Cardinals rout Rockies behind early homer spree
St. Louis’ Dexter Fowler and Kolten Wong started the game with consecutive home runs, and the Cardinals also got leadoff homers in the second, third and fourth innings en route to a 10-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday in Denver.
Pirates finish off series win in San Francisco
The Pittsburgh Pirates used triples from Cole Tucker and starting pitcher Joe Musgrove to build a lead, then got a home run from Jacob Stallings as insurance in a 4-2 win over the host San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon.
OBJ: Jets DC Williams promotes cheap shots
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Thursday accused New York Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams of encouraging “dirty hits” and said the coach’s tactics cost him much of the 2017 season.
Horse racing: Local weed caused Justify’s positive drug test – Baffert
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Thursday denied intentionally administering the banned drug scopolamine to Triple Crown-winning horse Justify in 2018, saying a positive test had been a result of “environmental contamination.”
Korda sisters paired on opening morning at Solheim Cup
Americans Jessica and Nelly Korda will become the first sisters paired at a Solheim Cup when they team up in foursomes on the opening day against Europe at Gleneagles on Friday.
Soccer: Sociedad ready to write new history in rebooted stadium
After revamping their stadium by cutting out a much-maligned running track and elevating its capacity to 40,000, Real Sociedad finally have a home to be proud of and they believe it can help their bid to return to being one of Spain’s top clubs.
Alarm Bells? Darnold out, Bell hurt as Jets prep for Browns
Quarterback Sam Darnold is out indefinitely with mono and will not play Monday when the New York Jets host the Cleveland Browns. But that’s only the beginning of the bad news spreading for New York.
Dozier, Soler go deep as Royals down White Sox
Hunter Dozier stroked a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 6-3 win over the host Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon.
Voit, Judge lead Yankees to Game 1 win over Tigers
Luke Voit had three hits, including a two-run homer, scored three runs and drove in three more as the New York Yankees defeated the host Detroit Tigers 10-4 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Lagares homers twice as Mets cap sweep of D-backs
Juan Lagares had the biggest game of his major league career Thursday afternoon, when the longest-tenured member of the New York Mets homered twice and finished with six RBIs as the surging Mets completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Arizona Diamo…
