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Kahleah Copper's heroics lift Mercury over Fever
Kahleah Copper scored 28 points and the visiting Phoenix Mercury outlasted the host Indiana Fever for a 111-109 victory Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Copper made 6 of 10 shots and also made 15 of 16 free throws attempts en route to her third highest-scoring game of the season. Copper's biggest pl...
Derek Hill's 9th-inning blast powers Phillies past Nationals
Derek Hill slugged his first homer with the Philadelphia Phillies -- a pinch-hit, go-ahead, two-run shot in the ninth inning that ignited a 5-4 road victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.,One night after Philadelphia used a two-out rally in the ninth to stun Washington, the Phillies wer...
Olivia Miles, Lynx erase fourth-quarter deficit, earn win over Mystics
Natasha Howard and Olivia Miles each scored 21 points as the Minnesota Lynx pulled out a 78-76 win over the host Washington Mystics on Wednesday.,Howard also collected a season-high 15 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the campaign. Miles added five assists and four rebounds for the Lynx (14-...
Astros edge Blue Jays after Jeff Hoffman's 8th-inning error
The visiting Houston Astros scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on an errant pickoff attempt Wednesday night to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1.,Joey Loperfido tripled and scored on an error by Jeff Hoffman (5-5) on a throw to third, snapping a 1-1 tie in the rubber match of a three-game s...
IOC creates $140M fund to provide $10k grant to every Olympian
Olympic athletes will now be provided money to support their athletic careers by an International Olympic Committee grant, starting with athletes who competed at the most recent Milan Cortina Winter Games, the IOC announced on Wednesday.,Every competing athlete will be eligible for a $10,000 "Fit fo...
Ivory Coast coach preaches intensity ahead of group finale vs. Curacao
PHILADELPHIA -- Through two matches at the World Cup, Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae believes his team's play has been worthy of the knockout phase.,To reach the knockouts for the first time, the Elephants need to maintain that level on Thursday in the Group E finale against Curacao.,"I think the key ...
Nelly Korda maintains competitive mindset while pursuing rare heights
Nelly Korda is on the doorstep of the LPGA Hall of Fame, though she claims she doesn't know how close she really is.,"It's one of the hardest Hall of Fames to get into for sure, but I've never really truly looked at it," Korda said. "If I'm being honest, I don't even know how many points you need to...
Yandy Diaz collects four hits as Rays defeat Royals
Yandy Diaz had four hits with an RBI in leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night at St. Petersburg, Fla.,Among the major league leaders in batting .332, Diaz registered his third game with at least four hits this season and extended a home o...
Ryan O'Hearn's 3 doubles, 3 RBIs spark Pirates' blowout of Mariners
Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBIs and Braxton Ashcraft struck out 10 in six solid innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates trounced the visiting Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday.,Endy Rodriguez added a two-run double and an RBI single for the Pirates, who evened the three-game i...
Paul Goldschmidt homers twice as Yankees edge Tigers
Paul Goldschmidt hit a pair of home runs off Detroit ace Tarik Skubal and Jasson Dominguez blasted a go-ahead two-run shot as the New York Yankees downed the host Detroit Tigers, 4-2, on Wednesday evening.,Goldschmidt, the Yankees' leadoff hitter, increased his season total to 14, four more than he ...
Qatar’s Assim Madibo gets 5-game ban for injuring Canada's Ismael Kone
Assim Madibo received a five-game suspension from FIFA's Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday, following the Qatar midfielder's tackle that injured Canada midfielder Ismael Kone.,During Canada's 6-0 win over Qatar last week in Vancouver, Madibo tackled Kone in the 56th minute. The play, which warrant...
Sabres send Alex Tuch to Caps in sign-and-trade deal
The Buffalo Sabres sent prolific goal-scorer Alex Tuch to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday via a sign-and-trade agreement.,Tuch, an unrestricted free agent who scored at least 33 goals for the Sabres in three of the last four seasons, agreed to an eight-year, $84 million contract with Washington...
Vinicius Junior nets brace as Brazil handles Scotland
Vinicius Junior scored his third and fourth goals of the tournament and Brazil cruised into the last 32 with a 3-0 Group C victory over Scotland on Wednesday night in Miami Gardens, Fla.,With the brace, Vinicius pulled even with Norway's Erling Haaland and France's Kylian Mbappe, one behind Argentin...
Guardians shrug off late White Sox homers to win in 10th
Rookie outfielder Kahlil Watson went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, including the go-ahead run-scoring single in the 10th inning as the visiting Cleveland Guardians topped the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Wednesday.,Cleveland navigated a wild finish to tie Chicago atop the American League Central and avoid a ...
Morocco rally past Haiti, book round of 32 spot
Soufiane Rahimi's 78th-minute goal on a corner kick sequence lifted Morocco to a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Haiti on the final Group C matchday Wednesday in Atlanta.,Rahimi, who was subbed on eight minutes earlier, headed a cross from Chadi Riad across the box with a stellar right-foot touch....
Error in extras dooms Orioles against Angels
Logan O'Hoppe drove in Nolan Schanuel from third on a check-swing bouncer up the third base line with two outs in the bottom of the 10th as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Cal...
Tempo launch 9-game Canadian homestand with visit from Sparks
The Toronto Tempo begin a lengthy stretch of games north of the border on Thursday when they host the Los Angeles Sparks for the third and final regular-season meeting between the teams.,Toronto (8-9) split a pair with Los Angeles (8-8) last month in Southern California. The Tempo took the second of...
Bosnia and Herzegovina near advancement after bouncing Qatar
Kerim Alajbegovic's goal and an own goal gave Bosnia and Herzegovina an early cushion that led to a 3-1 Group B victory over Qatar on Wednesday afternoon in Seattle.,Bosnia and Herzegovina's (1-1-1, 4 points) win secured third place in Group B. With the victory over Qatar and the draw with Canada, t...
Reports: Sabres' Alex Tuch going to Caps in sign-and-trade
Prolific goal-scorer Alex Tuch will move from the Buffalo Sabres to the Washington Capitals via a sign-and-trade agreement, according to reports by The Athletic and ESPN.,Tuch, an unrestricted free agent who scored at least 33 goals for the Sabres in three of the last four seasons, will sign an eigh...
Ex-LSU, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly joins CBS Sports
You can no longer find Brian Kelly on the bayou or anywhere near South Bend, but the former LSU and Notre Dame coach might turn up at Hawaii, Nevada, or even in DeKalb, Ill., this football season. ,Kelly finalized a deal to join CBS and work as a game analyst for Mountain West football broadcasts th...