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Dreyer & Reinbold Racing eager to fulfill late team owner’s wish to become full-time IndyCar team

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Each May, Dennis Reinbold would come to the Indianapolis 500 and explain he desperately wanted to return to full-time IndyCar racing. His dream is on the cusp of becoming reality. A little more than a month after the Indianapolis-based team owner died at 65, his oldest son, Derek, announced Dreyer & Reinbold Racing had purchased one of the series' 25 charters from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The transaction paves the way for DRR to run one full-time car next season for the first time since 2012. Series officials must still approve the move, though that ...

Brewers remaining careful with Jacob Misiorowski as he returns from layoff

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy says the Brewers want to monitor Jacob Misiorowski's workload coming out of the All-Star break. The first example of that came Monday night. Misiorowski worked just four innings in an 8-3 victory over the New York Mets that marked his first appearance since pitching seven innings in a July 7 victory at St. Louis. The Brewers scratched Misiorowski from a scheduled July 12 start in Pittsburgh due to arm fatigue, and he didn't pitch in the All-Star Game last week despite getting selected to the team for a second straight year. "I think we ...

F1 Review: Antonelli enjoys weekend at spa

BELGIUM — Kimi Antonelli dominated several practice sessions and qualifying, setting up the expectation he would cruise to an easy win. In a race planned to be just one pit stop, a late virtual safety car turned the race’s leading order on its head and gave Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc the ...

Pratt hits 1st career homer as Brewers beat Mets 8-3 in Peralta’s return to Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — Cooper Pratt hit his first major league homer and had his first career three-hit game to help spoil Freddy Peralta's return to Milwaukee as the Brewers defeated the New York Mets 8-3 on Monday night. Joey Ortiz had a three-run homer and Andrew Vaughn launched a two-run shot for the Brewers (63-37), who won their fourth straight and overtook the Los Angeles Dodgers (63-38) for the best record in the majors. Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski struck out six and allowed one unearned run while throwing 65 pitches over four innings in his first appearance since July 7. ...

Mets’ Luis Robert Jr. comes off injured list after missing almost three months

MILWAUKEE — New York Mets outfielder Luis Robert Jr. has been activated from the injured list after missing nearly three months with a back issue. The Mets announced the move before starting their three-game series at Milwaukee on Monday night. They optioned infielder Eric Wagaman to Triple-A Syracuse and sent infielder Zack Short outright to Syracuse. Robert, 28, last played for the Mets on April 26 before going on the injured list with a lumbar spine disk herniation. He was in the starting lineup Monday and went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in an 8-3 loss to the Brewers. "He's ...

Ryan Fox is the British Open champion and the model for playing faster

SOUTHPORT, England — More than a British Open champion, Ryan Fox has become the new face of playing quickly in a sport that could use a good example. Perhaps the best illustration came during the most important moment of his life. He had a 12-foot birdie putt to win his first major, ...