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Azura Stevens’ double-double lifts Sparks over Fever

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Azura Stevens scored 21 points and added 12 rebounds, Kelsey Plum added 20 points and the Los Angeles Sparks won at Indianapolis for the second time in nine days, defeating the Fever, minus Caitlin Clark, 89-87 on Saturday night. Since dominating the fourth quarter en ...

Tour de France: Van der Poel holds off Pogačar to win rainy stage 2

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday after holding off defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint to the line. Van der Poel took the race leader's yellow jersey ...

Wood has career-high five hits including 23rd HR, Nationals beat Tigers 11-7

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood had a career-high five hits including his 23rd home run hours after being named to the Home Run Derby, Jake Irvin survived a rocky first to pitch six solid innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Detroit Tigers 11-7 on Thursday night. Wood also had four ...

Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski gets tagged for 1st time in loss to Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski made everything look so easy in his first three major league starts. Now he knows it's not. The hard-throwing rookie finally got knocked around Wednesday, serving up back-to-back homers as the Milwaukee Brewers lost 7-3 to the New York Mets in the second ...

Wimbledon: Ben Shelton needs 4 points and about a minute to wrap up a win

LONDON (AP) — Four points. Three aces. About a minute. That's all it took for Ben Shelton to wrap up a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Rinky Hijikata on Friday in a second-round Wimbledon match suspended the night before because of darkness at 5-4 in the third set. "I wasn't really going for ...