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Chris Sale dominates with 7 shutout innings as the Braves rout the Rangers 15-1 07/17/2026 10:32pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Sale pitched seven shutout innings of two-hit ball and Drake Baldwin, Matt Olson and Austin Riley homered for Atlanta during a 19-hit outburst as the Braves pounded the Texas Rangers 15-1 on Friday night. Sale (10-6) became the 27th major leaguer to reach 2,700 career strikeou Caitlin Clark has 45 points, 10 assists for the WNBA's first 40-10 game as Fever beat Storm 07/17/2026 10:21pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 45 points and had 10 assists for the first 40-10 game in WNBA history, and the Indiana Fever beat Seattle 110-107 on Friday night. Clark, who had four steals and two blocks, also became the fastest player in WNBA history to make 200 career 3-p Sydney Taylor, Sky beat Sparks as Nneka Ogwumike becomes LA's career scoring leader 07/17/2026 10:11pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Sydney Taylor hit four 3-pointers and scored 19 points and the Chicago Sky beat Los Angeles 96-82 on Friday night as Nneka Ogwumike became the Sparks’ career scoring leader. Ogwumike finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, also moving past Candace Parker (3,467) into third on the Max Muncy hits 2-run homer off Gerrit Cole in 7th to lift Dodgers over Yankees 2-1 in series opener 07/17/2026 10:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning on Gerrit Cole's 103rd and final pitch, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees 2-1 on Friday night in their first game in the Bronx since winning the 2024 World Series. Shohei Ohtani went 0 for 4 with a pair of Caitlin Clark has first 40-plus point, 10-assist game in WNBA history in Fever's 110-107 win over Storm 07/17/2026 10:09pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has first 40-plus point, 10-assist game in WNBA history in Fever's 110-107 win over Storm. Red Sox push win streak to 11 games, reach .500 with 5-3 win over Rays to sweep doubleheader 07/17/2026 10:06pm • BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu homered twice, All-Star Willson Contreras went deep in his first game back from a five-game suspension, and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night to sweep a doubleheader. The streak is the Naz Hillmon has perfect shooting night in the Dream's victory over the Tempo 07/17/2026 10:00pm • TORONTO (AP) — Naz Hillmon scored 24 points on a perfect shooting night to help the Atlanta Dream, beat the Toronto Tempo 111-92 on Friday. Hillmon was 8 of 8 from the field, hitting four 3-pointers, and made four free throws without a miss. Angel Reese added 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Dre License revoked for boarding school in Utah where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen 07/17/2026 09:54pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, marking a major victory in the hotel heiress’ yearslong effort to get the school shut down. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services' decision Lance McCullers Jr. arrives as Brewers deal with injuries to multiple starting pitchers 07/17/2026 09:30pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Newly acquired right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. will initially pitch out of the bullpen for the Milwaukee Brewers as the team with second-best record in the majors continues to work through injuries to key members of its staff. The Brewers reinstated McCullers from the 15-day inju Trump urges Darline Graham to run for full Senate term as funeral scheduled for Lindsey Graham 07/17/2026 09:24pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate. He wrote on social media that she “has been a WINNER all of her life and, should she accept, has Disappointed France and England meet for third place in the World Cup 07/17/2026 09:18pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — France and England agree on this: Neither team wanted to be playing on Saturday. France was a favorite to win the World Cup. England was close to ending a decades-long wait for its first World Cup title since 1966. Both fell one match short of their ultimate goals after Maryland, Virginia elections officials push back on Trump assertion that system is 'broken' 07/17/2026 09:12pm • After President Donald Trump revisited debunked election conspiracy theories in a primetime speech Thursday, elections officials in Maryland and Virginia urged skeptics to get in touch with their local elections offices to learn about observing the process for themselves. They also spoke to WTOP Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional 07/17/2026 08:58pm • A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey's bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional. This is the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on such weapons, and it comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider David Crowley restarts Wisconsin governor bid after Sara Rodriguez quits race over finance problems 07/17/2026 08:55pm • Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley plans to jump back into the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez abandoned her campaign for the state's top office Friday amid a campaign finance scandal. Crowley will announce his return to the race Saturday, less than two Women amputees in South America train to be World Cup soccer contenders 07/17/2026 08:50pm • SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — From a distance, the women running sprints, taking corner kicks and dribbling past defenders on a soccer field in eastern Bolivia on Friday could easily be mistaken for players preparing for next year's FIFA Women’s World Cup. But the goalies are making saves with a si