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By RONALD BLUM

SEATTLE — The New York Yankees’ Gerrit Cole will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game for the American League and Arizona’s Zac Gallen will open on the mound for the NL.AL manager Dusty Baker of Houston and NL manager Rob Thomson of Philadelphia...

By CHARLES ODUM

HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Harvick’s farewell to Atlanta Motor Speedway provided an emotional example of NASCAR losing another of its biggest names.The exodus of some of the sport’s stars is a concern to Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon, who...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

WIMBLEDON, England — Twice, Iga Swiatek was a single point from exiting Wimbledon on Sunday, a single point from the sort of confounding defeat at the place that gives her so much more trouble than any of the other Grand Slam tournaments.Down a set...

PUY DE DOME, France — On the same mountain where five-time Tour de France champion Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor wrote themselves into race history 59 years earlier, all eyes Sunday were on Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar’s continued...

By SETH BORENSTEIN and MELINA WALLING

Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes.The average global temperature was 17.18 Celsius (62.9...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

WIMBLEDON, England — The developments at Wimbledon on Wednesday included Novak Djokovic joining Roger Federer and Serena Williams as the only players in tennis history to win 350 Grand Slam matches; a runner-up two years ago, Karolina Pliskova,...

By DOUG FERGUSON

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rose Zhang and Annika Sorenstam finished nine holes of practice Wednesday and stopped to pose for a picture on the 18th green at Pebble Beach, a convergence of generations. Zhang was born the day after Sorenstam finished her...

LARUNS, France — The first mountain stage of the Tour de France produced a new race leader on Wednesday and firmly indicated that defending champion Jonas Vingegaard has the upper hand in his duel with two-time winner Tadej Pogacar.On his Tour de...

By CARLA K. JOHNSON

SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.These aren’t traditional vaccines...

By KEN POWTAK

BOSTON — Mitch Garver hit a three-run homer, Dane Dunning pitched six solid innings and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers had a rain-delayed 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.Robbie Grossman and Josh Jung each added an RBI double for the...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

WIMBLEDON, England — On a day filled with far more rain drops than drop shots at Wimbledon — light, but persistent, showers prevented the completion, or even start, of dozens of matches — Roger Federer and Andy Murray provided the highlights.The...

By CAROLYN THOMPSON

Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, downing 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes.Chestnut out ate runner-up Geoffrey Esper and the rest...

NOGARO, France — Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen won a mass sprint to earn a second straight stage victory at the Tour de France on Tuesday, while Adam Yates kept the race leader’s yellow jersey heading into the Pyrenees mountains.Philipsen followed up...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

WIMBLEDON, England — As Venus Williams entered Centre Court for her 24th Wimbledon appearance at age 43, greeted by a standing ovation, she held a green exercise band overhead with both hands and stretched it while striding to her sideline seat.Once...

BAYONNE, France — Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen won the third stage of the Tour de France in a bunched sprint on Monday, while Adam Yates of Britain kept the race leader’s yellow jersey.The 25-year-old Philipsen, who won two stages in last year’s...

By IAN HARRISON

TORONTO — Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.Jarren Duran went 5 for 5 with four doubles and Rafael Devers reached base five times...

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — It took a late breakaway by Victor Lafay for French team Cofidis to end its 15-year winless streak at the Tour de France.Cofidis won the second stage on Sunday after Lafay moved to the front and held off a late charge by the...

By LARRY LAGE

DETROIT — Rickie Fowler tilted his head back, exhaled and smiled.He finally did it, holding on for a win after so many have slipped away.Refusing to crumble and collapse again, Fowler made a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole of the Rocket...

By CARLA K. JOHNSON

SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.These aren’t traditional...

By JAY COHEN

CHICAGO — There are seven 90-degree turns. There are manhole covers, and transitions from concrete to asphalt and back. The margin for error is small, and any rain will make the course exponentially more difficult.Welcome to the first street race in...