Sports Stories from August 16, 2018 (Change date)
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NIU hoping to rekindle the program's positive recent historyAug 16, 2018 12:00 pm - Some college football teams have a storied history. Northern Illinois has a history of contrasting stories. There were roughly 30 years of frequent futility in DeKalb. T...
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Beltre still out of Texas lineup because of left hamstringAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is still out of the lineup because of his troublesome left hamstring, but still on the active roster an...
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Intentional plunkings come under fire after Urena hits AcunaAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Judge saw Jose Urena's plunking of Ronald Acuna Jr. before the Yankees played a day game Thursday, and he felt Acuna's pain. The reigning AL home r...
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Chargers' Rivers learns to make most of limited preseasonAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - It took a while for Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers to get used to his abbreviated preseason workload. Knowing that he would be ...
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Memphis Grizzlies sign guard Markel CrawfordAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Grizzlies have signed guard Markel Crawford and added him to their training-camp roster. Crawford, a 23-year-old Memphis native, played...
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Lester, Happ combine to lead Cubs to 1-0 win over PiratesAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jon Lester wasn't overly excited about winning for the first time in just over a month. However, Cubs manager Joe Maddon couldn't have been happier wit...
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World Cup champion France tops FIFA rankings; Germany 15thAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - ZURICH (AP) - World Cup champion France is No. 1 in the FIFA rankings for the first time in 16 years. Germany, the previous World Cup champion, dropped from first to 15t...
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Astros hit 5 homers to end skid with 12-1 win over RockiesAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Throughout their five-game losing streak, the Houston Astros failed time and again to get a big hit when they needed it. They didn't have that problem Wed...
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Spanish league plan for game in US chided by players' groupAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - A regular-season Spanish league game is coming to the United States, possibly as early as this season, with Real Madrid or Barcelona potentially involved but unlikely to...
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Granderson's grand slam leads Jays past Royals 6-5Aug 16, 2018 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Curtis Granderson held up both hands, showing 10 fingers, one for each grand slam. Granderson ran his career grand slam total into the double dig...
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