Sports News

1:00 AM on Saturday, August 23

Minnesota will aim for its 30th victory of the season when the Lynx host the Indiana Fever

12:06 AM on Saturday, August 23

Bryan Woo allowed one hit in seven innings and the Seattle Mariners got homers from Eugenio Suárez, Josh Naylor and Jorge Polanco to beat the Athletics 3-2

11:31 PM on Friday, August 22

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning and Kyle Tucker went deep for the first time in more than a month as the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 to open a nine-game trip

11:30 PM on Friday, August 22

Backrower Tyler Ardron scored four tries to mark his return to test rugby from a four-year absence to lead Canada to a surprise 34-20 win over the United States in the opening match of rugby’s Pacific Nations Cup at Calgary, Alberta

11:29 PM on Friday, August 22

Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris says right tackle Kaleb McGary will miss significant time and is headed to injured reserve after getting carted off at practice this week with a lower left leg injury

11:23 PM on Friday, August 22

Alyssa Thomas had 13 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high-tying 16 assists for her 17th career triple-double, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Golden State Valkyries 81-72

11:13 PM on Friday, August 22

The scuffling New York Mets have been in desperate need of a starter other than David Peterson to pitch deep into games

11:02 PM on Friday, August 22

Yu Darvish combined with three relievers on a three-hitter, and the San Diego Padres pulled even with the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the NL West once again with a 2-1 victory

10:43 PM on Friday, August 22

William Contreras hit a solo home run off All-Star reliever Randy Rodríguez in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants

10:41 PM on Friday, August 22

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs offense have shown impressive form in their preseason finale against the Bears

10:33 PM on Friday, August 22

Royce Lewis hit a grand slam, Byron Buxton, Luke Keaschall, and Edouard Julien each had two hits, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 9-7

10:21 PM on Friday, August 22

Vimael Machín has made a memorable return to the major leagues

10:13 PM on Friday, August 22

Cam Ward's first NFL touchdown will have to wait for the regular season

10:12 PM on Friday, August 22

Joe Milton ran for a touchdown and threw for a score, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the Atlanta Falcons 31-13 in the preseason finale for both teams

10:07 PM on Friday, August 22

Carson Williams homered and went 2 for 4 with three RBIs in his major league debut, a day after the Tampa Bay Rays called up the former first-round pick

10:05 PM on Friday, August 22

The NFL joined the WNBA in having a sex toy thrown onto the field when someone tossed one during the Tennessee Titans’ preseason finale

10:03 PM on Friday, August 22

Kyle McCord led Philadelphia to a 19-17 victory over the New York Jets in a preseason game

8:17 PM on Friday, August 22

Bubba Chandler has made an impressive major league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates

8:03 PM on Friday, August 22

Shane Bieber struck out nine over six dominant innings of one-run ball in his debut with the Blue Jays, helping Toronto beat the Miami Marlins 5-2 after 16 months away from the mound

6:10 PM on Friday, August 22

Willy Adames couldn’t have scripted a much better scenario for his return to Milwaukee to face his former team