AP Sports SummaryBrief at 6:15 a.m. EDT
Olympic champ Tori Bowie's mental health struggles were no secret inside track's tight-knit family
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie's autopsy included an easy-to-overlook notation beneath the heading "Medical History:" Bipolar disorder. In track circles, the champion sprinter's mental health struggles were more than an afterthought. They were a stark reality that came to light during training over the years. They also revealed themselves in the Florida neighborhood where police found her body days after the 32-year-old, who was eight months pregnant, died due to what the coroner said were childbirth complications. People who knew the sprinter told The Associated Press they believe mental health played a role in how she handled what became an increasingly difficult pregnancy, and one she dealt with without much assistance from friends, family or medical professionals.
Is it coming home? England looks to bring Women's World Cup trophy back to the birthplace of soccer
SYDNEY (AP) — A World Cup trophy may indeed be coming back to the birthplace of soccer for the first time in 57 years. But if the trophy returns to England, it will be with the women's squad, not the men. The Lionesses will play for their first title in the tournament Sunday against Spain. It is England coach Sarina Wiegman's second straight trip to the Women's World Cup finals: she led the Netherlands into the title match against the United States in 2019. Spain has defied expectations in the World Cup, reaching the final despite a near-mutiny by players last fall. Fifteen Spanish players stepped down from the national team citing concerns about mental health and calling on the federation to create a more professional environment.
MLB reschedules 3 Sunday games in California because of the forecast for Hurricane Hilary
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has rescheduled three Sunday games in California because of the forecast for Hurricane Hilary. Major League Baseball announced the changes as Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico's Pacific coast as a powerful Category 4 storm. Each of the games — Arizona at San Diego, Tampa Bay at the Los Angeles Angels and Miami at the Los Angeles Dodgers — will now be played Saturday as part of split doubleheaders.
To prepare for World Cup, USA Basketball brought some help for practices
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As part of their preparations for big tournaments in recent years such as this summer's World Cup, USA Basketball has been taking a few extra players to help in practices and workouts. John Jenkins, Langston Galloway and Eric Mika were the trio that got the call for this trip with the national team. They go home from Abu Dhabi on Sunday. And on Monday, the national team leaves Abu Dhabi for Manila to begin their World Cup run.
The Marlins slug 5 homers and snap the Dodgers' 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Miami Marlins snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory. Jorge Soler hit two of the Marlins' season-high five homers off Tony Gonsolin. Jake Burger hit a three-run homer and Jacob Stallings added a two-run shot while the Marlins scored six runs on three homers in the third. Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s three-run shot in the fourth finally chased Gonsolin, who gave up a career-worst 10 runs while getting only 10 outs. Mookie Betts set a franchise record with his 11th leadoff homer, but the Dodgers lost for the second time in 17 games in August.
Max Homa sets course record at Olympia Fields to lead BMW Championship
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) — Max Homa is playing so well that he made two bogeys and still set the course record at Olympia Fields. Homa made 10 birdies for a 62 in the BMW Championship. That gives him a two-shot lead over Chris Kirk going into the weekend. The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup advance to the Tour Championship next week. Homa already is set for that. He also can lock up one of six automatic spots for the Ryder Cup team. Kirk is on the bubble at No. 29 to get to the FedEx Cup finale at East Lake.
Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels turned their first triple play in 26 years during the ninth inning Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. The triple play helped the Angels remain tied 6-6 going into the bottom of the ninth in an eventual 9-6 loss in 10 innings. With runners at the corners and the infield playing shallow, Harold Ramirez hit a grounder to Luis Rengifo. The shortstop made the short toss to second baseman Brandon Drury to get Randy Arozarena and then threw to first baseman Nolan Schanuel. Yandy Diaz waited until Drury threw to first to start home, but Schanuel made a perfect throw to catcher Logan O'Hoppe, who tagged out Diaz on his left shoulder before he could touch home.
