The United States and Mexico had a dream start to a World Cup on their home soil. Canada’s first game wasn’t too bad, either. The Americans put an exclamation point ...

Lawrence Butler scored on a throwing error for the go-ahead run in the seventh an added an RBI-single in the eighth to lead the Athletics to a 6-4 victory over ...

A confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says that the international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and ...

Oklahoma’s Ralford Mullings became the first man to win back-to-back discus titles in more than 20 years, and Arkansas won it’s 11th men’s title — but the Razorbacks’ first since ...

Michael Busch hit a three-run homer into McCovey Cove beyond right field in the fifth inning to back Javier Assad’s strong start on the mound, and the Chicago Cubs beat ...

Janelle Salaun had 22 points, Gabby Williams added 19, and the Golden State Valkyries held off the Seattle Storm 76-72. Salaun’s fifth 3-pointer gave Golden State a 69-57 lead with ...

Sonia Citron scored 17 points and made the winning jumper as time expired, rookie Lauren Betts scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and the Washington ...

Yordan Alvarez hit a grand slam and two-run homer in the first inning for the Houston Astros against the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. The left-handed slugger drove in ...

Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee homered in the eighth inning — two of three home runs surrendered by St. Louis reliever Ryne Stanek — and the Minnesota Twins outlasted the ...

If there’s a saving grace from the bedlam that is about to ensue in New York City on Saturday, with the Knicks on the verge of a championship and Brazil ...

Yordan Alvarez became the third player in Houston history to hit two homers in an inning, with a two-run shot and a grand slam during a nine-run first, in the ...

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent. Americans had outlasted the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, with the occasional moment ...