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Jung Ho Kang scored on Corey Dickerson’s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to cap a frantic rally and lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night. Josh Bell hit his 26th home of the season and fourth of the series and added a double to give him […]

Stephen Strasburg struck out 14 in 7 1/3 shutout innings, Brian Dozier and Matt Adams homered, and the Washington Nationals continued their midseason surge with a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. Washington has won seven of its last eight and is 25-10 since May 24. The Nationals improved to 44-41, the

Mike Trout led a parade of Los Angeles Angels into the interview room of the Texas Rangers for the first interaction with reporters since teammate Tyler Skaggs died. The two-time AL MVP tried to smile when it was his turn to talk, only to find himself fighting back tears almost immediately. Trout wasn’t alone following

Sue Bird found one upside to having knee surgery that has kept her out of the entire WNBA season to date. She won’t be missing any playing time to attend the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday in Lyon, France, to see if the United States can win its fourth title. “What they’re doing right

Sweden’s World Cup title bid was ended by one-touch Dutch magic. It only took a few seconds for the Netherlands to carve Sweden open from midfield to the edge of the penalty area, where Jackie Groenen advanced to hit a superb low shot past goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl. She was powerless to stop Groenen’s effort after

The Latest on NBA free agency (all times EDT): 5:35 p.m. A person familiar with the situation says the Detroit Pistons and Markieff Morris have agreed on a two-year contract. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the deal cannot be signed until Saturday. Morris has averaged 11.6 points

Still facing a backlash over saying she wouldn’t visit the White House if the United States wins the World Cup, Megan Rapinoe said Wednesday that she considers herself a proud American. “I think that I’m particularly, uniquely and very deeply American,” she said. “If we want to talk about the ideals that we stand for,

Reilly Opelka still is getting used to some aspects of visiting Britain. The bed frame where he stayed during a Wimbledon tuneup tournament that wasn’t quite big enough for the 6-foot-11 (2.11-meter) American, for example. The lack of air conditioning compared to back home in Florida. As for the grass-court tennis? Opelka is increasingly comfortable

Alyssa Naeher finally escaped Hope Solo’s shadow with her smothering save of a penalty kick. Endlessly compared to her controversial predecessor on the U.S. national team, Naeher cemented her own legacy when she preserved the United States’ 2-1 semifinal win over England. It was the first-ever penalty save by a U.S. goalkeeper in regulation at

The U.S. Olympic Committee’s administrative costs more than doubled in 2018 over the previous year as it dealt with a $5.2 million investigation into its handling of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse cases and paid a $2.4 million severance to its former CEO. The payments to the Ropes & Gray law firm, former CEO Scott Blackmun