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Surging Royals aim for sweep against tumbling Twins
Even as star Bobby Witt Jr. deals with a back issue, the Kansas City Royals appear confidently poised to continue their surge toward a potential postseason berth. ,The Royals can secure a winning homestand by completing a three-game series sweep of the lowly Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.,Kans...
Rookies aim to power Nationals to series win against Cubs
Daylen Lile is swinging a hot bat of late, and the Windy City has done little to cool him off.,Lile will look to continue his torrid play on Sunday afternoon when the visiting Washington Nationals (57-84) play in the decisive contest of their three-game series against the Chicago Cubs (81-61).,The 2...
Giants look to reignite offense in series finale vs. Cardinals
After cooling down for a night, the San Francisco Giants will try to restart their offense when they close their weekend road series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.,The Giants (72-70) had won five straight games and 11 of 12 before squandering a ninth-inning lead in their 3-2 lo...
Orioles feeling highs, Dodgers lows of consecutive walk-off games
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a final chance to salvage what has been a disastrous road trip.,That comes Sunday afternoon against the Baltimore Orioles, who have won the first two games of the series in walk-off fashion.,"There's a lot of good things we did, so that certainly makes it tougher," Dodge...
Team Vitality, G2 Esports are BLAST Open Fall finalists
Team Vitality and G2 Esports advanced to the grand final with sweeps in the semifinals on Saturday at the BLAST Open Fall in London.,The opponents were set for Sunday's championship after Team Vitality knocked off MOUZ 2-0, and G2 Esports did the same to FURIA.,The six-team, $330,000 Counter-Strike:...
Purdue's 27 unanswered points put away Southern Illinois
Devin Mockobee ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries Saturday night as Purdue surpassed its 2024 win total with a 34-17 decision over Southern Illinois in West Lafayette, Ind., ,Quarterback Ryan Browne added 170 yards in the air on 14-of-23 accuracy for the Boilermakers (2-0), throwing ...
Jordan Walker hits walk-off double as Cards top Giants
Jordan Walker snapped an 0-for-25 slump with a walk-off two-run double to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday night., ,The Cardinals (71-72) trailed 2-0 going into the ninth inning before scoring three times against Giants closer Ryan Walk...
Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard among Hall of Fame inductees
Former NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, along with former women's star Sue Bird, highlighted a decorated group inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night in Springfield, Mass.,Women's stars Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, head coach Billy Donovan, Miami Heat owner...
Tarik Skubal tosses another gem as Tigers top White Sox
Tarik Skubal extended his franchise record by pitching seven scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers ended the visiting Chicago White Sox's six-game winning streak with a 6-0 shutout Saturday., ,Skubal (13-4) has 12 starts this season in which he has pitched at least six innings and allowed no runs...
Playoff hopeful Dynamo allow late goal, settle for draw with Galaxy
The Houston Dynamo failed to snag a vital three points in their ongoing playoff hunt, settling for a 1-1 draw with a rotated LA Galaxy side at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday night. Substitute Lucas Sanabria played spoiler in stoppage time, heading a crossed ball past goalkeeper Jonathan Bond befor...
FC Dallas, Jacob Jackson weather storm for draw with St. Louis
Pressed into service when starting goalkeeper Michael Collodi was shown a red card for a takedown in the box in the 16th minute, backup Jacob Jackson and visiting FC Dallas were peppered with shots by St. Louis City FC., ,But FC Dallas managed to earn a 1-1 draw Saturday night at Energizer Park, kee...
Auburn holds Ball State to minus-3 yards on ground in rout
Jeremiah Cobb had two big touchdown runs and the Auburn defense enjoyed one of its best games ever as the Tigers rolled over Ball State 42-3 in their home opener Saturday in Auburn, Ala.,A reserve back in his first two seasons at Auburn, Cobb had his second career-best game in a row and his first ca...
Purdue's 27 unanswered puts away Southern Illinois
Devin Mockobee ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries Saturday night as Purdue surpassed its 2024 win total with a 34-17 decision over Southern Illinois in West Lafayette Ind., ,Quarterback Ryan Browne added 170 yards in the air on 14 of 23 accuracy for the Boilermakers (2-0), throwing f...
Natisha Hiedeman's big game for Lynx ruins big night for Valkyries
Natisha Hiedeman bombed in six 3-pointers en route to career high-tying 24 points, Jessica Shepard contributed 12 points and 13 rebounds and the visiting Minnesota Lynx spoiled a record-setting night for the expansion Golden State Valkyries with a 78-72 triumph on Saturday in San Francisco.,One game...
Royals earn draw vs. Courage on stoppage-time goal
Paige Monaghan scored in second-half stoppage time to propel the Utah Royals to a 1-1 draw with the North Carolina Courage on Saturday night at Cary, N.C.,The Courage's Jaedyn Shaw scored on a penalty kick in the 89th minute, but North Carolina conceded the tying goal in the fourth minute of stoppag...
Cardinals' Jordan Walker gets walk-off double to down Giants
Jordan Walker snapped a 0-for-25 slump with a walk-off two-run double to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday night., ,The Cardinals (71-72) trailed 2-0 going into the ninth inning before scoring three times against Giants closer Ryan Walke...
Royals start fast in win, end night early for Twins starter Joe Ryan
Salvador Perez's three-run homer highlighted a five-run first inning against Minnesota Twins All-Star Joe Ryan, who had never previously lost to Kansas City, as the host Royals rolled to an 11-2 victory on Saturday night.,Kansas City starter Stephen Kolek (5-5) yielded two runs on six hits and one w...
Cal Ripken Jr. honored on 30-year anniversary of consecutive games record
Saturday night in Baltimore, Cal Ripken Jr. and the Orioles celebrated the 30th anniversary of his breaking the Major League Baseball record for consecutive games played with his 2,131st appearance, now known as the "2-1-3-1" record.,The Hall of Fame shortstop and third baseman, now 65, was honored ...
Reports: USTA asks U.S. Open broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump
The United States Tennis Association asked U.S. Open broadcasters to censor any reaction or protest to President Donald Trump during his appearance at the men's singles final Sunday, according to reports.,The USTA reportedly sent a memo to broadcasters, saying that Trump will be shown on tournament ...
Cal pulls away in 2nd half in rout of FCS foe Texas Southern
Kendrick Raphael ran for a career-best 131 yards and a touchdown, quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele complemented 259 passing yards with a rushing score and California broke open a tight game with a 14-point third quarter en route to a 35-3 win over Texas Southern in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday ...