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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Major League Baseball trade deadline is always a stressful time of year for the league’s 30 general managers. They already have to worry about evaluating talent and juggling financial implications for potential trades. Add COVID-19 vaccination status to the list of concerns. The Toronto Blue

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas scored goals in second-half stoppage time and D.C. United stunned Orlando City 2-1 in the debut of United coach Wayne Rooney. Rooney was hired on July 12 but had to watch United’s last three matches while waiting for his work visa to be approved. The 36-year-old English

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo says he’s “happy to be back” playing for Manchester United after appearing for 45 minutes in the 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano in a friendly match at Old Trafford. Ronaldo missed United’s pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia due to family reasons amid reports he wants to quit the

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Clay Holmes in the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 8-6 to avoid being swept in the season series. New York overcame a 4-0 deficit and took a 6-4 lead when

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ezequiel Duran hit a three-run double in the ninth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Angels 5-2 despite Los Angeles starter Reid Detmers throwing an immaculate inning. Texas took three of four from the Angels and went 5-6 on its season-high, 11-game road trip.

By GARY SCHATZ Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Drury reached 20 homers for the first time in his big league career when he hit a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Drury, whose previous high was 16 homers for Arizona in 2016.

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI single with one out in the 10th inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Mauricio Dubón started the 10th as the automatic runner on second and the Mariners intentionally walked Jose Altuve. Dubón advanced

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Reddick closed the best month of his NASCAR career with a victory in overtime on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He broke through for his first career victory on July 3 with a win at Road America in Wisconsin and announced nine

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Angels starter Reid Detmers became the first rookie pitcher with a no-hitter and an immaculate inning in the same season, achieving the latter against the Texas Rangers on Sunday. The Rangers matched the 1979 San Francisco Giants as the only lineups to have three immaculate

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley hit a run-scoring double off Mark Melancon in the ninth inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 1-0 victory over Arizona and a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks. Max Fried, Dylan Lee and Kenley Jansen combined on a four-hitter for the Braves, who at 62-41

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ariel Atkins scored 23 points to help the Washington Mystics hold off the Seattle Storm 78-75. Elena Delle Donne had 17 points and six rebounds for Washington (19-12), while Natasha Cloud scored 11 with 10 assists. Breanna Stewart led Seattle (19-12) with 23 points. Jewell Loyd scored 15 and Sue Bird chipped

MIAMI (AP) — Francisco Lindor had three hits and the New York Mets pounded trade deadline target Pablo López, beating the Miami Marlins 9-3 Sunday to sweep their three-game series. Jeff McNeil singled twice and doubled, and Mark Canha also had three hits for the NL East leaders, who won their sixth straight and finished

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 26 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat Indiana 94-69, handing the Fever a club-record 14th straight loss. Plum sank 9 of 12 shots with three 3-pointers as Las Vegas (22-8) beat Indiana (5-27) for a second time in three days. A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young and reserve Theresa Plaisance

By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alec Bohm fell a triple shy of the cycle, tying a career-high with four hits in an 8-2 win for the Philadelphia Phillies that completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bohm hit his seventh homer of the season in the sixth, a solo shot that

By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez homered, Dylan Cease threw six strong innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1. Abreu and Leury García had two hits apiece for the White Sox, who have won 10 of 15 and returned to above .500. Chicago, the

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez each had an RBI double that helped the slumping Red Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 for just their fourth victory in 17 games as the trade deadline approached. Bogaerts, Martinez and Vázquez all are in what could be in

The Associated Press Reaction from the basketball world and beyond on the death of NBA great and 11-time champion Bill Russell, who died Sunday at the age of 88.

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Austin Hedges had a tiebreaking two-run single in the fifth as the Cleveland Guardians beat AL All-Star Game starter Shane McClanahan and the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3. Cleveland took 2 of 3 for its first series over the Rays since August 2017. The Guardians also

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Team New Zealand skipper Peter Burling got his long-awaited first SailGP win by knocking off sailing royalty while competing in front of real royalty in Plymouth, England. Burling steered the Kiwis’ foiling 50-foot catamaran to victory in the podium race of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix Plymouth. He