PITTSBURGH — Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-sealing grand slam in the ninth inning, Matt Olson hit a first-inning home run while tying the franchise record for consecutive games played and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5 on Thursday. The Braves were leading 6-5 when ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Gavin Williams pitched seven dominant innings, Gabriel Arias, Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey hit home runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep. Williams (10-4) moved into a tie with Boston’s Sonny Gray for the ...
July is a great time of the year if you’re a short track racing fan. Things start off this weekend at Sharon Speedway as the World of Outlaws traveling series for the “Battle at the Border,” during which there will be $12,000 and $20,000 to win on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Some of the greatest Late Model drivers in the country, along with local and regional stars, will invade the red clay oval. UMP Mods will be on both shows. Gates open at 4 p.m., and racing will be at 7:30 p.m. Tony Stewart’s playground, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, also has four nights of high-level ...
You could almost say that the stars aligned just right for former Youngstown Phantoms defenseman Cal Huston. Huston fell in love with hockey at a very young age, watching the Youngstown SteelHounds play. As Huston grew, he got skates and a stick of his own and started playing for the youth ...
BOARDMAN — The first time Poland and Canfield met in the Little League 10U baseball District 2 tournament, Canfield jumped ahead early, forcing Poland to claw back en route to a win. On Wednesday in their second meeting at Boardman’s Fields of Dreams, however, Poland flipped the script, ...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — More World Cup teams. Same World Cup story. This edition started with 48 teams; it’s now down to eight, with six of those from Europe. And unless Morocco pulls off a series of surprising outcomes over the final two weeks, the champion will come from Europe or South America. Again. As always. A tournament that has been around for nearly a century — the first World Cup was in 1930 — has been contested on 22 previous occasions. The champions: 12 from Europe, 10 from South America, zero from the rest of the globe combined. This year’s quarterfinal ...
