June 22, 2026 4:29 am
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Wyndham Clark is the U.S. Open champion and it was harder work than he ever imagined. He was on the edge of all day of the greatest collapse in U.S. Open history because no one had ever lost a six-shot lead in this championship. Clark’s lead was down to one after five holes. But he held his nerve against Sam Burns and a Shinnecock Hills gallery that wanted anyone but him to win. Clark made a huge birdie on the 16th to take a two-shot lead. He two-putted from 50 feet for par to win his second Open title.
June 22, 2026 4:30 am
Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk are about to team up in Florida, after the Panthers pulled off another summertime blockbuster. The Panthers and Ottawa have a deal where Florida sends four draft picks to the Senators for Brady Tkachuk. The picks were Florida’s first-rounder this year, No. 9 overall, along with two picks acquired earlier Sunday in the Panthers’ move to send Mackie Samoskevich to Seattle, and another first rounder in 2029. Brady Tkachuk has spent the entirety of his eight-year NHL career in Ottawa, and now he joins his brother and Olympic teammate in the place where Matthew Tkachuk has spent the last four seasons, winning two Stanley Cups.
June 21, 2026 7:15 am
DENVER (AP) — Jake McCarthy hit a leadoff inside-the-park home run off Paul Skenes and the Colorado Rockies survived another tense ninth inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night. Skenes (6-7) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against Colorado on May 12, and hasn’t won since that outing. Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4) went six innings, and Jaden Hill picked up his second save. Pittsburgh, as it did Friday night, had the tying run on third with less that two outs in the ninth. Hill came on and hit Nick Gonzalez to load the bases before striking out Tyler Callihan. Jake Mangum then hit a grounder to third baseman Kyle Karros, and the game ended when umpires determined Karros was interfered with by Billy Cook. The game started with matching leadoff home runs. Spencer Horowitz blasted a 434-footer into the second deck in right field to start the night, his fifth career leadoff homer, and McCarthy answered with more flare. McCarthy drove a liner to center field that got by the diving Mangum and rolled to the wall. Callihan had trouble picking it up, allowing McCarthy to race around the bases and beat the relay throw home.
June 21, 2026 7:25 am
(AP) – The early results are in: This U.S men’s national team is for real in this World Cup. With a creative offensive attack producing goals in front of stadium-shaking home crowds, the Americans have already won their group and booked their place in the knockout round. A final group stage match against Turkey in Los Angeles awaits. The optimism and expectations of a deep run in the tournament are rising quickly.
June 21, 2026 7:26 am
TORONTO (AP) — Deniz Undav scored twice after being subbed on in the second half as Germany defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on Saturday and clinched a spot in the knockout phase at the World Cup. Four minutes into stoppage time, Undav received a pass from Felix Nmecha in front of the net and rifled it past Ivory Coast goalkeeper Yahia Fofana to give the Germans a comeback win. Undav’s first goal of the match came after Nadiem Amiri sent in a long ball – that striker Kai Havertz let pass him by – onto the boot of Undav, who slammed it into the back of the net at the 68th minute. Both Amiri and Undav had subbed on eight minutes earlier.
June 21, 2026 7:24 am
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Wyndham Clark had the right answer for a tough Shinnecock Hills. He was even tougher. Clark shot a 70 in demanding conditions with a collection of big par saves. He wound up with a six-shot lead in the U.S. Open over Scottie Scheffler and three others going into the final round. No one has ever lost a six-shot lead after 54 holes in U.S. Open history. Scheffler shot a 69. That was one of only two rounds under par. He’s going after a little history himself. A win on his 30th birthday gives him the career Grand Slam.
June 20, 2026 4:00 am
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. national soccer team advanced to the knockout round at the World Cup despite the absence of injured forward Christian Pulisic with a 2-0 victory over Australia. A deep U.S. roster overcame Pulisic’s absence to clinch a knockout berth after only two matches for the first time. Pulisic missed Friday’s match because of a calf injury. The U.S. took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute after a run down the left sideline by Folarin Balogun led to an own-goal. Alex Freeman gave the Americans a 2-0 lead in the 43rd minute. Freeman headed in a deflected shot for his first career World Cup goal.
June 20, 2026 8:16 am
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Wyndham Clark has the lowest 36-hole score ever for a U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. He finished off a 64 with two pars in the morning to complete the first round. He added a 69 in the second round and has a four-shot lead over four players. Xander Schauffele had a 66 and Matt Fitzpatrick had a 70 and were tied for second. Joining them in the afternoon were Sam Stevens and Tom Kim. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were lurking seven shots back. Bryson DeChambeau missed the cut in his third straight major, and Jon Rahm also left early.
June 19, 2026 4:25 am
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have acquired catcher Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed pitcher Hunter Stratton. Atlanta made room for Bart on the 40-man roster by designating catcher Sandy León for assignment. The Pirates assigned Stratton to Triple-A Indianapolis. Bart was batting .259 with two homers, six RBIs and a .670 OPS in 21 games with Pittsburgh. He grew up in the Atlanta suburbs and played college ball in the city at Georgia Tech before being selected second overall by the San Francisco Giants in the 2018 amateur draft. Stratton appeared in one game with the Braves this year and pitched a scoreless inning. He played for the Pirates from 2023-25 before getting traded to Atlanta last July.
June 19, 2026 4:30 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday. The amateur draft for players residing in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico would be cut from 20 rounds to 12 beginning in 2027 under the proposal Major League Baseball made during a bargaining session with the players’ association. An identical 12-round draft would be started for international prospects, a proposal the union has rejected in the past.
