Today: September 24, 2024
Today: September 24, 2024

Latest From AP

Sports

Los Angeles Rams put WR Cooper Kupp on injured reserve with lingering hamstring issue

The Los Angeles Rams have placed receiver Cooper Kupp on injured reserve, sidelining him for at least their first four games. The Rams also put new tight end Hunter Long on injured reserve Saturday, one day before their season opener at Seattle. Kupp injured his hamstring Aug. 1 in training camp, and he aggravated the injury late last month. The Super Bowl 56 MVP got treatment and saw a specialist in Minnesota in recent days but didn’t improve enough to play. Kupp also missed the final eight games of last season with an ankle injury.

September 09, 2023
Los Angeles Rams put WR Cooper Kupp on injured reserve with lingering hamstring issue
Sports

Coco Gauff plays Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open women's final

Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka will meet in the U.S. Open women’s singles final. Gauff enters Saturday’s championship match at Arthur Ashe Stadium seeking her first Grand Slam title. Sabalenka is trying to win her second major trophy of the year. Gauff is a 19-year-old from Florida who is seeded No. 6 at Flushing Meadows. She has won 11 matches in a row and 17 of the past 18. Her semifinal victory on Thursday night was interrupted for 50 minutes early in the second set by four climate protesters, one of whom glued his bare feet

September 09, 2023
Coco Gauff plays Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open women's final
Sports

Detroit's Olson pitching no-hitter through six innings against White Sox

Detroit Tigers rookie Reese Olson has pitched six no-hit innings against the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. The 24-year-old right-hander was making his 15th big league start and 18th appearance. He walked one batter, hit another and struck out five. He threw 47 of 83 pitches for strikes. The game was tied 0-0. The closest Chicago has come to a hit was in the sixth, when Yasmani Grandal’s line drive down the right-field line hooked foul. Grandal hit another hard line drive on the next pitch that was caught by centerfielder Parker Meadows. Olson has not

September 09, 2023
Detroit's Olson pitching no-hitter through six innings against White Sox
Sports

Peiyun Chien posts 64 and builds 4-shot lead on LPGA in Cincinnati

Peiyun Chien of Taiwan holed out for eagle on the sixth hole and played bogey-free on Friday for an 8-under 64 to build a four-shot lead in the Kroger Queen City Championship as she tries for her first LPGA Tour victory. Chien has won three times on what is now the Epson Tour and twice on the Taiwan LPGA. “I really want to play well in America and go back to Asia, play Asian Games for my country” said Chien, who reached the halfway mark at 14-under 130 at Kenwood Country Club. Ruoning Yin of China, who

September 08, 2023
Peiyun Chien posts 64 and builds 4-shot lead on LPGA in Cincinnati
Sports

Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence. Hardly anyone seemed to notice

Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence, and hardly anyone back home seemed to notice. The Germans held on to beat the United States 113-111 in the Basketball World Cup semifinals on Friday in Manila and reach the final for the first time, setting up a game against Serbia on Sunday for the title. But unlike the horn-honking and beer-drinking celebrations that normally accompany German wins in World Cup soccer, the streets of Berlin remained free of fanfare on Friday. The victory was the German national basketball team’s biggest success since winning the 1993

September 08, 2023
Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence. Hardly anyone seemed to notice
Sports

Aryna Sabalenka edges Madison Keys in US Open semifinals, will play Coco Gauff on Saturday

Aryna Sabalenka reached her first U.S. Open final by edging Madison Keys 0-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (10-5) on Thursday night. The second-seeded Sabalenka will face No. 6-seeded Coco Gauff on Saturday. The Australian Open champion had been just 1-5 in Grand Slam semifinals, including losses the last two years in the round in New York. But she won this one by taking the two tiebreakers by a combined 17-6. She had to regroup in the second one after mistakenly thinking she had won it after her seventh point, momentarily forgetting the tiebreakers in decisive sets go

