LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams will face an opponent less than half her age when she plays 20-year-old Maya Joint in the first round at Wimbledon for her first singles match in nearly four years. The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, who is 44, accepted a wild-card entry to the ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lionel Messi, the top scorer in World Cup history, will not start when defending tournament champion and Group J winner Argentina plays Jordan on Saturday night in its last match before the knockout stage. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Friday, two days after ...
NEW YORK (AP) — From the front office to the field, the New York Mets have failed in almost every area over the past year. And on Friday, manager Carlos Mendoza took the fall. Halfway through a wretched season, Mendoza was fired as skipper of the underperforming Mets and replaced by former ...
SHORT GAP — Lanson Orndorf thought he’d already written the perfect ending. The Frankfort senior closed his high school career by throwing complete-game victories in both the state quarterfinals against Lincoln and the Class AA championship game against Logan, powering the Falcons to ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Thursday. Lowe’s homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the ...
In Old English, the surname "Fala" meant "fall." That's certainly a misnomer when it comes to the 2026 West Virginia Class AAAA all-state high school baseball team. George Washington second baseman Jon Fala rose to the top of the squad, being named captain as a sophomore. Fala played errorless ball to help the Patriots to a 32-5 record and a state championship. He led GW with a .529 batting average, a .594 on base percentage, a .959 slugging percentage, stolen bases with 14, hits with 64, runs with 61 and triples with six. "Jon is one of the most gifted baseball players I have ...
