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Thunder set sights on 3rd straight 1st-round sweep in Game 4 vs. Suns
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be aiming for a third consecutive first-round playoff series sweep when they take the court Monday night in Phoenix.,The Suns have a different task -- avoiding being swept in the first round for the second consecutive postseason appearance.,One of the teams will get th...
Carson Hocevar avoids Big One at Talladega, nabs 1st Cup Series win
Carson Hocevar told his fans on Instagram during the week he would win at Talladega Superspeedway. ,He finally did his part to perfection on Sunday.,The Spire Motorsport driver recorded his first NASCAR Cup Series win, pulling away from Chris Buescher off the final turn in a three-lap shootout to wi...
Rockies deliver shutout to finish doubleheader sweep of miserable Mets
Chase Dollander threw seven scoreless innings in the longest outing of his career as the visiting Colorado Rockies completed a doubleheader sweep of the sinking New York Mets with a 3-0 win in Sunday's nightcap.,Four Rockies pitchers combined on a four-hitter in a 3-1 win in the opener. The doublehe...
Nathan MacKinnon scores twice as Avs race away to sweep Kings
Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals and added an assist for the Colorado Avalanche, who finished off the host Los Angeles Kings with a 5-1 victory Sunday to sweep the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.,MacKinnon, who led the NHL with 53 goals in the regular season, got his first goal...
D-backs stage massive rally to get past Padres in Mexico City Series
Ildemaro Vargas had three hits, including a home run, and drove in four runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a six-run deficit to beat the San Diego Padres 12-7 for a split of the short two-game Mexico City Series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu on Sunday.,The D-Backs trailed 6-0 after Manny Macha...
Carson Hocevar avoids Big One at Talladega, nabs first Cup Series win
Carson Hocevar recorded his first NASCAR Cup Series win Sunday, pulling away from Chris Buescher off the final turn in a three-lap shootout to win the wreck-ridden Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.,The high-speed, 188-lap drafting race was interrupted by a chaotic acciden...
76ers star Joel Embiid active for Game 4 vs. Celtics
Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid was active and in the starting lineup for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the visiting Boston Celtics on Sunday.,Embiid has not played since April 6, as he required an emergency appendectomy during a team trip through Tex...
Report: Undrafted QB Diego Pavia headed to Ravens rookie camp
Vanderbilt star quarterback Diego Pavia has accepted an invitation to the Baltimore Ravens' rookie minicamp next weekend, ESPN reported Sunday.,The Ravens need signal callers for the rookie camp as they don't have any on their roster that qualify and didn't select any in the just-concluded draft. Ba...
Coco Gauff battles illness, tough opponent, but advances in Madrid
Coco Gauff is not the retiring type.,The third-seed in the WTA's Madrid Open became another player this week to struggle during a match due to illness and fell behind Sorana Cirstea by a set and a break on Sunday.,The two-time Grand Slam champion vomited as discreetly as possible outside the court a...
Justin Wrobleski moves to 4-0 as Dodgers blank Cubs
Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run in 13 games and Justin Wrobleski continued his strong start to the season with six scoreless innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 6-0 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday.,Miguel Rojas hit a two-run double in the first inning and Dalton R...
Brotherly love: Matt, Alex Fitzpatrick capture meaningful Zurich win
Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick of England birdied the final hole after their three-stroke lead vanished on the back nine Sunday, leading them to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at Avondale, La.,The birdie on the par-5 18th hole gave them a 1-under-par 71, pushing their tournament total to ...
Spurs dominate 2nd half to go up 3-1 on Trail Blazers
De'Aaron Fox scored 28 points and Victor Wembanyama had 27 in his return from concussion protocol, helping the visiting San Antonio Spurs to a 114-93 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series on Sunday.,Fox sank 11 of 17 shots from the floor and...
Despite 2-1 series deficit, Golden Knights not panicking vs. Mammoth
After an unlikely Game 3 victory, the Utah Mammoth will try to secure their third straight win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Salt Lake City during Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.,Vegas secured a 4-2 home win in Game 1, but the Mammoth erased the Knights'...
Casey Schmitt powers Giants' comeback win over Marlins
Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second consecutive day, Landen Roupp ran his personal winning streak to four games and the San Francisco Giants closed out a winning homestand with a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.,Jung Hoo Lee had four hits, including a triple, ...
Nelly Korda lands 3rd major win at Chevron, regains No. 1 ranking
Nelly Korda returned to the mountaintop Sunday in Houston by going wire to wire for her second Chevron Championship title in three years and regaining the World No. 1 ranking in the process.,Korda shot a tidy 2-under-par 70 in the final round at Memorial Park Golf Course and won the season's first m...
Carlos Cortes’ two-run triple lifts Athletics over Rangers
Carlos Cortes delivered a two-run triple in the first inning and the Athletics held on to beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Cortes also had a pair of singles for the Athletics, who moved two games over .500 and took a one-game lead o...
Injury-depleted Timberwolves seek to eliminate Nuggets in Game 5
The Denver Nuggets entered this postseason with hopes of a deep run. Instead, they are in danger of bowing out in five games.,The Minnesota Timberwolves overcame two significant injuries to win Game 4, 112-96, on Saturday night and can close out the series in Denver on Monday night. The Nuggets are ...
Rob Refsnyder's blast lifts Mariners past Cardinals
Pinch hitter Rob Refsnyder homered with one out in the ninth inning to break a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Cal Raleigh also homered for the Mariners, who swept the three-game interleague series.,JJ Wetherholt and Nathan Church went deep ...
Sabres smash Bruins to take 3-1 lead back to Buffalo
The visiting Buffalo Sabres ripped off a four-goal first period and never looked back en route to a 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Sunday afternoon.,Peyton Krebs, Josh Doan, Bowen Byram and Alex Tuch all notched a goal and an assist...
Dominant Kyle Harrison fans 12 as Brewers end slide vs. Pirates
Kyle Harrison tossed six innings of one-hit ball with a career-high 12 strikeouts and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a four-game skid with a 5-0 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.,The Brewers backed Harrison with a five-run fourth inning to avoid their first sweep against Pittsbu...