NBA PLAYOFFS Hawks oust top-seeded 76ers…Suns open WCF with win UNDATED (AP) — Neither of the NBA’s No. 1 seeds are still alive in the playoffs. The Hawks made sure of that by downing the 76ers to earn the right to take on the Milwaukee Bucks. The Hawks advanced with a 103-96 win over the 76ers in Philadelphia, putting Atlanta…
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on U.S. track and field trials (all times PDT): 8:30 p.m. Garrett Scantling won the decathlon with a personal-best score of 8,647 points to earn a spot at the Tokyo Olympics. Scantling retired from the sport after finishing fourth at the 2016 Olympic trials but decided to return. Steven Bastien was second with 8,485…
NBA PLAYOFFS Hawks oust top-seeded 76ers…Suns open WCF with win UNDATED (AP) — Neither of the NBA’s No. 1 playoff seeds will be in the conference finals. The Hawks made sure of that by downing the 76ers to earn the right to take on the Milwaukee Bucks. The Hawks advanced with a 103-96 win over the 76ers in Philadelphia, putting…
NBA PLAYOFFS Suns open WCF with win over Clippers PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns didn’t have Chris Paul available for Game 1 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals, so they let fellow guard Devin Booker lead them to victory. Booker had 40 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his first career triple-double as the Suns earned their seventh…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 5:24 p.m. Jon Rahm is the first Spaniard to win the U.S. Open. Two monumental birdie putts clinched it. Rahm birdied his final two holes to shoot a 4-under 67 and win the U.S. Open by a shot over Luis Oosthuizen. Trailing Oosthuizen by a shot when…
PGA-US OPEN Oosthuizen gets some separation at US Open SAN DIEGO (AP) — There’s finally, some separation at the U.S. Open. Louis Oosthuizen (OOST’-hay-zehn) and Bryson DeChambeau were tied for the lead at Torrey Pines when it changed quickly. DeChambeau missed his tee shot well to the right on the par-3 11th and made bogey. That ended his streak of…
PGA-US OPEN Rahm makes early move…Another US Open disappointment for Mickelson SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jon Rahm made an early move as the final group has teed off at the U.S. Open. Rahm opened the final round at Torrey Pines with consecutive birdies, hitting his approach to 3 feet on the par-4 second hole. That moved him to 4 under,…
The Latest on soccer’s European Championship: The German soccer federation says UEFA has given the go-ahead for goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to wear a captain’s armband with the rainbow colors at the European Championship. The federation says UEFA has accepted its argument that the armband is a symbol of diversity and can therefore be categorized as a “good cause.” Neuer wore…
PGA-US OPEN Another US Open disappointment for Mickelson SAN DIEGO (AP) — Phil Mickelson now has played in the U.S. Open 30 times and he only has silver medals — six of them — to show for it. His week at Torrey Pines ended with a 40 on the back nine for a closing 75, putting him at 11-over 295…
NBA PLAYOFFS-HAWKS/76ERS Home court may not be an advantage as 76ers host Hawks in Game 7 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Eastern Conference semifinal comes down to Game 7 Sunday in Philadelphia and there’s scant proof the home-court edge will matter much for the top-seeded 76ers. The Atlanta Hawks have already won two games in Philadelphia. They rallied from 26 points…