Winn Wins! Cardinals rookie gets back 1st-hit ball after Mets' Alonso throws it into the stands
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals rookie shortstop Masyn Winn did get a souvenir baseball to take home after recording his first major league hit in his MLB debut. But it wasn't easy to get the ball after New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso tossed it into the stands. The 21-year-old Winn beat out a dribbler down the third base line for his first career hit in the bottom of the fifth inning Friday night. Alonso, after being told to throw the ball out of play, tossed it over the netting and into the first base stands, behind the Cardinals dugout. But the story ended in Winn's favor as a fan returned the ball.
QB Desmond Ridder impressive in preseason debut, Falcons settle for 13-13 tie with Bengals
ATLANTA (AP) — Desmond Ridder led an impressive drive for Atlanta in his preseason debut and the Falcons settled for a field goal with 2 seconds left for a 13-13 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals. Jake Browning guided an 80-yard drive to that put the Bengals ahead 13-10 with 50 seconds remaining. But Logan Woodside led the Falcons into position for Younghoe Koo's tying 45-yard kick, a decision that drew boos from the smattering of fans left in the stadium. Ridder completed 7 of 9 passes for 80 yards and had a 7-yard run before an interception off a deflected pass in his lone possession.
Jones plays like $40 million man for Giants, No. 1 overall Young shows flashes for Panthers
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Daniel Jones completed 8 of 9 passes and threw a touchdown pass to cap a near-perfect performance in leading the New York Giants to a 21-19 victory over Carolina and improving No. 1 overall draft pick Bryce Young on Friday night. Jones capped his only drive with a 4-yard TD toss to Daniel Bellinger. Backup Tyrod Taylor threw a 33-yard TD pass to Jalin Hyatt, and Eric Gray scored on a 9-yard run for New York (1-1). Young, who did little in his NFL debut last week against the Jets, showed flashes and put points on the board for the first time, taking the Panthers (0-2) on a long field goal drive.
AP-Scorecard
Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events:
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Kansas City 4 Chicago Cubs 3
Final Cincinnati 1 Toronto 0
Final Colorado 14 Chicago White Sox 1
Final Minnesota 5 Pittsburgh 1
Final Milwaukee 9 Texas 8
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Detroit 4 Cleveland 2
Final Boston 8 N.Y. Yankees 3
Final Cleveland 4 Detroit 1
Final Seattle 2 Houston 0
Final Baltimore 9 Oakland 4
Final Tampa Bay 9 L.A. Angels 6
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 8 Philadelphia 7
Final Atlanta 4 San Francisco 0
Final N.Y. Mets 7 St. Louis 1
Final San Diego 4 Arizona 0
Final Miami 11 L.A. Dodgers 3
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
Final N-Y Giants 21 Carolina 19
Final Cincinnati 13 Atlanta 13
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WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Dallas 95 Connecticut 75
Final Washington 83 Indiana 79
Final Atlanta 78 Chicago 67
Final New York 85 Phoenix 63
Final Minnesota 78 Seattle 70
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TODAY'S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
Kansas City at Chi Cubs 2:20 p.m.
Milwaukee at Texas 4:05 p.m.
Toronto at Cincinnati 6:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota 7:10 p.m.
Chi White Sox at Colorado 8:10 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston at N-Y Yankees 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at L-A Angels 4:07 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland 7:10 p.m.
Seattle at Houston 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland 9:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay at L-A Angels 9:07 p.m.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami at L-A Dodgers 3 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego 3:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington 4:05 p.m.
N-Y Mets at St. Louis 7:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Atlanta 7:20 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego 8:40 p.m.
Miami at L-A Dodgers 9:10 p.m.
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
Jacksonville at Detroit 1 p.m.
Miami at Houston 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at Indianapolis 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N-Y Jets 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona 8 p.m.
New England at Green Bay 8 p.m.
Tennessee at Minnesota 8 p.m.
Denver at San Francisco 8:30 p.m.
Las Vegas at L.A. Rams 9 p.m.
Dallas at Seattle 10 p.m.
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WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Los Angeles at Las Vegas 3 p.m.