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Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt braces for stern test vs. Dodgers
Coming off his best start of the season, Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon Pfaadt will have a significant challenge ahead when he faces the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. ,Pfaadt gave up one run on two hits with nine strikeouts in a season high-tying seven innings in the Diamondbacks' ...
Freddie Freeman's grand slam powers Dodgers past Diamondbacks
Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam in a six-run third inning that included three home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-1) gave up two runs over 6 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts as the Dodgers won their fourth consec...
Plenty of offense on tap as Celtics, Pacers meet in East finals
Based on past performance, it's unlikely that generating good offense will be a problem for either team when the Indiana Pacers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.,Sixth-seeded Indiana led the NBA in scoring during the regular season, when it averaged ...
Dodgers focused on erasing bad memories of Diamondbacks
The Los Angeles Dodgers haven't forgotten the way the Arizona Diamondbacks stormed into Dodger Stadium last October and won the first two games in their National League Division Series, leading to a three-game sweep.,The Dodgers' 100-win season ended. The Diamondbacks went on to play in the World Se...
Diamondbacks get bats going to salvage finale vs. Tigers
Joc Pederson recorded three hits and drove in a pair of runs to help lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-4 lead over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in Phoenix.,Christian Walker also plated a pair of runs on two sacrifice flies as Arizona used a two-run seventh inning to salvage the finale of the thre...
Ty Gibbs, Bubba Wallace drive way into All-Star Race
Joe Gibbs Racing's Ty Gibbs led every lap Sunday to win the NASCAR Cup Series' The Open and advance to the evening's All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, N.C.,Following Austin Cindric's wreck on Lap 59, Gibbs raced away from a tight group of cars, eventually beating Bubba ...
Pacers ride record-breaking shooting day to Game 7 win over Knicks
Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points for the visiting Indiana Pacers, who rode a historic shooting performance to a 130-109 win over the New York Knicks in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Sunday afternoon.,Indiana shot 67.1 percent (53-of-79) from the field -- the highest shooting ...
Spirit rallies for revenge on Xtreme to win PGL Wallachia title
Team Spirit got its revenge Sunday, winning the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 1 grand final in Bucharest with a 3-2 victory over Xtreme Gaming.,The grand final was a rematch of a best-of-three upper-bracket semifinal Friday, when Xtreme Gaming defeated Team Spirit in dominating fashion by winning a pair...
MOUZ sweeps Team Spirit to win BetBoom Dacha Belgrade
MOUZ continued to ride their hot streak Sunday, earning another sweep to take home the championship at the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 event with a 3-0 win over Team Spirit.,At the $500,000 Counter-Strike 2 event in Serbia, MOUZ finished undefeated to earn the $300,000 grand prize.,Poland's Kamil "s...
Dodgers bring back RHP Landon Knack to face Reds
The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-hander Landon Knack on Sunday to start the finale of a four-game home series against the Cincinnati Reds.,The Dodgers also added left-hander Anthony Banda to the active roster, while right-handers Ricky Vanasco and J.P Feyereisen were optioned to the minor leag...
Twins RHP Jay Jackson designated for assignment
Veteran Jay Jackson was designated for assignment by the Minnesota Twins on Sunday as the club recalled fellow right-hander Caleb Boushley from Triple-A St. Paul.,Jackson, 36, struggled to a 6.85 ERA in 17 relief appearances this season, his first with the Twins. Jackson has six seasons of major lea...
Tianba triumphant at Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2024
Tianba recorded 172 points in the grand finals to win the $2.5 million Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2024 on Sunday in China.,Tong Jia Bao Esports finished in second place with 144 points, followed by ThunderTalk Gaming (134) and TeamPal (128). Tianba qualified for the World Cup 2024.,Chinese star...
Tigers, rejuvenated in desert, go for sweep of Diamondbacks
The Detroit Tigers have gotten their offense in gear in Arizona and will go for a three-game series sweep of the Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.,The Tigers were shut out in consecutive games by the Miami Marlins before they hit the road for a six-game road trip. However, the change of s...
Tigers use 6-run inning to topple Diamondbacks
Wenceel Perez drove in four runs, including a three-run triple, and the visiting Detroit Tigers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3 on Saturday night.,Perez's big hit highlighted a six-run seventh. Javier Baez had four hits, scored two runs and drove in another, while Gio Urshela supplied three hi...
Xtreme grab spot in grand final in PGL Wallachia playoffs
Xtreme Gaming pulled off a sweep of Team Falcons on Saturday to earn a berth in the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 1 grand final.,The Falcons were dropped into the lower bracket final and will face a red-hot Team Spirit team on Sunday. Spirit won four straight maps over two matches on Saturday in their r...
Joey Logano snags pole for NASCAR All-Star Race
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. -- During a qualifying session that incorporated a four-tire pit stop under the aegis of the Pit Crew Challenge, Joey Logano won the pole position for both Saturday evening's No. 1 Heat Race and Sunday's $1 million NASCAR All-Star Race (8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCA...
Knicks look to hold home court vs. Pacers in Game 7
The biggest trends of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks continued in Game 6 Friday night.,Whether the script remains the same for Game 7 may depend on the health of Knicks forward Josh Hart.,The Knicks will host the Pacers in the winner-take-all G...
MOUZ, Spirit move to grand final at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade
MOUZ and Team Spirit each recorded a sweep on Saturday to advance to the grand final in Serbia in the $500,000 BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 event.,MOUZ recorded a 2-0 win over HEROIC after posting a 13-9 victory on Dust II and 13-8 triumph on Mirage.,Israel's Dorian "xertioN" Berman had 34 kills for ...
Penguins boss Mike Sullivan to coach 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey team
USA Hockey named Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan to lead Team USA for the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off and the 2026 United States Men's Olympic hockey team on Saturday morning.,The Four Nations Face-Off will be played next Feb. 12-20 and feature NHL players from the United States, Canada,...
Tigers aim to ride momentum of rout into rematch vs. D-backs
The Detroit Tigers scored a season-high 13 runs on 17 hits Friday to make a statement in the opener of their three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.,The Tigers hope to sustain that momentum and stay hot at the plate on Saturday evening when the teams continue their interleague...