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Unlike the World Cup, the CONCACAF Gold Cup often is contested by B and C teams due to vacation, injuries and youth callups. “We have a lot of young players that need more opportunities to play real minutes,” Canada coach Jesse Marsch said ahead of this year’s championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. “There’s a lot ways I think to use the tournament to broaden our player pool and to strengthen what we’re doing with our team.” Defending champion Mexico opens the 16-nation event Saturday against the Dominican Republic in a first-round group that also includes Costa…

LOS ANGELES — Let the parade of returning starters begin, with the Dodgers set to welcome back right-hander Emmet Sheehan as soon as the upcoming four-game home series against the San Diego Padres. Sheehan has not pitched for the Dodgers since the end of his rookie season in 2023 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The club will wait on making his return official at least until he throws a between-start bullpen Sunday. “This year and last year, the team being so good, I just wanted to be able to contribute and do my part and not be able to do…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI The assassination of one Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife at their homes, is just the latest addition to a long and unsettling roll call of political violence in the United States. The list, in the past two months alone: the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. The firebombing of a Colorado march calling for the release of Israeli hostages, and the firebombing of the official residence of Pennsylvania’s governor — on a Jewish holiday while he and his family were inside. And here’s…

Leading Santa Anita jockey Antonio Fresu and trainer Phil D’Amato teamed up with Motorious to win the $100,000, Grade III Daytona Stakes on the second-to-last afternoon of the track’s winter-spring season Saturday. Motorious, a 7-year-old gelding who ran a close second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar last November, paid $3.80 in his first start since winning the Joe Hernandez Stakes at Santa Anita in December. Motorious used a late burst of speed to beat Bran by 1¼ lengths and Air Force Red by 2 1/4 in a field cut to six with Stay Hot and Daniel’s…

By OLIVIA DIAZ, LEA SKENE, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and CALVIN WOODWARD WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast. Related Articles Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications vary Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants Putin and Trump discussed Middle East tensions, Ukraine war in phone call Watch…

Sam Burns celebrates after finishing the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) eViktor Hovland, of Norway, tosses his club after making his approach to the 18th green during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Adam Scott, of Australia, removes his hat after finishing his round on the 18th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025,…

For the Galaxy, it wasn’t a loss. Nor was it a win, though no doubt they feel like it should have been. Looking for a consecutive victory after starting the MLS season winless in their first 16 games, the defending MLS Cup champions ceded a tying goal in injury time for a 3-3 draw against host St. Louis CITY SC on Saturday. The Galaxy finally got in the win column two weeks ago against Real Salt Lake and were on the cusp of another, answering each St. Louis CITY SC goal with one of their own before Gabriel Pec punctuated…

BALTIMORE — The assignment for Tyler Anderson was to do what so many other left-handed pitchers have done to the Baltimore Orioles this season. The Orioles came into the game as the worst-hitting team in the majors against lefties, and they still scored six runs against Anderson in the Angels’ 6-5 loss Saturday afternoon. The Orioles’ .557 OPS against lefties ranked dead last in the majors. The Orioles had lost 15 of their first 19 games against lefty starters. The Angels will send lefty Yusei Kikuchi to the mound to try to avoid a sweep Sunday. Anderson had given up…

OMAHA, Neb. — UCLA did its heavy lifting early and held its ground late, a winning combo Saturday afternoon at the Men’s College World Series. A four-run fourth led the No. 15 Bruins to a 6-4 win over Murray State in the opener for both at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. It puts 15th-seeded UCLA into Monday’s 4 p.m. PDT winner’s side of Bracket Two, with a date against either No. 3 seed Arkansas or No. 6 seed LSU – the SEC rivals play in Saturday’s evening session – up next. The Bruins (48-16) will be there with their sixth…

Sarah Bettendorf, one of thousands of protesters who came out in force at Southern California for “No Kings Day” rallies on Saturday, made sure to dress for the occasion. She came as the Statue of Liberty. “I’m Lady Liberty,” Bettendorf, an aerospace worker, said, “and Lady Liberty stands for kindness, compassion and hope. “We’re here to say no to the haters,” she said. “We’re here to stand up for Constitutional Rights and protect all immigrants, because it is important to remember that there are no kings and that we all have rights.” Similar demonstrations took place across the country on…