World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland nearly delivered her second-round opponent a double bagel, instead settling for a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara at the U.S. Open on Thursday in New York.

In 2016, from the start of May until late August, a span of 43 outings, Baltimore Orioles closer Zack Britton held the opposition without an earned run, eventually finishing the season with a 0.54 earned run average and an MLB-leading 47 saves in 47 chances.

KEALAKEKUA — Parker School girls volleyball’s undefeated start to the season remained intact during Tuesday’s outing at Konawaena High School.

The top three teams in the final 2023 Pacific West Conference men’s soccer standings were only separated by 1.5 games, and if you believe the league’s coaches, 2024 could be very much the same.

KEAUHOU-KONA — Kelson Omori of Captain Cook and Brendon-Lee Cordero of Kealakekua are recipients of 2024 scholarships from Keauhou Canoe Club (KCC). The graduating seniors recently received their $2,000 scholarships at a presentation during a KCC board of directors meeting.

Babe Ruth’s “called shot” jersey from the 1932 World Series sold for $24.12 million over the weekend, becoming the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever. But what are currently the most expensive game-worn jerseys in other sports, what could be the item to break the new record, and what could be the first women’s sports jersey to break the $1-million mark? We asked the experts.

The New England Patriots waived quarterback Bailey Zappe on Tuesday.

KAILUA-KONA — The Queen Lili‘uokalani Canoe Races welcomes 2,500 paddlers to the world’s largest outrigger canoe long distance race. Race participants and their ‘ohana enjoy five days of racing and events in Kona beginning Thursday and lasting through Monday. The race is named in honor of Hawai’i’s last reigning monarch, Queen Lil‘iuokalani. The first race fell on the Queen’s birthday, September 2 in 1971.

Point Loma won its first-ever Pacific West Conference Volleyball Championship in 2023, and Chaminade was the conference title winner in 2021 and 2022.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Brett Yormark, the Big 12 commissioner, is fond of saying “we’re open for business.” That was his slogan in 2023 when he ushered four teams into the conference, pulling the Jenga blocks that suddenly toppled the Pac 12.

DENVER — The Colorado athletics department informed The Denver Post that head coach Deion Sanders and anyone else within the Buffs football program will no longer take questions from columnist Sean Keeler.

Keegan Bradley, the last man into the BMW Championship field, shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead Thursday at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colo.

Cooper Hastings provided four innings of scoreless relief as Boerne, Texas, held off Henderson, Nev., for a 5-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon to reach the United States final at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

KEALAKEKUA — Konawaena girls volleyball picked up right where it left off in its second game of the season on Wednesday night in Ellison Onizuka Gymnasium.

HILO — Four newcomers and two returnees makeup the UH-Hilo Women’s Cross Country roster entering the upcoming fall season under second-year head coach Alan Ryan.

LOS ANGELES — Darrell Doucette didn’t play NCAA football.