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Anthony Rizzo capped the Yankees’ eight-run fifth inning with a grand slam off the facing of the third deck in right, and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to eight with a 12-3 …
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By IAN HARRISON
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6/17/22
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John Michael Bertrand and two relievers held Texas’ potent offense in check and Notre Dame scored in all kinds of ways in a 7-3 victory Friday night in its first College World Series game in 20 …
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By ERIC OLSON
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6/17/22
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Jackson Nicklaus hit a grand slam, Jake Bennett pitched six strong innings and Oklahoma jumped on Texas A&M early in a 13-8 win in the College World Series opener. The Sooners scored seven runs with …
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By ERIC OLSON
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6/17/22
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The storm clouds never arrived at the U.S. Open. Only the stars did. Collin Morikawa leads the way in his quest for a third straight year winning a major. He had a 66 to match the low score this week …
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By DOUG FERGUSON
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6/17/22
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Justin Thomas had one of 25 scores under par in the first round of the U.S. Open. He didn’t stay in red numbers for very long. Thomas pulled his approach on No. 10 to start the second round. It …
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6/17/22
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The Chicago Cubs became the first team in 23 years to stop a losing streak of 10 or more game while ending an opponent’s winning streak of at least 10 games, beating the Braves 1-0 to end the …
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By MATT CARLSON
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6/17/22
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche have now started a chess match of strategical changes and adjustments a game into the Stanley Cup Final. It starts for the Lightning trailing the series …
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By STEPHEN WHYNO
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6/17/22
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A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the NFL has fined the Washington Commanders $100,000 and stripped the team of two offseason workouts next year because of excessive …
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By STEPHEN WHYNO
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6/17/22
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Kansas City infielder Nicky Lopez lost his salary arbitration case with the Royals on Friday and will get $2.55 million instead of his $2.9 million request, a decision that clinched management’s …
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6/17/22
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Colorado Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon has upped his game by dialing it down. After last year's heartbreaking loss in the playoffs MacKinnon groused that he was entering his ninth year in the …
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By ARNIE STAPLETON
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6/17/22
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The goal was enormous: Return to the NBA’s mountaintop. And now with that monumental task complete, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors already have a new target: staying up there for a while. …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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6/17/22
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The Celtics made an NBA Finals run nobody saw coming, going from a team that was three games under .500 in January to within two victories of winning the franchise’s 18th championship. Having those …
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By KYLE HIGHTOWER
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6/17/22
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Phil Mickelson’s tee shot on No. 3 in the second round of the U.S. Open landed in the rough to the right. When he arrived at his ball, he saw a man sitting on the ground, holding an icepack to his …
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By JIMMY GOLEN
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6/17/22
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National home run leader Ivan Melendez of Texas won the Dick Howser Trophy on Friday as the outstanding player in college baseball. Melendez’s 32 home runs are most in Division I since 2003. He …
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6/17/22
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Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin, Duke's A.J. Griffin, Wisconsin's Johnny Davis and Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe are among the top wing players in this year's NBA draft. Davis was a first-team Associated …
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By AARON BEARD
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6/17/22
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The winner of the first major held at the history-steeped golf course hosting this week’s U.S. Open served up plenty of solid lessons that still hold true today. Her name: Genevieve Hecker. …
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By EDDIE PELLS
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6/17/22
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Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren was wrapping up a multiday visit with the Orlando Magic. They hold the No. 1 pick in next week’s NBA draft. A person with knowledge of Holmgren’s visit said meetings, …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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6/17/22
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Maria Bulanova was surprised she could be recruited to the bowling team at Vanderbilt University “all the way from Russia.” It was a chance for Tze-Han Lin to go from Taiwan to the University of …
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By DANIELLA MATAR and TERESA M. WALKER
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6/17/22
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Greatest shooter ever. That’s what everyone has been calling Golden State’s Stephen Curry for years now, for obvious reasons. Nobody in the history of basketball has made more 3-pointers or made …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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6/17/22
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For one day at least, the U.S. Open was wide open. Five of the top six on the leaderboard played their way onto The Country Club course through qualifying. The other was four-time major winner Rory …
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By JIMMY GOLEN
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6/17/22
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