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NBA roundup: Jalen Brunson leads Knicks' 4th-quarter rally past Pistons
Jalen Brunson overcame a slow start to score 34 points as the New York Knicks dominated the fourth quarter in a 123-112 victory over the visiting Detroit Pistons in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on Saturday.,Game 2 will be Monday in New York before the series shifts to Detroit on Th...

SKC explode for five goals in beating host Earthquakes
Daniel Salloi scored a brace Saturday night and Sporting Kansas City notched its first road win since July 2024 with a 5-3 decision over the San Jose Earthquakes.,Logan Ndenbe, Manu Garcia and Eric Thommy also scored for Sporting KC (2-6-1, 7 points), which improved to 2-1-0 under interim coach Kerr...

Denis Bouanga clutch for LAFC in high-scoring draw with Timbers
Denis Bouanga scored from the penalty spot in the 90th minute after contributing an earlier assist to rally LAFC to a 3-3 draw against the host Portland Timbers on Saturday night.,Olivier Giroud added his first career MLS goal from a late first-half free kick in his 16th league appearance for LAFC (...

UFL roundup: Strong defense leads Renegades to win over Battlehawks
Ajene Harris returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown and the host Arlington Renegades scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to beat the St. Louis Battlehawks 30-15 on Saturday.,The Renegades (3-1) led 16-15 when Dae Dae Hunter rushed 3 yards for a touchdown with 13:47 left in regulation ...

Toronto FC get rare win in Utah on Theo Corbeanu's first goal
Theo Corbeanu scored his first MLS goal and Toronto FC won in the state of Utah for the first time since 2007 with Saturday's 1-0 victory over Real Salt Lake at Sandy, Utah.,Toronto FC goalkeeper Sean Johnson made six saves while registering his third shutout of the season and 105th of his career. H...

Giants score 3 early runs, hold to beat Angels
Matt Chapman hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Landen Roupp surrendered two solo shots to Mike Trout but just three other hits, and the visiting San Francisco Giants held on to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Saturday night.,Willy Adames singled home what proved to be the difference-making...

Nathan MacKinnon leads Avs to playoff-opening win over Stars
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a three-point performance and goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood won his Stanley Cup playoffs debut as the visiting Colorado Avalanche claimed a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday to open their series.,Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews and Charlie Coyle also score...

Evander scores twice as FC Cincinnati handles Chicago Fire
FC Cincinnati rode on the back of Evander's brace to extend their winning streak to four matches with a 3-2 win over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday night.,The Fire (3-3-3, 12 points) are now four matches removed from their last victory.,Evander opened the scoring early in the ninth minute. Cincin...

Wolves put aside slow first quarter, take playoff opener from Lakers
Jaden McDaniels collected 25 points with nine rebounds and Anthony Edwards added 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves rolled to a 117-95 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in the opener of a first-round Western Conference playoff series., ,Naz Reid score...

Akie Iwai's 64 good for 3-way tie atop LA Championship
Akie Iwai of Japan fired a third-round 64 on Saturday to move into a three-way tie for first place at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.,Iwai began her round with an eagle on the par-5 first hole and made five birdies on the back nine to go 8 under for the day after the bogey-free round. S...

Ondrej Lingr's goal in debut helps Houston tie Colorado Rapids
Ondrej Lingr scored in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time in his MLS debut and the Houston Dynamo salvaged a 2-2 draw against the visiting Colorado Rapids after giving back an early lead.,Amine Bassi added his second goal before halftime for the Dynamo (1-4-4, 7 points), who brought on Li...

Sammy Smith wins after Jesse Love's DQ at Rockingham
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- JR Motorsports driver Sammy Smith was declared the winner of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Rockingham Speedway.,Richard Childress Racing's Jesse Love initially was announced as winning the race but he was disqualified in post-race technical inspection for issues o...

First-place Vancouver Whitecaps settle for 0-0 draw vs. punchless St. Louis City FC
The visiting Vancouver Whitecaps maintained their lead for the Supporters' Shield and in the Western Conference on Saturday night despite finishing with a 0-0 draw against host St. Louis City SC.,Vancouver (6-1-2, 20 points) outshot St. Louis 15-8 but had seven shots blocked and managed to get just ...

FC Dallas, Minnesota United battle to scoreless draw
Minnesota United and FC Dallas walked off the pitch with a point apiece as they played to a 0-0 draw on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Minnesota United (4-1-4, 16 points) was shut out for the second time in a row but extended their unbeaten streak to eight matches (4-0-4). The Loons also remained...

Alex Verdugo keys Braves to another win over Twins
Alex Verdugo had four hits and drove in the go-ahead run to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Minnesota Twins 4-3 Saturday and win back-to-back games for the first time this season.,In his second game since joining the club, Verdugo was 4-for-5 with two doubles, and his single in the sixth...

Charlotte remains perfect at home, shutting out San Diego
Liel Abada, Patrick Agyemang and Andrew Privett scored goals as Charlotte FC posted a dominating 3-0 victory over San Diego FC on Saturday night.,Agyemang's goal came on a penalty kick to help Charlotte FC (6-2-1, 19 points) win their third straight game and fifth in the past six matches.,Kristijan ...

Orlando City earn draw with CF Montreal, but scoreless stretch continues
Pedro Gallese made six saves and 10-man Orlando City held on for a third consecutive 0-0 draw, this time while visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night.,Rafael Santos received two yellow cards 16 minutes apart in the second half to force the visitors' number to be reduced late.,Luis Muriel may have ha...

Union get first win in nearly a month, blank Atlanta United
Quinn Sullivan scored his first goal of the season and also assisted on a goal by Tai Baribo as the Philadelphia Union earned a 3-0 victory over Atlanta United in Chester, Pa., on Saturday.,Danley Jean Jacques also scored for Philadelphia (5-3-1, 16 points), which posted its first victory since a 1-...

Inter Miami stay undefeated and stop Crew's unbeaten streak
Benjamin Cremaschi's first-half goal was enough for Inter Miami to remain the only undefeated team in MLS after a 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew on Saturday in Cleveland.,Cremaschi scored in the 30th minute and Oscar Ustari made three saves for Miami (5-0-3, 18 points).,The Crew (5-1-3, 18 points) f...

Sounders' 3 early goals back goalie Stefan Frei in shutout of Nashville FC
Pedro de la Vega and Paul Rothrock each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Sounders scored three times in a 15-minute span midway through the first half and trounced visiting Nashville SC 3-0 Saturday in their MLS match.,Danny Musovski also scored and Jesus Ferreira added two assists for the So...