Sports News

1:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Minnesota plays Los Angeles for a Western Conference matchup Wednesday

1:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Phoenix hosts the Las Vegas Aces after Kahleah Copper scored 41 points in the Phoenix Mercury's 111-102 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Sparks

12:53 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Colt Keith has rediscovered his home run swing in Houston, swatting three round-trippers to power the Detroit Tigers to a 9-3 victory over the Astros

12:37 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Nick Kurtz hit two homers and drove in five runs, Jeff McNeil also went deep and knocked in four, and the Athletics beat the scuffling Pittsburgh Pirates 11-2

12:21 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Pinch-hitter Miguel Rojas launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers erased an early deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the opener of a six-game homestand

11:31 PM on Monday, June 15

Lionel Messi and Argentina are ready to defend their World Cup title

11:27 PM on Monday, June 15

Gabby Williams scored 16 points, Kaila Charles came of the bench to finish with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Los Angeles Sparks 78-58 for their third straight win

11:24 PM on Monday, June 15

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dustin May's bid to rise above his injury-plagued past has hit a new height

11:11 PM on Monday, June 15

11:10 PM on Monday, June 15

Pavin Smith hit a tiebreaking solo homer off the right-field foul pole, Ryne Nelson pitched seven quality innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-3

11:04 PM on Monday, June 15

Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first major league player to hit for the cycle this season as the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies

10:04 PM on Monday, June 15

The coach of Iran’s World Cup team says it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand

9:38 PM on Monday, June 15

Josh Bell hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Byron Buxton went deep for the 23rd time this season leading off the sixth and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-2

9:19 PM on Monday, June 15

Jaxon Willits and Brendan Brock homered to help Oklahoma get out to an early lead, and closer Jackson Cleveland worked out of trouble late as the Sooners held on to beat Georgia 4-3 in the College World Series

9:12 PM on Monday, June 15

Luis García Jr. hit a go-ahead single, Dylan Crews added a three-run homer and the Washington Nationals scored five times in the fifth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3

5:46 PM on Monday, June 15

The Texas Rangers have placed shortstop Corey Seager on the seven-day concussion list, clearing the way for second baseman Josh Smith to return from a six-week absence that included a bout with viral meningitis

12:05 PM on Monday, June 15

12:03 PM on Monday, June 15

Authorities say two people are dead after a BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon

3:39 AM on Monday, June 15

A World Cup video review official says his hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign was caused by an involuntary twitch

11:38 PM on Sunday, June 14

Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran’s first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran