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By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Minjee Lee had an eagle-birdie run on the back nine and took a one-shot lead over Madelene Sagstrom Saturday, heading into the final round of the Cognizant Founders Cup. Lee, the LPGA Tour’s leading scoring this year, shot a 3-under 69 on a day the

By LES EAST Associated Press METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Chris Olave just arrived in New Orleans. Michael Thomas will be returning soon. The two former Ohio State stars are central figures in a rebuilt Saints receiving corps designed to improve the NFL’s least productive passing game in 2021 with 187.4 yards per game. Olave was

By STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer Former Australian test cricketer Andrew Symonds has been killed in an auto accident. He was 46. Cricket Australia says Symonds was involved in a single-vehicle accident near Townsville in northeast Australia on Saturday night. Symonds was a big-hitting allrounder who played 26 test matches and scored two centuries for

By The Associated Press Phillies star Bryce Harper is scheduled to get a platelet-rich plasma injection to help with a small tear in his right elbow, causing him to miss the series finale at Dodger Stadium. The reigning NL MVP battered Los Angeles pitching in the first three games of the set with three homers

By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer The New York Rangers were on the brink of elimination when they came back from Pittsburgh earlier in the week after two bad losses on the road. After two spirited comeback wins, they return home for a deciding Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night with

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Tigers starter Michael Pineda exited early after a line drive broke a finger on his pitching hand and the Detroit dominated the rest of the way, teaming on a four-hitter to beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0. Eric Haase and Willi Castro homered for the Tigers, who clinched

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Christopher Bell qualified on the pole for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, topping the time set by Tyler Reddick earlier in the session and grabbing his third pole of the NASCAR Cup Series season for Joe Gibbs Racing. Bell turned a lap of 179.575

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreaking double during a four-run rally in the eighth inning that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres. The Braves tagged reliever Steven Wilson for Ozzie Albies’ RBI single, Ozuna’s two-run homer

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Sebastián Muñoz is atop the leaderboard again at the Byron Nelson after shooting 66. The Colombian who calls the Dallas area home will be joined in the final group Sunday by Jordan Spieth. The hometown favorite shot 8-under 64 and is one stroke back. Joaquin

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Phil Robertson skippered newcomer Team Canada to a surprise lead after the first three fleet races of SailGP’s season-opening regatta in Bermuda. Robertson steered his red-and-white foiling catamaran to finishes of second, first and fifth in the nine-boat fleet on the turquoise waters of the Great Sound to lead

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle Mariners reliever Erik Swanson has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation, leaving the team without one of its top arms in the bullpen. Swanson has a 1.29 ERA over 13 appearances, with 21 strikeouts and only one walk in

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Tigers starter Michael Pineda exited early after being hit in the hand by a line drive and the Detroit bullpen did the rest, teaming on a four-hitter to beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0. Eric Haase and Willi Castro homered for the Tigers, who clinched their first series

COMMERCE CITY Gyasi Zardes and Diego Rubio scored first-half goals on penalty kicks and the Colorado Rapids extended their home unbeaten streak to 22 matches with a 2-0 victory over Western Conference-leading LAFC in MLS play. Zardes picked up his first goal for the Rapids since being acquired from the Columbus Crew four games ago.

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colton Herta stopped an early slide, overcame two late pit stops and eventually pulled away from Simon Pagenaud on Saturday to win the wild, wacky and wet IndyCar Grand Prix. Herta beat the three-time race winner by 3.0983 seconds amid rooster tails coming from the road

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson and a quartet of relievers combined to help the St. Louis Cardinals stop San Francisco’s six-game winning streak, blanking the Giants 4-0. The Cardinals pitched their sixth shutout of the season. The Los Angeles Angels began the day with a major league-leading seven shutouts.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have signed six  of their 11 draft picks, including first-round selections, edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon and tackle Evan Neal of Alabama. The Giants announced the signings on Saturday after holding a rookie minicamp at their facility. All the draft picks attended the minicamp. The

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Wissam Ben Yedder’s rapid hat trick helped Monaco rally from 2-0 down to beat Brest 4-2 for a ninth straight French league win. Monaco moved above Marseille into second place and the automatic Champions League place. With one round remaining, Monaco and Marseille are level on

TORONTO (AP) — Substitute Kyle Smith scored on a header off a corner kick in the 92nd minute to give Orlando City a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday. Orlando City (6-4-2) had its sixth shutout of the season. Toronto (3-7-2) has been shut out in three straight games and has lost five in

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Steve Stricker continued his strong comeback with a 6-under 66 that included a closing birdie to carry a three-stroke lead over Steven Alker into the final round of the Regions Tradition. Playing his third straight tournament after a six-month hiatus for health reasons, Stricker was at 17-under 199 and seeking his

SEATTLE (AP) — Diana Taurasi made six 3-pointers and scored 24 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 69-64 on Saturday to sweep the home-and-home series. The Mercury (2-1) also beat Seattle 97-77 on Wednesday night in Phoenix. Skylar Diggins-Smith added 14 points and five assists for Phoenix. Brianna Turner had 14 rebounds,