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HOUSTON (AP) — Astros ace Justin Verlander has left their game against Baltimore after three scoreless innings because of right calf discomfort. The right-hander, a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award, lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.84. He allowed three hits and struck out six. The 39-year-old Verlander had Tommy John surgery

MIAMI (AP) — Mookie Betts homered for the third straight game, Julio Urías pitched six sparkling innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 8-1. Justin Turner and Max Muncy had three hits apiece for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who are 28-8 since the All-Star break. Betts, who also doubled and singled, homered

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Batting great Virat Kohli had a nervy 100th T20 international as teammate Hardik Pandya led India to a five-wicket victory over archrivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup. Pandya claimed 3-25 with his fiery short-pitched deliveries and helped India to limit Pakistan to 147 before smashing an unbeaten 33 off

By The Associated Press The Duke volleyball player who was subjected to racial slurs during a game at BYU says that officials onsite didn’t react quickly enough when they were made aware of the behavior. Nor did they adequately address the situation immediately after the game, Rachel Richardson said in a statement posted to her

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Harry Kane scored twice and had a penalty saved as Tottenham won 2-0 at Nottingham Forest in an entertaining Premier League clash. Kane scored in either half to draw level with Andrew Cole on 187 Premier League goals. They are third in the all-time list with only Alan Shearer on 260

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. Teammate Will Anderson Jr. might be college football’s best defensive player. Even top-ranked Alabama isn’t used to having perhaps the nation’s best player on both sides of the ball. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban says he can’t recall having

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Giants backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor was carted off the field Sunday after sustaining a back injury in the first quarter of the annual preseason game against the rival New York Jets. The 33-year-old Taylor was hit by Jets rookie defensive lineman Micheal Clemons shortly after completing a 25-yard pass to

NAVA, Spain (AP) — Remco Evenepoel has dropped his main challengers on the grueling final ascent in Les Praeres to increase his overall lead in the Spanish Vuelta. The Belgian rider from team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl increased the gap to Enric Mas from 28 seconds to 72 seconds overall. Evenepoel’s advantage over defending champion Primoz

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams were drawn to face the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open.The U.S. Tennis Association announced the doubles brackets Sunday, a day before the tournament begins.Doubles competition will begin on Wednesday.It is the first doubles event

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Odom, the USFL’s Defensive Player of the Year signed during training camp, suffered a season-ending knee injury in Saturday night’s exhibition loss to the Chicago Bears. Coach Kevin Stefanski said the 27-year-old Odom tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in the

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Thriston Lawrence has won the European Masters with a steady par on the first playoff hole at Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps. Runner-up Matt Wallace pushed a five-foot putt left of the hole to make bogey. They had carded 18-under totals of 262. The 25-year-old Lawrence earned his second title on

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Broncos starting receiver KJ Hamler demonstrated he was recovered from surgeries to fix his ACL and hip by playing in the preseason finale. He was having such a good time being back on the field he didn’t want to leave. New Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett finally

WEST WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) — Kenyan cyclist Sule Kangangi has died in a crash during a gravel race in Vermont. Kangangi was competing in the Vermont Overland race on Saturday when he died in a crash at high speed. The wife of president-elect William Ruto of Kenya posted on Twitter that she was shocked to

BERLIN (AP) — Stuttgart’s winless start to the Bundesliga season continues but it did manage a 0-0 draw at unbeaten Cologne on despite playing most of the second half with 10 men. Visiting forward Luca Pfeiffer was sent off in the 56th minute for a terrible tackle on Timo Hübers. American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo was

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Defending champion Canada has trounced Japan 9-0 at the women’s world ice hockey championship with eight players contributing goals in the one-sided encounter to top the Group A standings ahead of the United States. Japan was overmatched from the start and didn’t register a shot on goal until the dying seconds

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Allan Saint-Maximin’s stunning 90th-minute equalizer saw Newcastle snatch a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton to salvage its unbeaten start to the Premier League season. Newcastle almost turned the match around completely in stoppage time with Elliot Anderson hitting the crossbar. Ruben Neves’ first-half screamer had given Wolves the lead. Wolves also had

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Alexis Sanchez has scored twice for Marseille as coach Igor Tudor’s new-look side won 3-0 at southern rival Nice to move provisionally top of the French league. Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain could restore its two-point lead with a home win over Monaco later Sunday. Marseille has

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — For the USA Basketball World Cup qualifying team, there was no time to celebrate after moving into first place in their group. There was an overnight flight to catch. A game at Barranquilla, Colombia awaits the Americans on Monday night. It’s the second and final matchup

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer DUBLIN (AP) — In the postgame analysis, free beer at the Nebraska-Northwestern game in Ireland was the right call. The freebies flowed for two hours during Northwestern’s 31-28 victory on Saturday, and the catering company for Aviva Stadium hailed its workers for keeping the refreshments coming. Levy UK +

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — West Ham has recorded its first points and first goal of the Premier League season with a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa. Pablo Fornals’ deflected second-half strike was enough to see the Hammers open their account for the top flight campaign after losses to Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Brighton. That