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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll hit a go-ahead, two-run double in his big league debut and the Arizona Diamondbacks climbed out of an early seven-run hole to batter the Philadelphia Phillies 13-7. The Diamondbacks trailed 7-0 early in the game but rallied for six runs in the fourth inning

By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4-3. The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered before a sellout

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge has hit his 50th home run of the season, connecting in the eighth inning for the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Angels. The slugger sent a 434-foot solo drive to left-center off reliever Ryan Tepera to trim New York’s deficit to 4-3. Judge became one of 10

By RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Garrett Mitchell hit a tying home run in the eighth inning and Keston Hiura connected for a game-ending shot in the ninth as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5. Hiura, who replaced injured first baseman Rowdy Tellez in the fourth, launched a two-run homer

CINCINNATI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols tagged his major league record 450th different pitcher for a home run, connecting off Cincinnati left-hander Ross Detwiler in a 13-4 rout of the Reds. Pujols hit his 694th home run overall. He had been tied with Barry Bonds for most pitchers as longball victims at

NEW YORK (AP) — When Serena Williams won the 1999 U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 17, she wore white beads in her hair. Williams won her first match of the 2022 U.S. Open at age 40. And her daughter, Olympia, was courtside, sporting a hairstyle paying homage to Mom’s from

NEW YORK (AP) — RJ Barrett has agreed to a contract extension with the New York Knicks, agent Bill Duffy said Monday night. ESPN first reported the agreement, saying the four-year deal could be worth up to $120 million. Barrett is entering his fourth season with the Knicks and has seen his scoring numbers climb

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have acquired offensive lineman Dennis Daley from the Carolina Panthers. The Titans sent their 2024 fifth-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Daley and Carolina’s seventh-round pick in 2024. Daley was a sixth-round pick by the Panthers in 2019 and started nine games last season and 21

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gio Urshela’s three-run double in the fifth inning pushed the Minnesota Twins ahead and four relievers made the lead stand in a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Urshela punched a 3-2 pitch from John Schreiber into the right-field corner, scoring all three runners who had

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (AP) — USA Basketball is on the brink of qualifying for next year’s World Cup. John Jenkins scored 26 points and the U.S. defeated Colombia 95-77 in a second-round qualifying game. The win put the Americans in position to clinch a spot in the World Cup when the next window of games takes

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have released 10-year veteran punter Sam Martin. Martin was due to make $2.7 million this season. He was beaten out by second-year punter Corliss Waitman, a waiver wire pickup who is due to make $825,000 in 2022. Martin was one of

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Freddie Freeman drove in the go-ahead run with a grounder in the top of the 10th inning, Chris Martin escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom half and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Miami Marlins 3-2. Trea Turner had his 1,000th career hit with an

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams has won her match in the first round of the U.S. Open. Williams beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion who turns 41 next month and has said she is ready

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams has won her match in the first round of the U.S. Open. Williams beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion who turns 41 next month and has said she is ready

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As they try to stay in the playoff race, the Minnesota Twins could get back several reinforcements from the injured list in the next few weeks. Former ace Kenta Maeda is unlikely to be one of them. Minnesota President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey says All-Star center

By BERNIE WILSON and JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State football coach Brady Hoke says he didn’t know star punter Matt Araiza had been accused of participating in the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at an off-campus party in October until a civil lawsuit was filed last week.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks have traded goalie Adin Hill to the division rival Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 fourth-round pick. The Sharks had a glut at goalie with James Reimer and Kaapo Kahkonen slated to be the top two options, leading to the decision to trade Hill after one

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Damani Leech spent the past four years as chief operating officer of NFL International, and he isn’t abandoning his goal of growing the game interculturally in his new role as president of the Denver Broncos. Leech said Monday that he aims to expand the

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Ernie Zampese, one of the architects of the Dan Fouts-led “Air Coryell” offense with the San Diego Chargers and Troy Aikman’s play-caller for the last of the Dallas Cowboys’ three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s, has died. He was 86. Zampese joined Don Coryell’s San Diego staff