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MLB-SCHEDULE Giants top Cubs UNDATED (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have added to their latest winning streak. The Giants earned their fifth straight win by downing the Cubs, 6-1 in Chicago. Evan Longoria and Brandon Belt each hit two-run homers in the seventh inning on a day when Kris Bryant received a pair of standing ovations in his return…

Update on the latest sports

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MLB-SCHEDULE Giants top Cubs UNDATED (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have added to their latest winning streak. The Giants earned their fifth straight win by downing the Cubs, 6-1 in Chicago. Evan Longoria and Brandon Belt each hit two-run homers in the seventh inning on a day when Kris Bryant received a pair of standing ovations in his return…

Friday’s Scores

The Associated Press

PREP VOLLEYBALL= Garden County def. Brady, 25-11, 25-20, 25-9 Riverside def. Osmond, 25-17, 25-17, 20-25, 25-20 Sandhills/Thedford def. Hyannis, 25-19, 25-22, 26-24 Sioux County def. Creek Valley, 25-14, 25-14, 25-18 St. Thomas Aquinas, Kan. def. Omaha Skutt Catholic, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19 Wallace def. Minatare, 25-7, 25-7, 25-12 Bellevue East Invitational= Pool A= Bellevue West def. Columbus, 25-13, 25-13 Bellevue West…

Update on the latest sports

AP

MLB-SCHEDULE Giants top Cubs UNDATED (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have added to their latest winning streak. The Giants earned their fifth straight win by downing the Cubs, 6-1 in Chicago. Evan Longoria and Brandon Belt each hit two-run homers in the seventh inning on a day when Kris Bryant received a pair of standing ovations in his return…

Friday’s Scores

The Associated Press

PREP FOOTBALL= Amelia County 8, TJHS 7 Annandale 42, John R. Lewis 2 Atlantic Shores Christian 47, Norfolk Christian School 14 Atlee 27, Mills Godwin 7 Bassett 56, Dan River 0 Benedictine 28, Woodberry Forest 10 Bethel 32, Gloucester 0 Bland County 28, Rye Cove 14 Broad Run 35, Loudoun Valley 0 Broadway 23, William Monroe 7 Brooke Point 63,…

The Latest: Djokovic wins, takes Grand Slam chance to final

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 11:10 p.m. Novak Djokovic still has his Grand Slam chance. Pushed to a fifth set by Alexander Zverev, the top-seeded Djokovic won it 6-2 to advance to Sunday’s U.S. Open final. Djokovic will play No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev, with a victory making him the…

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TENNIS-US OPEN Medvedev sweeps his way back to US Open final NEW YORK (AP) — One half of the U.S. Open men’s final is set, with the other half to be determined tonight. Daniil Medvedev has advanced for the second time in three years. The second-seeded Medvedev surged out of a tight spot and beat a mistake-prone Auger-Aliassime, 6-4, 7-5,…

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TENNIS-US OPEN Medvedev sweeps his way back to US Open final NEW YORK (AP) — One half of the U.S. Open men’s final is set, with the other half to be determined tonight. Daniil Medvedev has advanced for the second time in three years. The second-seeded Medvedev surged out of a tight spot and beat a mistake-prone Auger-Aliassime, 6-4, 7-5,…

Update on the latest sports

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TENNIS-US OPEN Medvedev sweeps his way back to US Open final NEW YORK (AP) — Daniil Medvedev is in the U.S. Open final for the second time in three years after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5, 6-2. Twice a point from losing the second set, the No. 2 seed from Russia won 10 of the final 12 games. Medvedev, who…

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TENNIS-US OPEN Djokovic and Zverev meet in another semifinal NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich-ehz) bid for an Olympic gold medal was stopped in the semifinals in Tokyo by Alexander Zverev. Now it’s Zverev again who can end the top-seeded Djokovic’s quest for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since Rod Laver in 1969. They meet…