Kyle Busch overcome penalty to win Truck race at Bristol Kyle Busch overcame a pit-road speeding penalty to win the Camping World Truck Series race Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway for his 178th victory in NASCAR’s top three series. After starting from the pole and winning the first two […]
Yu Darvish mysteriously removed before 7th inning in Dodger Stadium debut Yu Darvish’s highly anticipated first home start as a Los Angeles Dodger ended amid some mystery as the Japanese right-hander left the game in the top of the seventh after being visited by the team’s trainer. After Logan Forsythe […]
Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics unite to tribute to Charlottesville victims While the mix of Los Angeles Sparks’ yellow and Washington Mystics’ blue warm-up gear at center court ahead of Wednesday night’s game was not uniformed, it was certainly purposeful. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said in a press conference […]
Rafael Nadal, Karolina Pliskova survive day of upsets at Western & Southern Open Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova — the No. 1 seeds in the Western & Southern Open — advanced with straight-set wins Wednesday, while the rest of their brackets suffered more top losses. Nadal sat out an hour-long […]
Stroman gets win, Pearce homers as Jays beat Rays 3-2 Marcus Stroman made sure Tampa Bay’s offensive awakening was short-lived. Stroman pitched 6 1/3 innings, Steve Pearce homered and scored twice and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the struggling Rays 3-2 on Wednesday night. Stroman (11-6) allowed two runs and […]
All in the Family: Timbers keep former players in the fold Even though they retired after last season, three Portland Timbers didn’t ride off into the sunset. They moved from the field to the cubicle, so to speak. Former captain Jack Jewsbury is now Portland’s director of business development, while […]
NASCAR returns to the big screen with Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Logan Lucky’ Steven Soderbergh knew he was in a flimsy bargaining position when he arranged a meeting to pitch a movie idea with NASCAR executives last year. “If we didn’t have NASCAR, we didn’t have a movie,” he admitted. Those on […]
European star Pettersen out of Solheim Cup with back injury Suzann Pettersen was hoping to move past the furor she fueled at the 2015 Solheim Cup by helping return the trophy to Europe. The 36-year-old Norwegian star’s balky back won’t let her get that opportunity. Pettersen announced Wednesday that she […]
Alonso’s bat, Rzepczynski’s relief, Mariners beat O’s 7-6 Yonder Alonso was acquired by the Seattle Mariners to provide power for a playoff push. After a slow start with his new team, he delivered. Alonso hit his first homer for Seattle and drove in three runs, and Marc Rzepczynski struck out […]
Alex Gordon’s go-ahead single in 9th lifts Royals past A’s The Kansas City Royals could have headed home with another squandered late-inning lead and far less momentum as they prepare for an important weekend series against first-place Cleveland. This time, the Royals gave it up again before rallying once more. […]
