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Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve (27) celebrates his solo home run off Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi with George Springer during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, in Houston.

Astros hit 6 homers to rout Mariners 10-2

August 2, 2019, 8:46pm National Sports

Wade Miley had another solid start and the Houston Astros backed him up with a season-high six homers to rout the Seattle Mariners 10-2 on Friday night. Read story

Ryan Leaf, center, sits in a Cascade County courtroom in Great Falls, Mont., in 2012. Ryan Leaf spent most of his time in prison alone and angry until a military veteran persuaded him to stop self-loathing long enough to help fellow inmates learn to read.

It’s a new Leaf for former WSU quarterback

August 1, 2019, 8:34pm National Sports

Ryan Leaf spent most of his time in prison alone and angry until a military veteran persuaded the former No. 2 overall NFL draft pick to stop self-loathing long enough to help fellow inmates learn to read. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2018, file photo, Ashley Wagner waits for her scores during the women’s free skate event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif. Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she 17. The three-time national champion writes in USA Today on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, that John Coughlin climbed into her bed after a party at a skating camp and began kissing and groping her. Coughlin was 22 at the time and took his life in January at 33.

Ex-Olympic skater Ashley Wagner writes of 2008 sex assault

August 1, 2019, 9:37am Nation & World

Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she 17. Read story

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2012, file photo, Nick Buoniconti, former Miami Dolphins player and member of the 1972 undefeated team, in introduced during the half time show of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in Miami. Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti, an undersized overachiever who helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the NFL’s only perfect season, has died at the age of 78. Bruce Bobbins, a spokesman for the Buoniconti family, said he died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Bridgehampton, N.Y.

Dolphins Hall of Fame linebacker Buoniconti dead at 78

July 31, 2019, 2:18pm National Sports

Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti, an undersized overachiever who helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the NFL’s only perfect season and became a leader in the effort to cure paralysis, has died at the age of 78. Read story

Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager, right, is congratulated in the dugout after scoring on a Tom Murphy single during the seventh inning of the team’s baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, July 30, 2019.

Seattle wins 6th in row, 8-5 at Texas

July 30, 2019, 11:38pm National Sports

Kyle Seager is starting to look like his old self at the plate for the Seattle Mariners. He always seems to hit well against Texas. Read story

United States’ team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Women’s World Cup on July 7, 2019 in France.

US Soccer says women’s team has made more than the men

July 29, 2019, 4:22pm National Sports

Facing mounting public pressure in a fight over equitable pay, U.S. Soccer said the World Cup champion women's national team has been paid more than the men's team. Read story

David Ortiz waves from the field at Fenway Park on Oct. 10, 2016. The former Red Sox slugger is out of the hospital following three surgeries after being shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic.

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says he’s glad to be home

July 29, 2019, 3:11pm National Sports

In his first public comments since a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic, former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said Monday that he is glad to be home from the hospital and told his fans: "Big Papi will be back soon." Read story

Los Angeles Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman breaks up a pass intended for New Orleans Saints’ Tommylee Lewis during the second half of the NFC championship game on Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans. A Louisiana judge has ordered that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and three officials from that game be questioned under oath in September about an infamous “no-call” that helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the New Orleans Saints in January’s NFC title game, an attorney said Monday, July 29, 2019.

Goodell, title game officials to face questions on ‘no-call’

July 29, 2019, 2:54pm National Sports

A Louisiana judge ordered that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and three officials from January’s NFC title game be questioned under oath in September about the infamous “no-call” that helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the New Orleans Saints in January’s NFC title game, a lawyer said Monday. Read story

Dalilah Muhammad smiles as she wins the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Championships athletics meet, Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Muhammad breaks world record in 400 hurdles at nationals

July 28, 2019, 8:33pm National Sports

Dalilah Muhammad broke a 16-year-old world record in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing in 52.20 seconds on a drizzly night at the U.S. championships. Read story

Seattle Mariners’ Dylan Moore, right, dives safely for home to score the winning run as Detroit Tigers catcher John Hicks waits for the ball in the 10th inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Seattle.

Mariners slip past Tigers in 10 for 5th straight win

July 28, 2019, 5:27pm National Sports

J.P. Crawford hit a walkoff single with one out in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-2 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Read story