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Sports scoreboard for Monday, July 17, 2023
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2023
Monday’s Scoreboard MLB American League Texas 3 Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 3 Kansas City 2 Seattle 7 Minnesota 6 Boston 7 Oakland 0 L.A. Angels 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 (10 innings) — Interleague L.A. Dodgers 6 Baltimore 4 Cleveland 11 Pittsburgh 0 — National League St. Louis 6 Miami 4 Washington 7 Chicago Cubs 5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swimmers Hedlin, O’Regan lead Canada in 5K open water races
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2023
FUKUOKA, Japan – Canadian men turned in two top-30 finishes as open water swimming continued with the five-kilometre races Monday night at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships. Two-time medallist Eric Hedlin of Victoria was Canada’s top finisher with a 26th-place finish, 2:56 behind Florian Wellbrock of Germany. Calgary’s Benjamin Cote came 29th, 3:26.1 behind ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chris Taylor hits grand slam, Dodgers stop Orioles’ 8-game win streak, 6-4
By The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) – Chris Taylor hit a grand slam on an 0-2 pitch in the sixth inning from Bryan Baker, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat Baltimore 6-4, snapping the Orioles’ eight-game winning streak Monday night. Los Angeles trailed 4-1 entering the sixth before Will Smith’s RBI single. Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Josh Naylor’s 3 RBIs lead Guardians over Pirates 11-0 to end 4-game skid
By Wes Crosby, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Josh Naylor had three RBIs with a home run and a double, helping the Cleveland Guardians rout the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 on Monday night to end a four-game losing streak. Naylor’s sixth-inning RBI double extended his hitting streak to eight games and gave Cleveland a 5-0 lead. He drove a Yohan Ramirez ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grand Slam (Taylor’s Version) helps Dodgers snap Baltimore’s 8-game winning streak with 6-4 victory
By Noah Trister, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) – Chris Taylor hit a grand slam on an 0-2 pitch in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat Baltimore 6-4, snapping the Orioles’ eight-game winning streak Monday night. Los Angeles trailed 4-1 entering the sixth before Will Smith’s RBI single. Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez left with men on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius to fight on September UFC card in Las Vegas
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2023
Canadian flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius will face American Tracy Cortez on a UFC Fight Night card in September in Las Vegas. The 34-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., who trains in Niagara Falls, Ont., has won her last two outings, earning decisions over American Miranda (Fear The) Maverick last month at UFC 289 in Vancouver, and Brazil’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Past national champs Duke and Baylor to play at MSG in first meeting since 2010 Elite Eight
By The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Baylor and Duke will meet at Madison Square Garden in December, when the perennial Top 25 teams and past national champions play each other for the first time since an Elite Eight game in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Both schools on Monday announced the matchup that will be played Dec. 20. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!White House lawn turns to playground for kids’ soccer clinic
By Fatima Hussein, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Kidz Bop rang out on the stereo as groups of sweaty children beamed with joy at the chance to kick around soccer balls with major league professionals at the White House Monday. Children donning jerseys of their favorite Major League Soccer teams joined first lady Jill Biden and players from FC Cincinnati, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Australia’s Victoria state withdraws as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games
By The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Australia’s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a massive increase in the projected cost of staging the multi-sports event. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday said his government last year agreed to host the next edition of the quadrennial event “but not at any ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Men to compete in artistic swimming at Olympics for first time
By Stephen Wade, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) – Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers – now called artistic swimmers – have heard the putdowns before. But they’re getting the last laugh. Men have competed in synchro at the lower levels for decades. Now they’re being included in the Olympics, meaning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Men to compete in artistic swimming for first time at Paris Olympics
By Stephen Wade, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2023
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) – Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers – now called artistic swimmers – have heard the putdowns before. But they’re getting the last laugh. Men have competed in synchro at the lower levels for decades. Now they’re being included in the Olympics, meaning ... Read More »
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