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Marcus Semien hit a leadoff homer and Nathaniel Lowe’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday. The Rangers ended a two-game skid and snapped Houston’s 10-game…

Dearica Hamby scored 27 points, rookie Rickea Jackson added a career-high 23 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 87-81 in a battle between the WNBA’s cellar dwellers. Azurá Stevens finished with 16 points, eight…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi is one win from leading Argentina to a record 16th Copa America title. Colombia will do everything in its power to make sure that doesn't happen in a matchup that pits the juggernaut against the…

Jhonkensy Noel hit a two-run pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning, and the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 to stop a three-game skid. Noel connected on his fourth homer in 35 at-bats since being called up…

Juan Soto and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning — both over 425 feet — and the New York Yankees routed Baltimore 6-1 to become the first AL East team since April 2023 to win a series against the Orioles. Baltimore…

Cincinnati’s Cam Collier and Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin hit 400-foot solo home runs as the National League beat the American 6-1 in the All-Star Futures Game featuring top prospects. Arizona’s Druw Jones, like Collier the son of a former major…

Kutter Crawford took a one-hitter into the eighth inning, Rafael Devers hit a solo homer and the Boston Red Sox beat potential AL All-Star starter Seth Lugo in a 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Crawford struck out four and walked…

Sophia Smith scored in the 64th minute and the United States got revenge for a loss to Mexico earlier this year with a 1-0 victory in the rematch on Saturday. The friendly match at Red Bull Arena was the first of two tune-up games for the…

Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday. Simmons was a court jester of physical fitness who built a…

Bryan Reynolds drove in four runs, Luis Ortiz pitched neatly into the sixth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2. Reynolds had four hits Saturday. He gave Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead in the seventh with a two-run…

Nolan Arenado hit a two-run single in the eighth inning, Masyn Winn and Willson Contreras homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Saturday night to complete a doubleheader sweep. St. Louis won the opener 11-3 as…

Gio Urshela hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning after the Detroit Tigers overcame a 9-4 deficit in the ninth to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-9. Wenceel Perez bunted Ryan Vilade to third to start the 10th on Saturday. The Dodgers…

Israel says it tried to assassinate Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of the Hamas group’s military wing who has long topped the country’s most-wanted list. The strike took place in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone in southern Gaza,…

The Baltimore Orioles put outfielder Heston Kjerstad on the seven-day concussion injured list, less than 24 hours after he was hit in the helmet by a pitch. The Orioles initially penciled in Kjerstad to start Saturday against the New York…

Republicans now have a straighter path to potential victory in what is expected to be Minnesota’s closest congressional race. GOP-endorsed candidate Tayler Rahm dropped out Saturday from a primary fight against the better-funded Joe Teirab,…