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Only four seconds separated second and fourth place.

Matt Olson goes 4-for-5 in A’s 12-3 win over Rangers

NEW YORK — This may be the new-look Yankees, but they are constantly dealing with the same old thing: injuries. Saturday it was another huge blow with Aroldis Chapman going on the injured list before the Yankees’ game against the Mariners with left elbow inflammation. The Yankees are hopeful this is just a short trip to the IL. “He had it a little bit in Miami,” manager Aaron Boone said after …

Team USA stars like Katie Ledecky and Allyson Felix continued to add to their legacies at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Mets have reportedly signed right-hander Zack Godley to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Syracuse.

Saturday’s effort by Andrew Heaney will never be confused for a masterpiece, but it ended up being exactly what the Yankees needed.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen broke the North American record for victories by a trainer Saturday when Stellar Tap won the fifth race on Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course. Asmussen has 9,446 victories to break the mark of set by the late Dale Baird during his 46-year career that ended when he was killed in a car crash in 2007 at age 72.

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Whether Kelly — entering his 12th season as Notre Dame ‘s coach and four victories shy of surpassing Knute Rockne’s 105 victories as the winningest Fighting Irish coach — will be able to say that Sept. 5 when his team opens at Florida State is another matter. “The good news is we’re 95% vaccinated,” Kelly said.

There was finally some excitement at the Denver Broncos’ training camp — and it had nothing to do with the drudging quarterback clash between Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock. Pass rusher Bradley Chubb and left tackle Garett Bolles got into a fight during a team drill midway through practice Saturday and kept chirping at each other afterward. Keeping them apart to keep the confrontation from reigniting were teammates, assistants and even head coach Vic Fangio and general manager George Paton.

The latest injury news and possible return dates for New York Mets players who are on the injured list.

The Yankees placed closer Aroldis Chapman on the 10-day injured list Saturday with left elbow inflammation, but appear to have avoided the worst.

Free agent wing Kelly Oubre Jr. will join the Charlotte Hornets on a two-year, $25 million deal.

Aug. 7—SOUTH BEND — The smile couldn’t come off of Shirley Salisbury’s face. She had been practicing for this all day, and now was her moment to shine. Sitting in her wheelchair, Salisbury’s great niece, Olivia, pushed Shirley out to the infield of Four Winds Field. She was put about 15 feet from home plate, baseball in hand, and getting ready to do something she’s done for most of her life: …

The U.S. men’s basketball team faced France for the second time at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, only this time, there was gold on the line.

The men’s 4×400-meter relay team featuring Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin cruised to a relatively comfortable victory

Japan defeated the United States 2-0 on Saturday to win the country’s first Olympic gold in baseball.

Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev beat American Kyle Snyder 6-3 in the men’s Olympic freestyle heavyweight gold medal bout on Saturday in an absorbing contest between two Rio 2016 champions. Snyder was reigning champion in the category while Sadulaev won the middleweight gold in Rio. Sadulaev had yet to concede a point in Tokyo and it was the Russian who methodically went about scoring points in the clash of titans, leading 2-0 at the break.

Britain become the first nation ever to win men’s and women’s gold in pentathlon at the same Games.

After crushing Spain in the final, Team USAs womens water polo team collected its third straight Olympic gold medal.

Here’s why he’s calling himself a “golf nerd” these days.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko became the first woman to claim multiple Olympic golf medals with her bronze at the Tokyo Games on Saturday and won hearts in Japan for her unwavering sportsmanship. Five years after being the runner-up at the Rio Olympics, the South Korea-born Ko was edged for a second silver medal by Japan’s Mone Inami in a playoff, with American Nelly Korda winning gold by a stroke. Though competing fiercely, and at one stage grabbing a share of the lead with Korda, Ko applauded her rivals’ good shots and bumped fists with them between holes.

A look at what’s happening around the majors today: 500 WATCH Miguel Cabrera’s 500th career homer could be just a few swings away. The two-time MVP and 11-time All-Star has 498 home runs and has hit the ball well since a slow start during the spring. He’s batting .

Some riders believed their horses may have been spooked by an incredibly realistic statue of a sumo wrestler.

Hungary claimed the bronze medal in the Olympic women’s water polo competition with a gritty 11-9 win over the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre on Saturday. The Hungarians, who had never finished on the women’s water polo podium, won their first Olympic medal in style, with goalkeeper Alda Magyari scoring into an empty net with four seconds left as all the ROC players pushed up into attack. Magyari, who also made 10 saves, was one of eight Hungarian players who found the net, with wing Vanda Valyi top scoring with three goals.

The Paralympics will kick off on August 24 in Tokyo.

Kevin Durant scores 29 points to lead the U.S. to an 87-82 victory over France and its fourth consecutive Olympic gold.

Kevin Durant led Team USA’s victory over France in the men’s basketball final in Tokyo on Saturday, avenging a first-round loss and claiming a 16th gold for the country in the sport. Durant, who in these Games surpassed Carmelo Anthony as the United States’ highest career scorer, led with 29 points in the 87-82 victory at the Saitama Super Arena. The championship attracted the biggest crowd yet to the arena north of Tokyo in these Games, with the bottom bowl of seats about half full of athletes, officials, media and volunteers in place of fans due to COVID-19 restrictions.

With Korda’s victory, the U.S. completes a sweep in the Olympic golf competition, following Xander Schauffele’s triumph last week.

Mitch Garver homered early and Josh Donaldson had an RBI single in the 11th inning to in the Minnesota Twins’ 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Donaldson laced a ball to right field off Rafael Montero (5-4) with no outs in the 11th to score the runner who started the inning on second base. There were two outs in the bottom of the inning when Jason Castro reached on a fielding error by Garver that left a runner at third.