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Ramirez’s 2-run homer in eighth lifts Indians

Cleveland takes weekend series


Alabama keeps rolling

Tide is No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25 poll


ON THE LINKS | Sunday’s golf results

PGA Tour GREENSBORO, N.C. Si Woo Kim had a productive week at the Wyndham Championship. He


2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS Results from the final day’s events in Rio

VOLLEYBALL Brazil defeats Italy for gold medal RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s volleyball team won


Harvick weathers delays to win at Bristol

Kevin Harvick wasn’t worried about his poor qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway.


Team USA easily wins medal race

Americans won 121 medals


Felix, Farah and U.S. underdogs dominate track’s last night

Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt are two savvy track stars who’ve been around long enough to know that not everything always goes to plan.


SPORTS digest || Spikes keep Scrappers at bay with early lead

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers scored eight runs on 16 hits, but it wasn’t enough as they lost to the State College Spikes, 13-8, Saturday night.


Six Notre Dame players face charges

Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler was jailed Saturday after a police officer said the player punched and slammed him to the ground.


US women win sixth-straight title in basketball

The dominant U.S. women’s basketball team did what was expected, winning a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal and doing it in impressive fashion.


ON THE TRACKS This weekend’s auto racing events

NASCAR SPRINT CUP Rain causes two delays in race at Bristol Motor Speedway BRISTOL, TENN. The


PGA-Wyndham Championship

GOLF PGA-Wyndham Championship Saturday At Sedgefield CC Greensboro, N.C. Purse: $5.6


ON THE LINKS Saturday’s golf results

OLYMPICS RIO DE JANEIRO Inbee Park is taking a gold medal back to South Korea to show anyone who


Bolt golden again for a perfect 9-for-9

Associated Press rio de janeiro Undefeated, uncatchable, unquestionably the best. Usain Bolt bid a blazing-fast farewell to the Rio de Janeiro Games — and likely the Olympics altogether — Friday night with yet another anchor leg for the ages.


Questions loom after Lochte’s apology

U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized Friday for his behavior surrounding an incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more “careful and candid” about how he described what happened after a night of partying with his teammates