BALTIMORE (AP) — A horse trained by Bob Baffert was euthanized on the track after injuring a leg during a race on the Preakness undercard Saturday and sending his unseated jockey to the hospital. Hours before the second leg of the Triple Crown, favorite Havnameltdown buckled forward and ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said he doesn't want his team to make a habit of being in this situation, but the Stars have shown an amazing ability during the NHL playoffs to respond to early adversity. Including Friday night's 4-3 defeat to the Vegas Golden Knights, the Stars ...
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — William Byron has driven past North Wilkesboro Speedway on his way to the Blue Ridge Mountains. So has Brad Keselowski and many other North Carolina-based NACAR drivers. Like most, they'd never been inside the track before this week. And none of the drivers on ...
TORONTO (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit a three-run homer, Anthony Santander and Adam Frazier also went deep and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday night. Kyle Gibson (5-3) allowed one run in seven innings to snap a three-start losing streak as the Orioles won for the ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Kopech almost nailed the batter with the game's first pitch. After that, he was just about perfect. Kopech gave up one hit over a career-high eight innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Friday night. Kopech simply toyed with the Royals ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis Garcia homered for the fifth time in as many games, Corey Seager and Josh Jung hit two-run doubles in a five-run fifth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Friday night. Martin Perez (5-1) allowed two runs and seven hits in a ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — After the Dallas Stars forced overtime Friday night with 1:59 left, Brett Howden flashed back to the previous night when Florida beat Carolina in four overtimes. Could another marathon night be in store? "I don't think too many guys were saying it," Howden said, "but I ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker homered, José Altuve made his season debut and the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Tucker hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning that landed deep in right where many fans wore metallic gold crowns in ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rafael Devers homered twice and drove in four runs to help the Boston Red Sox beat San Diego 6-1 Friday night to hand the staggering Padres their 10th loss in 12 games. Devers and his friend and former teammate, Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts, took the lineup cards out for ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his seventh home run in seven games and the New York Yankees beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Friday night. Anthony Rizzo also homered for the surging Yankees, who improved to 9-3 in their last 12 games. Judge, who received a standing ovation from the many ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer, Tony Gonsolin combined with four relievers on a two-hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Friday night. Gonsolin (2-1) continued his comeback from his spring training ankle injury. He allowed just one hit ...
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BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 27 points, hitting a pair of buckets to give the Heat the lead after they erased a double-digit, fourth-quarter deficit and Miami beat Boston 111-105 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Bam Adebayo had 22 points, 16 rebounds ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Bob Baffert is back at the Preakness for his first Triple Crown race in two years, returning from a suspension and looking for a record-breaking win with National Treasure. The white-haired Hall of Fame trainer and one of the faces of horse racing was in a familiar spot ...
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — So much talk about this PGA Championship has been the restoration project of Oak Hill. Equally astonishing Thursday is the restoration of Bryson DeChambeau. That incredible bulk who won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in 2020? DeChambeau has shed some 40 pounds by cutting ...
TORONTO (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Thursday night to win for the 11th time in 16 games. Nestor Cortes (4-2) allowed two runs and five hits in six-plus innings to snap a four-start winless streak. He ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Willson Contreras hit two three-run homers, Nolan Gorman also homered twice and the St. Louis Cardinals went deep seven times in a home game for the first time in 83 years to power past the Los Angeles Dodgers 16-8 in a slugfest Thursday night. "We'll take it," St. Louis ...
DENVER (AP) — After Nikola Jokic's monster game in the opener, his pick-and-roll partner Jamal Murray took the spotlight in the Western Conference finals Thursday night. Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, propelling the Denver Nuggets to a 108-103 come-from-behind win ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Back and forth they went, the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes playing a game that seemed destined to have no end while leaving legs growing wobbly with each passing minute. Then, just as the teams appeared headed for yet another extra period, Matthew Tkachuk ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Brad Cox-trained First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness on the advice of veterinarians, taking one of the top contenders out of the Triple Crown race 36 hours before post time. Owner Godolphin and the Maryland Jockey Club announced the scratch early Friday, ...