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Scheffler, charged with assault after officer dragged near fatal crash, tees off at PGA Championship
MAY 17, 2024, UPDATE: LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning (May 17, 2024) on his way to the PGA Championship. Stunning images showed him handcuffed as he was led to a police car. He was arrested for second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischie...
May 17, 2024
Sioux Falls Lincoln, West Central and Castlewood top spring baseball polls this week
MAY 17, 2024: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sioux Falls Lincoln, West Central and Castlewood sit atop the rankings in the South Dakota High School Softball poll conducted by the South Dakota High School Softball Coaches Association. Lincoln continues to top the Class AA poll this week followed by Harrisburg. Sioux Falls Jefferso...
May 17, 2024
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Yankees get career-best 8 shutout innings from Clarke Schmidt in 5-0 win to sweep Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Clarke Schmidt cruised to a career-long eight shutout innings after Anthony Volpe led off the game with a home run in a three-run first inning, and the New York Yankees finished a three-game sweep with a 5-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins (May 16, 2024). Schmidt scattered a double and two singles w...
May 17, 2024
Timberwolves force Game 7 by blowing out Nuggets 115-70 behind 27 points from Anthony Edwards
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Anthony Edwards scored 27 points to pull the Minnesota Timberwolves out of their mid-series slump and deliver a flawless 115-70 victory over the Denver Nuggets (May 16, 2024) to force a Game 7 in this roller-coaster playoff matchup. Jaden McDaniels pitched in 21 points and lockdown defense, and Mike ...
May 17, 2024
Scores from May 16, 2024
AMERICAN LEAGUE Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Minnesota 0 Final Tampa Bay 7 Boston 5 Final Houston 8 Oakland 1 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 4 Final N.Y. Mets 6 Philadelphia 5 Final Cincinnati 7 L.A. Dodgers 2 ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final Minnesota 115 Denver 70 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LE...
May 17, 2024
Pierre's Ringstmeyer and Terwilliger hold on to top spots; Babcock in 2nd statewide for javelin
PIERRE, S.D. - With two weeks to go in the South Dakota High School Track and Field season, two Pierre Governor girls are still hanging on to the best performances so far this year in their respective events for Class AA girls. Sprinter Kali Ringtsmeyer claims the fastest times run this year in the 100 and 200 meter da...
May 16, 2024
Vikings are scheduled to face five 2023 postseason participants through first seven games
The schedule is out and the Minnesota Vikings will host eight games at U.S. Bank Stadium during the 2024-25 season. They'll also have eight road games and one game in London at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Vikings will open the season with an away game against the New York Giants for the first time since Week 1 o...
May 16, 2024
Caitlin Clark's WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game on network
NEW YORK (AP) - ESPN's broadcast of the Connecticut Sun's game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever had the highest viewership for a WNBA game on the network. The Sun's 92-71 win over the Fever in Clark's WNBA debut on the league's opening night on Tuesday drew an average of 2.1 million viewers on ESPN2, ESPN+ a...
May 16, 2024
Judge power fuels Yankees in 4-0 win over Twins as slugger hits 3rd-deck homer and 3 doubles
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Aaron Judge followed a 467-foot home run with three hard-hit doubles and drove in two runs for the New York Yankees in a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Marcus Stroman threw six scoreless innings for his first win in four starts as the Yankees kept up their decades-long dominance of the Twins. ...
May 16, 2024
Scores from May 15, 2024
INTERLEAGUE Final Miami 2 Detroit 0 Final Chicago White Sox 2 Washington 0 Final L.A. Angels 7 St. Louis 2 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Baltimore 3 Toronto 2 Final Seattle 4 Kansas City 2 Final Tampa Bay 4 Boston 3 Final Houston 3 Oakland 0 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Minnesota 0 Final Texas 4 Cleveland 0 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Fin...
May 16, 2024