Month: June 2022

MADRID (AP) — Tenerife has held Girona to a 0-0 draw on the road in the first game of their promotion playoff to join Spain’s first division. The second leg will be played on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands next weekend. Almería and Valladolid have already earned automatic promotion as the top two finishers of

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Dylan Campbell drove in the winning run with a two-out bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning and No. 9 overall seed Texas overcame a five-run deficit to beat No. 8 seed East Carolina 9-8 and stay alive in the Greenville Super Regional. The win by Texas (46-20) forces

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Competitive balance has defined the opening portion of this IndyCar season. Road America’s history suggests that trend will continue Sunday. The first seven IndyCar events of the year featured six different champions. The points lead has changed hands six times. Road America has featured

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Major League Baseball has taken its fair share of criticism for changes trying to get younger fans interested in the game, but there has been one this season that has generated rave reviews. MLB has expanded letting players being mic’d up and interviewed during games

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Nick Biddison hit two of No. 4 overall seed Virginia Tech’s five home runs, including one to lead off the game, and the Hokies stayed alive in the Blacksburg Super Regional with a 14-8 victory over Oklahoma. The win by Virginia Tech (45-12) forces a winner-take-all game with Oklahoma (40-22) on

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Alexander Rossi won the pole for Sunday’s race at Road America as he tries to snap a 44-race victory drought at the track where he earned his last victory. Rossi’s last victory was at Road America in 2019. His last pole was also in

By The Associated Press Portugal visits Switzerland aiming to keep the lead of its Nations League group, but will have to do without Cristiano Ronaldo. Coach Fernando Santos says his decision to leave Ronaldo, João Moutinho and Rafael Guerreiro off his squad was not due to injury worries but rather “normal management.” Spain hosts the

By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer ST. ALBANS, England (AP) — Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series. Schwartzel held on

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton says he has woken up in pain because this season’s Mercedes car has a tendency to bounce up and down at high speed. He and teammate George Russell are questioning whether new F1 rules force them to compromise their safety. Mercedes has been one of

By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer ST. ALBANS, England (AP) — Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series. Schwartzel held on

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Steve Sax has issued a statement saying that his 33-year-old son who had always dreamed of being a pilot was among five U.S. Marines killed during a training flight crash earlier this week in the California desert. Capt. John J. Sax was among the aircrew of

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Peyton Stoval sparked a three-run fifth inning with a lead-off home run, Connor Noland thew 6 2/3 shutout innings and Arkansas upset No. 10 overall seed North Carolina 4-1 in the first round of the Chapel Hill Super Regional. Arkansas (42-19) and North Carolina (42-21), both making a 10th super

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says more disciplinary cases by Olympic sports could follow a breakthrough court ruling in the Russian doping scandal. Three Russian canoeists, including an Olympic gold medalist, were banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday for their part in