Sports News

5:40 PM on Saturday, August 23

Spencer Torkelson homered to help the Detroit Tigers win their fifth straight game, 4-2 over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night

5:11 PM on Saturday, August 23

Jai’Den Thomas scored three touchdowns, the UNLV defense had four interceptions and the Rebels held off Idaho State 38-31 in the debut of Dan Mullen as their coach

5:09 PM on Saturday, August 23

Tre Page III had two long touchdown runs, Victor Gabalis threw a pair of touchdown passes two minutes apart in the third quarter and Tarleton State rolled to a 42-0 win over Portland State

4:31 PM on Saturday, August 23

The Pumas have secured a historic win over the All Blacks in Argentina, winning 29-23 in the second Rugby Championship test

4:29 PM on Saturday, August 23

Tommy Fleetwood and Patrick Cantlay share the lead going into what figures to be a thriller of a finish at the Tour Championship

4:27 PM on Saturday, August 23

The National Women’s Soccer League match between Bay FC and the Washington Spirit at San Francisco’s Oracle Park set an attendance record for a U.S. women’s professional sports league with a sellout crowd of 40,091

4:23 PM on Saturday, August 23

Becky Morgan of Wales birdied the par-4 18th hole for an even-par 73 and a share of the third-round lead Saturday in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open with Corina Kelepouris of Canada and Maria McBride of Sweden

4:18 PM on Saturday, August 23

Malik Willis bounced back from an early interception and threw a touchdown pass to Romeo Doubs as the Green Bay Packers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 20-7 in the preseason finale for both teams

4:17 PM on Saturday, August 23

Victoria Ruelas made history at 12 as the first American girl to play in the Little League World Series in 1989

4:08 PM on Saturday, August 23

The Minnesota Twins called up pitcher Mick Abel from Triple-A St. Paul, and the right-hander will start against the Chicago White Sox

4:04 PM on Saturday, August 23

Canadian star Brooke Henderson holed out for eagle from a greenside bunker on the short par-4 17th to the delight of her large partisan gallery and shot a 6-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the lead with Minjee Lee in the CPKC Women’s Open

3:33 PM on Saturday, August 23

Tin Charles had 23 points in her 200th career double-double, Bria Hartley also scored 23 and the Connecticut Sun held off the Chicago Sky 94-84 for a season-best three-game winning streak

1:32 PM on Saturday, August 23

Third-stringer Riley Leonard completed 15 of 20 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown as the Indianapolis Colts beat the Cincinnati Bengals 41-14 in the preseason finale for both teams

1:30 PM on Saturday, August 23

Bo Nix passed for 110 yards and a touchdown to Courtland Sutton in three possessions, and the Denver Broncos defeated the New Orleans Saints 28-19 in both clubs’ preseason finale

1:24 PM on Saturday, August 23

Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski went with Tyler Huntley instead of Shedeur Sanders when the Browns had a chance for a winning preseason drive

1:10 PM on Saturday, August 23

Barcelona has fought back from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 at Levante with a late own-goal by the hosts in the Spanish league

1:06 PM on Saturday, August 23

New York Mets right-hander Frankie Montas will miss the rest of the season because of a right elbow injury that could lead to Tommy John surgery

12:13 PM on Saturday, August 23

Garrett Gallegos homered and pitched five innings to help Nevada beat Connecticut 8-2 in their Little League World Series semifinal, setting up a title game against Taiwan

7:21 PM on Friday, August 22

10:51 PM on Monday, August 18