Baseball Capsules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Leake outpitched 2016 NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, Stephen Piscotty homered and had five RBIs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Leake outpitched 2016 NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, Stephen Piscotty homered and had five RBIs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — New Orleans rookie Cheick Diallo has spent the season back and forth with the NBA's Development League, but he helped the Pelicans get one last victory before the offseason.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Small, fast and larcenous, the last Calgary team to reach the NHL playoffs in 2015 was a lightning-in-a-bottle squad that earned a quarter of their points when trailing after two periods. Reaching the second round for…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout stepped to the plate against young Rangers reliever Jose Leclerc with a runner on second base and the entire Angel Stadium crowd anticipating another exhilarating comeback.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Clippers began the regular season as the NBA's hottest team at 14-2. They ended it the same way, winning seven in a row to clinch the No. 4 seed in the West and home-court advantage…
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Alfredo Amezaga hit a run-scoring double in the fifth inning, leading the Toros de Tijuana to a 6-5 win over the Tigres de Quintana Roo on Wednesday.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Perfectionist Kevin Durant picked on two open 3-point tries he missed.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers spent the past few days watching a flag go up and the opponent get its glitzy rings in the ballpark where they lost the NL Championship Series last season.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Joel Edmundson scored for St. Louis at 17:48 of overtime, Jake Allen made a career-high 51 saves and the Blues sneaked into Minnesota to steal Game 1 of their first-round series from the Wild with…
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Reid Brignac homered and singled, scoring three runs as the Fresno Grizzlies topped the Las Vegas 51s 7-4 on Wednesday.
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after President Donald Trump withdrew a threat to declare China a currency manipulator. Trump's comment that the U.S. dollar was getting too strong helped push the yen higher, hurting Japanese exporters'…
WASHINGTON — Despite recent revelations that Fox News and anchor Bill O’Reilly had settled five complaints of sexual harassment against him to the tune of millions — his ratings went up.
Ever since my time working for Sen. Bill Proxmire of Wisconsin, investigating wasteful government spending programs for his Golden Fleece Award, I have worked to find ways to save taxpayer money.
Those who attend Aaron Heaton’s Friday night performance at the Mid West Music Fest in La Crosse will hear an orchestra of instruments, including common ones such as drums, a trombone and a synthesizer, as well as exotic ones, such…
BOSTON (AP) — Gerald Green scored 18 points, 10 of them in a 25-2 fourth-quarter run, and the Boston Celtics beat the resting Milwaukee Bucks 112-94 in the regular-season finale on Wednesday night to claim the No. 1 seed in…
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Matt Carasiti struck Carlos Rivero out with the bases loaded to end the game, leading the Albuquerque Isotopes to a 9-7 win over the Reno Aces on Wednesday.
Miss Kindergarten is in the million-dollar club. So are Lovin Lit, the Moffatt Girls and about a dozen other teacher-entrepreneurs who are spinning reading, math, science and social studies into gold by selling their lesson plans online to fellow teachers…
Dwyane Wade is going back to the playoffs. The Miami Heat aren't going with him.
DEAR AMY: Eleven years ago, I married the most perfect person for me. We’ve been blissfully married ever since.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Yusniel Diaz doubled and singled twice, and Mitchell White pitched five scoreless innings as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes defeated the Inland Empire 66ers 11-2 on Wednesday.
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- Skye Bolt tripled and singled as the Stockton Ports topped the Modesto Nuts 5-2 on Wednesday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gordon Hayward can already feel the difference.
Photos of Joseph Jakubowski, who allegedly stole a cache of guns from a Janesville-area gun store and wrote an anti-government manifesto threatening schools and public officials, are being sent to Wisconsin Lottery terminals across the state, the Rock County Sheriff's…
BOSTON (AP) — The Orioles had all kinds of trouble with Steven Wright's knuckleball in two matchups last season.
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- Wes Rogers doubled and singled, also stealing three bases as the Lancaster JetHawks defeated the San Jose Giants 9-7 on Wednesday.