The Latest on the Golden State Warriors’ chase of the best regular-season record in NBA history on Wednesday and Kobe Bryant’s final game with the Los Angeles Lakers (all times local): ___ 10:30 p.m. For Golden State, it’s on to the playoffs as recordsetters. For Kobe Bryant, it’s on to the next chapter after a […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As cities across the country honored Jackie Robinson’s pioneering baseball career, one also apologized for its racist treatment of Major League Baseball’s first black player nearly 70 years ago. When Robinson’s Brooklyn Dodgers played the Philadelphia Phillies in 1947, he was told to “go back to the cotton fields” by the Phillies’ […]

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — Stealing the show from a reigning world champion, Caster Semenya won national titles in the 400, 800, and 1,500 meters and ran Olympic qualifying times in the first two events at the South African championships on Saturday. Looking sharper than she has in years, the former 800-meter world champion set […]

SHANGHAI (AP) — Mercedes has become used to starting on the front row after a dominant couple of years in Formula One. Not so much from the back of the field. Nico Rosberg will take the team’s customary spot of pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, but defending world champion Lewis Hamilton […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Mets placed pitcher Jacob deGrom on the family medical emergency list Saturday because of health complications involving his newborn child. DeGrom left the team early in the week for the birth of his first child in Florida. Mets manager Terry Collins said before Saturday’s game against Cleveland that complications […]

BOSTON (AP) — Boston marked the third anniversary of the deadly 2013 marathon bombings Friday with subdued, silent remembrances. Victims’ families laid wreaths at the spots where two pressure cooker bombs detonated near the Boylston Street finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260. The father of 29-year-old bombing victim Krystle Campbell, Massachusetts […]

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Wearing black and gold jerseys and bowing their heads, fans of slain former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith paid homage to the star on Friday, almost a week after he was shot and killed during a traffic dispute. Hundreds of fans, friends and members of the Saints team streamed […]

MONACO (AP) — Standing in the way of a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title for Rafael Nadal is Frenchman Gael Monfils, an opponent the Spaniard has beaten every time they’ve met on clay and who has a dismal 5-18 record in finals. Nadal has waited two years to win a Masters title, and four years […]

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Facing little time and room to make his final move, Erik Jones just decided to let it fly. Jones blew past Kyle Larson soon after the final restart and held off Kyle Busch in the final laps to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Larson led […]