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Paxton, Seager pace Mariners past Red Sox, 4-0

SEATTLE — James Paxton allowed four singles over seven innings to win his fifth consecutive start in July…

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Online poker helps push World Series champion

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Scott Blumstein’s path to winning more than $8.1 million as the World Series of…

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Timbers beat Whitecaps 2-1 to snap 6-game winless streak

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Caleb Porter spent the last few days trying to patch together a lineup with…

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Phelps loses by seconds to fake shark in ‘Shark Week’

Michael Phelps has finally met his match in the water: a “great white shark.” The Olympic champion swimmer…

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Yankees win first series in 6 weeks, beat Mariners 6-4

SEATTLE — The Yankees bullpen put together a needed shutdown effort, and New York looked more like the…

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Spieth takes road less to traveled to British Open

SOUTHPORT, England — The start was not what anyone expected out of Jordan Spieth. All that mattered to…

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Ledecky prepares for another big week at world swim crown

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Katie Ledecky shrugs off the notion that she’s doing anything special over the next week.…

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Nastase banned from Fed Cup and Davis Cup until 2019

LONDON — Ilie Nastase has been banned from the Fed Cup and Davis Cup until 2019 because of…

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Two water dynasties on display at world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary — They’re the New England Patriots of the pool, two of the greatest dynasties in sports…

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An All-American start to the British Open

SOUTHPORT, England — The wind off the Irish Sea pushed away the rain clouds and bathed Royal Birkdale…

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