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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 55th home run in the only blemish of Louie Varland’s otherwise outstanding big league debut, Oswaldo Cabrera’s single capped a two-run 12th and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in the opener of a doubleheader. Judge

By BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider overcame a rough start, Vaughn Grissom and Dansby Swanson homered and the Atlanta Braves won their seventh in a row, beating the Oakland Athletics 7-3. Robbie Grossman, Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña Jr. also drove in runs for Atlanta, which beat Oakland for

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Eloy Jiménez drove in three runs with a homer and double, Chicago took advantage of three errors, and the White Sox rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6. The White Sox took two of three in the series and stayed on the heels of Cleveland and

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time this season during the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Rookies Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning for Detroit off Jose Quijada.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — J.C. Jackson is out of his walking boot and is likely to be a game-time decision when the Los Angles Chargers host the Las Vegas Raiders in Sunday’s regular-season opener. The fifth-year cornerback was one of the Chargers’ biggest acquisitions during the offseason after

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe has become the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006. The 24-year-old Tiafoe beat Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 on Wednesday while being backed by a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Tiafoe is seeded No.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner doubled in the go-ahead run and Max Muncy added a three-run homer in the eighth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3. The NL West-leading Dodgers reduced their magic number to six games. Muncy went 3 for

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Frances Tiafoe celebrated with friends and family, Bradley Beal wrapped his arms around him for a hug. Beal had never attended a tennis tournament until this week, but he wasn’t going to miss the biggest moment of his friend’s career. The Washington Wizards guard

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Bayern Munich has continued its tradition of winning its opening Champions League game by beating Inter Milan 2-0 at San Siro. It would have been more comfortable had it not been for Nerazzurri goalkeeper André Onana. Leroy Sané fired Bayern ahead in the 25th minute and

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Champions League group stage is often criticized for too many lopsided mismatches fueled by a wealth gap between clubs. But Liverpool and Eintracht Frankfurt both fell to heavy, surprise losses on Wednesday. The day started with firings for coaches Thomas Tuchel and Domenico Tedesco whose

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Ryan is eagerly waiting for the next chapter of his football career to begin. The veteran will suit up in an Indianapolis Colts uniform on Sunday for the first time in a meaningful game. For the Colts, it’s the same old story. Another new season,

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s history of developing walk-ons into key contributors caused John Torchio to take a leap of faith and pass up a scholarship offer from the hometown school he grew up following. Torchio lived 10 minutes away from California’s campus and regularly attended Golden Bears home

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has added to his great start with Barcelona by scoring a hat trick and leading the Catalan club to a 5-1 rout of Viktoria Plzen in its Champions League opener. Barcelona’s biggest signing in the offseason took his tally to eight goals from his first five matches this season.

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Veteran cornerback Adoree Jackson isn’t heading back to Tennessee with the New York Giants this weekend, looking to show the Titans they made a mistake after releasing him in March 2021. All Jackson wants is to get a win in the Giants first game

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Falcons coach Arthur Smith had an epiphany of sorts early this week and decided to change up his team’s practice routine. Not because it’s finally Week 1, and his team was practicing for the first time in pads this week. Smith had the team pile onto

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Eric Lauer exited in the third inning with left elbow tightness, and the Milwaukee Brewers hurt their fading playoff hopes with an 8-4 loss to the last-place Colorado Rockies. Recent call-ups Michael Toglia and Alan Trejo homered and Kyle Freeland threw six strong innings for the Rockies.

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The questions came at Ryan Tannehill in a variety of ways Wednesday, with reporters trying to draw out any remaining emotion from the Tennessee Titans quarterback’s last game. Tannehill didn’t bite. He starts his 11th NFL season Sunday in the opener against the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa didn’t seem to celebrate this stat. Tagovailoa hears all the time about the things he supposedly can’t do — can’t throw the deep ball, can’t stay healthy, can’t get to the playoffs, things of that nature. So far, when playing the

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the eyes of U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter, Chelsea’s decision to fire manager Thomas Tuchel could benefit American star Christian Pulisic. Berhalter says he’s not happy that Tuchel lost his job. But, in his words, “if this means more opportunity for Christian, then it’s positive