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Adrian Del Castillo hits winning homer in 9th inning in 2nd MLB game, D-backs beat Phillies 3-2 08/10/2024 01:07am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Adrian Del Castillo hit the winning homer in just his second game in the majors, hammering the first pitch of the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. The Phillies rallied from a 2-0 deficit, tying it in the eigh Happ, Bellinger go deep as Cubs hang on to beat White Sox 7-6, spoil Sizemore's debut 08/10/2024 12:23am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Ian Happ hit a leadoff homer, Cody Bellinger connected and the Chicago Cubs went deep four times before hanging on to beat the crosstown White Sox 7-6 on Friday night and spoil the debut of manager Grady Sizemore. The White Sox, keyed by Andrew Benintendi's two homers, nearly wiped Rookie Michael Penix Jr. has good start for Falcons in 20-13 loss to Dolphins in preseason opener 08/10/2024 12:18am • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Atlanta rookie Michael Penix Jr. completed 9 of 16 passes for 104 yards in the Falcons��� 20-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Friday night in the preseason opener for both teams. Penix, the former Washington star drafted eighth overall, started and played the first five Mookie Betts to move from shortstop to right field when he returns to Dodgers next week 08/09/2024 11:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Mookie Betts will move from shortstop back to right field when he returns to the Los Angeles Dodgers��� lineup next week. Manager Dave Roberts said Betts will make the move on Monday in Milwaukee, where the NL West leaders open a four-game series. ���He is most confident right n C.J. Stroud throws TD pass in Texans' 20-12 exhibition victory over Steelers 08/09/2024 11:24pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� C.J. Stroud threw a touchdown pass to Tank Dell in his preseason debut to help the Houston Texans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-12 on Friday night. Held out of the Hall of Fame game last week against Chicago, Stroud completed 2 of 4 passes for 41 yards. Stroud, the No. 2 overal Stidham gets nod in Broncos' preseason opener, but rookie QB Nix will start next week 08/09/2024 11:01pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ��� Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton doesn't want anyone thinking his quarterback competition is over. So, when he named Jarrett Stidham his starter at Indianapolis this weekend he was quick to declare rookie Bo Nix will get the nod next week against the Green Bay Packers. Payt Zach Eflin goes 7 scoreless innings as Orioles beat Rays 4-1 and move into 1st place in AL East 08/09/2024 10:10pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Zach Eflin worked seven scoreless innings against his former team and the Baltimore Orioles moved into sole possession of first place in the American League East on Friday night with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. ���That's so good right there,��� Baltimore manager Betty Prashker, publisher of the feminist classics 'Sexual Politics' and 'Backlash,' dies at age 99 08/09/2024 09:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire books published such classics as Kate Millett's ���Sexual Politics��� and Susan Faludi's ���Backlash" and helped oversee the careers of Jean Auel, Dominick Dunne and Erik The Latest: Debby's remnants hit New York and Pennsylvania with heavy rain and severe flooding 08/09/2024 09:01pm • Though no longer a tropical storm, Debby continues lashing the East Coast with heavy rain and flooding as rivers overflow their banks and authorities call on the National Guard to help with high water rescues. The storm moved north from the Carolinas toward the Northeast on Friday, drenching New Yor Murder case dismissed against man charged in death of Detroit synagogue leader 08/09/2024 08:14pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The case against a man accused of killing of a Detroit synagogue leader collapsed Friday as a judge dismissed a remaining murder charge, three weeks after a jury cleared him of a similar but separate charge. Judge Margaret Van Houten said putting Michael Jackson-Bolanos on trial aga Brazil beats Canada in tense three-set women's beach volleyball gold medal match. Swiss win bronze 08/09/2024 08:06pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Not even a tense t��te-��-t��te in the gold medal game could spoil the vibe at Paris��� biggest beach party. Canada���s Brandie Wilkerson and Brazil���s Ana Patr��cia got into a finger-pointing shouting match across the net in the tiebreaking third set of the beach volleyball final of Breanna Stewart, US women's basketball team advance to gold medal game at Paris Olympics 08/09/2024 07:57pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women's basketball team cruised to a familiar place ��� the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating back Defense pushes for charges to be dismissed in Karen Read case 08/09/2024 07:55pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) ��� A defense attorney for Karen Read implored the court Friday to consider new evidence that several jurors acquitted her on two charges and not force her to be re-prosecuted on them in connection with the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read is accused of ramming i California bookie pleads guilty to running illegal gambling business used by ex-Ohtani interpreter 08/09/2024 06:42pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty Friday to running an illegal gambling business. Mathew Bowyer, 49, entered the plea in federal court in Santa Ana. He also pleaded g Like Noah Lyles, Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris. Restrictions are a thing of the past 08/09/2024 06:42pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Many hoped the Paris Olympics would be the post-COVID Games. Instead they seem to be the ���who cares about COVID��� Games. Noah Lyles won a bronze with the virus in front of tens of thousands of spectators, and dozens of other athletes at the Games have tested positive. But organizer