Sports News

7:23 PM on Saturday, June 20

The Arizona Diamondbacks lost another starting pitcher to injury when they placed right-hander Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with a strained right glute

7:11 PM on Saturday, June 20

Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies is playing in his 10th season and has been on seven teams that advanced to the postseason

6:50 PM on Saturday, June 20

Max Meyer allowed two runs in five innings to win his eighth consecutive decision to start the season and Heriberto Hernández homered as the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 for their seventh straight home victory

6:34 PM on Saturday, June 20

Manny Machado hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and tied his season high of five RBIs, helping the San Diego Padres rally for a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers

6:32 PM on Saturday, June 20

Dylan Crews homered in the ninth inning, C

6:12 PM on Saturday, June 20

Jing Yan shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to maintain a one-shot lead in the wind-swept Meijer LPGA Classic, the final event before the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship next week at Hazeltine

5:59 PM on Saturday, June 20

Washington Nationals center fielder Jacob Young left Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning after crashing into the outfield wall

5:58 PM on Saturday, June 20

Ozzie Albies hit two homers, including a walk-off, two-run blast to right field in the ninth to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Milwaukee Brewers

5:48 PM on Saturday, June 20

Deiten Lachance homered twice off North Carolina ace Jason DeCaro, Oklahoma shut down the Tar Heels after the first inning and the Sooners won Game 1 of the College World Series finals 9-3 to move within a victory of the national championship

5:36 PM on Saturday, June 20

Angel Reese became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 1,000 career rebounds in the Atlanta Dream’s 113-96 win against the Indiana Fever

5:28 PM on Saturday, June 20

John Locher is a Las Vegas-based photographer and like all Associated Press photojournalists is well-positioned to show the scope of major events

5:14 PM on Saturday, June 20

Deniz Undav scored twice after being subbed on in the second half as Germany defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on Saturday and clinched a spot in the knockout phase at the World Cup

5:09 PM on Saturday, June 20

Valeriane Ayayi had 18 points and 10 rebounds and the Phoenix Mercury snapped a four-game losing streak by extending the Seattle Storm’s skid to 10 straight in a 93-73 victory

4:56 PM on Saturday, June 20

Kazuma Okamoto hit a three-run home run to cap a five-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6

4:53 PM on Saturday, June 20

Of all the rainbow of colors during the World Cup, one is sticking out: pink

4:41 PM on Saturday, June 20

Newly released video from an officer’s body camera and a surveillance camera at a Texas running track captures the moments after a teenage athlete fatally stabbed another teen from a rival team in the stadium bleachers during a high school meet last year

4:16 PM on Saturday, June 20

Jarred Kelenic is on his fourth team in four seasons, appearing in the big leagues for a second franchise this year after joining each club on a minor league contract

3:44 PM on Saturday, June 20

Rhyne Howard scored 24 points, Allisha Gray added 22, and the Atlanta Dream set a franchise record for points in a game with a 113-96 victory against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever

2:10 PM on Saturday, June 20

Belgium’s Jérémy Doku will not play in his team’s World Cup match against Iran due to illness

11:24 AM on Saturday, June 20

Wyndham Clark leads the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills with a four-shot advantage