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Private flight with 2 Saudi astronauts returns from space station with Gulf of Mexico splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule carrying the four parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the...
Grant Anderson wins in relief in MLB debut, Rangers beat Tigers 10-6
DETROIT (AP) — Reliever Grant Anderson won in an overpowering major league debut and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 10-6 on Tuesday night to improve to 35-19, the best record in franchise history at the one-third mark. Anderson stuck out seven of the nine batters he...
Browns' Watson makes pitch for DeAndre Hopkins to reunite with him in Cleveland
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (AP) — Standing a few feet from a golf green, Deshaun Watson made a pitch for DeAndre Hopkins to join him in Cleveland. The Browns quarterback said Tuesday that he has spoken to Hopkins, his close friend and former Houston teammate, and encouraged the three-time...
Alvarez hits 2 of Astros' 7 HRs in 10-1 win over A's, who fall to 10-45
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit two of Houston’s seven home runs, and the surging Astros beat Oakland 10-1 on Sunday to complete another series sweep and hand the Athletics their 11th consecutive loss. Alvarez homered off opener Ken Waldichuk in the first, then had...
Twins to call up Royce Lewis a year after ACL injury
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have lost eight of 10 series in May, with a lineup that's been limping along lately with a spate of injuries and too many strikeouts. They could use a boost. Royce Lewis is on his way. Lewis will join the Twins in Houston, where...
A.J. Foyt returns to the Indy 500, his legacy long secured and grief fresh from his wife's death
WALLER, Texas (AP) — A.J. Foyt was 15 when a boat that he and two friends were riding in capsized in a storm. The young Foyt clung tightly to a buoy until a fishing vessel found him, too late for one of the other boys that had already drowned. Not long afterward, Foyt and some...
Franco's late goal rallies Dynamo to 2-1 victory over Austin
HOUSTON (AP) — Iván Franco scored his first career goal late in the second half and the Houston Dynamo rallied to beat Austin FC 2-1 on Saturday night. Austin (4-6-4) took a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute on a goal by Gyasi Zardes with an assist from Nick Lima. It was Zardes' third...
Peña homers in return to Astros lineup, Houston beats struggling Oakland 6-3
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Astros’ shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat since getting a planned day off, backing another solid outing from Framber Valdez as Houston sent the Oakland Athletics to their 10th consecutive loss with a 6-3 win Saturday. Alex...
The 15 NBA teams that have come closest to overcoming a 3-0 series deficit
A list of the 15 teams that forced at least a Game 6 in a best-of-seven NBA playoff series after dropping the first three games: ___ 1947 BAA Semifinals: Washington Capitols trailed Chicago Stags 3-0, lost in six. 1949 BAA Finals: Washington Capitols...
Texas grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff
HOUSTON (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting Migos rapper Takeoff last year outside a Houston bowling alley has been indicted on a murder charge, according to court records. Patrick Xavier Clark had been free on a $1 million bond when a grand jury in Houston indicted him on...
