BALTIMORE Jon Lester insisted he was victimized by bad luck, even though the box score suggested otherwise. The Boston Red Sox righthander yielded five runs and nine hits in five innings against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday in a 6-3 defeat. “It was a lot better than the linescore as far as the ball came […]

BOSTON The Boston Bruins played one of their worst periods of the year to start Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. Maybe they sensed that there would still be a lot more hockey before the night was over. Ten periods into their championship series, the Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks headed to Boston for Game […]

ARDMORE, PA. Justin Rose walked the 18th fairway and thought of Ben Hogan, and a chance to emulate one of the most famous shots in golf. That very moment Sunday made the U.S. Open’s return to Merion Golf Club worth all the bother. It was about history, about putting up with extra shuttle rides and […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share. So maybe Ginobili could ignore it when he was suddenly being criticized around San Antonio. You better believe it bothered the others. “Yeah, of […]

PORTLAND — Drake Britton improvd to 6-5 and the Portland Sea Dogs’ (35-32) offense collected 10 hits, defeating the Akron Aeros (34-34) 7-4 in Eastern League play on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field in front of 6,735 fans. Britton had a scoreless streak of 22.2 innings pitched snapped in the fifth inning on a two-out […]