Author: Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson felt comfortable from his very first laps of Indianapolis 500 preparation. The seven-time NASCAR champion knows his way around The Brickyard — he won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway four times in a stock car — so not even a brush with the wall in an Indy car could rattle him. […]

DENVER (AP) — Sterling Marte homered in his return to the lineup, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday. Friday’s game was postponed when wintry weather blew into Colorado after temperatures were in the high 80s on Thursday. Snow continued to fall […]

PARIS (AP) — Three more years, three more goals. Kylian Mbappe celebrated a new-three year deal to stay at Paris Saint-Germain with a hat trick for the French champions against struggling Metz on Saturday, taking his league-leading tally to 28 and his PSG total to 171. By this time next season, he may well pass […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — While some of the world’s best players were flopping around in the soggy, blustery conditions at Southern Hills on Saturday, Webb Simpson showed low scores were still possible. Few followed his lead. Simpson’s 65 off a morning start was one of the best rounds of the day Saturday, and kept him […]

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette hit two home runs, pitcher Alek Manoah matched his career-high with eight innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Saturday. Bichette’s first was solo home run off Reds right-hander Hunter Greene in the fourth, No. 50 of Bichette’s career, and added a two-run blast off […]

BERLIN (AP) — Ten-man Leipzig came from a goal down in the German Cup final to beat Freiburg 4-2 on penalties for the club’s first trophy in its short history on Saturday. Christopher Nkunku equalized in the 76th minute for 1-1 in normal time, sending the game to extra time, then penalties, where Freiburg captain […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Cup regular Tyler Reddick led the final 31 laps of the NASCAR Xfinity race at Texas after a two-car pass Saturday, giving second-year team Big Machine Racing its first victory and ending a three-race streak in which three different JR Motorsports drivers took the checkered flag. Reddick finished 1.8 seconds […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The horse whose removal from the Kentucky Derby let eventual winner Rich Strike into the field won a stakes race on the Preakness undercard. D. Wayne Lukas-trained Ethereal Road came from the back of the pack to […]

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette hit two home runs, pitcher Alek Manoah matched his career-high with eight innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Saturday. Bichette’s first was solo home run off Reds right-hander Hunter Greene in the fourth, No. 50 of Bichette’s career, and added a two-run blast off […]

MLB Sunday National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Line at PITTSBURGH OFF St. Louis OFF LA Dodgers -140 at PHILADELPHIA +120 Atlanta -113 at MIAMI -107 at MILWAUKEE -235 Washington +194 at CHICAGO CUBS OFF Arizona OFF N.Y Mets -116 at COLORADO -102 at SAN FRANCISCO -143 San Diego +123 American League at BOSTON -133 Seattle […]