teamed up with catcher Henry Davis to make a little history as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 10-3 on Monday night. Skenes and Davis became the first ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Willy Adames and Mike Yastrzemski homered, and Tyler Fitzgerald also went deep, doubled and tripled to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 10-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. The Giants took two of three over the ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team's visit to the White House on Monday by fumbling the team's national championship trophy. After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Appointed U.S. captain for next year's World Baseball Classic, Aaron Judge will be playing for more than himself and his teammates. "It's something special getting a chance to represent our country," the New York Yankees star said after ...
By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Calling Canada his "second house," slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. signed his $500-million, 14-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Guerrero, 26, was born in Montreal while his Hall of Famer father Vladimir Sr. was playing for ...
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer West Virginia has the best overall and road records in Division I baseball, and the Big 12-leading Mountaineers are doing it with a first-year coach and a No. 1 pitcher who spent his first four seasons at a Division II school in Illinois. The Mountaineers ...
By NATE RYAN Associated Press A second consecutive victory at Bristol Motor Speedway was especially sweet for Kyle Larson, and one reason loomed large in his rearview mirror. The Hendrick Motorsports star fended off several challenges for the lead by Denny Hamlin as they ran in the top ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Quarterback Cam Ward might be the first player off this year's NFL draft board. Five years ago, he was pretty much off everybody's radar outside of West Columbia, Texas. Back then, Ward worked behind center in his high school's ...