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Rory McIlroy's record Masters cushion gone as Cameron Young claims share of lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy's stroll toward one of the rarest feats in sports turned into a dramatic battle to avoid the wrong side of history as he saw his six-shot lead evaporate during the third round of the Masters on Saturday.,McIlroy scuffled to a 1-over-par round of 73 to fall into a share o...
Kevin Kelsy's goal in 96th minute lifts Timbers over LAFC
Kevin Kelsy scored in the 96th minute as the Portland Timbers handed visiting Los Angeles FC its first loss of the season, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon.,Kelsy headed in Brandon Bye's headed cross from the right goal line for his first goal of the season, snapping a five-match winless streak for the Ti...
Alex Bowman picks a tough track for his return from illness
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- With his head spinning and stomach churning inside his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Alex Bowman had a flash of serious doubt about his racing future.,Illness forced Bowman to abandon his NASCAR Cup Series ride after 70 of 95 laps March 1 at Circuit of the Americas in Aust...
Billy Donovan, perhaps coaching Bulls for last time, faces Mavericks
Chicago's season-ending road clash with the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday will be Bulls coach Billy Donovan's 482nd regular-season game on the bench.,Speculation continues to swirl that it may also be his last, what with the 60-year-old Hall of Fame coach linked to a shift to Chicago's front office.,Th...
Anton Forsberg stellar in net as Kings blank Oilers
Anton Forsberg made 27 saves for the Los Angeles Kings in a 1-0 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon,Forsberg, who has surpassed Darcy Kuemper as the No. 1 goalie in Los Angeles, has three shutouts this season and 11 in his 11-year NHL career.,Artemi Panarin scored the lone...
Michael Wacha goes stellar eight innings as Royals blank White Sox
Michael Wacha struck out seven over eight stellar innings and Maikel Garcia clubbed a leadoff home run, as the Kansas City Royals continued their strong pitching in this series with Saturday's 2-0 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.,Wacha (2-0), who turns 35 in July, allowed just four hits ...
Post-season bound Sixers host disappointing Bucks in finale
A horrible season in Milwaukee is coming to an end, while Philadelphia will play on beyond the regular season finale. The Bucks travel to the City of Brotherly Love to take on the 76ers on Sunday.,Milwaukee (32-49) was eliminated from postseason contention a while ago. This is the first time since 2...
Pirates nip Cubs on Caleb Thielbar’s 11th inning throwing error
Nick Gonzales scored the go-ahead run on pitcher Caleb Thielbar's throwing error in the 11th inning, propelling the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.,After a scoreless 10th inning, Thielbar (1-2) entered in the 11th, striking out Konnor Griffin and Joey ...
Tyson Fury outlasts Arslanbek Makhmudov in return to ring
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury came out of retirement Saturday in front of a warm reception at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London opposite Arslanbek Makhmudov.,Fury (35-2-1, 24 KOs) earned a unanimous decision over Makhmudov (21-3, 19 KOs), taking the judges' scorecards 120-108, 120-108 and...
Protas bros. help Capitals handle Penguins
Ilya Protas scored his first NHL goal and added two assists and the Washington Capitals helped their playoff chances with a 6-3 win against the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Saturday.,Ryan Leonard scored twice, and Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals (41-30-9, 9...
Valkyries sign Veronica Burton to multiyear deal
Veronica Burton, the WNBA's Most Improved Player last season, re-signed with the Golden State Valkyries on a multiyear deal, the team announced Saturday.,Burton, 25, posted career highs of 11.9 points, 6.0 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 steals while starting all 44 games for the expansion franchise l...
Cameron Young soars into Masters lead with 65
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Cameron Young saw Scottie Scheffler post a 65 earlier in Saturday's third round of the Masters, and then went out and matched the World's No. 1 player to surge into the lead at Augusta National.,Young's 7-under-par effort was his best in 15 career Masters rounds by two shots, and hel...
Seven-time All-Star G Skylar Diggins joins Sky
Seven-time All-Star guard Skylar Diggins signed as a free agent with the Chicago Sky, the team announced Saturday.,Terms weren't divulged, but reports pointed to a two-year deal.,Diggins, 35, has career averages of 16.4 points, 5.3 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 335 games over 11 seasons.,"...
Twins tally seven times in third, even series with Blue Jays
Trevor Larnach hit a three-run homer, Joe Ryan pitched seven effective innings and the visiting Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on Saturday afternoon.,Ryan (2-1) allowed two runs, two hits and one walk while striking out five in seven innings.,Brooks Lee added a solo home run and ...
Blue Jays DH George Springer suffers fractured big toe
Toronto designated hitter George Springer suffered a fractured left big toe when he fouled a ball off his foot in the third inning of Saturday's home game against the Minnesota Twins, the Blue Jays announced.,Springer fouled a 1-0 pitch off his left foot while facing Minnesota's Joe Ryan. Springer c...
Raptors strive to secure top-six playoff spot in clash vs. Nets
The Toronto Raptors can clinch a top-six playoff spot with a win on Sunday night against the visiting Brooklyn Nets in the teams' regular-season finale.,The Raptors (45-36) dropped to sixth -- the final guaranteed playoff spot -- in the Eastern Conference on Friday night with a 112-95 road loss to t...
Maya Yoshida, Erik Thommy score as Galaxy hold off Austin FC
Maya Yoshida and Erik Thommy scored goals and James Marcinkowski produced five saves as the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy snapped a four-game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over struggling Austin FC on Saturday afternoon in a Western Conference match.,Thommy's goal in the 78th minute proved to be t...
Union edges CF Montreal, ends 6-game losing streak
Jesus Bueno scored the tiebreaking goal in the 70th minute, and the visiting Philadelphia Union earned a 2-1 victory over CF Montreal to snap a season-opening six-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon.,Philadelphia (1-6-0, 3 points) ended its worst skid to open a season since going 0-4-4 to start...
Scottie Scheffler makes charge with Masters-best 65
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Scottie Scheffler vaulted up the Masters leaderboard with a career-low round of 65 at the Masters on Saturday to sit at 7-under-par through three rounds.,Scheffler's previous low round at Augusta National was a 66 in the first round of 2024, when he went on to win his second Masters ...
Dream re-sign G Rhyne Howard, four others
The Atlanta Dream re-signed guard Rhyne Howard and four other players, the team announced on Saturday.,The Dream also signed Allisha Gray, Brionna Jones, Naz Hillmon and Jordin Canada.,"This is a group that believes in Atlanta, believes in each other and is united in the pursuit of a championship," ...