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New-look Mets stumble to 40-57 record, worst first half since 1995 07/12/2026 07:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — After starting the season with high expectations and a payroll to match, the New York Mets stumbled into the All-Star break following their worst first half in 31 years. Shortstop Francisco Lindor misplayed a potential game-ending, double-play grounder for an error that sparked Bos Diamondbacks overcome Ohtani's 22nd homer, beat sloppy Dodgers 5-3 for 3-game sweep 07/12/2026 07:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ildemaro Vargas had two hits, including a go-ahead single in the sixth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame Shohei Ohtani's 22nd home run in a 5-3 victory over the sloppy Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep heading into the All-Star break. Oht Lindsey Graham remembered for a vision of American foreign policy that’s fading in Washington 07/12/2026 07:40pm • For decades Lindsey Graham traveled the globe selling a vision of the United States as a nation willing to use its military might to protect democracies around the world, even as his party was taken over by a president openly skeptical of that worldview. Graham — who died unexpectedly at 71 on Sat Baseball Glance 07/12/2026 07:25pm • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B Lindsey Graham's journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power 07/12/2026 07:15pm • Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate. A former military lawyer who reached the rank of colonel in the Air Force, the wisecracking Graham Lindsey Graham's journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power 07/12/2026 07:14pm • Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate. A former military lawyer who reached the rank of colonel in the Air Force, the wisecracking Graham Machado leads rally that carries Padres past Blue Jays 5-4 07/12/2026 07:05pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado singled in the tying run in the eighth inning and Ty France's sacrifice brought in the go-ahead run for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday to take two of three. The Padres won for just the fifth time in 16 games and pulled back to .500 Zach Johnson wins at Firestone for first senior major title 07/12/2026 07:04pm • AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Zach Johnson won his first PGA Tour Champions major in the final event at Firestone Country Club, closing with a 2-under 68 for a six-shot victory Sunday in the Kaulig Companies Championship. Johnson had a 63 in the third round that staked him to a four-shot lead entering the fi World Cup semifinals: Four previous champions, a bitter rivalry, Mbappé vs Yamal and Messi vs Kane 07/12/2026 06:58pm • ATLANTA (AP) — It's a World Cup semifinal lineup for the ages. Four previous champions and the four top-ranking teams in the world. Five of the six top scorers, one GOAT and one of the bitterest rivalries in soccer. Argentina, Spain, France and England went into the tournament as the top four in McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition 07/12/2026 06:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health. McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly u Mardy Fish wins 3rd American Century celebrity title 07/12/2026 06:54pm • SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. (AP) — Former tennis player Mardy Fish won his third American Century Championship title Sunday, beating 2025 winner Joe Pavelski by six points in the celebrity tournament. Fish had a 20-point day under the modified Stableford scoring system to get to 72 at Edgewood Tahoe. H Cat rescued after being thrown from moving vehicle on Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail 07/12/2026 06:46pm • A cat is safe after someone apparently tried to throw it from a moving vehicle while crossing the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, authorities said Sunday. Maryland National Capital Park Police officers responded to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail on Sunday after a concerned citizen reported witnessing McGregor's manager says fighter had no knee injury prior to short bout with Max Holloway 07/12/2026 06:42pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor's manager said in a social media post Sunday that fighter did not have a previous knee injury prior to his shortened UFC 329 fight with Max Holloway. McGregor's first fight in five years lasted just 1:09 due to a knee injury sustained while attempting an opening rou Weary Red Sox cap first 9-0 road trip since 1977 07/12/2026 06:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It took the Boston Red Sox almost 24 hours Thursday and Friday to get to New York for their three-game series against the Mets. Fewer than 48 hours later, the major leagues' hottest team completed its first 9-0 road trip in 49 years. Boston took advantage of shortstop Francisco Lin Nimmo's walk-off single gives Rangers 6-5 win over Astros and winning record at All-Star break 07/12/2026 06:17pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brandon Nimmo hit a game-ending single that drove in Wyatt Langford with his third hit of the game, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Sunday to enter the All-Star break with a winning record at 49-47. Langford singled off Josh Hader (3-1) leading off the