• The Canadian Press

    Mike Yaz homers at Fenway after visit from Hall of Fame grandfather; Giants beat Red Sox 3-1

    BOSTON (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski had a visit from his grandfather Carl and then homered into the Red Sox bullpen like the Hall of Fame outfielder so often did in his heyday, and the San Francisco Giants beat Boston 3-1 on Thursday. Ryan Walker (3-2) pitched a perfect sixth inning to help the Giants avoid the sweep and snap Boston’s four-game winning streak. Camilo Doval pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Tyler O’Neill walked twice and hit a wall-scraping popup to drive in Boston’s only run. Car

  • Associated Press

    2 horses fall and unseat their jockeys in 2nd race at Churchill Downs

    Two horses fell and unseated their riders in the second race at Churchill Downs on Thursday, two days before the historic track hosts the 150th Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Irving Moncada, Territoriality clipped an outside horse's hind heels and fell leaving the five-eighths pole, according to the Equibase chart notes. Vostra struck another horse and lost jockey Emmanuel Giles leaving the five-sixteenths pole.

  • Sacramento Bee

    California GOP lawmakers call for stripping financial aid from violent student protesters

    They also want to sanction university administrators for allowing the campus unrest to get out of hand.