September 08, 2023
Aryna Sabalenka edges Madison Keys in US Open semifinals, will play Coco Gauff on Saturday
Sports

Ruixin Liu posts best round of the year to lead LPGA in Cincinnati

Ruixin Liu of China was still suffering from allergies that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Tour event last week. It didn’t stop her from posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday for her best round of the year and a one-shot lead in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Liu started so well that her lone regret was a par on the 12th hole when she hit her approach to 18 feet on the par 5 and three-putted for a par. She had seven birdies through 13 holes and then closed with five pars. Liu had a

September 07, 2023
Ruixin Liu posts best round of the year to lead LPGA in Cincinnati
Sports

Bryant Gumbel's 'Real Sports,' HBO's longest-running show, will end after 29 seasons

Bryant Gumbel’s “Real Sports” newsmagazine on HBO will end its run after 29 seasons on the air, the network said on Wednesday. The show has been like a “60 Minutes” of sports, taking a look at social and economic issues beyond the games, and has won 37 Sports Emmy Awards. Gumbel, 74, won a lifetime achievement award at the Sports Emmys earlier this year. During one season for which “Real Sports” won a Peabody Award, some of its stories included looks into football head injuries and athletes who came out as gay, as well as investigations

September 06, 2023
Bryant Gumbel's 'Real Sports,' HBO's longest-running show, will end after 29 seasons
Sports

Police seeking witnesses to arrest of Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías

Police are seeking witnesses to the weekend arrest of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías. Urías was arrested late Sunday night by Department of Public Safety officers in Exposition Park, south of downtown Los Angeles. The park is home to BMO Stadium, where Lionel Messi was playing in a Major League Soccer game with numerous celebrities in attendance. DPS on Wednesday issued a brief statement confirming the arrest for a violation of Penal Code 273.5, which is corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. Corporal injury on a spouse requires a bodily injury being willfully caused

September 06, 2023
Police seeking witnesses to arrest of Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías
Sports

Cricket, breakdancing, 7 other sports still waiting for word on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic status

Cricket, breakdancing and flag football are still waiting to find out if they will be added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The process to add sports that organizers in Los Angeles want at the 2028 Games was unexpectedly delayed Wednesday by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC cited “ongoing discussions” with L.A. officials as the issue — a clear rift between the two sides — despite the timetable being known for years and only two days before a key meeting to let nine candidate sports know which is set to get Olympic status. As a

September 06, 2023
Cricket, breakdancing, 7 other sports still waiting for word on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic status
Sports

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso has accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for kissing her on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final, the country’s prosecutors’ office said Wednesday. Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Hermoso on the lips during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on Aug. 20 in Sydney, Australia. Rubiales has insisted the kiss was consensual. Hermoso has denied that. She also said she and her family were pressured by the federation to show her support for Rubiales in the immediate

September 06, 2023
Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for World Cup kiss
Sports

Astros' Altuve homers in first 3 at-bats against Rangers, gets 4 in a row overall

Jose Altuve homered in his first three at-bats for the Houston Astros against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night, starting with a pair off Nathan Eovaldi in the All-Star right-hander’s return from the injured list. Houston’s star second baseman greeted Eovaldi with a leadoff homer, then ended his outing with a one-out homer in the second. Altuve’s third homer — and 15th of the season — came in the third off Dane Dunning, a starter who came out of the bullpen so the Rangers could get Eovaldi his first start since July 18. Eovaldi had been

September 06, 2023
Astros' Altuve homers in first 3 at-bats against Rangers, gets 4 in a row overall
Sports

Georgia football staffer Jarvis Jones arrested for speeding, reckless driving

Former Georgia and NFL linebacker Jarvis Jones, who now works on the football staff at his alma mater, was arrested for speeding and reckless driving ahead of the Bulldogs’ season opener, police said. Jones’ arrest late Friday is the latest driving investigation to tarnish the two-time reigning national champions, who have struggled to deal with the issue since a high-speed crash killed offensive lineman Devin Willock and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy on Jan. 15, just hours after a celebratory parade through Athens. The 33-year-old Jones is player coordinator for the Bulldogs. He played at Georgia from

