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Boston Breach, OpTic Texas pick up wins as CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying concludes
The Vancouver Surge, Boston Breach and OpTic Texas were winners on Sunday as the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying round concluded.,The Stage 4 Major qualifying round featured the league's 12 teams playing five matches apiece to determine seeding for the Stage 4 Major playoffs, slated f...

Christopher Bell surges past Joey Logano to capture All-Star Race
Christopher Bell got physical with Joey Logano with 10 laps to go, moved past the No. 22 Ford and won NASCAR's $1 million payday, the All-Star Race, on Sunday night at historic North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.,Bell's Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 became the third Toyota to win the prestigious race when h...

PUBG: ThunderTalk Gaming rolls to victory at Peacekeeper Elite League
ThunderTalk Gaming ran away with the Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2025 title, finishing the league finals with a 70-point margin of victory Sunday in Jinan, China.,ThunderTalk racked up 196 points over the last three days, winning three of the 18 total matches and rarely ranking outside the top 1...

Ketel Marte's early homer holds up in D-Backs 1-0 win over Rockies
Ketel Marte homered in the first inning, Merrill Kelly pitched seven scoreless innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks deprived the Colorado Rockies of their first series win of the season with a 1-0 victory in Phoenix on Sunday.,Marte went deep as the second batter of the D-backs' first and Kelly (5-2...

Carson Hocevar wins All-Star Open as three advance to main event
Carson Hocevar beat John Hunter Nemechek in the 100-lap NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Open to advance to the main event on Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.,By advancing out of the preliminary race, Hocevar and Nemechek were able to race in their first $1 million, winner-take...

Rockies meet Diamondbacks, aim for first series victory of season
Colorado interim manager Warren Schaeffer had a game -- and a celebration -- that he will never forget Saturday. ,The shaving cream on his face was a dead giveaway. ,After the Rockies overcame a five-run deficit for a 14-12 victory over Arizona in Phoenix, Schaeffer was packed into an equipment cart...

Royals turn to Michael Wacha in bid to halt slide vs. Cards
Since leaving St. Louis, Michael Wacha has been unbeatable when he squares off against the Cardinals. ,The host Kansas City Royals desperately hope that trend continues on Sunday afternoon, when Wacha will try to help them avoid a fifth straight loss and three-game series sweep at the hands of the s...

Jordan Beck (2 HRs), Rockies outslug D-backs 14-12
Jordan Beck had three hits including two of Colorado's five homers, Hunter Goodman and Kyle Farmer homered and had four RBIs apiece and the Rockies overcame a five-run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-12 in Phoenix on Saturday.,Ezequiel Tovar had a career-high five hits, including a hom...

Seattle Reign blank Racing Louisville
After storms rolled through Kentucky on Friday night, Racing Louisville and Seattle Reign postponed their scheduled match to Saturday and Maddie Dahlein's goal helped the Reign earn a 1-0 victory. ,Seattle (4-3-2, 14 points) earned the win through a hustle play in the 39th minute, when the Reign kep...
Knicks Fans Are Partying Like It’s 2000, and the Pacers Are Next on the Hit List
The Knicks crushed the Celtics in Game 6 to reach the East finals for the first time since 2000. Up next are the Indiana Pacers, and a shot at real history....

Zac Gallen, Diamondbacks look to top Rockies
The Arizona Diamondbacks checked a lot of boxes in an 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies in the first contest of a three-game series on Friday in Phoenix.,They recorded a shutout, benefited from aggressive base running, and enjoyed contributions up and down the order.,Arizona will look to build o...

Corbin Burnes, D-backs shut out historically bad Rockies
Corbin Burnes fanned 10 in six innings, Gabriel Moreno had three hits and scored three runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks extended the Colorado Rockies' misery with an 8-0 victory on Friday in Phoenix.,Burnes (3-1) gave up two hits and walked three while extending his streak of consecutive scoreless...

Brad Keselowski claims pole position for All-Star Race
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. -- A flawless entry into pit road during Friday's time trials propelled Brad Keselowski to the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway (8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)., ,In a unique qualifying format that features three la...

Kyle Larson hopes to stay in winning form at All-Star Race
After a strong run at Kansas Speedway led to another NASCAR Cup Series victory, Kyle Larson continues to be one of the two top racers of the season thus far.,The season is one-third over entering this weekend's All-Star Race, and the Hendrick Motorsports driver has already won three times, tying him...

Seattle-Louisville NWSL match postponed due to severe weather
Friday's match between Racing Louisville and the visiting Seattle Reign was postponed until Saturday at 1 p.m. local time due to inclement weather.,"Racing Louisville FC's home game against Seattle Reign FC -- originally scheduled to be played Friday night at Lynn Family Stadium -- has been postpone...

Reports: 49ers QB Brock Purdy lands 5-year, $265M contract
The San Francisco 49ers and quarterback Brock Purdy have agreed to a five-year contract worth $265 million, ESPN and NFL Network reported Friday.,Purdy's new deal will include $181 million in guaranteed money, according to the reports.,The 49ers have long wanted to lock up Purdy for the future. The ...

Mets acquire LHP Jose Castillo from Diamondbacks
The New York Mets added a left-hander to their bullpen on Thursday, acquiring Jose Castillo from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for cash considerations.,Castillo has pitched in parts of five seasons in the majors, debuting for the San Diego Padres in 2018. The Venezuela native excelled, fannin...

D-backs in search of traction against downtrodden Rockies
The Arizona Diamondbacks will get their first view at the new-look Colorado Rockies this weekend, although the Rockies have looked a lot like their old selves since owner Dick Monfort fired manager Bud Black on Sunday.,Buoyed by the return of Ketel Marte, the Diamondbacks have won three of five game...

Ketel Marte (2 HRs), Diamondbacks hang on to edge Giants
Ketel Marte homered twice, Eugenio Suarez belted a three-run shot and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a road-series win over the San Francisco Giants with a nail-biting 8-7 triumph on Wednesday afternoon.,For the second day in a row, the Diamondbacks jumped on the San Francisco starter for an ear...

Protect this house: NFL teams restricting fans who sell majority of season tickets
Season-ticket holders with an established pattern of reselling a majority of their game tickets are headed for a home-field disadvantage in the near future. ,In Green Bay, Seattle, Indianapolis and Tampa Bay, current season ticket holders received warnings to consider before they sell game tickets f...