Sports Stories from June 19, 2016 (Change date)
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New York can't finish series sweep, falls 7-4 to MinnesotaJun 19, 2016 6:30 pm - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Brian McCann did his part to help the New York Yankees accomplish something they haven't done in nearly 70 years: sweep a four-game series for the thi...
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Grella, Red Bulls beat Sounders 2-0, win 4th in a rowJun 19, 2016 9:05 pm - HARRISON, N.J. (AP) - Mike Grella scored twice and the New York Red Bulls beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 on Sunday night for their fourth straight victory. Grella opened ...
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Despair and defiance as Russian athletes react to doping banJun 20, 2016 7:21 am - CHEBOKSARY, Russia (AP) - Russia's national track and field championships were supposed to offer a chance to secure Olympic places, but with its athletes now banned from...
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Column: Johnson wins one the USGA tries to take awayJun 19, 2016 9:00 pm - OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - Maybe Dustin Johnson is smarter than the average golfer after all. The whispers around golf were that the most powerful player in the game didn't hav...
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Spieth's US Open title defense runs off the rails earlyJun 19, 2016 5:30 pm - OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - Jordan Spieth was just eight holes into the defense of his U.S. Open championship and already out of sorts when a near-perfect approach shot landed 1...
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Price goes 8 sharp in Boston's 2-1 win over SeattleJun 19, 2016 5:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - David Price didn't exactly have much run support. It hardly mattered the way he shut down Seattle's powerful lineup. Price snapped a personal three-game lo...
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James Driscoll wins Web.com Tour's Nashville Golf OpenJun 19, 2016 8:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - James Driscoll won the inaugural Nashville Golf Open on Sunday for his second Web.com Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke vi...
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France, Belarus, China, Spain, Turkey qualify for OlympicsJun 19, 2016 6:43 pm - France, Belarus, Spain, China and Turkey all earned spots at the Olympics by qualifying at the last chance women's basketball tournament this weekend. Spain and China wi...
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Seattle's pen quickly gives up lead in 2-1 loss to BostonJun 19, 2016 5:30 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Seattle manager Scott Servais turned to what he called a rested bullpen before the game. It didn't take long for the lead to be gone. Mookie Betts hit a go...
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Vargas scores 4 goals, defending champ Chile routs MexicoJun 19, 2016 1:05 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Eduardo Vargas leapt in the air and pumped his right fist in triumph as his shaggy hair swayed in the Bay Area breeze, only further demoralizi...