6:39 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kevin Harvick won a NASCAR Cup race at Michigan International Speedway for the second straight year, giving him two victories this year and 47 in his career. With just three races before the playoffs, Harvick is hopeful the timing of his strong performance helps him win a
Month: August 2019
6:39 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Patrick Reed picked a good time to end 16 months without a victory. Reed fell behind early, was still two shots behind on the back nine at Liberty National and then rolled in three straight putts — one for par, two for birdies — that allowed
6:47 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Santana hit a grand slam in the 10th inning, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Sunday to win the four-game series and forge another tie for the AL Central lead. The Twins tied the game with four hits in a two-run ninth against
6:10 PM ET Valentina Shevchenko defended her UFC flyweight title on Saturday. Consider that a sentence you might see a lot in the coming years. Shevchenko dominated Liz Carmouche in a five-round decision at UFC Fight Night in Montevideo, Uruguay. That’s two title defenses thus far, and it’s anyone’s guess where that number will ultimately
6:06 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Rafael Nadal won his fifth Rogers Cup title, beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday in just 70 minutes. The 33-year-old Nadal won the event for the third time in Montreal. The first came in 2005 at age 19 over Andre Agassi, and the second in 2013. Nadal
6:02 PM ET Associated Press WEST POINT, Miss. — Gabriela Ruffels became the first Australian winner in U.S. Women’s Amateur history Sunday, beating Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland 1 up in the 36-hole final at Old Waverly Golf Club. The 19-year-old Ruffels, preparing for her junior season at the University of Southern California, pulled even with
5:33 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — After days of controversy and a few high-profile examples of slow play involving golfer Bryson DeChambeau, the PGA Tour announced Sunday that it will review its policy and consider ways to penalize players even if their group is not out of position. The issue boiled over when video
5:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Asdrubal Cabrera hit a tiebreaking two-run double against his former team and the Nationals bullpen finally locked down a lead in Flushing, lifting Washington over the streaking New York Mets 7-4 Sunday. Nationals star Juan Soto was injured on Cabrera’s bases-loaded hit in the seventh inning. Soto
4:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Young star Juan Soto has been pulled from the Washington Nationals game against the New York Mets after turning his right ankle running the bases in the seventh inning. Soto walked to load the bases and went first-to-third on Asdrubal Cabrera‘s two-out, two-run double Sunday. Third base
11:17 AM ET An experimental England squad beat a strong Wales team 33-19 at Twickenham Sunday, with the hosts following a typically abrasive first-half lead with a composed second half performance. An England line-up featuring only a handful of regular first-choice starters overpowered Wales thanks to tries from Billy Vunipola, Joe Cokanasiga and Luke Cowan-Dickie,