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7:07 PM on Thursday, June 18

A lawyer for Phil Mickelson says the six-time major winner resigned from a country club near San Diego where he was accused of inappropriate contact with a female employee

6:20 PM on Thursday, June 18

Yan Liu of China shot a 6-under 66 in chilly and windy conditions Thursday morning to take the first-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic

5:58 PM on Thursday, June 18

Bryan Woo pitched seven shutout innings, Colt Emerson drove in two of Seattle’s three first-inning runs and the Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0

5:50 PM on Thursday, June 18

Jason Day, the 2015 PGA champion and a two-time runner-up at the U.S. Open, withdrew from this year’s Open at Shinnecock due to a bad back

5:31 PM on Thursday, June 18

An independent minor league baseball team says it is forfeiting a game because some of its players refused to wear a special Pride Night jersey

5:27 PM on Thursday, June 18

The Protect College Sports Act has moved forward with Senate committee approval

5:15 PM on Thursday, June 18

Chicago White Sox center fielder Everson Pereira was placed on the seven-day injured list with a concussion Thursday, one day after crashing into the left-center field fence at Yankee Stadium

5:12 PM on Thursday, June 18

Ryan Craig is the head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights

5:01 PM on Thursday, June 18

Former Iona basketball player Adam Njie Jr. is permanently ineligible for NCAA competition after acknowledging he said he would participate in a point-shaving scheme

4:57 PM on Thursday, June 18

Olympic 1,500-meter bronze medalist and world champion Jenny Simpson remains under medical care Thursday but shows “encouraging improvement” after collapsing while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh earlier this week

4:55 PM on Thursday, June 18

The West Indies has overcome Scotland by seven runs and stayed unbeaten at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after a madcap match in Leeds

4:51 PM on Thursday, June 18

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is hanging up his skates after a hockey career that included reaching the NHL at age 29 and serving as France's captain in the Olympics just weeks before turning 41

4:47 PM on Thursday, June 18

Police say shots were fired in New York's Times Square, far from the NBA champion New York Knicks' victory parade elsewhere in Manhattan

4:42 PM on Thursday, June 18

The Minnesota Twins got off to another fast start and completed a three-game series sweep in Texas

4:37 PM on Thursday, June 18

The World Cup crowd in Atlanta erupted for both the Czech Republic and South Africa during Thursday’s 1-1 draw, but many of the 67,442 fans in attendance weren’t cheering for either team

4:36 PM on Thursday, June 18

A judge has dismissed a felony rape charge against former Brigham Young University standout wide receiver Parker Kingston

4:33 PM on Thursday, June 18

Travis Bazzana hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning, Parker Messick pitched six effective innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2

4:07 PM on Thursday, June 18

Substitute Johan Manzambi scored is first World Cup goal on an outstanding volley in the 74th minute and Switzerland erupted late for a 4-1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina to take control of its group

1:28 PM on Thursday, June 18

Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday

1:09 PM on Thursday, June 18

Lionel Messi's family says the Argentina captain's father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness