By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Busch's return to Victory Lane only 10 races after his last win just seemed to take much longer. There were all those runner-up finishes in between, one in particular. A runner-up finish in the 2017 season finale kept Busch ...

By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Things were getting beyond dicey for Brad Brach and the Baltimore Orioles. Bases loaded, no outs. Clinging to a one-run lead in the 12th. Big boppers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton coming up. But boosted by an alert play from catcher ...

BY STEVE OVERBEY, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Torey Lovullo claimed his Arizona Diamondbacks were being framed. The manager set off a benches-clearing incident in his team's 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday by maintaining eight-time All-Star catcher Yadier Molina was ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The United State won wrestling's World Cup for the first time in 15 years Sunday, beating Azerbaijan in the final. The victory marked the second consecutive major international tournament won by the Americans, who won the team crown at last year's world ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros right-hander Charlie Morton often marvels at the nameplates above the lockers in the corner of the clubhouse where his fellow starters sit. Morton, the No. 5 starter on a pitching staff that is arguably the best in baseball, continued to dominate and Max Stassi ...

By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Clint Hurdle approached Jameson Taillon in Pittsburgh's dugout after the top of the eighth inning and asked his team's emerging ace for a bit of healthy self-assessment. "He asked me if I had pitches left," Taillon said. "I don't know if I ...

By GENARO C. ARMAS, AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Chicago Cubs finally get to play at Wrigley Field again. They are coming home on a high note thanks to another nice outing for Jose Quintana at Miller Park. The left-hander tossed six innings of three-hit ball, Ben Zobrist homered ...

By STEVE HERRICK, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland catcher Yan Gomes beat everyone with one big swing. The wind, the record-cold temperatures and Kansas City. Gomes hit a tiebreaking two-run homer off Brandon Maurer in the ninth inning, lifting the Indians to a 3-1 win over the ...

By ROB MAADDI, AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jake Arrieta had some tough luck in a short debut. Arrieta lasted just four innings Sunday in his first start for the Phillies, and Philadelphia lost 6-3 to the Miami Marlins on Brian Anderson's tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Hockey Writer Two of the top four teams in the NHL are guaranteed to be out the playoffs after the second round. Goodbye Nashville or Winnipeg. Goodbye Boston or Tampa Bay. Thanks for playing. That's the reality under the divisional playoff format that could pit the top ...

By TERESA M. WALKER, AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The United States is off to a perfect start in Davis Cup play this year, and the Americans now have to wait and see if they can continue this momentum when they play in the semifinals for the first time since 2012. Ryan Harrison ...

By MIKE CRANSTON, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown acknowledged that after he told his players and the media before the season began that the goal was to make the playoffs, it "wasn't well received" by many in the cautious front office. Turns out, ...

By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown could see the fourth quarter well enough from the Boston bench to know he wasn't worried about the Celtics' recent stumbles. "If we would have played our normal rotation, we would have won that game," he said Sunday after coach ...

HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — Junior hockey players and others were en route to a crucial playoff game on Friday when a tractor-trailer slammed into their chartered bus, killing 15 and sending shock waves through a small Canadian town. The dead include the son of a former NHL player, the ...

By MARK LONG, AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It's essentially a Ryder Cup rematch at Augusta National. Patrick Reed and his par-5 prowess versus Rory McIlroy and his penchant for clutch shots. A 27-year-old American seeking his first major championship versus a 28-year-old Irishman ...

By The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit the first grand slam for Boston since the end of the 2016 season and drove in a career-best six runs to carry the Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday for their seventh straight victory. J.D. Martinez and Rafael ...

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — A semi-trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western Canada, killing 15 people and injuring 14 in a catastrophic collision that left a country and its national sport heartbroken. The ...

By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Khabib Nurmagomedov wanted an unsanctioned brawl against Conor McGregor in a loading dock. He instead ended his long ride toward a UFC title with a championship belt to bring back to Russia. Nurmagomedov capped one the rockiest weeks in UFC's ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Michael Brantley singled home two runs in his first at-bat this season and Carlos Carrasco worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 win in their chilly home opener over the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Brantley missed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jalen Brunson of national champion Villanova and A'ja Wilson of South Carolina won the John R. Wooden Award as national players of the year Friday night. They received their trophies during the fourth annual College Basketball Awards in a nationally televised show from The ...