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New York visits Indiana after Clark's 45-point game 07/18/2026 02:09am • New York Liberty (13-11, 8-2 Eastern Conference) at Indiana Fever (15-10, 5-4 Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT LINE: Liberty -1.5; over/under is 176.5 BOTTOM LINE: Indiana Fever hosts the New York Liberty after Caitlin Clark scored 45 points in the Indiana Fever's 110-107 win a Connecticut visits Phoenix after Lacan's 26-point showing 07/18/2026 02:09am • Connecticut Sun (7-18, 2-8 Eastern Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (8-18, 5-10 Western Conference) Phoenix; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun plays the Phoenix Mercury after Leila Lacan scored 26 points in the Sun's 96-83 win against the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury have gone 3-9 in hom Andrés Chaparro racks up 8 RBIs as Nationals hand A's their 10th straight loss with 23-4 rout 07/18/2026 01:55am • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Andrés Chaparro went 4 for 5 with two home runs and eight RBIs as the Washington Nationals handed the Athletics their 10th straight defeat in a 23-4 romp Friday night. The 23 runs tied for the second-most in franchise history. Washington also scored 23 against th Baseball Glance 07/18/2026 01:18am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B Takeaways from AP's report on the impact of US aid restrictions on reproductive rights in Africa 07/18/2026 01:16am • KISUMU, Kenya (AP) — The abortion debate in America is putting lives of women thousands of miles away at risk, particularly in Africa. For decades, U.S. anti-abortion groups have lobbied for more restrictions on abortion at home and abroad. This year, the Trump administration delivered new momentu Adames hits 7th career grand slam and Roupp goes 7 innings as Giants blank Mariners 7-0 07/18/2026 01:09am • SEATTLE (AP) — Willy Adames hit his seventh career grand slam, Bryce Eldridge smacked a two-run homer and Landen Roupp threw seven sharp innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Friday night in their first game after the All-Star break. The victory was San Francisco’s NHRA Sonoma Nationals Qualifying 07/18/2026 01:01am • Friday At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Qualifying after two rounds Top Fuel 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.714 seconds, 337.07 mph; 2. Shawn Langdon, 3.714, 336.49; 3. Tony Stewart, 3.736, 333.91; 4. Tony Schumacher, 3.744, 293.73; 5. Maddi Gordon, 3.751, 336.49; 6. Jasmine Salinas, 3.751, 331.77; 7. Josh Har US and Iran escalate strikes across Mideast 07/18/2026 12:51am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the High-A Northwest League Glance 07/18/2026 12:48am • x-first half winner All Times EDT Sunday's Games Vancouver 9, Everett 8 Eugene 9, Spokane 5 Tri-City 6, Hillsboro 3 Friday's Games Eugene 6, Hillsboro 2 Everett 11, Spokane 3 Vancouver 5, Tri-City 1 Saturday's Games Hillsboro at Eugene, 8:05 p.m. Everett at Spokane, 9:35 p.m. Vancouver at Tri-City, Lee hits clutch double in 9th and Tigers hold on for 2-1 comeback win over Angels 07/18/2026 12:46am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hao-Yu Lee lined a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Friday night. Detroit reliever Keider Montero (6-5) struck out five in 3 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win, getting Denzer Guzman to ground o Son Heung-min scores 1st goal of season and LAFC beats the Galaxy 3-0 in 27th edition of El Tráfico 07/18/2026 12:42am • CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Son Heung-min scored his first goal of the season, Denis Bouanga continued his scoring streak in El Tráfico and LAFC beat the LA Galaxy 3-0 on Friday night following an international break for the FIFA World Cup. LAFC (8-5-3) evened the all-time series with the Galaxy at 10- Wetherholt hits solo HR, Winn has 3 RBIs to lead the Cardinals past the D-backs 5-4 07/18/2026 12:42am • PHOENIX (AP) — Rookie JJ Wetherholt hit a solo homer, Iván Herrera had the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Friday night. Masyn Winn had a three-RBI night with a two-run single in the first and a sacrifice fly in the eigh Caitlin Clark has 45 points, 10 assists as Fever beat Storm 07/18/2026 12:38am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 45 points and had 10 assists for the first 40-10 game in WNBA history, and the Indiana Fever beat Seattle 110-107 on Friday night. Clark, who also had four steals and two blocks, also became the fastest player in WNBA history to make 200 caree Boone faults himself for leaving in Cole, who gives up go-ahead homer to Muncy in Dodgers' win 07/18/2026 12:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole had just walked Mookie Betts leading off the seventh inning with the Yankees leading by one run when Aaron Boone walked slowly to the mound. After an eight-second conversation, the New York manager left in his ace. Seven pitches later, Max Muncy drove a hanging slider i Leila Lacan scores career-high 26 points, Sun beat Mercury 96-83 07/18/2026 12:20am • PHOENIX (AP) — Leila Lacan scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 96-83 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in the first of back-to-back meetings between the teams. The Sun (7-18) have won consecutive games for just the sec