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St. Andrews rolls over, yields bushels of birdies in British Open third round
Paul George sets sights on MVP
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The Latest: Jordan Spieth makes a run at the British Open (Yahoo Sports)
Jordan Spieth is making his move at the British Open. The 21-year-old American birdied the first three holes on the back nine Sunday to pull into a tie for the lead with Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. Spieth is the first player since Tiger Woods in 2002 to start the year with wins in the Masters and the U.S. Open.
Richards tosses 2-hitter in Angels' 3-0 win over Boston (Yahoo Sports)
After eight innings of dominance, Garrett Richards tried to play it cool in the dugout when Angels manager Mike Scioscia asked him if he felt good enough to finish. ”Without being disrespectful, I guess you could say, I wanted the ball,” Richards said. Richards pitched a two-hitter for his second career shutout, Kole Calhoun hit two homers and Los Angeles beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 Saturday night for its
Odor homers, gets into testy exchange as Rangers beat Astros (Yahoo Sports)
Rougned Odor homered early, then got into a testy exchange at home plate in the ninth inning that escalated into a shouting match between the managers as the Rangers beat the Astros 7-6. ”I think you saw some passion from our guys, some emotion from our guys,” Banister said. Odor hit a two-run homer in the third and later singled.
Lester flirts with no-hitter for a bit, Cubs beat Braves (Yahoo Sports)
Jon Lester didn’t know what to think when he was getting ready to bat in the top of the eighth inning, looked at the scoreboard and saw he hadn’t allowed a hit. Lester lost his bid for a no-hitter in the eighth inning but ended the longest winless streak of his career as the Chicago Cubs shut out the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Saturday night. A chopper down the line
Dempsey's 3 goals lift US over Cuba 6-0, into Gold Cup semis (Yahoo Sports)
Clint Dempsey walked away with the game ball for one of the few times in his career. With his first international hat trick, he boosted the United States to a 6-0 rout over Cuba on Saturday and into its eighth straight CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal. Dempsey put the Americans ahead with a fourth-minute header, converted a penalty kick in the 64th and added the final goal in the 78th.