PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Friday night at PNC Park when Oneil Cruz hit a home run and Bubba Chandler allowed one run over six innings, earning his first victory; relievers Mason Montgomery, Gregory Soto and Dennis Santana each tossed scoreless innings. On Saturday the...
LOS ANGELES. Sei Young Kim shot a second consecutive 7-under 65 Friday at El Caballero to take a one-stroke lead in the JM Eagle LA Championship, the final event before the season's first women's major. Playing in the morning wave, Kim birdied two of the first three holes and added...
Boston. Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida singled over a drawn-in, five-man infield to score Jarren Duran from third base with one out in the 10th inning on Friday night, giving the Boston Red Sox a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park and ending Detroit's six-game winning streak. The win followed...
HOUSTON — On Friday night the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 9-4 as Nolan Gorman hit a three-run homer and Iván Herrera added a two-run shot, with starter Kyle Leahy going five innings; Jordan Walker extended his hitting streak and the Cardinals pushed their winning streak to three. On...
Washington — The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued General License 134B, temporarily authorizing transactions tied to Russian crude and petroleum products loaded onto vessels as of April 17, 2026, and permitting their sale through May 16, 2026. The waiver replaces an earlier license that expired on April 11 and follows...
Cleveland. The Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors 126-113 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Saturday at Rocket Arena, following the Feb. 4 acquisition of James Harden; Cleveland entered the postseason with a 21-9 record since that trade and opened the series with commanding offense. The win featured...
Denver experienced rapidly changing conditions this weekend as fresh snow cleared and temperatures plunged into the teens and 20s Friday night, prompting hard-freeze and freeze warnings for some areas; by Saturday and into Sunday warmer air returned, with highs rising into the upper 50s to 70s and forecasts showing near-80s...
San Diego. The San Diego Padres are reportedly set to be sold to a group led by José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones for $3.9 billion, according to multiple reports this week; the transaction is subject to approval from at least 22 of Major League Baseball's other 29 owners and...
Anaheim, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels announced Friday that Garret Anderson, the franchise’s longtime outfielder and key member of the 2002 World Series team, died Thursday afternoon of a heart attack at 53. Anderson played 17 major-league seasons, including 15 with the Angels, and his decisive three-run double in...
Portland, Maine. Governor Janet Mills said Friday at a South Portland campaign stop that she would not have voted in favor of a joint Senate resolution to stop arms sales to Israel if the resolution also blocked defensive weapons, citing concerns that it might prevent systems that support the Iron...
