DETROIT — Riley Greene had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Kevin McGonigle added a solo shot Monday to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Tigers starter Troy Melton (8-4) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, and four relievers held ...
LONDON — Matt Cullen's streak of attending NFL games in London is nearing an end. The Englishman's run started at London's first regular-season game in 2007, when he shrugged off steady rain to watch the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium. But Cullen can't bring ...
MADISON, Wis. — Even though he was nearly 2,000 miles from where he'd grown up, Ryan Hopkins felt right at home as a quarterback prospect visiting Wisconsin. "I felt the energy from the city," said Hopkins, a former three-star recruit from Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California. "I felt the ...
NEW YORK — Zheng Qinwen won't deny it. Having to qualify for the U.S. Open was tough. The qualifying tournament is for up-and-coming players, or maybe ones who are on their way out. It's not a place to find players with resumes like Zheng's. "Psychologically, it is very difficult to accept," the 23-year-old from China said. "I mean, I used to be top 10, Olympic champion. I've played in the big stadiums since the beginning." Now she's back in them again after engineering comebacks from 5-0 deficits in her last two matches, first against No. 22 Madison Keys and then No. 8 Iga ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham said Bryce Underwood has to improve to keep his job as starting quarterback. "He's our QB right now," Whittingham said Monday. "It's not something that's infinite. At some point, we've got to turn a corner and we've got to see ...
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell is finally second-to-none this season. Bell's crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at the Southern 500 on Sunday night. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed defending NASCAR champion Kyle Larson with 18 laps left at Darlington Raceway and held on to win the Chase-opening race and break a winless stretch of 33 races dating to Bristol last September. "Darlington is the epitome of NASCAR," Bell said. "This is better than a dream come true." It was his first win in 15 career ...
