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Power-play success propels playoff-bound Senators past Maple Leafs
Drake Batherson and Warren Foegele scored power-play goals Wednesday night and the Ottawa Senators defeated the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in the regular-season finale for both teams.,Dylan Cozens added an empty-net goal for the Senators, and Claude Giroux contributed two assists.,Former Maple...

Brewers pitch way past Blue Jays to snap 6-game skid
Chad Patrick and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied with two runs in the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, snapping a six-game losing streak.,After being held to three hits through seven innings, the Brewers broke through fo...

Stars edge Sabres in shootout, stay hot going into playoffs
Wyatt Johnston scored the shootout winner for the Dallas Stars in a 4-3 victory over the host Buffalo Sabres in the regular-season finale for both teams.,Esa Lindell and Justin Hryckowian finished with a goal and an assist each for the Stars (50-20-12, 112 points), who ended the regular season on a ...

Braves blast three home runs in victory over Marlins
Bryce Elder threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, and the Atlanta Braves backed him up with three home runs to defeat the visiting Miami Marlins 6-3 on Wednesday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Elder (2-1) allowed four hits and two walks and struck out seven. The right-hander lowered his ERA...

NBA gives LaMelo Ball fine, but no suspension, for tripping Bam Adebayo
Hornets guard LaMelo Ball was fined by the NBA but not suspended for tripping Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo during Charlotte's play-in victory on Tuesday night.,The NBA completed its assessment of the incident on Wednesday, and it handed Ball a $35,000 fine for the play and retroactively assessed a fl...

Rangers end last-place campaign with upset of Lightning
Tye Kartye scored the match's first two goals in a three-point showing and the visiting New York Rangers ended their season on a high note with a 4-2 win over the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. ,Finishing in last place of the Eastern Conference, the Rangers (34-39-9, 77 points...

Jose Caballero, Yankees walk-off Angels for 2nd time in series
Jose Caballero hit a game-ending two-run double with one out in the ninth inning off Jordan Romano, and the New York Yankees earned a 5-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.,The Yankees had runners on first and second after Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached on an infield single ...

Career milestones for Panthers rookies in rout of Red Wings
Mike Benning scored his first two NHL goals, Wilmer Skoog tallied his first two assists in his third game and Mikulus Hovorka got a point in his fourth contest as the Florida Panthers dominated the visiting Detroit Red Wings 8-1 in Wednesday's regular-season finale.,Luke Kunin had two goals and an a...

FURIA, Team Falcons riding high going into IEM Rio playoffs
Team Falcons and FURIA earned byes to the semifinals with group-stage victories on Wednesday at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Rio event in Brazil.,MOUZ, Team Spirit, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere also made the quarterfinals on Friday in Rio de Janeiro.,Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams are compe...

Nico Hoerner drives in 5 as Cubs blitz Phillies to win series
Nico Hoerner had a career-high five RBIs and Shota Imanaga matched a personal best with 11 strikeouts, lifting the visiting Chicago Cubs to an 11-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.,Hoerner hit an RBI single in the third inning and later scored on a throwing error. He belted a two...

Max Homa hoping to finally carry over Masters success to RBC Heritage
Max Homa has found quite a bit of success the last three years at the Masters.,Carrying that over to the RBC Heritage the following week has surprisingly proven a tough challenge.,Homa, coming off his third straight result among the top 12 at Augusta National, will look to follow that up with his fi...

Sal Stewart, Reds keep rolling against woeful Giants
Sal Stewart slugged a pair of three-run homers, Eugenio Suarez and Elly De La Cruz each hit solo shots, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the visiting San Francisco Giants 8-3 on Wednesday.,Stewart went deep for the second straight night and has seven homers to lead all rookies. Suarez went 3-for-4 and S...

Pirates combine for 3-hit shutout in win over Nationals
Carmen Mlodzinski pitched six shutout innings and led the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.,Marcell Ozuna and Nick Gonzales each had RBI singles in the first inning to give Pittsburgh's pitchers all the run support they would need. Mlodzinski ...

Report: LIV Golf CEO tells players league continuing at 'full throttle'
LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil has assured the league's players that the 2026 season will continue as planned amid speculation that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund may be preparing to cut its financial support.,A "high-ranking" league source told bunkered.co.uk that "funding and operations for LIV ...

Golf Glance: PGA Tour follows Masters with signature event; Champions major season begins
After all eyes were focused on the Masters last week the professional golf world returns to jam-packed action. That includes a signature event on the PGA Tour, the LPGA in Los Angeles, LIV Golf in Mexico and the first major of the year for the Champions Tour.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: RBC Heritage, Hilton...

Playoff-bound Kings out to improve positioning vs. Flames
The Los Angeles Kings have a playoff spot assured entering their final regular-season contest, a visit to the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.,What has not been decided is whether the Kings (35-26-20, 90 points) will finish third in the Pacific Division or be a Western Conference wild-card team. Th...

Report: Point guard Robert Wright III staying at BYU
The exodus of stars from BYU will not include sophomore Robert Wright III, who will stay in Provo, ESPN reported on Wednesday.,Regarded as one of the top point guards in the transfer portal, Wright was a third-team All-Big 12 selection last season as BYU went 23-12 and lost to 11th-seed Texas in the...

ATP roundup: Ben Shelton continues successful run at BMW Open
Second-seeded Ben Shelton saved two set points in the second set, including one in the tiebreaker, in knocking off Belgian wild card Alexander Blockx 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Wednesday in the BMW Open's second round in Munich, Germany.,Ranked No. 6 in the world, Shelton is 6-1 all-time in Munich, where he re...

WTA roundup: Two-time Stuttgart champ Iga Swiatek into quarterfinals
In her first match with new clay-court coach Francisco Roig, former World No. 1 Iga Swiatek cruised past Laura Siegemund of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. ,Swiatek, a two-time champion at Stuttgart who is seeded No. 3, failed to capitalize on an...

Iowa's Tavion Banks declares for NBA draft, hopeful of return to Hawkeyes
Iowa guard/forward Tavion Banks declared for the NBA draft on Wednesday and also said he is entering the transfer portal.,Banks indicated that if he is granted a fifth season of eligibility, he would like to return to the Hawkeyes.,"As I explore all options in continuing my basketball career, I am d...