September 04, 2023
Georgia football staffer Jarvis Jones arrested for speeding, reckless driving
Sports

Madison Keys overpowers Jessica Pegula to reach US Open quarterfinals

Madison Keys overpowered fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour Monday to move into the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Keys, the No. 17 seed and 2017 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, converted on 77% of her first-serve points and used powerful ground strokes to keep rallies short — a little over three strokes on average — to make quick work of her third-seeded opponent and close friend. Keys said it was tough playing a friend but “at the end of the day we both want to win. We’re all business on the court.” For

September 04, 2023
Madison Keys overpowers Jessica Pegula to reach US Open quarterfinals
Sports

Monday qualifier Chanettee Wannasaen goes low with a 9-under 63 to win the Portland Classic

Teenager Chanettee Wannasaen played a five-hole stretch in 6 under early in the final round Sunday and closed with a near-flawless 9-under 63 for a four-stroke victory at the Portland Classic to become the first Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour since 2015. Wannasaen arrived at Portland ranked 367th and having missed nine straight cuts in her rookie season. The 19-year-old from Thailand put together four stellar rounds in the 60s at Columbia Edgewater and shattered the tournament scoring record by five strokes with a 26-under 262 total for her first LPGA Tour victory.

September 04, 2023
Monday qualifier Chanettee Wannasaen goes low with a 9-under 63 to win the Portland Classic
Sports

Sargent carries USA to Sunday rally and Walker Cup win at St. Andrews

Gordon Sargent lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in the world by winning all four of his matches at St. Andrews as the United States rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time. Great Britain & Ireland had a three-point lead going into the final two sessions on the Old Course. The Americans won three of the four morning foursomes, and they poured it on during the 10 singles matches. The Americans won six of the 10 matches and halved two others to complete a Sunday

September 03, 2023
Sargent carries USA to Sunday rally and Walker Cup win at St. Andrews
Sports

Karolina Muchova reaches US Open quarterfinals with 3-set victory

Karolina Muchova reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Sunday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 victory over Wang Xinyu. For the 10th-seeded Czech, a 2021 Australian Open semifinalist who has reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon twice, it marked her deepest run ever at Flushing Meadows. She did it after losing control of the second set to her Chinese opponent and taking over in the third, with a strong all-court attack that included 32 winners. “I came back to my game, to slice it more and to change the rhythm — that was the key,” Muchova

September 03, 2023
Karolina Muchova reaches US Open quarterfinals with 3-set victory
Sports

Salah scores in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Aston Villa as speculation swirls about his future

Mohamed Salah put aside intense speculation about his future by scoring again for Liverpool in its dominant 3-0 win over Aston Villa that made it three straight victories in the Premier League for Jürgen Klopp’s team on Sunday. Salah, the subject of a reported bid on Friday worth 150 million pounds ($188 million) by Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, tapped home a finish in the 55th minute to round off the scoring at Anfield as Liverpool built on recent wins against Bournemouth and Newcastle. Dominik Szoboszlai drove in the opening goal in the third minute before Villa

September 03, 2023
Salah scores in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Aston Villa as speculation swirls about his future
Sports

JGR's Christopher Bell takes the pole at Darlington for NASCAR's opening playoff race

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell will start the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs up front after winning the pole at the Southern 500 on Saturday. Bell took his fourth pole of the season and third in the past eight races. He turned a fast lap of 29.065 seconds (169.193 mph) at Darlington Raceway. “It definitely feels good,” Bell said. “Darlington is a place where it’s notoriously hard to pass so being up front is good deal.” Bell starts besides JGR teammate Denny Hamlin, second fastest on the 1.366-mile egg-shaped layout. In all, playoff drivers took the first

