Sports News

9:20 PM on Friday, July 17

Leila Lacan scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 96-83 victory over the Phoenix Mercury in the first of back-to-back meetings between the teams

9:02 PM on Friday, July 17

From across borders and across oceans, they came to the United States to watch soccer

8:56 PM on Friday, July 17

Carter Jensen hit a two-run single to cap a four-run rally in the 10th inning that gave the Kansas City Royals a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres

8:53 PM on Friday, July 17

Taylor Ward hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Houston Astros 3-2 to extend their season-best win streak to five games

8:27 PM on Friday, July 17

Spencer Steer hit two home runs, including an inside-the-park homer in the eighth inning, Brady Singer gave up four hits in seven innings, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2

8:15 PM on Friday, July 17

Garrett Mitchell’s two-out single up the middle in the 10th inning scored automatic runner Jackson Chourio from second, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 to snap a three-game skid

8:05 PM on Friday, July 17

Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead three-run homer, Bailey Ober struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings and the surging Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Friday night

7:55 PM on Friday, July 17

Trinity Byars scored a pair of goals, including the equalizer at the end of regulation, and the San Diego Wave played to a 2-2 draw with the Kansas City Current

7:48 PM on Friday, July 17

Shak Mohammed scored in the 79th minute, Brian Schwake made five saves for his seventh clean sheet of the season, and Nashville beat Atlanta United 1-0 for its fourth straight victory

7:39 PM on Friday, July 17

Sam Antonacci hit a two-run home run, Braden Montgomery matched his career-high with four RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to four with a 12-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays

7:32 PM on Friday, July 17

Chris Sale pitched seven shutout innings of two-hit ball and Drake Baldwin, Matt Olson and Austin Riley homered for Atlanta during a 19-hit outburst as the Braves pounded the Texas Rangers 15-1

7:15 PM on Friday, July 17

Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 45 points and had 10 assists for the first 40-10 game in WNBA history, and the Indiana Fever beat Seattle 110-107

7:09 PM on Friday, July 17

Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning on Gerrit Cole’s 103rd and final pitch, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees 2-1 in their first game in the Bronx since winning the 2024 World Series

7:06 PM on Friday, July 17

Wilyer Abreu homered twice, Willson Contreras went deep in his first game back from a five-game suspension, as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night to sweep a doubleheader

7:00 PM on Friday, July 17

Naz Hillmon scored 24 points on a perfect shooting night to help the Atlanta Dream, beat the Toronto Tempo 111-92 on Friday

6:48 PM on Friday, July 17

Sydney Taylor hit four 3-pointers and scored 19 points and the Chicago Sky beat Los Angeles 96-82 on Friday night as Nneka Ogwumike became the Sparks’ career scoring leader

6:24 PM on Friday, July 17

Newly acquired right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. will initially pitch out of the bullpen for the Milwaukee Brewers

5:46 PM on Friday, July 17

Caitlin Clark seemed “bouncy” to Indiana coach Stephanie White before the Fever faced the Seattle Storm

2:42 PM on Friday, July 17

Shohei Ohtani has received a lubricant injection in his left knee, according to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts

2:07 PM on Friday, July 17

A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation says he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber