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Akie Iwai wins Portland Classic to join twin sister Chisato as rookie LPGA Tour championAug 17, 2025 7:23 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. — Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in Th...
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Rahm wins LIV Golf season points title, then falls in playoff to Munoz in IndianapolisAug 17, 2025 7:20 pm - WESTFIELD, Ind. — Jon Rahm successfully defended his LIV Golf season points title Sunday without winning an event all year, closing with an 11-under 60 before losing a pl...
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Scottie Scheffler rallies from 4 shots down and wins BMW Championship for 5th victory of the yearAug 17, 2025 6:43 pm - OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Scottie Scheffler erased a four-shot deficit in five holes and then delivered a haymaker on the daunting par-3 17th by chipping in from 82 feet for bi...
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College football season kicks off with thrilling matchups and high stakesAug 17, 2025 4:56 pm - After a long and busy season for college athletics, the football season arrives with a host of tantalizing angles. A look at some of the big games among the top teams, wh...
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Reds end Brewers' franchise-record, 14-game winning streak on Hays' bases-loaded hit in the 10thAug 17, 2025 4:35 pm - CINCINNATI — Austin Hays' single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning gave the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday, ending the Brewers' franchise-r...
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Dansby Swanson delivers as the Chicago Cubs edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3Aug 17, 2025 4:33 pm - CHICAGO — Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the weekend se...
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India and Frazier hit two-run homers to rally Royals to 6-2 win over the White SoxAug 17, 2025 4:30 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jonathan India and Adam Frazier hit two-run homers, rallying the Kansas City Royals to a 6-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday for a series sweep. ...
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‘Weapons’ maintains top spot during second weekend, scaring off newcomer ‘Nobody 2’Aug 17, 2025 2:43 pm - “Weapons” scared its way to the top of the box office in its debut and managed to stay there during its second box office weekend, beating out “Freakier Friday” and newcomer “Nobody 2.”
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States move to send hundreds of National Guard members to WashingtonAug 16, 2025 8:17 pm - Three states moved to deploy hundreds of members of their National Guard to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.
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In letter to Putin, US first lady asks him to consider the children in push to end war in UkraineAug 16, 2025 8:00 pm - Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska.