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Dodgers roll past Twins to boost win streak to nine
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy continued to rebound from a slow start to the season with a home run and Julio Urias pitched seven strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-best nine games with a 10-3 victory Tuesday night over the Minnesota Twins. ...
Dodgers rally for 7-4 win over Giants, sweep 4 from rivals
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even on the rare occasions this season when Clayton Kershaw isn't at his best, the Los Angeles Dodgers don't worry much. They simply score more runs, pick him up in relief — and keep adding victories to a summer that's going superbly. Trayce...
Dodgers recover, beat Giants 9-6 on Betts' 3-run HR in 8th
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-6 on Thursday night after blowing a five-run lead in the seventh. Freddie Freeman homered early and the NL West leaders won their fifth in a...
Dodgers beat Rockies 5-3 as Thompson's 3-run HR backs Urías
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Feeling inconsistent at the plate, Trayce Thompson looks no farther than the next locker down for advice. Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw gives it to his friend straight. “Swinging at too many balls,” Thompson said Kershaw told...
Junior Circuit: Big league sons making own names in majors
BOSTON (AP) — Growing up as the son of a major league ballplayer, Terry Francona knew the rules: “Talk only when spoken to, or I’d be spanked.” When Francona became a big league manager and his players would bring their kids around, he ran a more hospitable clubhouse. ...
Warriors select forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. with 28th pick
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors will build a roster with the mission to repeat as NBA champions. How the team's new draft picks will fit into that quest remains to be seen. The Warriors selected forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. from the University of...
Magic take Banchero 1st, Holmgren, Smith follow in NBA draft
NEW YORK (AP) — The question for weeks leading into the NBA draft was whether the first pick would be Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren or Jabari Smith Jr. The answer finally came Thursday night — and even Banchero didn't know it until moments before the announcement of the Orlando...
Champion Warriors celebrate fourth title in eight seasons
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From the moment all those months ago that Klay Thompson uttered “championship or bust” with his team off to an 18-2 start, the Golden State Warriors seemed set to make good on his lofty proclamation. It took Thompson getting healthy at last, then Draymond...
'We ain't done': NBA champion Warriors already looking ahead
The goal was enormous: Return to the NBA’s mountaintop. And now with that monumental task complete, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors already have a new target: staying up there for a while. The victory cigars hadn’t been extinguished after the title-clinching...
Analysis: On Stephen Curry, far more than a great shooter
Greatest shooter ever. That’s what everyone has been calling Golden State’s Stephen Curry for years now, for obvious reasons. Nobody in the history of basketball has made more 3-pointers or made the art of throwing a ball through a hoop look easier than Curry does. He has earned...
