PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) – Melanie Green got the surprise of her life with a hole-in-one she didn’t know she made Thursday. It carried her to a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead with Brianna Do after the opening round of the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba.
ATLANTA (AP) – Gleyber Torres had three hits and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
CINCINNATI (AP) – Nathaniel Lowe homered for the fifth time in six games and Andrew Abbott pitched six strong innings as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Thursday to take two of three in the series.
DORAL, Fla. (AP) – Cameron Young made, by his own count, about a billion feet worth of putts. Jordan Spieth was, to use his own word, a nerd.
The billionaires in Saudi Arabia are pulling the plug on LIV Golf. It won’t be the first mega sports project they’ve given up on recently.
BALTIMORE (AP) – Yordan Alvarez went 3 for 4 with his 12th homer and scored three runs as the Houston Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-5 to split a doubleheader Thursday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Cam York flicked a wrist shot for an overtime winner that ignited a Flyers’ celebration 14 years in the making – through retread coaches, insignificant hockey and front office failings – when he slithered free from the mob of exuberant teammates and chucked his stick deep into the stands.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – An investment group has come forward to buy the Vancouver Whitecaps and relocate the Major League Soccer club to Las Vegas.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Palestine Football Association President Jibril Rajoub refused to shake hands with Basim Sheikh Suliman, the vice president of Israel’s soccer governing body, during a tense moment at the FIFA Congress on Thursday.