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Friday, June 28 Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park Norwalk, Ohio First Two Rounds Top Fuel -- 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.692 seconds, 332.92 mph; 2. Antron Brown, 3.722, 330.72; 3. Tripp Tatum, 3.739, 324.36; 4. Doug Foley, 3.744, 319.98; 5.…

Salvador Perez, Hunter Renfroe, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 10-3 win over the AL-leading Cleveland Guardians. Perez hit his 13th homer of the season in the second inning, a 447-foot shot…

Ryan Helsley closed for his major league-leading 29th consecutive save and Alec Burleson drove in the lone run, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. Helsley pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning.…

Jackson Chourio hit his first career grand slam in the fourth inning, Colin Rea allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings and Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Friday night. The NL-Central-leading Brewers moved 11 1/2…

Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil homered in the sixth inning, powering the New York Mets to a 7-2 win over the Houston Astros and moving them over .500 for the first time since May 2. The Mets have gone 18-6 since May 30 — the day after players…

Juan Soto hit a three-run home run, Gleyber Torres added a two-run homer in his return to the lineup and the New York Yankees snapped a season-worst four-game losing streak with a 16-5 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays. Aaron Judge had three…

Jackson Merrill hit a three-run homer and Kyle Higashioka hit a two-run shot in a nine-run fifth inning, leading the San Diego Padres to a 9-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. The Padres sent 13 batters to the plate in the fifth, with nine…

Marcell Ozuna drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double in Atlanta’s five-run third inning, Charlie Morton gave up only three hits to Pittsburgh, his former home, and the Braves beat the Pirates 6-1. Austin Riley hit his ninth homer,…

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi after an initial vote saw the top candidates not secure an outright win in the lowest turnout poll ever held in the Islamic Republic by…

Comedian and actor Martin Mull has died. Mull's daughter says her father died Thursday after a long illness. He was 80 years old. Mull became known for his hip, droll comic stylings in the clubs on Hollywood's Sunset Strip in the 1970s. He…

Simone Biles is four rotations away from a third trip to the Olympics. The list of contenders hoping to join her in Paris is thinning quickly. Biles had little trouble sprinting to the lead at the U.S. Olympic trials. Her all-around score…

Albert Suárez outpitched three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, and the Baltimore Orioles beat Texas 2-1 on Friday night to extend the Rangers’ latest lengthy losing streak. Making his second start of the season following a long stay on…

Zach Eflin worked six scoreless innings, Jose Siri homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Friday night. The Rays’ Yandy Díaz singled in the third inning to extend his hitting streak to a team-record 20…

Canadian Olympic basketball team general manager Rowan Barrett said Friday that Golden State is blocking Andrew Wiggins from competing in Paris, while the Warriors countered it was a mutual decision between the team and Wiggins. Wiggins was…

Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña misplayed a fly ball Friday night in a game against the New York Mets while participating in an in-game interview. Peña was involved in an interview with Apple TV+ just before New York’s Jeff McNeil…