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US team gets settled IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. national team already knew it was in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience this month as the home team in a World Cup. But when the 26 players took the field at Orange County's Great Park to the cheers of several thousand fans who had turned out just to watch a mere practice, they were given another reminder of just how special this opportunity will be if they seize it. The Americans projected cool and excitement as they settled into their training base for at least the next three weeks in Southern ...

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Korda's putt drops in LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nelly Korda won the 81st U.S. Women's Open for her second consecutive major victory. She held off Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez by one shot when her final 2 1/2-foot par putt curled perilously around the cup and finally dropped in. Korda's ...

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Richards hopes to play CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Richards is training with the U.S. in a positive sign for the top American defender as he tries to make it back in time for the World Cup. Richards tore two ligaments in his left ankle while playing for Crystal Palace on May 17. He has been ...

Cubs president Hoyer still believes in his team

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs president Jed Hoyer isn't panicking over his team's protracted slump so far this season. Routed 18-3 by San Francisco on Friday, Chicago has won just six of its last 25 games and fell to 33-31 overall for fourth place in the NL Central. That follows a 20-3 ...

Bears plan new stadium in Indiana

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are looking to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana after a proposal to provide financial incentives for the NFL team to build its new home in Illinois stalled in the state legislature. The Bears' board of directors voted Thursday to move forward with a stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana. The team had been doing its due diligence on a tract of land near Wolf Lake, but it said Friday that an exact site had not been selected. "We believe a world-class stadium project in Hammond will transform the region, connecting Northwest Indiana to ...

MLB commissioner worries cap proposal could lead to strike

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners' salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since ...