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Will Smith hits 3-run homer, Dodgers extend NL West lead to 5 games with 10-9 win over D-backs 08/31/2024 01:36am • PHOENIX (AP) — Will Smith hit a late three-run homer, Shohei Ohtani added his 43rd of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their NL West lead to five games with a 10-9 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Arizona's late-season surge set the stage for a crucial four-gam Matt Chapman's bases-clearing double in 8th lifts Giants to 3-1 win over Marlins 08/31/2024 01:31am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit a bases-clearing double in the eighth inning, Blake Snell pitched seven strong innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Friday night. With the Giants trailing 1-0, Chapman ripped a slider on a two-strike count from Miami reliever Geor Fever blow out Sky 08/31/2024 01:27am • CHICAGO (AP) — Caitlin Clark had a career-high 31 points and 12 assists in her final regular-season matchup with fellow rookie sensation Angel Reese, leading the Indiana Fever to a dominating 100-81 win over the reeling Chicago Sky on Friday night. Clark shot 8 for 14, including 5 for 9 from 3-poi A'ja Wilson scores 26, grabs 16 rebounds as Aces hold off Dream 83-72 to clinch playoff spot 08/31/2024 01:15am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A'ja Wilson scored 26 points and pulled down 16 rebounds, Tiffany Hayes added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Las Vegas Aces held off the Atlanta Dream 83-72 on Friday night, giving the two-time defending champions a playoff berth. Kelsey Plum had 18 points and four assists for Dahlkemper scores early and Bay FC goes on to a 3-1 win over the Thorns 08/31/2024 12:28am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Newcomer Abby Dahlkemper scored an early goal and Bay FC beat the Portland Thorns 3-1 on Friday night in the National Women's Soccer League. Rachel Hill and Joelle Anderson also scored for Bay (7-11-0), which moved above the playoff line into eighth place with eight games re Arnold throws 4 TD passes -- 3 to newcomer Burks -- to help No. 16 Oklahoma rout Temple 51-3 08/31/2024 12:04am • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jackson Arnold threw four touchdown passes — three to newcomer Deion Burks — and No. 16 Oklahoma routed Temple 51-3 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. Oklahoma forced six turnovers and held Temple to 197 yards in its first game as a member of the Southeas Women behind bars are often survivors of abuse. A series of new laws aim to reduce their sentences 08/31/2024 12:03am • CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates for domestic violence survivors in Illinois celebrated earlier this month when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law making it easier for those who are incarcerated to get reduced sentences. House bill sponsor Rep. Kelly Cassidy was among those cheering. First elected in Frances Tiafoe tops Ben Shelton in an all-American US Open rematch and now will face Popyrin 08/31/2024 12:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe loves the spotlight. Loves interacting with a crowd. Loves the electricity of being an American at the U.S. Open, at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in particular. What he loves most of all, of course, is coming out on the right side of a match in that environment, at that aren Michigan State barely beats Florida Atlantic 16-10 in Jonathan Smith's debut with sloppy Spartans 08/30/2024 11:33pm • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams had a 63-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter and Michigan State barely beat Florida Atlantic 16-10 Friday night. The Spartans (1-0) were sloppy in coach Jonathan Smith's debut. Aidan Chiles threw an interception on the game's opening snap Rooker homers twice, A's beat Rangers 9-2 for first consecutive winning months since 2021 08/30/2024 11:32pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brent Rooker homered twice to give him 33 this season, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers also went deep and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Friday night for their first consecutive winning months in more than three years. Oakland is 14-11 in August with one Manny Machado hits 3-run homer and singles twice in the Padres' 13-5 victory over the Rays 08/30/2024 11:22pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Manny Machado hit a three-run homer in the second inning and singled twice to help the San Diego Padres beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-5 on Friday night. “He’s definitely locked in,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “One thing about Manny, why he’s driven in over Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for the first time in a century 08/30/2024 11:09pm • Workers breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Cr Israeli strike kills 4 Palestinians in an aid convoy to a Gaza hospital. Israel says they were armed 08/30/2024 11:05pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli military strike hit the first vehicle in a convoy carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians associated with a local transportation company, officials said Friday. The Israeli military insist Premier League leads spending as transfer window closes. Ivan Toney to Saudi Arabia 08/30/2024 10:56pm • English Premier League clubs again flexed their financial muscles by spending about $2.6 billion in the summer transfer window that closed Friday for Europe’s five big domestic leagues. And once again Chelsea was first in line with an outlay of $290 million as owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capi Arcia homers twice, Murphy goes deep to lead Braves past Phillies 7-2 in NL East showdown 08/30/2024 10:55pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Orlando Arcia hit a pair of solo homers, the first one as part of back-to-back shots with Sean Murphy in the third inning, to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. While both teams are about a lock to reach the playoffs, a split of