By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - American Scottie Scheffler faces plenty of opposition on his hunt for a career Grand Slam when the U.S. Open begins on Thursday in Southampton, New York, the genteel slice of Long Island that ​the rough and ...

NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - Five storylines to follow as the world's best players descend on Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, this week for the June 18-21 U.S. Open: SCHEFFLER'S GRAND SLAM BID World number one Scottie Scheffler, a...

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - American Justin Gaethje turned the tables on Ilia Topuria to claim a shock win and take the ​lightweight UFC crown at Sunday's "UFC Freedom ‌250" event on the lawns of the White House. After Topuria edged a thrilling fir...

The Milwaukee Brewers are planning to promote Triple-A shortstop Cooper Pratt to the big leagues prior to Tuesday's home game ​against the Cleveland Guardians, according to ‌multiple reports. Pratt, 21, signed an eight-year contract with the Brewers i...

Willi Castro hit two home runs and drove in seven runs to lead the visiting Colorado Rockies, who set a franchise records for runs in a game in routing the Athletics 23-9 on Sunday in Las Vegas. Castro hit a two-run homer in the second and a grand sla...

By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Pun-spouting movie critic Gene Shalit, a fixture on NBC's "Today" show for 40 years in his bow ties and extravagantly bushy hair and mustache, died on Friday at the age of 100, NBC News reported, citing a ​family statement sha...

June 12 (Reuters) - The United States ​Justice ‌Department said on Friday its ‌antitrust ​division ⁠had completed ⁠a review of Paramount's proposed ​acquisition of ⁠Warner ⁠Bros and ​determined it ​was not likely ‌to result in ⁠harm to competition or A...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Blake Lively won a partial victory in her contentious litigation against fellow actor Justin Baldoni, as a federal judge on Friday awarded her legal fees but denied additional damages in defending again...

June 12 (Reuters) - The British painter, who died on Thursday, was celebrated as an "endlessly inventive artist" with "a unique vision of the world". KING CHARLES "My wife and I were greatly saddened to learn of the death of David Hockney O.M., a giant...

By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, June 12 (Reuters) - As mixed martial arts fighters gather on Sunday on the South Lawn of the White House in a cage match to celebrate President Donald Trump's 80th birthday - a spectacle kicking off a series of events c...