ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Drew Rasmussen walked into the interview room while manager Kevin Cash was showering him with praise. “That's the nicest you've ever been about me,” Rasmussen said after greeting Cash. The powerful right-hander deserved all the superlatives. Rasmussen didn't allow a hi...
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BEIJING (AP) — Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka was bundled out in the third round of the China Open in straight sets by the Czech Republic's Nikola Bartunkova on Sunday. The No. 34-ranked Bartunkova defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half...
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Talk about getting run out of the building. Not long after the start of what turned into a 56-26 loss to Oregon State on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers was nowhere to be found. When the game finally ended, Rams coach Jim Mora said Sum...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to score a goal in U.S. men's national team history, fellow teenager Julian Hall added another goal and the Americans cruised to a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Saturday night in an international friendly that was the ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers hung on to beat San Diego 3-2 in their NL Division Series opener Saturday night after a potential go-ahead homer by the Padres' Ty France hit the American Family Field roof ...
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Texas Tech reserve quarterback Lloyd Jones III had to catch a late flight to Colorado after the school received last-minute word of a decision in a lawsuit that made backup Tommy Castellanos ineligible for Saturday night's game against the Buffaloes. Jones a...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Natalia Silva unanimously outpointed Wang Cong to claim the vacant UFC women’s flyweight championship Saturday night at UFC 332. Silva (21-5-1) extended her winning streak to 15 bouts after largely dominating Wang (10-2) over five rounds. “This is incredible...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski opened his first career playoff start Saturday night by throwing a 104.8 mph strike to Fernando Tatis Jr. — the fastest postseason pitch since tracking began in 2008. The next delivery to Tatis was 104.6 mph, the second-fastest of the tracking e...
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Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Alabama remained unbeaten — and mostly untested — as top-10 teams. Defending national champion and No. 6 Indiana, meanwhile, roughed up Rutgers 47-15 in New Jersey on Saturday night a week after holding off pesky Northwestern. Eighth-ranked Florida ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers kept their cool against the Atlanta Braves in the second-hottest postseason game at Dodger Stadium. Shade was at a premium Saturday for Game 1 of the National League Division Series, which began at 1 p.m. local time. The game-time temper...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Austin Wells ended Drew Rasmussen's no-hit bid when he doubled with two outs in the eighth inning in Game 1 of the AL Division Series on Saturday night only to get thrown out trying for a triple, and the Tampa Bay Rays led the New York Yankees 1-0. Wel...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tarik Skubal didn't waste any time throwing high heat against the Atlanta Braves. He zipped a 101 mph fastball to Austin Riley in the second before striking him out to finish off a 1-2-3 inning. “I think I was just trying to match the temperature,” Skubal said,...
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Chicago White Sox used a major league-leading 11 bullpen games en route to their first postseason appearance since 2021. Manager Will Venable also went with that approach to win Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series, starting a sweep at Houston. The formula ended...
