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North Carolina tops WVU in MCWS second round

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gavin Gallaher's two-run triple gave North Carolina the lead in the seventh inning to help send the Tar Heels to a 5-2 win over West Virginia in the College World Series on Sunday night. The Tar Heels (52-12-1) opened a CWS with two straight wins for the first time in ...

Tigers-Guardians game postponed by rain

CLEVELAND (AP) — Mother Nature wrecked havoc on Travis Kelce's scheduled first pitch before Sunday's game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians. The final game of the weekend series was postponed because of the threat of inclement weather, 40 minutes before the scheduled first pitch The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sept. 4. The rescheduled game will start at 2:10 p.m. EDT with the regular game at 7:10 p.m. EDT. It was sunny when the teams and umpire crew met, but weather radar showed a large cell of rain and thunderstorms coming in from ...

Hurricanes blank Golden Knights in Game 6 to win Stanley Cup

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night, using a suffocating defense in Game 6 to shut down the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 and winning three straight games of a thrilling final filled with momentum swings and spectacular ...

OVAC All-Stars battle to a tie in thriller

WELLSBURG — There is a common idea that All-Star games are played for fun and who wins is not really all that important. The players in Sunday’s OVAC All-Star Baseball Game did not seem to get that memo. Both squads were locked in and battled like it was a do-or-die tournament game to ...

Guardians All-Star 3rd baseman José Ramírez goes on the IL

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez was placed on the injured list on Sunday for only the second time in his major league career because of a broken bone in his left hand. Ramírez fractured the left hamate bone during the fifth inning of Saturday's ...

Cauley wins the Canadian Open to cap long comeback from 2018 car accident

CALEDON, Ontario (AP) — Bud Cauley took the lead with a birdie chip on the par-4 12th and won the RBC Canadian Open in rain and wind Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, eight years after his career nearly ended in a car accident at the Memorial Tournament. The 36-year-old Cauley won in his 239th tour start — just over two years after he finally returned to the PGA Tour following the accident. "There were times when I was hurt that we really weren't sure if I was going to be able to play again," said Cauley, who was a passenger in a car when he sustained six broken ribs, a ...