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Sports at a glance: Rallies around WNBA game

MINNEAPOLIS — A crowd of supporters and critics of Indiana guard Sophie Cunningham’s stance on transgender participation in women’s sports gathered around and inside Target Center as the Fever faced the Lynx in Minnesota on Sunday. Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wore a light blue shirt under her jacket that said, “Trans kids belong” as she coached on the bench in her team’s 108-100 win. There were fans in the stands wearing T-shirts that read, “Trans kids belong in sports.” It’s the third straight Fever game that drew a rally after Cunningham recently voiced support for ...

New cars get rave reviews in IndyCar

INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou and Alexander Rossi were sold on the new IndyCar at first glance. Then they climbed inside the cockpit, took it around Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course and were even more impressed. Palou, the four-time series champ, and Rossi, the ...

Shiho Kuwaki wins first major at Women’s British Open

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Shiho Kuwaki of Japan saved par to stay alive in a sudden-death playoff Sunday and won with a par on the second extra hole to claim the Women’s British Open over Esther Henseleit of Germany for her first major title. Kuwaki closed with a 1-under 70 and looked ...

Pirates beat Reds to snap four-game losing streak

CINCINNATI — Braxton Ashcraft gave up two hits over five innings, while a pair of bases-loaded walks during a three-run third helped the Pittsburgh Pirates snap a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night. Steady rain was falling in the third ...

Pittsburgh Pirates blow another game late

CINCINNATI — Sal Stewart hit a two-run homer, had four RBIs and scored the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-7, on Friday night. Stewart’s two-run single off Wilber Dotel (1-4) in the eighth tied the score 7-7. Stewart scored the go-ahead run ...

Reds make the most of ninth-inning opportunity in win over Pirates

CINCINNATI — Elly De La Cruz scored on a fielder’s choice in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night in the opening game of a four-game series. Cincinnati loaded the bases against Gregory Soto (5-3) with one out. ...