LAUREL, Md. — Napoleon Solo reemerged as a colt to watch with a victory in the Preakness Stakes. Now trainer Chad Summers wants a shot at Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, whose absence left an underwhelming field at Laurel Park this weekend. “We wish he was here in the Preakness. We ...
DETROIT — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen and Sam Merrill each added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 125-94 on Sunday night in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers ousted the East's top seed and will face ...
CLEVELAND — Known for doing the little things it takes to win, a style they’ve embraced and branded as “Guards Ball,” the Guardians showed they can also swing big. Kyle Manzardo homered twice and Cleveland connected for six home runs — its most in a home game since 2013 — while ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Cardinal Mooney’s Chris Vass is on a roll. Until he met Vass in the main event of Saturday’s ‘Outside the Lion’s Den’ amateur fight card at Penguin City Brewery, Conner Bollinger of Ellwood City was also clicking on all cylinders, a seasoned boxer with 27 fights to his credit who was looking to extend his win streak to 11 overall. When the bell sounded on the final bout of the night, it was Vass raising his hand in victory after scoring a unanimous decision over Bollinger in their 145-pound scrap to move to 13-1 overall. It was Bollinger’s first loss in ...
PITTSBURGH — Zack Wheeler pitched seven sparkling innings, and Bryce Harper hit a home run off ace Paul Skenes on Sunday to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of the three-game series. Wheeler (3-0) gave up four hits while striking out eight and walking one. His ERA is 1.99 in six starts since beginning the season on the injured list while recovering from surgery to have a blood clot removed from his upper right arm. Jonathan Bowlan and Tanner Banks pitched one inning each to finish the five-hitter. Harper led off the sixth inning ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Aaron Rai shifted into high gear Sunday and pulled away from a world-class field with one amazing shot after another until he became the first English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship. Rai, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 driver ...
