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Guardian injuries pile up

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cleveland outfielder Chase DeLauter has become the latest Guardians position player to go on the injured list. The team announced the move before Wednesday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The rookie fractured a rib on his right side Saturday when he collided with the outfield wall. Guardians manager Stephen Vogt expressed optimism that DeLauter could return after the required 10 days on the IL. "We just felt it was best with where he is injury-wise, let's give it 10 days so he can be 100% on the other end of the 10 days and be ready to go," Vogt ...

Knicks head for the Canyon of Heroes

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Knicks fans have waited forever for this. Thursday's ticker-tape parade for the new NBA champions will be a first. When the team won the title before, in 1970 and '73, they weren't honored with New York's signature procession. Why not? There's no one definitive ...

US officials say Iran deal calls for diluting uranium at minimum, waiving sanctions, opening strait

WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft agreement by the United States and Iran calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and would waive, but not permanently end, sanctions on the country, according to U.S. officials who read the language of the memorandum on ending the war to journalists. The agreement would also open the Strait of Hormuz toll-free for two months and affirm a commitment to Lebanon’s territorial integrity in the face of Israel’s invasion against the Hezbollah militant group. U.S. officials dictated the language to journalists Wednesday after days ...

Gas and fuel costs concern over 75% of voters, poll finds

More than three-quarters of American voters say high gas and fuel prices have dealt a direct blow to their household finances, according to a new opinion poll. A 61% majority of registered voters said they are “very concerned” by recent high fuel price increases while 25% of respondents are “somewhat concerned,” according to The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, a survey conducted June 1-4 by Noble Predictive Insights, a nonpartisan polling firm. Another 9% of respondents said they are “not too concerned” by the recent fuel price increases and 3% are “not at all ...

Baseball doesn’t fight World Cup fever

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol saw his team had an unusual Saturday off during the season, and in the middle of a series, he had one question: "Can I make it to the soccer game?" Not just any soccer game, a World Cup match. The international soccer tournament, held every four years, is ongoing at 16 sites in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Those include 11 markets that are also home to a combined 13 Major League Baseball teams. Kansas City, where the Cardinals open a three-game series Thursday, is hosting six World Cup matches at the NFL ...

USA’s foreign coach says team should embrace American spirit

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Although the cheers are still ringing in the Americans' ears after their impressive World Cup-opening victory, this U.S. team says it's prepared for the physical and mental challenges of the weeks ahead — including what's likely to be a physical meeting with Australia on Friday. Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter gives credit for this tenacity to coach Mauricio Pochettino, who has taken over a team that repeatedly flopped on the international stage and infused it with a stronger mentality grounded in a few core beliefs. "I think one is that we're American. We ...