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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama waved her arms in the air and yelled, “Let’s go, Foe!” Down on the U.S. Open court below, Frances Tiafoe was pleased to see he had a new fan. The former first lady had a seat in the front row behind the baseline

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe has come up just short of being the first American man to reach the U.S. Open final in 16 years with a five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals. Tiafoe is a 24-year-old from Maryland who had never won a match past

SEATTLE (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit one of Atlanta’s four home runs and the World Series champion Braves grabbed sole possession of first place for the first time all season with a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Robbie Grossman, Travis d’Arnaud and rookie Michael Harris II also went deep for the

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Oscar Gonzalez hit two home runs and drove in five runs, and Austin Hedges added a solo homer as the Cleveland Guardians held on for a 7-6 win against the Minnesota Twins after rain delayed the start by 1:16. Gonzalez, the surprise rookie, had three hits and

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking double against his former team with two outs in a five-run ninth inning, and the Chicago White Sox — hitless until the seventh — rallied past the Oakland Athletics 5-3. Eloy Jiménez started the comeback from a 3-0 deficit with

MIAMI (AP) — The New York Mets fell out of first place for the first time since early April, unable to erase an early deficit despite Pete Alonso’s 33rd home run in a 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. New York, which dropped a half-game behind Atlanta in the NL East, squandered a pair of

NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek tries to win her third Grand Slam title, while Ons Jabeur gets a second straight chance to win her first in Saturday’s U.S. Open women’s final. The top-ranked Swiatek won her second French Open title in June, part of her stretch of nine consecutive finals won in straight sets.

By CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Elías Díaz hit a game-ending, three-run homer to give him seven RBIs, C.J. Cron had a 504-foot home run that was the second-longest since tracking began and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-10 after wasting a seven-run lead. Arizona took a 10-8 lead with a

By The Associated Press Edwin Jackson says 14 teams will be it. The well-traveled pitcher, who spent 17 seasons in the majors, announced his retirement on Instagram on Friday — his 39th birthday and the 19th anniversary of his big league debut. Jackson played for a record 14 clubs, most recently in 2019 with Toronto

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe engaged in a high-level, high-energy spectacle of a back-and-forth semifinal at the U.S. Open — no point over when it seemed to be, no ball out of reach, no angle too audacious. One sequence was so stuffed with “What?! How?!”

By COREY LONG Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Malik Cunningham used his arm and his legs to get Louisville’s season on track. The redshirt senior quarterback threw for 195 yards and rushed for 121 more, including a 43-yard scoring run in the third quarter, to lead Louisville to a 20-14 victory over UCF on

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Haase hit two solo homers, Jeimer Candelario had a three-run shot and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 10-2 on Friday night. Haase opened the second inning by blasting Daniel Lynch’s second pitch 444 feet to the seats above the left-field fountains

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jeremy Peña hit a solo homer and Chas McCormick had a two-run shot in the seventh inning that helped the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The Astros trailed by one entering the seventh when Trey Mancini led off with a

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four games, Danny Jansen hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays beat Texas 4-3. Top Rangers prospect Josh Jung hit a home run in his first career

By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — TJ Friedl homered to lead off a five-run first inning, left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched eight strong innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 on Friday night. In a matchup of rookie starters, Lodolo (4-5) easily outperformed Brewers right-hander Jason Alexander (2-3). Lodolo had career

MONTREAL (AP) — Victory Wanyama scored in the 89th minute and Zachary Brault-Guillard scored in stoppage time as Montreal rallied for a 2-2 draw against the Columbus Crew that secured the team’s first playoff spot since 2016. Montreal is second in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference at 16-9-5 with four games left in the regular

MIAMI (AP) — Pete Alonso hit his 33rd home run but the New York Mets could not erase an early deficit and lost 6-3 to the Miami Marlins. New York, which began the night clinging to a half-game lead in the NL East over Atlanta, squandered a pair of good scoring chances by grounding into