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Sports at a glance Gauff beats Pegula in final

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MASON, Ohio — Coco Gauff defeated fellow American Jessica Pegula, 6-2, 6-4, to capture her second women’s Cincinnati Open title on Sunday, and Arthur Fils of France defeated American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 in the men’s final for his first Masters 1000 title. The last time two American women played in the Cincinnati final was in 1970, when Rosie Casals beat Nancy Richey. Elsewhere in tennis: n Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz will have to wait a little longer to learn their first opponent in the U.S. Open mixed doubles championship. Williams and Alcaraz were drawn ...

PSU’s Jayden James earns silver at worlds

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Penn State freshman wrestler Jayden James impressed at the United World Wrestling U20 World Championships this Saturday and Sunday, taking the silver medal in the men’s freestyle 74-kilogram weight class at Sportova Hala Mladost. A native of Westwood, N.J., James booked his second career age-group world medal, pairing his silver medal finish at the 2026 U20 event with a gold medal result at the U17 World Championships a year ago at 71kg. Over the course of the 2026 freestyle campaign, James additionally boasts a first-place finish at the U20 World Team ...

Braves triumph over Milwaukee in Williamsport

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WILLIAMSPORT — Michael Harris II hit a solo homer, Mauricio Dubon had an RBI ground-rule double and Tyler Mahle worked five strong innings as the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in the Little League Classic on Sunday night. Harris hit an 0-2 slider from Milwaukee reliever ...

Ryan Blaney wins 2nd straight at New Hampshire

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LOUDON, N.H. — Ryan Blaney and his team wound up making the most of a major mistake Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Team Penske star just needed a moment to vent on his team radio about a pit crew blunder before charging from 17th to first for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup ...

Browns' Monken has QB choice on agenda

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CLEVELAND — Todd Monken will take at least one more day before deciding if Shedeur Sanders or Deshaun Watson will be the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback on Sept. 13 in Jacksonville. The first-year head coach said he anticipates announcing the starter today. Monken also noted that ...

Clark holds off McIlroy and Cantlay at BMW Championship

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ST. LOUIS — Wyndham Clark had Scottie Scheffler with him in the final group at the U.S. Open and Rory McIlroy at his side at the BMW Championship. Both times he started with big leads and watched them vanish. And both times, there was no mistaking who the gallery wanted to win. Only when it was over Sunday at Bellerive, silver trophies of the BMW Championship and the Western Golf Association at his side, did Clark repeat what one of his friends told him. “Darth Vader had more fun,” Clark said with a big smile. Clark embraced the pressure of a tense back nine at Bellerive and ...