The Los Angeles Dodgers Are Horrifying The Los Angeles Dodgers are 46 games above .500 in early August, on pace for a 114-win season, and recently added Yu Darvish, who in his Dodgers debut struck out 10 and gave up only three hits in seven shutout innings against the Mets. […]
Rookie Smith powers White Sox past Astros 8-5 A couple unheralded Chicago White Sox rookies helped get veteran left-hander Derek Holland back to the winning side, beating the reeling ace of the American League’s best team. Kevan Smith had a home run and drove in four runs and Adam Engel […]
Mickelson, Els reach milestone together in 100th major On the monitor below them was a photo from the first time they met. The 14-year-old with an easy smile was holding the winner’s trophy from the 1984 Junior World Championship. Next to him was the golden boy from San Diego, slightly […]
Buster Posey’s three-run homer helps lift Giants past Cubs Buster Posey twice watched plays he was part of go to replay, first on a three-run homer that held up and then a stolen base. A rare stolen base for San Francisco’s catcher, who now has five to move within one […]
Martin powers Mariners past A’s 7-6 in 10 Leonys Martin homered in the top of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Tuesday night. Martin hit a high arcing shot to right off a 2-1 94 mph fastball […]
Jets’ Lee more confident, thinking less entering 2nd season Darron Lee took the field at times last season and all kinds of thoughts would rush through his head. The New York Jets linebacker was thinking too much as a rookie, and it was affecting his natural playmaking abilities. Entering his […]
Bridwell haunts former team in Angels’ 3-2 win over Orioles Parker Bridwell, a right-hander the Angels picked up simply for cash in mid-April from the Orioles, came back to haunt his former team Tuesday night in a 3-2 victory for Los Angeles over Baltimore. Bridwell (6-1) went seven strong innings, […]
Cards hit 3 homers, pound Royals 10-3 for 4th straight win The St. Louis Cardinals scored so many times off Jason Vargas and the Kansas City bullpen in the fifth inning Tuesday night that they broke the Royals’ crown-shaped scoreboard. Or maybe it was just a coincidence that the massive […]
Indians’ Brantley undergoing tests on injured right ankle Michael Brantley sat in the outfield grass, a dazed and concerned look crossing his face. His inspiring comeback has stopped for the moment. The Indians All-Star left fielder is undergoing more tests after spraining his right ankle in the fifth inning of […]
Genie Bouchard loses in first round of Rogers Cup Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated in the first round of the Rogers Cup on Tuesday, losing to Donna Vekic in straight sets. The 23-year-old Bouchard, who made a name for herself when she reached the Wimbledon final in 2014 after two straight […]
