Month: September 2021

BOSTON (AP) — The finale of the series between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox was delayed when a malfunctioning sprinkler head set off the fire alarm at Fenway Park. With two outs in the top of the fourth inning, the game scoreless and Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton at the plate, emergency

By DOUG FERGUSON and TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writers SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The capsule look at the 12 singles matches at the Ryder Cup. The American won the session, 8-4, to cap off a 19-9 victory over Europe.

EDMONTON, Canada (AP) — Muller du Plessis scored his 10th and 11th tries of the weekend to lead series-champion South Africa to a 24-12 win over Britain in the Edmonton Sevens men’s final. South Africa needed only to make the final at Edmonton to be crowned series champion after its tournament victory in the Vancouver,

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Canha hit an RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics again beat Houston with their final swing, edging the AL West-leading Astros 4-3. The A’s swept the three-game series to move up in the playoff chase.

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reigning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week Daniel Carlson’s 22-yard field goal as time expired in overtime lifted the Las Vegas Raiders to a 31-28 victory over the Miami Dolphins. It marked the second time in the Raiders’ first three games — both at home

By JIM LITKE AP Sports Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The best player on the U.S. Ryder Cup team also happened to be the oldest. Thirty-seven-year-old Dustin Johnson won all five matches he played, a score no American had posted since Larry Nelson in 1979. Throughout the weekend, Johnson kept rolling up wins while deflecting

By The Associated Press SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Ryder Cup at a glance from Sunday at Whistling Straits

By MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Those supposedly easily correctible fixes for the Washington Football Team’s defense have failed to materialize. The once-stout unit was dissected by Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in a 43-21 loss. The game slipped away when Washington allowed Buffalo to engineer a 17-play, 93-yard scoring

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford passed for 343 yards and four touchdowns as he outdueled Tom Brady and led the Los Angeles Rams to a 34-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The loss snapped the defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers’ 10-game regular season and playoff winning streak

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager hit two solo homers, Julio Urías posted his MLB-leading 19th victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their 100th game of the season by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0. The World Series champion Dodgers have had a stellar season, but it still might not

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani wasn’t enough to keep the Los Angeles Angeles from their sixth straight losing season. Ohtani allowed Jarred Kelenic’s tying home run in the seventh inning, and Mitch Haniger hit a go-ahead single in a four-run eighth against the bullpen that lifted the Seattle Mariners