ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani abruptly left the mound in the second with a torn ligament after hitting his major league-leading 44th homer in the first inning during the Los Angeles Angels' 9-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Ohtani won't ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for the rest of the season because of a torn ligament in his right elbow, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night. The Angels don't yet know whether the major league homers leader and 10-game winner will need ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, has died. He was 82. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and computer scientist died Saturday surrounded by family after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, the company said. "John's ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man facing eviction opened fire at officers from inside a Pittsburgh home Wednesday, shooting down police drones and prompting evacuations in the neighborhood, in a gunbattle and siege that lasted much of the day and ended with authorities saying he was dead. City ...
The Atlantic Coast Conference is making progress toward an expansion that could grab Stanford and California from the sinking Pac-12, a person with direct knowledge of the ACC's potential move told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul DeJong had a memorable first day with the Giants with a two-run homer in the fourth inning and a two-run single in the 10th in San Francisco's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. "It is hard to put into words," DeJong said. "I was happy to be out ...
Last season, Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke had the Bobcats on the cusp of winning their first Mid-American Conference crown since 1968. Then he tore a knee ligament and Ohio lost its fifth league championship game. Nine months later, the MAC's reigning offensive player of the year is nearing ...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Name any of the undersized running backs to come through the NFL over the years and Jaleel McLaughlin stands out as an overachieving underdog. A three-sport star who skittered around the track and through defenses on the gridiron and the hardwood in North Carolina, ...
By The Associated Press undefined NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees' losing streak hit nine games for the first time in 41 years as Tommy Kahnle allowed a go-ahead homer to CJ Abrams with two outs in the eighth inning and the Washington Nationals claimed a 2-1 win on Tuesday ...
By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had a two-run single in the ninth inning that bounced off Camilo Doval's glove and into center field, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Philadelphia increased ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer and Justin Verlander threw six scoreless innings to help the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Tuesday night. Boston manager Alex Cora and right fielder Alex Verdugo were both ejected for ...
By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen's two-run homer capped a five-run fifth inning against struggling Adam Wainwright, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Tuesday night. Wainwright remained stuck on 198 career wins a day after ...
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Osleivis Basabe hit a grand slam for his first major league homer, capping off a nine-run eighth inning for the AL wild card-leading Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the Colorado Rockies 12-4 on Tuesday night. Basabe is filling at ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spain's 1-0 victory over England on Sunday was the most-watched Women's World Cup final on American television that did not include the United States. La Roja's 1-0 victory had a combined English- and Spanish-language audience of ...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles each kicked off their quest for a second medal at the world championships Wednesday by easily winning their heats in the 200-meter preliminaries. Richardson finished in 22.16 seconds and Lyles in 20.05 in a pair of no-drama returns ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Rest assured, Gabby Thomas is a big believer in the power of a good night's sleep. Because to dream big, the American sprinter must first dream well. Thomas wrote a paper on the subject of rest as part of her recently completed ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The NCAA football rule change that drew the most notice in the offseason might go mostly unnoticed by fans once the season is underway. Coaches' opinions vary on how much it will impact games. For the first time since 1967 the clock will continue to run ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer During the final season of the College Football Playoff's four-team format, the empires will strike back. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma have made more CFP appearances than any other schools through the nine years of the postseason ...
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer LSU coach Brian Kelly summed up the challenge confronting college football's top programs these days: Catching up with Georgia. The two-time defending national champion and preseason No. 1 Bulldogs are Alabama's successor as the annual "team to beat" overall ...
By MAX RALPH Associated Press Taiwan's players put the finishing touches on a 10-0 mercy rule win over Japan, then marched to the oversized Little League World Series bracket between Volunteer and Lamade stadiums. They stamped their name in the next round, then danced and cheered with ...