Akshay Bhatia made an ace on the 17th hole of the BMW Championship, winning a car and boosting his chances for the Tour Championship.

The Washington Commanders have activated Terry McLaurin off the physically unable to perform list.

The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers have found themselves in a tight race in the NL West.

Mookie Betts had a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the third inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 3-2 on Friday night to tie the Padres atop the NL West.

Baltimore Orioles rookie right-hander Brandon Young had to move past his last start.

The Milwaukee Brewers have matched their franchise record with 13 consecutive wins.

Baltimore rookie right-hander Brandon Young lost his bid for the first perfect game in Orioles history with four outs remaining Friday night in a 7-0 win over the Houston Astros.

Christian Yelich had two homers among his four hits and drove in five runs as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame a seven-run deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-8 for their club record-tying 13th straight victory.

Jeongeun Lee5 shot a 6-under 67 on Friday to take the lead in The Standard Portland Classic, while 65-year-old Juli Inkster fell short in her bid to become the oldest player to make a cut in LPGA Tour history.

Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brandon Young lost his bid for a perfect game against the Houston Astros on Friday night with two out in the eighth inning on an infield hit by Ramon Urias.

New Mexico State has reached a settlement with former men’s basketball coach Greg Heiar in a wrongful termination lawsuit.

Juli Inkster played her first LPGA event in three years to face competition before the U.S. Senior Women's Open next week.

Rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski lasted only 1 1/3 innings in the All-Star’s return to the Milwaukee Brewers after a stint on the injured list.

Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum said she was joking when she made comments about Caitlin Clark and her team at the All-Star Game last month.

Robert MacIntyre has the largest 36-hole in the BMW Championship in 10 years.

South Carolina snuck into the Little League World Series with a five-run rally over the defending champs.

Sebastian Munoz has shot the third sub-60 score in LIV Golf history and is the first to post a 59 in a round that included a double bogey.

Defending champion Liverpool has launched the Premier League with a dramatic 4-2 win over Bournemouth in an emotionally charged match at Anfield.

Long-distance runner Evie Parts has sued the NCAA and Swarthmore College.

The Premier League match between Liverpool and Bournemouth at Anfield has been briefly stopped after Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator.

Teddy Bridgewater is back in the NFL, just a little earlier than the well-traveled quarterback would have preferred.

The NCAA has fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for a third game over a sign-stealing scandal.

Two-time champion Brooke Henderson birdied all four par-5 holes for a 7-under 65 on Thursday in The Standard Portland Classic, leaving the slumping Canadian a stroke behind first-round leader Adela Cernousek.

Robert MacIntyre matched the low score of his PGA Tour career with what he calls the best stretch of putting he's ever had.

The NFL is continuing its on-field social justice messaging for a sixth straight season.

The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue of former coach Pat Riley on Feb. 22.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will have a disciplinary hearing with the NFL on Sept. 30 in New York.

Every NBA team will have at least two nationally televised games this season.

The Associated Press has celebrated college football's best players with its All-America team for 100 years.

Ohio State and Pittsburgh each placed three players on The Associated Press All-Time All-America football team and four other schools have two players each on the first team.

The NCAA has informed Michigan that the organization will announce the results of its sign-stealing investigation on Friday, a person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press.

Cleveland rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders remains sidelined from practice with an oblique injury.

A federal appeals court says the NFL can be put on trial over claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination.

Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee’s long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its stadiums.

Bringing football fans, Brazil and Karol G together for a one-night experience.

A man accused of driving into a parade of Liverpool soccer fans in May faces 24 more charges.

England soccer great Wayne Rooney has some beef with Tom Brady after some pointed comments by the NFL superstar in a fly-on-the-wall documentary.

The Olympics’ newest rowing competition is a beach run, a coastal row and a music party rolled into one.

The agency that oversees sports gambling in Ohio says it is working with Major League Baseball on the investigation of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, but had no further comment.

The NBA has unanimously approved the sale of the Boston Celtics to a group led by private equity mogul Bill Chisholm.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones credits an experimental trial drug for successfully treating advanced melanoma as he disclosed his cancer diagnosis publicly for the first time.

Venus Williams is back on the professional tennis tour at age 45 and will be returning to the U.S. Open next week for her first Grand Slam competition in two years.

Rory McIlroy has his doubts whether Keegan Bradley can be the first Ryder Cup playing captain since 1963.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. found himself in a scuffle during a joint practice with the Tennessee Titans.

Maxx Crosby has been meeting star athletes like Kevin Garnett and Steve Smith Sr. lately, which made him think about Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

A year ago, Russell Wilson and Justin Fields were the two top quarterbacks at Pittsburgh Steelers training camp vying for the starting job.

Nick Sirianni entered last season with his job on the line in Philadelphia and finished it hoisting the Vince Lombardi trophy, earning a lucrative contract extension.

