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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is getting some well-earned rest after she lost at the U.S. Open. Williams posted a photo on Instagram of herself under a “Moana” blanket and seemingly asleep as she used a stuffed animal as a pillow. Williams wrote, “How was your weekend? This

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Hunter Brown dazzled in his major league debut, scattering three hits across six impressive innings as the Houston Astros beat Texas 1-0 to hand the Rangers their ninth straight defeat. The Astros scored against hard-luck loser Martín Pérez with the help of an error in the

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Carlos Queiroz could be set for a dramatic return to take charge of Iran’s national team less than three months before the World Cup and Group B games against England, Wales and the United States. The former Real Madrid manager led Iran at the 2014 and 2018 World Cups. Local media

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arizona right-hander Ryne Nelson was brilliant in his big league debut, allowing just four hits in seven innings and retiring 17 straight batters at one point to lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-0 victory against the San Diego Padres. The 24-year-old Nelson allowed Jurickson Profar’s

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Lance Lynn mowed through Seattle striking out a season-high 11, Elvis Andrus hit a two-run home run, and the Chicago White Sox snapped the Mariners’ seven-game win streak with a 3-2 win. Lynn retired the final 17 batters he faced in a dominant outing against a

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Greg Anderson won his 100th career NHRA race, defeating Dallas Glenn in the Pro Stock finals of the U.S. Nationals. Anderson reached 208.07 mph in his 6.587-second winning run. Seven of his victories have come at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Veteran Ron Capps, the defending world champion in Funny Car, won for the

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty pitched five effective innings for St. Louis in his first big league game since late June, but the NL Central-leading Cardinals had their four-game winning streak stopped in a 6-0 loss to Joey Meneses and the Washington Nationals. Meneses got three hits and fellow

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a career-high three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 to complete a sweep. The Blue Jays extended their lead over Baltimore to 4½ games for the AL’s third and final wild-card

NEW YORK (AP) — Both No. 5 seeds headline the first day of quarterfinal play at the U.S. Open. On the men’s side, Casper Ruud plays No. 13 Matteo Berrettini at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Ruud is the 2022 French Open runner-up and Berrettini was runner-up at Wimbledon in 2021. Ons Jabeur plays unseeded Ajla Tomljanovic

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Manuel Margot and David Peralta each doubled home a run in the seventh inning, sending the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Tampa Bay stopped Boston’s five-game winning streak and stayed five games behind the first-place Yankees in the

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods were just about as close as two receivers can be during their five seasons together with the Los Angeles Rams. As Kupp begins his attempt this month to build on one of the greatest seasons by a pass-catcher in

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State linebacker Darius Snow is out for the season and safety Xavier Henderson will be sidelined indefinitely after both were injured when the 15th-ranked Spartans beat Western Michigan in their season opener. Coach Mel Tucker made the announcements on Monday. Snow and Henderson had their right legs wrapped with

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Victor Caratini hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning for the Milwaukee Brewers to help Craig Counsell earn managerial win No. 600 in a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Counsell reached the milestone in roller-coaster fashion, with his team trailing 3-0 after the

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Norris Cole scored 17 points, Craig Sword added 11 and the U.S. got its first win of this year’s AmeriCup by rolling past Panama 88-58. The Americans led by as many as 38 points, never trailed and outscored Panama 48-9 from 3-point range. The U.S. opened AmeriCup with a six-point loss

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe has ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round. Tiafoe is a 24-year-old from Maryland who is seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows and reached the

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Matt Eberflus can appreciate the moment. He’s a first-time head coach trying to turn around a founding NFL franchise, and the next big step comes this week when the Chicago Bears host the San Francisco 49ers in the season opener. Eberflus says it’s “always

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Before the news about Jimmy Garoppolo staying in San Francisco as the backup quarterback became public last week, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan gathered a group of his team leaders in his office to explain the situation. Shanahan told them he and general manager

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Slowly but surely, the Baltimore Ravens are inching closer to full strength. Ronnie Stanley was on the field during the portion of practice open to reporters Monday. Stanley was an All-Pro in 2019, but his 2020 season was cut short by an ankle injury. He only played in one

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse coach Dino Babers says linebacker Stefon Thompson and fullback Chris Elmore will miss the rest of the season. Babers announced the season-ending injuries during his weekly news conference. Both suffered lower-body injuries in the first half of the Orange’s 31-7 season-opening victory over Louisville on Saturday night. Thompson has started

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mitch Trubisky will be the starter on Sunday when Pittsburgh begins the post-Ben Roethlisberger era in Cincinnati. Coach Mike Tomlin placed Trubisky’s name atop the depth chart on Monday afternoon, just hours after Trubisky’s teammates selected him as one of Pittsburgh’s five co-captains for the 2022