LLWS:
Ryan Harlost led Endwell, New York, to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory Sunday.
Endwell became the first U.S. winner since Huntington Beach, California, in 2011, and gave New York its first championship since 1964. Conner Rush had the New York team's only RBI to give Endwell a lead it wouldn't relinquish in the bottom of the fourth. Harlost (2-0) scored the deciding run on a passed ball a batter later.
Junho Jeong (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out nine for South Korea. He threw 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jude Abbadessa broke through in the fourth. Yoomin Lee homered for the Asia-Pacific champs from Seoul, but struck out with runners on first and second to end the game.
Saratoga:
A longshot has won the marquee race at Saratoga Race Course in the fastest time in history. It was a packed track to see Arrogate win the $1.25 million race for 3-year-olds. Trainer Bob Baffert took home the win with Arrogate after his Triple Crown winning horse, American Pharoah finished second last year in the Travers.
MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, Baltimore blanked the Yankees 5-0, Kansas City topped Boston 10-4, Toronto won against Minnesota 9-6, the Angels shut out Detroit 5-0, Tampa Bay bested Houston 10-4, Texas edged Cleveland 2-1, and it was the White Sox over Seattle 4-1.
In the National League, Philadelphia bested the Mets 5-1, San Diego beat Miami 3-1, Pittsburgh won against Milwaukee 3-1, San Francisco topped Atlanta 13-4, the Dodgers blanked the Cubs 1-0, Arizona crushed Cincinnati 11-2, and it was Colorado over Washington 5-3.
In interleague play, Oakland beat St. Louis 7-4.
WNBA:
In the WNBA, Atlanta beat Connecticut 87-73, Chicago bested Dallas 92-85, Minnesota topped Seattle 92-80, San Antonio won against Washington 85-74, and it was Phoenix over the Sparks 70-66.
MLS:
Kaka scored a goal in each half and Orlando City beat New York City FC 2-1 Sunday night in a matchup of 2015 expansion teams. Orlando City moved a point behind D.C. United for the sixth and final playoff position in the Eastern Conference.
Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his 16th goal of the season in the 55th minute and the New York Red Bulls beat the New England Revolution 1-0 Sunday. The Red Bulls extended their undefeated streak to nine games and moved into a third-place tie in the East with the Philadelphia Union.
NFL:
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he plans to continue to sit during the playing of the national anthem before NFL games, even if it costs him his job. The biracial Kaepernick is protesting what he considers unpunished police brutality against minorities in the country by refusing to stand for the anthem.
The New York Jets have placed wide receiver Devin Smith on the reserve/physically unable to perform list and released 11 players, including kicker Ross Martin. Smith is recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered last December, ending a disappointing rookie season for the second-round draft pick out of Ohio State.
The Atlanta Falcons have signed veteran free-agent safety Dashon Goldson. The Falcons made the move because they will be without rookie starting strong safety Keanu Neal, the first-round pick, for at least the first two regular-season games with a right knee injury. Coach Dan Quinn has said that backup Kemal Ishmael would fill in for Neal as the starting strong safety. Goldson, a 2012 All-Pro with the 49ers, had 110 tackles in 15 starts with the Redskins in 2015.
PGA:
Patrick Reed won The Barclays on Sunday to secure a clear shot at the $10 million bonus in the FedEx Cup. Rickie Fowler threw away a sure spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
Reed rallied from an early two-shot deficit and built a big enough lead at Bethpage Black that some sloppy play at the end didn't matter. A bogey on the final hole gave him a 1-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Sean O'Hair and Emiliano Grillo. It was his first victory since the start of 2015 at Kapalua.
Fowler still was poised to earn one of the eight automatic spots on the Ryder Cup team until a meltdown over the last four holes. Instead, the final spot goes to Zach Johnson.
Bernhard Langer made a three-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Woody Austin and Kevin Sutherland for the title at the Champions Tour Boeing Classic. Langer was five shots back at the turn, before shooting a 6-under 30 on the back nine to join the playoff at 13-under par. The trio all birdied the par-5 18th hole to end regulation. But only Langer did it again in the playoff to win the tournament for the second time, a day after his 59th birthday.
Tennis:
More than a half million fans over two weeks are expected at this year's U.S. Open tennis tournament and security officials are ramping up efforts to make the grounds safer than ever. Authorities this year fortified fencing near a grandstand stadium at New York's Billie Jean King National Tennis Center so it can withstand a crash from a car bomb.
Security director Michael Rodriguez says that's one of many measures aimed at protecting the event, which begins Monday. Rodriguez oversees a private security force of 300 officers.
He is expecting a larger-than-usual show of force this year from the New York City Police Department in the wake of attacks in Europe and mass shootings in the United States. About 700,000 people are expected at the U.S. Open this year.
Meanwhile the old Grandstand at the U.S. Open isn't retired after all. Last year's tournament was supposed to be the swan song for the venue. A new, larger Grandstand on the opposite corner of the complex opened for this year's event. But the old one isn't slated to be demolished until after the 2016 U.S. Open, and U.S. Tennis Association officials realized in the lead-up to the tournament it made sense to keep it as a competition court for one more year to maximize scheduling flexibility. It was initially going to be used only as a practice court. So when the U.S. Open begins Monday, there will be four matches on what will be referred to somewhat confusingly as the "old Grandstand."
NASCAR:
Kyle Larson took the lead on a restart with nine laps to go and went on to win at Michigan for his first Sprint Cup victory. The 24-year old held off Chase Elliott to win by 1.48 seconds. Brad Keselowski was third. Larson's victory snapped a 99-race losing streak for Chip Ganassi Racing. It also secured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with two races left in the regular season.
F1:
Pole sitter Nico Rosberg has won the Belgian Grand Prix to close the gap on world driving champion Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One standings. Hamilton started in the back of the field but fought through the traffic to finish third behind Daniel Ricciardo. Hamilton's lead over Rosberg is down to nine points.
LPGA:
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn shot a final round 6-under 66 to win the LPGA's Canadian Pacific Women's Open by four shots. It was her fifth win of the season, all in the last 10 events. Jutanugarn's 23-under total tied the tournament record. Sei Young Kim shot a 65 to finish second.
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