AP National Sports

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Justin Allgaier put JR Motorsports in victory lane for the third consecutive week in the Xfinity Series by winning at Darlington Raceway. Allgaier ended a 34-race winless streak when he passed AJ Allmendinger to start a two-lap sprint following a caution and cruised the final 2.7 miles to give team owner

CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh emergency catcher Josh VanMeter had a rough time in his first try behind the plate since he was a teenager, and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage to end a nine-game losing streak, beating the Pirates 9-2 in the opener of a doubleheader. Tyler Stephenson fouled a ball hard off VanMeter’s mask,

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — NASCAR’s new Next Gen machine will get its first true test at Darlington Raceway, the circuit’s oldest superspeedway. Two-time winner Ross Chastain said it kept him up this week thinking about what might happen at the Goodyear 400 this weekend. And he’s not the only

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw dominated over seven innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the struggling Chicago Cubs 7-0 in the opener of a split doubleheader. Freddie Freeman doubled three times and scored twice, helping the NL West leaders win for the 16th time in 21 games.  Austin

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves as the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 in Game 3 to take a lead in their first-round playoff series. Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal and assisted on another to put the Capitals up two games to one. Washington

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly. It will end the 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich. The Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the English Premier League club over the war in Ukraine.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evander Kane is happy to be making headlines for his on-ice play instead of off-ice controversies. Edmonton’s enigmatic forward has an NHL-best five goals in the past two games of the Western Conference first-round series against Los Angeles. Kane had his first hat trick in

BY KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The game between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies was postponed due to rain for a second straight day. Saturday’s game will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sunday. The first game will start at 12:35 p.m., with the second game following

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Formula One pictured a race in Miami and envisioned sun, sand, beaches and boats. But when the inaugural Miami Grand Prix landed at Hard Rock Stadium, nowhere near the South Beach backdrop F1 was seeking, the promoter said don’t worry. The venue now

By The Associated Press Josh Sargent’s first season with Norwich is over due to an ankle injury. The 22-year-old forward from O’Fallon, Missouri, will miss the Canaries’ final four games. He had returned for the April 30 match at Aston Villa when he entered in the 67th minute but was forced off by the injury

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley has been beaten into second place by Kenyan home favorite Ferdinand Omanyala in the 100 meters at the Kip Keino Classic. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women’s 100 in a world-leading time of 10.67 seconds as Namibian teenager and Olympic 200 meters

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jeremy Ruckert has rooted for the New York Jets all his life. Now the former Ohio State tight end is playing for them. Ruckert was drafted in the third round by his favorite NFL team last week. It set off a raucous

PARIS (AP) — French veteran Gilles Simon is retiring at the end of the season after 20 years of playing professional tennis. The 37-year-old Simon has 14 career titles and a best ranking of sixth in 2009. He is ranked 158th. Simon troubled more talented opponents with his cagey technique, stamina, smart reading of the

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Manchester United must want this season to end now. Make that five straight away losses for United in the English Premier League after a chastening 4-0 thrashing by Brighton. With just one game left this season at Crystal Palace in two weeks, United has little to play for in a fifth

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal one day. Novak Djokovic the other.  The list of victims of Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz keeps growing. And so does the hype over tennis’ newest sensation. The 19-year-old Alcaraz rallies to beat top-ranked Djokovic 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) in more than 3 1/2

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Houston Dynamo defender Teenage Hadebe grew up in Zimbabwe. As a child, his mom bought him a soda as a treat. The cap of the soda had a code that won Hadebe a soccer ball. That ball launched a career that has sent him around the globe. But

SUTTON COLDFIELD, England (AP) — Thorbjorn Olesen finishes eagle-birdie to shoot 3-under 69 and take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the British Masters. He’s bidding for a first win in four years amid a career rebuild. The Danish golfer broke a four-way tie for the lead after almost holing his approach from

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley’s relegation woes deepened after losing to Aston Villa 3-1 in the English Premier League for the team’s first defeat under interim manager Mike Jackson. Steven Gerrard’s Villa did both Everton and Leeds a big favor by ripping Burnley apart, with Emi Buendia having a goal and an assist. Danny Ings

LONDON (AP) — Brentford scored two early goals in a 3-0 victory over Southampton to boost the club’s hopes of a top-half finish in its first season in the English Premier League. Pontus Jansson and Yoane Wissa scored within a minute of each other as Brentford moved to within a point of 10th-placed Brighton. Brighton