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The British Open returns to Royal Portrush on July 18-21 for the first time since 1951, the only other time golf‘s oldest championship has been held outside Scotland or England. Max Faulkner won his only major on a rainy final day in Northern Ireland. To mark the return, the AP is reprinting this story about […]

A look at key anniversaries during this year’s British Open: 150 YEARS AGO (1869) One year after Young Tom Morris became the first player to break 50 to win his first British Open, he made more history with the first hole-in-one on the 166-yard eighth hole at Prestwick. The 18-year-old Morris led by three shots

Lance Lynn matched his season high with 11 strikeouts in seven stellar innings for his major league-best 12th victory and the Texas Rangers beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 5-0 in the only game Thursday night when Major League Baseball resumed after the All-Star break. Lynn (12-4) won his fifth consecutive start, and is 8-1

Rui Hachimura scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half to help the Washington Wizards beat the Atlanta Hawks 76-74 on Thursday in the NBA Summer League. Selected ninth overall last month, the former Gonzaga star was 9 of 12 from the field with two 3-pointers, nine rebounds and two blocks. He scored

Russell Westbrook and James Harden are together again, and Chris Paul is leaving Houston to make that reunion happen. A person with knowledge of the situation says the Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Paul in a swapping of top point guards. The Thunder also are getting first-round picks in

Former MLB slugger David Ortiz is still recovering from being shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic last month.  The Red Sox legend underwent a third surgery after experiencing complications from the gunshot wound, according to his wife, Tiffany Ortiz, in a statement issued by the team on Thursday. The player is

Facts and figures for the British Open golf championship: Event: 148th Open Championship. Dates: July 18-21. Site: Royal Portrush. Length: 7,344. Par: 71. The course: The club dates to a nine-hole course in 1888, expanding to 18 holes a year later. Harry Colt designed the Dunluce Links in 1929. Royal Portrush in 1951 hosted the

Red Sox executives joined officials from the state and the city of Worcester on Thursday to break ground on a 10,000-seat stadium for the ballclub’s Triple-A affiliate. A crowd of about 1,000 people attended the ceremony to welcome the International League team now based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that is scheduled to begin play about

A hole-by-hole look at Royal Portrush, site of the 148th British Open, to be played July 18-21: No. 1, 421 yards, par 4 (Hughies): Avoid two bunkers off the tee, and then the real challenge begins. The second shot is to an elevated, two-tier green with a false front. The front two pin positions are

Baseball’s All-Star Game had a record low television rating. The American League’s 4-3 win over the National League on Tuesday night in Cleveland had a 5.0 rating on Fox, according to Nielsen Media Research. The game was seen by an average of 5.93 million households and 8.14 million viewers. That is down from the previous