Before the glizzies and the glamour of winning the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards in Major League Baseball, Paul Skenes was a cadet at the Air Force Academy. “When you go there, baseball’s secondary, you’ve got to want to serve, you’ve got to want to do everything that being ...
LONDON — On his first match point, Flavio Cobolli stepped up and unleashed a 135 mph first serve down the T that landed on the line and sent a puff of chalk into the air on No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. Fifth-seeded opponent Alex de Minaur could barely touch the serve and the Australian’s ...
WASHINGTON — Konnor Griffin had a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Sunday in a game in which he was also spectacular in the field. Brandon Lowe followed Griffin’s key hit with a three-run homer off Brad ...
Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes was named to the National League All-Star team for this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will take place on Tuesday, July 14 at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park. The announcement was made by Major League Baseball on ...
JOLIET, Ill. — Chase Briscoe held off Christopher Bell on Sunday night in NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway, racing to his first Cup Series victory of the season. Briscoe was followed closely by Bell in the final laps on the 1.5-mile oval about 50 miles southwest of downtown ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Padraig Harrington’s first two U.S. Senior Open titles weren’t decided until the final hole. His record-tying third had no drama by the time he reached the back nine on Sunday. Harrington became the fourth golfer to defend his U.S. Senior Open title, shooting a ...
