MILWAUKEE — Thanks to a couple of big swings from William Contreras, the Milwaukee Brewers need just a couple more wins to earn their first National League pennant and end the Los Angeles Dodgers' championship reign. Contreras hit a tying homer in the fifth and singled home the go-ahead ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Cleveland Guardians used small ball, the longball and played solid all-around baseball to keep winning in the postseason. Nathaniel Lowe snapped an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single after Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey homered off Drew Rasmussen, and the Guardians rallied past the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. After losing the first two games at home to the Chicago White Sox in their AL Division Series, Cleveland has won four straight in the postseason for the first time since winning ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild forward Nico Sturm was taken to a hospital for precautionary evaluation after he was hit in the head by a puck in their game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night. Sturm was inadvertently struck on the right side of his helmet by a slap shot by teammate Jared Spurgeon in the first period of Minnesota's 4-2 victory. The crowd that was roaring after the Wild built a three-goal lead went eerily silent when Sturm dropped to the ice, where he was tended to by team medical staff before slowly skating off with assistance. Wild coach John Hynes ...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Josh Allen realized that his extraordinary efforts throughout this frenetic game might all amount to nothing Monday night when the Buffalo Bills fumbled deep in Rams territory early in overtime. The Bills' defense — and Greg Rousseau's outstretched hand — somehow ...
CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Briscoe's hero in auto racing has always been Tony Stewart. Now, the driver of the No. 19 Toyota is hoping to replicate what "Smoke" accomplished in 2011 when he stunned the racing world by rallying to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship by winning five of 10 ...
Dollar Bay 3, Wakefield-Marenisco 1 DOLLAR BAY — The Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts volleyball team needed four sets, but used them to defeat the visiting Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals. The Blue Bolts won 25-17, 25-11, 22-25, and 25-20 Monday night. Sylvie Kentala drove the offense with 25 assists, 15 digs and two kills. Laila Bell led the scoring with 13 kills. She was also great defensively, racking up 21 digs. Hannah Keranen, Lillia Pelland-Rippey and Ava Nye all had nine kills each. Nye also racked up nine aces. Ellie Keranen led the defensive effort with 22 digs. Up ...
