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Inter Miami top Atlanta United with 89th minute tally
Substitute Fafa Picault scored his first goal for Inter Miami in the 89th minute, Lionel Messi also scored his first of the regular season and Inter Miami earned a dramatic 2-1 victory at Atlanta United on Sunday evening.,Miami (3-1-0) triumphed despite six saves from Atlanta's Brad Guzan, who playe...

Backed by James Harden, Clippers extend dominance over Hornets
James Harden scored 31 points with 10 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard added 23 points as the Los Angeles Clippers continued their March surge with a 123-88 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at Inglewood, Calif., ,Ivica Zubac had 17 points, 14 rebounds and a career-best eight assists as the Cli...

Angel City, Wave kick off season with 1-1 draw in rivalry tilt
Alyssa Thompson scored early in the second half as Angel City FC pulled off a 1-1 tie against the San Diego Wave on Sunday in the rivals' season opener in Los Angeles.,Thompson dribbled in on goal and created just enough space on Wave defender Kristen McNabb to fire a right-footed shot toward the le...

Is Duke the team to beat at the NCAA Tournament?
There are enough factors to make Duke, the No. 1-ranked team in the East, an appealing choice to win the college basketball national championship.,The pieces will be in place if freshman Cooper Flagg is back in action for the NCAA Tournament.,It's no mystery that Duke has been eyeing its status as a...

Spring training roundup: Jesus Luzardo strong in Phillies' win
Left-hander Jesus Luzardo struck out six in four innings and Edmundo Sosa drove in three runs as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies hammered a Baltimore Orioles split squad 12-1 on Sunday in Sarasota, Fla.,Luzardo (1-1), whom the Phillies acquired from the Miami Marlins in December, surrendered one ...

Cameron Johnson helps Nets rally past Hawks
Cameron Johnson scored 28 points as the Brooklyn Nets rallied late in the third quarter and took control late in the fourth for a 122-114 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night.,Johnson shot 7-of-16 from the field and produced his highest point total since Dec. 26. The forward hit a...

Anfernee Simons, Trail Blazers shoot past Raptors
Anfernee Simons scored 22 points and Toumani Camara added 21 points and seven rebounds to fuel the host Portland Trail Blazers to a 105-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.,Simons sank six 3-pointers and Camara had five for the Trail Blazers (29-39), who outscored the Raptors (24-44) by a...

Jack Draper breezes past Holger Rune to win at Indian Wells
Lucky No. 13 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain dominated No. 12 seed Holger Rune of Denmark 6-2, 6-2 in just 69 minutes to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The 23-yaer-old notched his first ATP Masters 1000 title with the victory.,"It's incredible. I wasn't expecting this,"...

Ex-Rookie of the Year Paul Flatley dies at 84
Former NFL Rookie of the Year Paul Flatley of the Minnesota Vikings has died, the team said Sunday. He was 84.,Flatley died on Saturday, according to the team.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vikings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">...

Top 25 roundup: Florida takes down Tennessee to win SEC
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points and No. 4 Florida outclassed No. 8 Tennessee 86-77 on Sunday to win the Southeastern Conference tournament title at Nashville.,Will Richard added 17 points as the second-seeded Gators (30-4) earned the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Florida was awarde...

Slumping Kings look to regroup vs. Grizzlies
Time is of the essence for the Sacramento Kings, whose tenuous grasp on a spot in the play-in tournament weakened over the past week.,Sacramento (33-33) has lost four straight heading into a matchup against the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Monday and is ninth in the Western Conference standings.,Th...

Madness begins: Auburn lands No. 1 overall seed over Duke
The 2025 NCAA Tournament drama started the moment CBS revealed the first team on Selection Sunday., ,Despite losing three of its last four games, Auburn was rewarded with the No. 1 overall seed - ahead of a Duke squad that ranked No. 1 in the country according to the Associated Press, the USA Today ...

Rory McIlroy, J.J. Spaun headed for Monday playoff at Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- World No. 2 Rory McIlroy and overnight leader J.J. Spaun will take The Players Championship into a Monday playoff after they both ended a weather-delayed final round Sunday level at 12-under-par 276.,It is the ninth time The Players has spilled over into a Monday finish, a...

Sizzling Warriors look to take down Nuggets, Nikola Jokic
Two teams that would meet in the first round if the playoffs started today get a chance for a statement win Monday night when the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors duel in San Francisco.,The Nuggets (43-25) would have the home-court advantage in the 3 vs. 6 Western Conference series as well a...

Josh Berry nabs first career Cup Series win at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Josh Berry of Wood Brothers Racing pulled ahead of Daniel Suarez with 14 laps to go and earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory at the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.,Berry's win is the 101st in the NASCAR Cup Series for Wood Brothers Racing, their first si...

Galaxy's Christian Ramirez scores late for tie with Timbers
Christian Ramirez came off the bench to score in the 81st minute as the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy pulled off a 1-1 tie against the Portland Timbers on Sunday.,Ramirez's late score allowed the Galaxy (0-3-1, 1 point) to earn their first point of the season after becoming the first team in MLS histo...

Akron, Drake, Grand Canyon top NCAA Tournament Cinderella candidates
Favorites are easier to follow in the NCAA Tournament, factoring familiarity and knowledge of known commodities with single-digit seeding in the bracket.,Spoiler alert: An underrated Cinderella team or three will pull an upset most don't see coming this week and fracture many bracket predictions alo...

Mirra Andreeva wins Indian Wells with upset of Aryna Sabalenka
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva recorded six aces and overcame a first-set deficit to post a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The ninth-seeded Andreeva is the tournament's third-youngest champion at 17 years, 301 days...

Cale Makar's OT goal lifts Stars over Avalanche
Cale Makar scored 34 seconds into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche recovered to beat the visiting Dallas Stars 4-3 on Sunday afternoon in Denver.,Valeri Nichushkin and Jonathan Drouin each had a goal and an assist, Martin Necas also scored, Makar had added two assists and Scott Wedgewood made 19 ...

Luka Doncic powers Lakers past Suns
Luka Doncic had 33 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Austin Reaves added 28 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 107-96 win over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Sunday.,Jaxson Hayes matched his season high with 19 points and Dorian Finney-Smith added 10 for t...