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The San Francisco Giants and Evan Longoria came to Camden Yards looking to break out of extended slumps. Having accomplished that objective at the expense of the horrid Baltimore Orioles, both the team and its veteran third baseman headed out of town seeking to extend this good fortune deep into June. Longoria homered and drove […]

The Latest on the NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway (all times local): ——— 4:15 p.m. Martin Truex Jr., the 2017 NASCAR champion, had his No. 19 Toyota forced to the garage in the closing laps of the second stage of the NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway because of engine trouble. Truex had won three of

Former All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce says he has been traded to Philadelphia by the Seattle Mariners, a deal that will cost the Phillies just $2.75 million over the next 1½ seasons. As part of the trade finalized Sunday, Seattle agreed to pay the Phillies $18,567,204 next Jan. 15, offsetting most of the $21,317,204 remaining in

Andy Ruiz Jr. could have passed for any New Yorker, just a roly-poly guy in a too-tight Knicks jersey and sideways baseball cap weaving his way through a crowded sidewalk on his way back to the hotel. But those people were there cheering for Ruiz, outstretched arms for selfies, pats on the back, asking for

The next in a long line of talented left-handed players from the Czech Republic is making a run at the French Open. Teenager Marketa Vondrousova reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating 12th-seeded Anastasija Sevastova 6-2, 6-0 Sunday in just 59 minutes. The 19-year-old Vondrousova has not dropped a set in four matches. “I’m

Danilo Petrucci of Italy held off Marc Marquez to gain an emotional first ever MotoGP victory on Sunday in the Italian Grand Prix. Titleholder Marquez briefly took the lead on the last lap but Petrucci managed to edge out the five-time champion by 0.043 seconds, much to the home fans’ delight. The 28-year-old Petrucci could

Maybe it was the daunting deficit Serena Williams faced in the French Open’s third round. Maybe it was the way her 20-year-old American opponent, Sofia Kenin, was questioning line calls. Either way, as Williams attempted to start a comeback Saturday with a three-ace game, she followed those big serves with some serious staredowns. Whether it

The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova has reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal without dropping a set. The 19-year-old Vondrousova beat 12th-seeded Anastasija Sevastova 6-2, 6-0 in just 59 minutes. The only two games that Vondrousova lost came immediately after she took a medical timeout to

Only three of the 16 women still in the French Open field have won a Grand Slam tournament — and two of them play each other in the fourth round. The most intriguing matchup at Roland Garros on Sunday might just be 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens against two-time major champ Garbiñe Muguruza, which

St. Louis was ready to celebrate its first Stanley Cup Final game on home ice in 49 years. The Blues didn’t cooperate. The Blues were the worst team in the NHL for the first part of the season and they looked very much like that team Saturday night in a 7-2 loss that left them