By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The end of a long Friday that reshaped the Masters had Scottie Scheffler sitting in the pine straw under a magnolia tree left of the 18th fairway, waiting for a rules official but looking very much like someone who simply needed to ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Flacco is heading back to Cleveland. The veteran NFL quarterback agreed to terms with the Browns on a one-year deal on Friday. Flacco will have a base salary of $4 million but can earn more with incentives. He won the league's Comeback Player of the Year award in 2023 ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting Alex Ovechkin the NHL goals record was a major motivator for the Washington Capitals over the past month. That came Sunday when he scored the 895th of his career. The other aim was locking up the top seed in the Eastern ...
MIAMI (AP) — The United States will open the CONCACAF Gold Cup against Trinidad and Tobago on June 15 at San Jose, California, play Saudi Arabia four days later at Austin, Texas, and close first-round play in Group D against Haiti on June 22 at Arlington, Texas. CONCACAF announced the match ...
Former Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will be the U.S. bench coach and former New York Yankees star Andy Pettitte will be pitching coach for manager Mark DeRosa at next year's World Baseball Classic. Matt Holliday, a seven-time All-Star and the father of Baltimore infielder Jackson ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Hughes and Cole Eiserman scored second-period goals and Boston University beat Penn State 3-1 on Thursday night to advance to its first Frozen Four final in 10 years. Freshman Mikhail Yegorov stopped 32 shots and Jack Harvey scored an empty-netter with a minute left for ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan had a homer and three singles and drove in four runs to help the Cleveland Guardians complete a three-game sweep and hand the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 6-1 victory on Thursday. Kwan singled leading off the first and scored on Kyle ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored eight of his 23 points during a key scoring run in the fourth quarter and Aaron Nesmith added 22 points to help the Indiana Pacers rally past the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 114-112 Thursday night. Indiana won its sixth straight and secured a ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Boone Jenner scored the go-ahead goal on the power play 6:42 into the third period, helping the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Zachary Aston-Reese and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Blue Jackets, who ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Filip Forsberg beat Karel Vejmelka with a backhander for the lone shootout goal in the Nashville Predators' 4-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Forsberg, Nick Blankenburg and Ryan O'Reilly scored in regulation, and Juuse Saros made 39 saves and ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trea Turner hit a tiebreaking homer off closer Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Wednesday night. Turner's first homer of the season came off a slider from Iglesias ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 45 points in his first game in Dallas since being traded to the Los Angeles, helping the Lakers wrap up a playoff spot with a 112-97 victory over the Mavericks on Wednesday night. Doncic's emotional return came two months ...
BOSTON Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays finalized their $500 million, 14-year contract that starts in 2026, a deal with a record $325 million signing bonus that protects the money from a possible work stoppage in 2027. Toronto announced the deal Wednesday and scheduled a ...
By GIDEON RUBIN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits including a triple and a double, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Santana homered and the Cleveland Guardians held off the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night in a game that ended on a bizarre play. The White Sox had the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth inning when Miguel Vargas singled ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — While a federal judge considers whether to approve a massive NCAA settlement that would pay athletes over $2 billion and pave the way for even more spending, a large group of industry officials returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — If big-game experience counts for anything, Denver hockey coach David Carle was encouraged how the defending champion Pioneers dealt with their share of second-half adversity to make it back to the Frozen Four. "We've learned and grown up ...
By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Sammy Spieth, age 3, hit a better tee shot by his standards than playing partners Justin Thomas and Max Homa did by theirs on the second hole of the Par 3 Contest at the Masters. He teed up a driver, gripped it cross-handed and sent his ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A hole-by-hole look at Augusta National, site of the 89th Masters to be played April 10-13, with famous shots played at each, the average score and where each hole ranks in difficulty over the years: No. 1, 445 yards, par 4 (Tea ...
By The Associated Press Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey won't return this season after re-injuring his sprained right finger. Maxey was ramping up for a return to play, but an MRI confirmed he damaged the finger again. The team said Wednesday he is expected to make a full ...