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Chandler cruises through 6 innings as Pirates beat Mets 9-0 to end 4-game skid 08/08/2026 09:18pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Bubba Chandler allowed three hits in six innings, Jake Mangum had three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 9-0 on Saturday night to end a four-game skid. Chandler (5-8) struck out five and walked one on 85 pitches ��� 58 for strikes. The 23-year-old former top FIFA defends Infantino against allegations tied to his time at UEFA 08/08/2026 09:14pm • LONDON (AP) ��� FIFA has issued a statement defending its president, Gianni Infantino, against what it calls a ���concerted and ongoing effort��� to undermine his leadership of the organization. The statement was released Saturday, a day after a report by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph raisin 'We just wanted to bring that Louisiana culture here': Mardi Gras celebration fills DC streets 08/08/2026 09:08pm • It may be six months until Fat Tuesday, but on Saturday, D.C.'s Chinatown looked and sounded like the Big Easy. Floats and marching bands rolled down 7th Street NW as beads flew toward crowds lining the route, creating a scene more commonly associated with New Orleans' Bourbon Street. Among th Iran makes new strait demands, the UAE says a ship was targeted and other Middle East news 08/08/2026 08:58pm • Iran issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen���s military attacked the country's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey���s Kurdish peace bill won approval in parliament. Chicago���s DiJonai Carrington ejected for foul on Fever's Cunningham and posts 'white privilege' 08/08/2026 08:48pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky was ejected Saturday after being called for a Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever. Minutes later, Carrington posted on social media the words ���WHITE PRIVILEGE��� and tagged the Fever. Cunningham, who is white, was shootin Hossler and Brennan share Wyndham Championship lead with postseason berths at stake 08/08/2026 08:45pm • GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) ��� Beau Hossler handled a half-dozen tough par putts and two rain delays Saturday for a 4-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Michael Brennan going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship with postseason berths at stake. Hossler is No. 122 in the FedEx Cup Red Sox bid for 2nd win streak of 10 or more games ends in 7-3 loss to Athletics 08/08/2026 08:41pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The Boston Red Sox failed in their bid for a second winning streak of 10 or more games in the same season, losing to the Athletics 7-3 on Saturday. Boston recorded a franchise record-tying 15-game winning stretch, matching a mark from 1946, before it was stopped on July 22. The team' Boston fails to post 2nd win streak of 10-plus in a season for 1st time, falls to A's 7-3 08/08/2026 08:38pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The way the things have gone for the Boston Red Sox since early July, it wouldn���t have been surprising if they pulled off another comeback. Instead, they loaded the bases against Athletics reliever Hogan Harris after scoring a run, but Ian White lined out solidly to center field to Phillies' Aaron Nola exits with right knee contusion in sixth inning against Toronto 08/08/2026 08:28pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola was hit by a line drive and exited Saturday���s game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning due to a right knee contusion. X-rays were negative. Jes��s S��nchez hit a leadoff comebacker, estimated at 104.8-mph off the ba White Sox retire No. 13 of former manager and shortstop Ozzie Guill��n 08/08/2026 08:24pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago White Sox retired the No. 13 of former manager and shortstop Ozzie Guill��n��� in a ceremony before Saturday's game against Cleveland. The 62-year-old Guill��n , a colorful analyst on White Sox telecasts, became the 13th individual and first former manager to have his nu Mitchell scores 27 to set a WNBA record, Clark has 26 and the Fever beat the Sky 90-86 08/08/2026 07:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points to set a WNBA single-season record with her 16th straight game of 20-plus points, Caitlin Clark had 26 points and 11 assists, and the Indiana Fever beat the Chicago Sky 90-86 on Saturday. The Sky's DiJonai Carrington was ejected in the first quarter WNBA quickly rescinds technical on Fever's Caitlin Clark that would have forced 1-game suspension 08/08/2026 07:42pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The WNBA quickly rescinded a technical foul assessed to Caitlin Clark during the Indiana Fever's win over the Chicago Sky on Saturday. The technical would have been Clark's eighth of the season, triggering a one-game suspension for the Fever star. She would have had to miss Tuesday' Apex edges Big Ranger by a nose in Hambletonian-record time 08/08/2026 07:34pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� Apex won the $1 million Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters Saturday at the Meadowlands, holding off favorite Big Ranger by a nose in a stakes-record 1:49.2. Minoan was third, 4-1/4 lengths behind the top two finishers. Apex gave trainer Marcus Melander and dri Braves manager Walt Weiss says plate umpire Dan Merzel made a terrible balk call on Chris Sale 08/08/2026 07:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss said plate umpire Dan Merzel made a ���terrible call��� when he charged Chris Sale with a balk for not declaring he was going to pitch out of the wind-up with a runner on third base in the fifth inning in Saturday���s game against the New York Yank Md. health officials report record-breaking 50 heat-related deaths this summer 08/08/2026 07:26pm • The 2026 heat season is now the deadliest in known history, as new data from the Maryland Department of Health reports a total of 50 heat-related fatalities since May, surpassing the previous record set of 46 in 2012. The number of heat-related deaths soared in July, with 43 deaths reported just