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By STEPHEN HAWKINS

ARLINGTON, Texas — Marcus Semien drove in three runs and scored for the AL-best 115th time, Jonah Heim and Mitch Garver hit back-to-back homers and the playoff-chasing Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 15-5 on Wednesday.Rookies Josh Jung and Evan...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Self-inflicted mistakes have been a recurring theme during the Patriots’ 0-2 start to the season. As they prepare to hit the road for the first time on Sunday against the Jets, they are focusing on things big and small. That includes...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — It’s not quite time to panic in New England. But the Patriots’ latest setback put them in a position they haven’t been in under Bill Belichick in more than 20 years. Their 24-17 loss to Miami dropped them to 0-2, their first such start...

By PETER PRENGAMAN

TEMPE, Ariz. — Bethany Patton steps up to the counter and places her pink mug into a shoebox-sized dishwasher. It spins. It whirs. Water splashes inside. After 90 seconds, the door opens and steam emerges. A barista grabs the mug, dries it and...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been an enigma for Bill Belichick in his matchups with the Patriots.Tagovailoa’s made four starts against the future Hall of Fame coach. Four times he’s walked away with a victory.That track record...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox fired Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom on Thursday as the team stumbled toward a third last-place finish in four seasons.The team made the announcement before the start of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, who...

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers’ season is over. There’s also some doubt as to whether his career might be, too.Well, not in the mind of New York Jets coach Robert Saleh.“I haven’t gone down that road with him,” the coach said Wednesday. “I mean,...

By ERIC OLSON

No. 8 Washington’s visit to Michigan State would have been one of the most closely watched intersectional games Saturday even without the latest scandal in East Lansing.The Spartans are 2-0 following easy wins over Central Michigan and Richmond and...

By TERESA M. WALKER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL Players Association wants the league to switch all its fields to natural grass, calling it “the easiest decision the NFL can make.” Executive director Lloyd Howell issued a statement Wednesday morning saying NFL players...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Tom Brady left an imprint on the New England Patriots that hasn’t faded.Three-plus years after his departure, Brady’s jersey is still sold inside the stadium and dots its seats on game days. Photos of both his iconic and mundane moments...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

NEW YORK — When it comes to Ben Shelton and the rest of the men who will be participating in the U.S. Open semifinals on Friday, it’s quite obvious that one of these is not like the others.First of all, Shelton is unseeded and ranked 47th. Carlos...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Depending on the day — and the team the Patriots happen to be preparing for in a given week — Bill Belichick can display both his reverence for NFL history and his ambivalence about anything that has to do with the past. Ask him about...

By JAMES MARTINEZ

NEW YORK — Daniil Medvedev advanced to the U.S. Open semifinals for the fourth time in five years, overcoming fellow Russian Andrey Rublev and hot, humid conditions Wednesday 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.Medvedev, the third seed and 2021 U.S. Open champion, appeared...

By MARK DIDTLER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Triston Casas homered and drove in four runs, Brayan Bello earned his team-leading 11th win and the Boston Red Sox stopped a 13-game losing streak at Tropicana Field by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Monday.Boston’s slide at...

By JAMES MARTINEZ

NEW YORK — Caroline Wozniacki’s comeback to tennis and the U.S. Open rolled on Friday with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over American Jennifer Brady, another player making a return to the game after a yearslong absence.The 33-year-old from Denmark raised...

By ROB MAADDI

One No. 12 started the clock on the countdown to his gold jacket and another switched numbers, conferences and shades of green.The biggest storyline in the first NFL season this century without Tom Brady centers on Aaron Rodgers’ quest to turn the New...

By JAMES MARTINEZ

NEW YORK — John Isner’s career fittingly ended with a final-set tiebreaker.Isner put a volley into the net to end the match and what he had announced would be his final singles tournament, falling in the U.S. Open second round to fellow American...

By DOUG FERGUSON

U.S. captain Zach Johnson wasn’t about to go to Rome for the Ryder Cup without Justin Thomas. And he made it sound as though Brooks Koepka was just as easy a decision.They were among six captain’s picks announced Tuesday to fill out a 12-man American...

By DOUG FERGUSON

ATLANTA — One bad shot during practice led to Collin Morikawa spending two hours looking for a fix. And now he has a scoring record at East Lake that previously belonged to Tiger Woods.Morikawa followed his 61 with another clean card for a 6-under 64...

By KEN MAGUIRE

DUBLIN — The Irish are a generous bunch. Now they’re giving away street names.Notre Dame can have that effect on a city.The Fighting Irish are in Dublin and headlining a college football game against longtime rival Navy. They’ve played here twice...