September 02, 2023
JGR's Christopher Bell takes the pole at Darlington for NASCAR's opening playoff race
Sports

Perrine Delacour holds onto Portland Classic lead with another bogey-free round

Perrine Delacour held onto the Portland Classic lead Friday with another bogey-free round at Columbia Edgewater, shooting a 5-under 67 in perfect conditions a day after opening with a 63 in the rain. “You had to adjust for the pins, especially on the wedges,” Delacour said. “But it was definitely nicer. I mean, even though the bag is still wet from yesterday, but it was definitely nicer to be in shorts and polos instead of rain gear.” Winless on the LPGA Tour, the 29-year-old Frenchwoman took a one-stroke lead over Linn Grant into the weekend on

September 02, 2023
Perrine Delacour holds onto Portland Classic lead with another bogey-free round
Sports

Coco Gauff comes back to win at the US Open and set up a match against Caroline Wozniacki

Coco Gauff put aside a rough start and grabbed the last 10 games for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over No. 32 seed Elise Mertens in the U.S. Open’s third round Friday night. Gauff, a 19-year-old from Florida, heard plenty of loud support from the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd as she turned things around and won for the 14th time in her past 15 matches. That stretch includes the two biggest titles of Gauff’s career and made the sixth-seeded American one of the players considered a real contender at Flushing Meadows, where she got to the

September 02, 2023
Coco Gauff comes back to win at the US Open and set up a match against Caroline Wozniacki
Sports

UNC's Brown has issues with NCAA over eligibility of transfer wide receiver

North Carolina coach Mack Brown is calling out the NCAA for dragging its heels on the case of transfer wide receiver Devontez Walker, who has not yet been ruled eligible. Walker, the Tar Heels’ presumed No. 1 receiver, transferred from Kent State, where he played two seasons after a year at North Carolina Central when he did not play because the season was canceled. NCAA rules generally allow players to transfer freely once. Brown said Walker had enrolled at UNC in January, just days before the NCAA revised rules to limit waivers for two-time transfers

September 01, 2023
UNC's Brown has issues with NCAA over eligibility of transfer wide receiver
Sports

MLB won't extend the pitch clock for the posteason

Major League Baseball is keeping the pitch clock the same for the postseason as it was for the regular season, brushing aside complaints from some players. Following an MLB executive council meeting this week, the commissioner’s office informed the competition committee there will be no change, a decision first reported by Sports Illustrated. The competition committee adopted the clock ahead of the 2023 season along with restrictions on defensive shifts and larger bases. The clock is set at 15 seconds with no runners on base and 20 seconds when there are runners. The average time of

September 01, 2023
MLB won't extend the pitch clock for the posteason
Sports

Karolina Muchova moves into US Open fourth round by defeating American Taylor Townsend

Karolina Muchova moved into the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Friday with a 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Taylor Townsend. Muchova, the 10th-seeded Czech who reached the final of this year’s French Open, equaled her best showing at Flushing Meadows by pushing the serve-and-volleying American off the net and onto the baseline. The 132nd-ranked Townsend won just 23 of 70 baseline points and had 39 unforced errors. Muchova came into the U.S. Open with a career-high ranking and momentum after reaching the final of this month’s tune-up event in Cincinnati, losing to American Coco Gauff in

September 01, 2023
Karolina Muchova moves into US Open fourth round by defeating American Taylor Townsend
Sports

Acuña hits grand slam to become first player with 30 home runs and 60 stolen bases

Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a long grand slam in the second inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, becoming the first player in major league history with 30 home runs and 60 stolen bases in the same season. Acuña sent a 429-foot shot to deep into the left field pavilion off Lance Lynn for his third career slam and first since 2021. Acuña has 36 career homers in August, his most in any month. Acuña has 61 stolen bases. Rickey Henderson came close to 30-60. He had 28 homers and 87 steals in

September 01, 2023
Acuña hits grand slam to become first player with 30 home runs and 60 stolen bases

Follow