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Brady Koehler fuels Notre Dame past Villanova in Rome
Brady Koehler racked up 16 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks and Logan Duncomb hit the go-ahead 3-pointer to propel Notre Dame to a 74-72 win over Villanova in the first game of the college basketball season, billed as the Eternal City Tip-Off, on Sunday in Rome.,Braeden Smith also s...

Bruins D Nikita Zadorov fined $5K for roughing
Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov was fined $5,000 by the NHL for roughing Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Alex Vlasic during Boston's 5-4 overtime win on Saturday.,The fine, announced Sunday, is the maximum allowable under the league's collective bargaining agreement.,Listed at 6-foot-7 and 244 pounds...

WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider wins first '26 event; Harriet Dart gains career first
No. 3 seed Diana Shnaider held off a challenge from Canada's Leylah Fernandez en route to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory and the title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday.,Shnaider, of Russia, had a 4-0 lead in the second set before Fernandez won seven of the final eight games to send the matc...

Miyu Yamashita defends championship at Maybank
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot a final-round 68 to capture her second consecutive winner's trophy at the Maybank Championship in Malaysia.,It was her fifth career LPGA Tour title in just two seasons playing on the circuit.,A birdie on No. 18 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club cemented the win as ...

Oilers star Connor McDavid looks to extend streaks to 15 games against Rangers
Connor McDavid's points and assists streaks are impressing teammates.,Equally as enjoyable is how the Edmonton Oilers are starting off on the road.,McDavid attempts to extend his season-opening points and assists streaks to 15 games while the Oilers seek their seventh straight road win to start the ...

Ducks, frustrated by blown leads, seek fresh start against Senators
A new month has arrived, and the Anaheim Ducks are hoping it starts better than the last one finished.,After opening October with four wins in five games, the Ducks have lost seven of their past eight (1-6-1) heading into Sunday, when they open November by hosting the Ottawa Senators. ,The Ducks' mo...

Rays exercise $20M option on star RHP Drew Rasmussen for 2027
The Tampa Bay Rays secured ace right-hander Drew Rasmussen for the 2027 season by picking up his $20 million club option on Saturday.,Rasmussen, 31, produced a career year in helping the Rays win the American League pennant. Tampa Bay, which has never paid one player $20 million for a single season,...

Quakes' win lifts them to third, drops Real Salt Lake to 10th
Ousseni Bouda and Benji Kikanovic scored in the opening 17 minutes as the host San Jose Earthquakes recorded a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday afternoon.,San Jose (14-9-10, 52 points) moved one point ahead of fifth-place Houston, which plays Sunday, into third place in the Western Confer...

Karmine, LYON and Bilibili lock up final 3 knockout spots at LoL Worlds
Karmine Corp, LYON and Bilibili Gaming locked up the final three spots in the knockout stage of the League of Legends World Championship with Round 5 victories on Saturday in Allen, Texas.,In matches of 2-2 teams all facing elimination and the chance to advance on the final day of the Swiss stage, K...

San Diego FC snap winless streak, blank St. Louis City 1-0
Anders Dreyer scored his team-leading 15th goal and visiting San Diego FC defeated the suddenly struggling St. Louis City 1-0 on Saturday.,Dreyer's goal shortly before halftime helped San Diego (9-13-11, 38 points) -- eliminated from playoff contention in Wednesday's loss at Vancouver -- snap a 10-m...

FC Dallas draw with Sporting KC, eliminated from winning West
FC Dallas was held scoreless in the second half in a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Kan., a result that eliminated the club from winning the Western Conference with one regular-season match remaining.,Goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland of Kansas City stopped Petar ...

Montreal's stoppage-time goal in draw helps eliminate NYCFC
Daniel Rios scored the tying goal two minutes into second-half stoppage time as visiting CF Montreal damaged New York City Football Club's playoff hopes by rallying for a 1-1 draw on Saturday afternoon.,NYCFC (9-12-12, 39 points) conceded its seventh goal in second-half stoppage time and was elimina...

Team Yandex, Team Spirit to clash in PARI Universe grand final
After sweeping their way through group play earlier this month, Team Yandex and Team Spirit on Saturday swept their way into the grand final of the PARI Universe event.,The $250,000, 10-team Dota 2 event began with a round-robin group stage, with all matches best-of-three. The top four teams in each...

FC Cincinnati clinch playoff berth with victory over Union
Ayoub Jabbari tapped in a rebound in the 70th minute, and that was all FC Cincinnati needed to clinch a playoff berth with a 1-0 home win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.,Cincinnati (12-11-10, 46 points) became the seventh team to lock up a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after the si...

Patrick Schulte, Crew blank D.C. United for fifth straight win
Patrick Schulte made four saves for his second consecutive shutout and Dylan Chambost had two assists when the streaking Columbus Crew moved closer to a playoff berth with a 3-0 win over visiting D.C. United on Saturday afternoon.,The Crew (13-15-5, 44 points), last in the 15-team Eastern Conference...

Dallas Fuel reach OWCS North American Stage 3 grand final
Dallas Fuel advanced to the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series' North America Stage 3 playoffs with a 3-1 win over Team Liquid in the upper-bracket final on Saturday.,Team Liquid fell to the lower-bracket final against Spacestation to be played Sunday ahead of the grand final. Dallas Fuel...

Backup QB leads No. 20 Boise State to wild win over Texas State
Max Cutforth replaced injured Maddux Madsen in the fourth quarter and threw three touchdown passes as No. 20 Boise State escaped with a 46-45 shootout victory over visiting Texas State in Pac-12 play on Saturday night.,Akeem Wright caught the decisive 18-yard touchdown pass from Cutforth with 2:40 l...

Pitt runs over Georgia Tech to snap skid, clinch bowl eligibility
Freshman Damon Ferguson Jr. rushed for a career-high 185 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday night to help Pitt coast to a 34-11 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Georgia Tech in Pittsburgh.,Holden Geriner completed 13 of 30 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown for Pitt (6-3, 3-3 ACC), which s...

NHL roundup: Predators' Steven Stamkos haunts old team in shootout
Former Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos scored the only goal in the fourth round of the shootout as the host Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Lightning 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.,Stamkos, who tied it 4-4 with a power-play tally at 7:27 of the third period, beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vas...

LaNorris Sellers (5 total TDs), South Carolina rout Oklahoma
LaNorris Sellers threw for a season-high 301 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 96 yards and two more scores as South Carolina blew out Oklahoma 42-25 on Saturday in Norman, Okla.,The Gamecocks' defense controlled the game from the start, holding the Sooners to 71 yards in the first half and 359...