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Slater homers twice as Giants down Kershaw, Dodgers 5-4
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Slater and the San Francisco Giants were able to do something they haven't done often, which is turn the tables on Clayton Kershaw. Slater became one of a select few to homer twice in a game off the Los Angeles Dodgers' left-hander as San Francisco held on for a 5-4 win Saturday...
Blighty's big chance to end a century-old drought at PGA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Padraig Harrington won the PGA Championship in 2008 to become the first European-born winner since Tommy Armour of Scotland in 1930. As for England, that goes back more than a century, when Jim Barnes won the Wanamaker Trophy for the second straight time in 1919. Three Englishmen have...
Dustin Johnson emerges from a pack to lead PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dustin Johnson supplied the birdies, eight of them Saturday at the PGA Championship, the most he has ever made in his 157 rounds of major championship golf for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead. Brooks Koepka supplied the needle. Koepka recovered from three straight bogeys to salvage a...
The Latest: DJ takes third-round lead at PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest from the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park: ___ Dustin Johnson lost his yardage book but he didn’t lose his composure after a double bogey on the ninth hole at the PGA Championship. Johnson shot a 5-under 65 in the third round at TPC Harding Park to enter the final...
Giants place Samardjiza on IL due to shoulder impingement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Samardjiza has been placed on the 10-day injured list by the San Francisco Giants due to right shoulder impingement. Manager Gabe Kapler said before Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers that the right-hander told trainers and the coaching staff that he felt like wasn't...
Homer happy: Dodgers pummel Samardzija, Giants 7-2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts homered for the first time at Dodger Stadium, and Max Muncy, Will Smith and Edwin Ríos went deep to help Los Angeles defeat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Friday night. The Dodgers have won three in a row and eight of 10. Betts was back in the lineup for the first...
Li at his best and builds early lead at PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Harding Park is renowned for producing champions who are among the best in golf, from Byron Nelson to Tiger Woods, and a long list of Hall of Famers and major champions in between. Halfway through the PGA Championship, Li Haotong delivered his own footnote in history. With five...
49ers sign former first rounder Dion Jordan to 1-year deal
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed defensive lineman Dion Jordan to a one-year contract. The Niners announced the deal Friday to add another former first-round pick to their talented line. Jordan was the No. 3 overall pick by Miami in 2013 but has never lived up to his billing...
The Latest: Fowler misses 6-inch putt that could be costly
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest from the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park: ___ Cameron Tringale has been disqualified from the PGA Championship for signing an incorrect scorecard. Tringale bogeyed the par-3 eighth hole on Friday but put himself down for a 3. The PGA said Tringale returned to the...
Day turns up heat in warmer-than-expected Round 1 of PGA
Bad backs, creaky knees, hardly any applause and one guy who even snapped his driver in two — there was still plenty to complain about as golf’s first major of the COVID-19 era finally got underway. But at least the weatherman got off scot-free. Jason Day and Brendon Todd took advantage of a very...
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