PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers fired president Daryl Morey on Tuesday and decided to keep Nick Nurse as their coach after the team was swept in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The 76ers were easily ousted by the New York Knicks to end Morey's sixth season in charge, and the ...
BOSTON (AP) — Kyle Schwarber tied a Phillies record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, hitting his major league-high 17th to lead Philadelphia over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night and give Don Mattingly his 900th managerial win. Philadelphia (20-22) has won three straight ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace at ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers and longtime kicker Chris Boswell have agreed to a new five-year contract that will make him one of the highest-paid players at his position. The deal, announced on Wednesday, averages $7 million a season over the final four years. That ties Boswell ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Luke Donald goes into his third term as European captain without having to worry about whether Jon Rahm will be able to play in the Ryder Cup. In that regard, his captaincy is off to a great start. Rahm had declined a European tour offer — accepted by eight other ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Rory McIlroy now has big shoes to fill. The Masters champion made it through three holes of his first practice round before he chose to walk in from Aronimink because of a blister that was under the nail of his right pinky toe. On Wednesday, McIlroy made it ...
BOSTON (AP) — Pinch-hitter Ceddanne Rafaela had a tiebreaking, two-run homer over the Green Monster and the Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia 3-1 on Wednesday night while ending the home run streak of the Phillies' Kyle Schwarber at five games. Rafaela hit a fastball from Orion Kerkering, who ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled, and homered on his 28th birthday, Jake McCarthy had the first unassisted double play by a left fielder in the majors since 2013, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 on Wednesday night. The Rockies ended a three-game ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Colorado pinch-hitter Troy Johnston doubled home automatic runner Willi Castro in the 11th inning, and Jake McCarthy plated Johnston with a single, boosting the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. After the Phillies climbed out of a ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 33 points and sealed the game with big buckets late to the delight of roaring Knicks fans, leading New York to a 108-94 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night for a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game 4 is Sunday in ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid is one more loss away with the 76ers from getting the entire offseason to rest from his litany of injuries. Embiid — as he has done throughout his career — resolutely returned to the floor, this time with a sprained right ankle and a sore right hip that ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers homered to back six strong innings from Robbie Ray, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Friday night. The only run allowed by Ray (3-4) came in the second when Marcell Ozuna led off with his 300th career homer to put Pittsburgh ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm homered twice, doubled and drove in four runs in his return from a two-game benching, Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3 on Saturday night. Trea Turner had four hits for the Phillies, who improved to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jackson Blake scored 5:28 into overtime for his second of the game, Logan Stankoven also scored in regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes finished a four-game sweep with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — A hole-by-hole look at Aronimink Golf Club, site of the 108th PGA Championship to be played May 14-17: No. 1, 434 yards, par 4 The opening hole goes downhill from the clubhouse and then up the hill toward the green. Four bunkers are on the right side of the ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez gave up just two hits over seven strong innings, Geraldo Perdomo added a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0 on Tuesday night. The D-backs used a five-run sixth inning to take a 7-0 lead. Gabriel Moreno hit an ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers turned tenuous postseason hopes into a fashion statement when they wore T-shirts with "3.8%" on the sleeve to start their playoff run — a nod to their chances in March, per an NHL analytics and prediction platform. Might be time for a new ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmundo Sosa hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning, Adolis García homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Athletics 6-3 on Wednesday night. Brandon Marsh had a triple among his three hits for Philadelphia, which improved to 8-1 under ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and helped New York seize control of a close game after a run of blowouts, leading the Knicks to a 108-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Playing without the injured ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers put up a good fight without Joel Embiid, though could have used their man in the middle when they struggled to score in the final minutes of Game 2 on Wednesday night. The 76ers were limited to 12 points in the fourth quarter and lost 108-102 to the New ...