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Wizards select Dybantsa with top pick

NEW YORK — AJ Dybantsa is on his way to Washington and ready to start working as soon as he gets there. That’s not until Wednesday. Tuesday was a night for the NBA’s No. 1 draft pick to party. “Obviously this night is just a celebration of all the hard work I’ve done in the past, ...

PGA approves two-tiered system in 2028 with expanded fields

CROMWELL, Conn. — Tiger Woods said the objective was to create the best version of the PGA Tour. The answer Tuesday was a major shakeup to its model that effectively creates two tours, expanding the field for the elite tier and cutting in half prize money for the secondary tier. The new ...

NCAA approves age-based eligibility for D-I athletes

Eager to lessen the chaos of the transfer portal era, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes on Tuesday that will allow five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, ...

Vargas’ homer lifts White Sox over Guards

CHICAGO — Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, Sean Burke struck out six in 6 1/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox claimed sole possession of first place in the AL Central on Tuesday night with a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Burke (5-4) allowed one run on ...

Young’s home run powers Mariners past Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Cole Young hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in his first major league game in his hometown to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old second baseman’s drive into the right-field bleachers kept the ...

Canfield tops Crestview, wins 50/70 district title

CANFIELD — It is not how you start, the saying goes, but rather how you finish. Fortunately for Canfield during Tuesday’s Little League Ohio District 2 Intermediate (50/70) championship game at McCune Park, it did both. Canfield scored four runs in the first two innings and eight in the ...