National Sports

Sports fans rejoice: Wimbledon, Euro 2024, Copa America finals make for Super Sunday

BERLIN (AP) — Sports fans: How about this for a Super Sunday? Start with the men's singles final at Wimbledon , then take in the soccer European Championship title match between Spain and England , before finishing the day with the Copa America socce

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Yamal and Spain meet England in the Euro 2024 final. It's the best team against the most resilient

BERLIN (AP) — One is the best team in the tournament, on the brink potentially of a new era of success because of a teenage wonderkid , an outstanding midfield and a tweak in philosophy.

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Serena Williams hosts an ESPY awards show celebrating landmark year for women's sports

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Led by host Serena Williams, The ESPYS celebrated a landmark year for women's sports, with Simone Biles, A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley and JuJu Watkins among the honorees on Thursday night.

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Argonauts snap Alouettes win streak with 37-18 victory as Fajardo exits with injury

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes suffered defeat for the first time in 300 days — and lost their star quarterback in the process.

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Rays beat Yankees 5-4 as Arozarena homers, take 2 of 3 in New York's 8th straight winless series

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a first-inning home run in a 5-4 victory for the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night as they took two of three from the Yankees and extended New York’s streak of winless series to eight.

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Justin Steele baffles Orioles for 7 innings as Cubs complete sweep with 8-0 rout

BALTIMORE (AP) — Justin Steele pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, Seiya Suzuki had three extra-base hits and three RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs blanked the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 Thursday night for a three-game sweep.

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All-Star Tanner Houck limits A's to 2 hits in 6 innings, Red Sox win 7-0

BOSTON (AP) — All-Star pitcher Tanner Houck limited Oakland to two hits in six innings and Connor Wong, Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida homered to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 7-0 on Thursday night.

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Longtime NFL assistant coach and defensive mastermind Monte Kiffin dies at age 84

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Monte Kiffin, the longtime NFL and college assistant coach whose Tampa Bay defenses routinely ranked among the league’s best, died Thursday. He was 84.

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Canada's Emma-Jayne Wilson sets all-time purse earnings record by a female jockey

TORONTO — Emma-Jayne Wilson is alone at the top. The Canadian surpassed Hall of Fame thoroughbred racer Julie Krone for all-time purse earnings by a female jockey Thursday with a victory at Woodbine Racetrack.

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Veteran guard Kyle Lowry says he's re-signing with his hometown Philadelphia 76ers

Kyle Lowry says he is re-signing with his hometown Philadelphia 76ers. The six-time All-Star guard announced his decision on Instagram on Thursday. ESPN reported that the 38-year-old Lowry is agreeing to a one-year deal.

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