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LGD, PARIVISION earn playoff byes at BLAST Slam VII
LGD Gaming, PARIVISION and BetBoom Team forged a three-way tie at 8-3 atop the group-stage standings of BLAST Slam VII after a chaotic final day Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,LGD and PARIVISION earned the top two seeds in the playoffs over BetBoom based on tiebreakers. Team Falcons, which entered t...

NASCAR bans woman accused of assault with golf cart
NASCAR indefinitely suspended a 23XI Racing staffer after she was charged with assaulting a 77-year-old man with a golf cart last weekend in Charlotte, N.C.,Evanna Daneen Howell, 35, was arrested Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway and charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon leading to ser...

Falcons improve to 7-1 in BLAST Slam VII group stage
Team Falcons won both matches Thursday to seize sole possession of first place in the group stage of the BLAST Slam VII at Copenhagen, Denmark.,Falcons improved to 7-1 by defeating Team Spirit in 44 minutes on green and Tundra Esports in 27 minutes on red. Falcons will wrap up the group stage Friday...

PGA Tour shuffles Florida events in ‘27 schedule revamp
The Arnold Palmer Invitational will move from the week before The Players Championship to the week after, and the Valspar Championship will be kicked from March to May as part of the changing 2027 PGA Tour schedule.,The changes set up a three-week span of top-tier events in Florida: the Cadillac Cha...

NBA draft decisions: Texas Tech's Anderson, Santa Clara's Graves follow pro plan
Texas Tech sophomore guard Christian Anderson and Santa Clara freshman forward Allen Graves are staying in the 2026 NBA Draft. ,Both are projected first-round picks.,Anderson lifted his draft stock considerably at the scouting combine earlier this month where he proved consistency and superior range...

UCLA No. 1 overall seed as NCAA baseball regionals set
UCLA was named top overall seed of the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on Monday, with 12 teams from the SEC named to the 64-team field.,The tournament begins Friday at 16 regional sites, all hosted by the top 16 seeded teams in the field.,The Bruins went 51-6 during the regular season an...

Troy Melton wins first start, helps Tigers snap 8-game skid
Troy Melton pitched into the sixth inning in his first outing of the season and the Detroit Tigers ended an eight-game losing streak by beating the host Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on Sunday night to complete a day-night doubleheader with a split.,Dillon Dingler smashed a two-run home run and Kevin McGoni...

Troy Melton wins first start, helps Tigers snap eight-game skid
Troy Melton pitched into the sixth inning in his first outing of the season and the Detroit Tigers ended an eight-game losing streak by beating the host Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on Sunday night to complete a day-night doubleheader.,Dillon Dingler smashed a two-run home run and Kevin McGonigle drove in ...

PARIVISION defeats Aurora for DreamLeague Season 29 title
PARIVISION outlasted Aurora Gaming 3-2 in the best-of-five grand final to win the title at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event on Sunday.,PARIVISION, which ran through the upper playoff bracket but needed three straight 2-1 victories to get to the grand final, will take home the grand ...

Emotional Layne Riggs wins Truck Series at Charlotte: 'Did it for Kyle'
CONCORD, N.C. -- Layne Riggs made clear what was on his mind as he took the checkered flag under caution to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday.,"Did it for Kyle, man, did it for Kyle," Riggs said in a dedication to two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion K...

Crazy Raccoon rally to win 2026 Champions Clash
Crazy Raccoon won the final two maps to secure a 4-3 victory over Twisted Minds on Sunday in the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Champions Clash in Tokyo.,Crazy Raccoon overcame a 3-2 deficit by posting a 2-1 victory on Oasis and 3-1 triumph on Suravasa in the best-of-seven series...

PARAVISION advance to grand final at DreamLeague Season 29
PARAVISION rallied for a 2-1 victory over Team Spirit on Saturday to reach the grand final at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Team Spirit will play in the lower-bracket final on Sunday against Aurora Gaming, which took down Team Falcons 2-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal on Saturd...

ZETA advance into upper-bracket final in 2026 Champions Clash
ZETA DIVISION toppled Virtus.pro on Saturday to advance to the upper-bracket final of the Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Champions Clash in Tokyo.,The winner of the double-elimination Overwatch 2 event will qualify for this summer's Midseason Championship in Paris.,ZETA posted a 3-1 win over Virtus...

Aurora advance in lower bracket at DreamLeague Season 29
Aurora Gaming trounced Tundra Esports 2-0 on Friday to reach the lower-bracket semifinals at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,The day's action began with the lower-bracket second round in which Tundra Esports edged Xtreme Gaming 2-1 while PlayTime rallied past BetBoom Team 2-1.,Six...

Charlotte Trucks Series race postponed to Saturday morning due to rain
Persistent rain forced the postponement of Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.,The race has been rescheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday morning, to be broadcast on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.,Friday's practice and quali...

Falcons, MOUZ, Legacy and MIBR reach CS Asia semifinals
Team Falcons, MOUZ, MIBR and Legacy advanced to the CS Asia Championships semifinals in Shanghai on Friday.,Sixteen teams began the $400,000 Counter-Strike 2 event on Wednesday. The winner of best-of-five grand final on Sunday will take home $150,000.,Falcons began the action Friday by sweeping Lega...

Spirit, PARIVISION reach DreamLeague 29 upper-bracket final
Team Spirit and PARIVISION pulled out 2-1 victories in the upper-bracket semifinals Thursday and will meet in the upper-bracket final of the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Spirit outlasted Aurora Gaming while PARIVISION rallied from down 1-0 to beat Team Falcons. Aurora and Falcons d...

Knicks ride third-period explosion to 2-0 lead over Cavaliers
Josh Hart bounced back from a quiet series opener by scoring nine of the New York Knicks' 18 consecutive third-quarter points Thursday night, when the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93.,Hart finished with 26 points in Game 2 for...

Golden Knights 'not fazed' by favored Avs, bidding for 2-0 series lead
The Vegas Golden Knights did what Los Angeles and Minnesota couldn't in the first two rounds of the playoffs -- beat the Colorado Avalanche on their ice.,Vegas stole Game 1 of the Western Conference finals with a 4-2 win Wednesday night. The Golden Knights will try to sweep the road trip when the te...

Georgia president Jere Morehead: '24-team playoff is a mistake'
Georgia president Jere Morehead doesn't think expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams is a good idea.,In fact, he said this to The Athletic: "A 24-team playoff is a mistake.",With the Southeastern Conference meetings set for next week in Destin, Fla., Morehead doesn't feel the Big Ten has...