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Bautista homers, Blue Jay beat Yankees to avoid 3-game sweep (Yahoo Sports)

A star at the plate the previous two days, Carlos Beltran’s costly mistake in the outfield denied the New York Yankees their first sweep in Toronto in over a decade. Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer, Drew Hutchison won his third straight start and the Blue Jays beat New York 3-1 on Sunday. The Blue Jays and the division-leading Yankees, separated by a half-game atop the AL East, will meet

Kenseth in control at Michigan, wins 3rd Cup race of season (Yahoo Sports)

Matt Kenseth had little to say about how NASCAR’s rules package affected his race at Michigan International Speedway. Kenseth started in the lead, stayed there for most of the race and finished with his third Sprint Cup victory of the season Sunday, beating Kevin Harvick by 1.7 seconds. It was the second race under NASCAR’s high-drag aerodynamic package, which was also in place at Indianapolis last month in an effort

Aussie Day 20-under in historic PGA win over Spieth

Australia’s Jason Day won the PGA Championship in historic style on Sunday, capturing his first grand slam title with a 20-under par total unprecedented in major championship history. Day carded a five-under par 67 in the final round at Whistling Straits for a 20-under total of 268 — breaking Tiger Woods’s major-record low winning total of 19-under set at the British Open in 2000. Day, who has endured a string

Australia lauds 'great Day' after breakthrough PGA win

Australians and golfing fans were celebrating Monday after Jason Day finally picked up his first major championship, with a record-smashing 20-under par at Whistling Straits. Day held off Jordan Spieth to clinch the PGA Championship on Sunday with a five-under 67 to bring his total for the tournament to 268 — the lowest winning score in relation to par ever in a major championship. “He’s been chasing this for a

India's Lahiri optimistic of future after record finish

Anirban Lahiri notched up India’s best-ever result at a major championship by finishing tied fifth at the PGA Championship on Sunday, leaving him in no doubt he belonged at golf’s top table with the game’s current crop of rising stars. The 28-year-old closed with an assured final round of four-under-par 68 and a 13-under total on the notoriously tricky Whistling Straits track, seven shots back of winner Jason Day of

Golf-India's Lahiri optimistic of future after record finish

Anirban Lahiri notched up India’s best-ever result at a major championship by finishing tied fifth at the PGA Championship on Sunday, leaving him in no doubt he belonged at golf’s top table with the game’s current crop of rising stars. The 28-year-old closed with an assured final round of four-under-par 68 and a 13-under total on the notoriously tricky Whistling Straits track, seven shots back of winner Jason Day of

And the Winner Is: Striking 1924 Isotta Fraschini Wins 2015 Pebble Beach Concours D’Élégance Best in Show

-Winning Best in Show at a vintage car show is not easy task, but to win Best in Show at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Élégance, where arguably the finest of the world’s finest cars are invited to park on a lawn together for a few hours every August, a car has to be superlative in a field literally stacked with wheeled superlatives. Yet one indeed is deemed the finest car of

2016 Toyota Tacoma First Drive: Yes, There Really Is a New Tacoma

-It’s the gateway truck for a lifetime of truck addiction, the Americanized version of the world’s wheeled beast of burden, and precisely the right truck for carrying large dogs that shed. And the updated 2016 version of the Toyota Tacoma enters production hauling a birthright as the new small pickup that depreciates in value most slowly. READ MORE ›› –