By AMANDA VOGT Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Lathan Norton was sick and didn't play on Saturday at the Little League World Series. But on Sunday he scored the winning run in the championship. Lathan raced home from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, ...
MIAMI (AP) — Connor Norby homered, doubled and singled, and the Miami Marlins snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Jesús Sánchez also went deep and Jonah Bride had two hits for the Marlins, who began Sunday with an NL-worst record of ...
By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It only took Baker Mayfield one series to show the Tampa Bay Buccaneers everything they wanted to see from him in a preseason-closing 24-14 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Friday night. The 29-year-old quarterback who resurrected ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — All-Pro receiver Tyreek Hill likely won't play in Miami's preseason finale due to a thumb injury that also kept him out of drills during Wednesday's joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The injury is not considered serious. But Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he ...
By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo broke out of his slump with a three-run homer and Jeff McNeil launched a two-run shot, powering the New York Mets to a 7-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. McNeil and Nimmo both went deep in a six-run fourth that ...
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Curtis Mead had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 on Sunday. Anthony Santander hit his 35th homer and Albert Suárez gave ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals saw all they needed to see of Joe Burrow in their first series against Tampa Bay on Saturday night. In his first game action in nearly nine months, Cincinnati's franchise quarterback directed a 73-yard drive, tossed a ...
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Parker Washington delivered the longest return under the NFL's new kickoff rules — an ankle-breaking, 73-yarder that set up an early touchdown — and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat two-time defending Super Bowl champion ...
By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The annual 10-day hunt, which ...
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Derek Hill's grand slam capped a five-run first inning and Marlins starter Valente Bellozo threw a shutout into the sixth as Miami held off a a late Reds rally to beat Cincinnati 6-4. Hill drove a fastball from Reds starter Andrew Abbott 412 ...