A group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Don Dundon has reached a tentative agreement with Paul Allen’s estate to buy the Trail Blazers and keep the team in Portland.

Cleveland rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders sustained an oblique injury during practice Wednesday and is unlikely to play in the Browns' preseason game against the Eagles.

A$AP Rocky had no idea Denzel Washington was going to throw Nas at him.

The Minnesota Twins are no longer for sale after a 10-month exploratory process, according to executive chair Joe Pohlad.

Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open in singles at age 45 after a two-year absence.

Bills running back James Cook has ended his contract standoff by signing a four-year deal, Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said.

Montse Tomé had expected to keep her job as coach of Spain’s women’s national team after leading it to the final of the European Championship last month and doesn’t know why her contract wasn’t extended.

Paris Saint-Germain has beaten Tottenham 4-3 on penalties to win the UEFA Super Cup and complete a remarkable rally after scoring two late goals to take the match to a shootout.

Venus Williams has a new Barbie, this one part of the dollmaker’s Inspiring Women collection.

Taylor Swift’s latest era is almost upon us.

The Los Angeles Angels turned the eighth triple play in team history Tuesday night, capitalizing on a line drive to second by Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani.

The Seattle Mariners have extended their winning streak to eight games with a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Sal Frelick and Brice Turang homered off Paul Skenes, and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 for their 11th consecutive victory.

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso has connected for his 253rd career homer, breaking the franchise record held by Darryl Strawberry for 37 years.

The Little League World Series features players from Venezuela who got visa exemptions to make the trip to central Pennsylvania, an American team that knocked off the defending champ and once-dominant Taiwan trying for a title run.

Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer has scored two goals in the space of a minute in stoppage time then converted one of the team’s penalties in its dramatic shootout win over Hull in the English League Cup.

A misdemeanor battery case against boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been dropped in South Florida.

Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer denies allegations of sports gambling after a report showed he made Venmo payments labeled for “sports gambling” in 2022.

Wide receiver and return specialist Rondale Moore will miss another season because of a knee injury.

Aaron Rodgers is adjusting to life with the Pittsburgh Steelers, including finding a new helmet.

Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce has surged into the Champions League qualifying playoffs by overturning a two-goal deficit against Robin van Persie-coached Feyenoord.

The NFL plans to appeal a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that allows former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed with his lawsuit without arbitration.

There was so much faux outrage over Rory McIlroy missing the first PGA Tour postseason event.

Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson have become rookie head coaches at HBCU schools.

Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a social media post and apologized to her boyfriend Christian Coleman.

Even with many of its top stars sidelined, the WNBA has still had strong ratings and attendance numbers this season.

A North Carolina judge has thrown out the convictions of four men in the death of basketball star Chris Paul's grandfather over two decades ago.

Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll.

Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov has pulled out of the U.S. Open a little more than a month after tearing a chest muscle against Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.

Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett has been accused of driving a Ferrari 100 mph on a suburban Cleveland interstate.

England midfielder Jack Grealish will look to reignite his career after joining Everton on a season-long loan deal from Manchester City.

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst says quarterback Jordan Love will miss at least a week after having a procedure to repair a ligament issue in his left thumb.

Major League Baseball has decided to start this year's World Series on Oct. 24.

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook resumed practicing, ending — temporarily, at least — his “hold-in” as part of a contract standoff that began on Aug. 3.

Paramount and UFC have announced a billion-dollar rights deal, marking a significant shift for the fight company.

Just hours after being left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for Wednesday’s UEFA Super Cup final against Tottenham, star goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma posted a message saying he is leaving the club.

The San Francisco 49ers are counting on receiver Ricky Pearsall to step up this season.

Shohei Ohtani has homered in his third straight game.

FIFA is testing a new protocol for the 2026 World Cup in North America, requiring host committees to develop human rights action plans.

The Milwaukee Brewers became the first MLB team since 2019 with multiple winning streaks of 10 or more games.

A Hawaii real estate investor and broker are suing baseball star Shohei Ohtani.

Nathan Eovaldi’s impressive streak for the Texas Rangers ended with a dud, but without a decision.

A Nevada court has apparently cleared the way for a 2021 lawsuit filed by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed against Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL.

Carlos Correa has made a triumphant return to the Houston Astros after a trade from the Minnesota Twins.

Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is discussing for the first time her diagnosis of myasthenia gravis — a neurological autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with in 2022.

Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo and his long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez are engaged.

A 12-year-old from Haddonfield, New Jersey, has turned a controversial bat flip into a piece of baseball memorabilia.

Outgoing USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung is looking forward to a break.

Shane van Gisbergen avoids dwelling on his record-setting rookie season in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Texas is No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time.

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell says safety Morice Norris is in concussion protocol and doing well.

The NFL is recommending enhanced security measures at team and league facilities following a shooting last month at a Manhattan office tower by a gunman authorities say was targeting league headquarters.

Spain’s women’s national team is making a coaching change two weeks after reaching the final of the European Championship.