Новости за 22.07.2019

A crowd of 25,173 showed up at Monmouth Park on Saturday, but after a 4 ¹/₂-hour heat delay about 173 watched Maximum Security win the Haskell at 8:15 p.m. Track, which took heat for racing horses on the hottest day of the year, lost nearly $4.8 million. And you thought we had a bad week....

The Yankees reshuffled the backend of their bullpen after Aaron Boone used Stephen Tarpley in two games over the weekend. Tarpley, who pitched 4.1 innings in the Yankees’ series against Colorado, was sent down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the team announced. Jonathan Holder was brought up from Scranton in a corresponding move and will be active...

Brett Gardner has played more than anyone expected him to this season, but now the injury bug that plagued the rest of the Yankees outfield has finally caught up to him. The veteran was scratched from the lineup for Sunday’s 8-4 loss to the Rockies and underwent an MRI exam on his left knee that...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The best week of Shane Lowry’s life began with his mind cluttered with uncertainty. Lifting the Claret Jug on Sunday evening to the ear-splitting roar of the masses huddled around the 18th green at Royal Portrush was far, far away from Lowry’s mind. It wasn’t even realistic. Lowry’s practice sessions in...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — There was an almost around nearly every turn. Shortcomings used to identify Mike Mussina’s career. Good, just not great. He never won a World Series, despite reaching the final round of the postseason twice. He never won a Cy Young Award, though he finished in the top-six nine times. He failed to...

Giancarlo Stanton is closing in on a month since he sprained his right knee on an awkward slide in a win over the Blue Jays, and the Yankees are no closer to knowing when the slugger might return. “It’s better, but still slow,’’ Aaron Boone said of Stanton’s recovery before the Yankees lost to the...

Pete Alonso broke his bat over his knee in disgust after striking out in the third inning against Conner Menez, but said his frustration was over that particular at-bat, not anything bigger. “I was just upset because I shouldn’t have swung at that pitch — it was a ball,” Alonso said after the Mets lost...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Irish eyes are smiling. Irish eyes are crying. Tears of joy and disbelief. Can it be that an Irishman has won the British Open at Royal Portrush the first time the oldest and most prestigious championship has been played in Ireland in 68 years? Indeed, the historic week converged into the...