ATLANTA (AP) — Bryce Harper doesn't play the shoulda, woulda, coulda game. The bottom line for the Philadelphia Phillies is they came up short in the postseason again. “You’re here to do business. You’re here to win games, and we didn’t do that,” Harper said in a subdued Phillies ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers got rid of a lingering headache by trading cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Cowboys. Much later in the day, it was replaced by heartache after another loss to the Cleveland Browns. Andre Szmyt made a career-long, 56-yard field goal with 10 seconds ...
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Casey Jarvis of South Africa, already a two-time winner on the European tour this year, two-putted for birdie on his final hole at Kingsbarns for a 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead Friday in the Dunhill Links Championship. Rocco Repetto Taylor of Spain had a 64 at Kingsbarns and was among three players one shot behind, while defending champion Robert MacIntyre kept his cool under a gray sky in Fife for a 65 to get within three shots. The top names — Jarvis, MacIntyre, Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton — move on to the Old Course at St. Andrews on ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Jeff Van Note, a six-time Pro Bowl center who spent all 18 seasons of his NFL career with Atlanta and was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor in 2006, has died, the Falcons announced Friday. He was 80. The team did not announce a cause of death. “We mourn the loss of a ...
Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office -- one of whom was St. Thomas More -- and even the king's second wife, Queen Anne. When Cromwell's son Gregory, who became sickened as he watched his father devolving from counselor to monster, learned that an executioner for the queen had been sent for from France a week before her trial, he asked his father what the purpose of her trial was if the king had ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces have gotten well acquainted after playing 13 times over the past two seasons. They understand how to contend with each other's star-studded lineups led by four-time league MVP A'ja Wilson and three-time All-Star Caitlin Clark. They also expect the two WNBA Coaches of the Year, Becky Hammon and Stephanie White, to make all the right moves for Game 14 when they meet Thursday. And, fittingly in Vegas, it's a winner-take-all game for the second straight year. “This was a game they needed to win, so their urgency was a lot ...
