Month: September 2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Fitzgerald singled off reliever Kevin Ginkel leading off the seventh inning to end the Arizona Diamondbacks’ bid for a no-hitter Wednesday night. Fitzgerald, one of San Francisco’s best hitters this season, singled on an 0-1 pitch from Ginkel, who relieved Zac Gallen after the starter threw 100 pitches over six

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams spent the offseason preparing to play Jonah Jackson at left guard and Steve Avila at center. The two flipped spots late in the buildup to Sunday’s season opener at the Detroit Lions, and all indications are it will be Jackson snapping the ball to quarterback

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 100 3-pointers in a season and finished with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for her second career triple-double as the playoff-bound Indiana Fever beat the Los Angeles Sparks 93-86 on Wednesday night. Clark connected on her second 3 of

AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is ready for the regular season, especially after what turned out to be an eventful training camp. Getting up to speed with a new offense, missing two weeks because of a foot injury, and then being stuck in an elevator for two hours

AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto will return to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation next week after missing nearly three months with a right arm injury. Yamamoto will start Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium against the Chicago Cubs, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday. The $325 million right-hander has made two recent

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Elvis Andrus, who made his big league debut as a 20-year-old shortstop for the Texas Rangers on opening day in 2009, is set to retire with his original club. The 36-year-old Andrus will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Rangers’ home game Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A secret Chinese police station hiding in plain sight in New York City. Clandestine efforts by Communist Party operatives to spy on and bully Chinese expatriates. And now, charges that a former aide to two New York governors was secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government. The

AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Antonio Pierce was nearing the end of his NFL playing career 16 years ago when he had the chance to intern for Howard Stern’s wildly popular and often irreverent radio show. Pierce enjoyed his time there so much, he initially pursued a post-football career in media. “Putting on

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into allegations that correctional officers systematically sexually abused incarcerated women at two state-run California prisons. Authorities found “significant justification” to open an investigation into the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in

Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento suburb will have to build more affordable housing for residents at risk of homelessness under a settlement announced Wednesday with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, which comes more than a year after the state alleged in a lawsuit that Elk Grove illegally denied an affordable