AP National Sports

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Allyson Felix won her 19th and final medal in the world championships Friday night — a bronze she took after running the second leg of America’s 4×400-meters in the mixed relay that’s been touted as the last major race of the 36-year-old’s career. Felix was

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Skye Bolt homered with a career-high three RBIs, Cole Irvin pitched six sharp innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Houston Astros 5-1. Elvis Andrus hit a two-run single as the A’s rallied in the seventh. Bolt, who came off the 60-day injured list June 30,

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Chicago White Sox powered past the first-place Minnesota Twins 6-2 for their fourth straight win. Tim Anderson hit the go-ahead home run in the fourth inning, and Adam Engel tacked on a three-run shot in the seventh. Michael Kopech finished five innings for his first

NEW YORK (AP) — Sporting Kansas City defender Kortne Ford was suspended for 10 MLS league games and fined 20% of his annual salary Friday for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Ford will be eligible to play again Sept. 13 against D.C. United. Ford has made 12 appearances for Kansas City, making nine starts

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Austin Riley, Orlando Arcia and Adam Duvall homered as the Atlanta Braves beat Washington 8-4 Friday night, sending the Nationals to their eighth straight loss. Atlanta improved to 9-2 against the Nationals this season and extended its winning streak in Washington to a franchise-record 13 games. The

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles’ winning streak ended at 10 as Christian Bethancourt hit his first home run for Tampa Bay and the Rays rallied for a 5-4 victory. The winning streak was the Orioles’ longest in a single season since they won 13 straight in 1999.

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Naylor drove in two runs and Andrés Giménez delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, lifting the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-5 victory over the struggling Detroit Tigers. Giménez, a first-time All-Star, hit a two-out flare to left field off Michael Fulmer that scored Steven

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda Championship. Reavie had a 19-point round in the modified Stableford scoring system event at Tahoe Mountain Club, getting five points for the eagle and 14 for seven birdies.

MIAMI (AP) — J.T. Realmuto had three hits against his former team, including a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning off All-Star Sandy Alcantara, and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a four-game skid when they held on to beat the Miami Marlins 2-1. Alcantara extended his shutout string to 25 innings before consecutive run-scoring doubles from

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Teoscar Hernández and Matt Chapman hit three-run home runs, Alek Manoah snapped a three-start winless streak with seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the depleted Kansas City Royals 8-1. Kansas City, in last place in the AL Central, was without 10 unvaccinated players and

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 21 points and the Connecticut Sun never trailed in a 93-68 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night. Jones was 5 of 9 from the field, 2 of 3 from 3-point range and 9 of 10 from the free-throw line. Natisha Hiedeman added 13 points for

By LUIS RUIZ Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kimberly García won the first gold medal Friday in Eugene and the first medal ever for Peru in the world track and field championships. García took the 20-kilometer race walk in 1 hour, 26 minutes, 28 seconds. Katarzyna Zdziebrlo of Poland was second, and China’s Shiye

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kayla McBride scored a season-high 28 points, Sylvia Fowles had 22 points and 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 87-77 on Friday night. Playing for the third time in four nights, Minnesota (10-16) scored 15 consecutive points in the third quarter to take a 58-52 lead. The Lynx

By The Associated Press All-Star Game festivities start in earnest with the Futures Game, where some of the best prospects in Major League Baseball will play a seven-inning matchup at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Among the minor leaguers set to play are: 20-year-old Mets catcher Francisco Álvarez, the No. 2-rated prospect in the majors; Texas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brandon Boston Jr. had 22 points and eight rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers used a 32-9 fourth quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 82-65 at the NBA Summer League. Los Angeles scored just 11 points in the third quarter before opening the fourth on a 24-4 run for a 74-60

By The Associated Press Defender Malik Tillman was loaned Friday to Scotland’s Glasgow Rangers from Bayern Munich for the 2022-23 season.Rangers said the agreement with Bayern includes a provision allowing it to buy Tillman’s rights.Tillman was born in Germany to a father in the U.S military and a German mother. He played for the U.S.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — International doping authorities approved special exemptions for seven Ukrainian athletes, allowing them to compete in world championships though they hadn’t been tested enough in the leadup because of the war in their country. The Athletics Integrity Unit announced that the other 15 Ukrainians, along with 134 athletes from five other countries

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws, a case that progressed through the courts for eight years without reaching a trial. The proposed settlement was filed with the U.S. District

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The hammer thrower from Ohio went to the Tokyo Games representing Nigeria last summer. Before she even got to throw, Annette Echikunwoke was informed she couldn’t compete for not meeting antidoping testing requirements in the lead-up to the Games. An administration error through the federation.

LONDON (AP) — Austria set up a Women’s European Championship meeting with Germany by eliminating star-studded Norway 1-0. Nicole Billa’s header in Brighton clinched the win that sealed second place in Group A. Norway was left in third place despite the two-time European champion being able to deploy 2018 Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg. The