By The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first homer with the New York Mets, helping his new team beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night. With two out in the third inning, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch from Hunter Brown deep to right for a solo shot that lifted New York to a ...
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff homer on opening day, Anthony Volpe also went deep and the New York Yankees began their AL pennant defense by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday. Carlos Rodón (1-0), starting because ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta's fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium's right-field short porch and landed in the history books: the first catcher in a century and a half of Major League Baseball to hit a leadoff home run on ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rick Pitino and John Calipari will be renewing their Bluegrass rivalry in the Ocean State. Pitino returned to the city where he first hung a Final Four banner and picked up a March Madness victory with yet another school on ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills stand to open the season minus two new free-agent defensive line additions upon learning Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoecht both face six-game suspensions for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drugs ...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Germany's Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsled title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race that started Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The second heat of the four-heat race was ...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets right-hander Clay Holmes will take the mound on opening day for his first start since 2018. Holmes has worked 9 2/3 shutout innings over three Grapefruit League starts as he moves from the bullpen to the rotation. The Mets visit Houston for their ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer The New York Giants now officially have a quarterback under contract on their roster. The team announced Saturday it re-signed Tommy DeVito, an exclusive rights free agent whose one-year deal is worth $1.03 million. He has started eight games for ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Miles Bridges scored 26 points and the Charlotte Hornets used a finishing 12-0 run to beat the Brooklyn Nets 105-102 on Saturday night and snap a nine-game losing streak. Bridges added 12 rebounds, five assists and a huge blocked shot in the closing seconds for the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two years ago and now, finally, she has gold. Bos is the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days later with thousands of people there to cheer on both ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Davante Adams' reunion with Aaron Rodgers lasted just 11 games with the New York Jets. The team released the veteran wide receiver Tuesday, ahead of the start of the NFL's new league year next week. The move, which was expected, will save the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they're going home. They don't know what awaits when they get there. Heraskevych ...
By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson returned to action against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, making his season debut following left ankle surgery. Robinson finished with six points and five rebounds in 12 minutes off ...
By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Knies broke a third-period tie, Anthony Stolarz made 33 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday night. Knies scored his 22nd goal at 6:21 of the third, less than three minutes after Will Cuylle ...
By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Evan Mobley added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers bullied the New York Knicks from the start Friday night, winning 142-105 in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference's top teams. Only the Cavs looked ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner may support a salary cap proposal as long as it contains a provision mandating minimum payrolls. "I have been on the record already saying that I would consider supporting a cap depending on what the cap is and contingent on the fact ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Aaron Rodgers is still contemplating whether to continue his playing career. If he does, it appears it won't be with the New York Jets. The team has told the 41-year-old quarterback it is "moving on from him," Fox Sports reported Sunday. Rodgers ...
By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Will Cuylle scored the go-ahead goal with 1:39 left and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Arthur Kaliyev and Urho Vaakanainen also scored ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons' time with the Brooklyn Nets appears to be over. The No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft was not with the Nets for their game Friday night against the Miami Heat as the sides work toward a buyout of his contract. Coach Jordi ...