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Real Salt Lake extend home dominance, blank Dynamo 3-0
Zavier Gozo scored two goals in Real Salt Lake's 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.,Salt Lake (7-4-1, 22 points) improved to 6-1-0 at home this season. RSL has two more home dates in their three remaining matches before the league's World Cup hiatus.,It was the first MLS br...

Real Salt Lake blank Dynamo, improve to 6-1-0 at home
Zavier Gozo scored two goals in Real Salt Lake's 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.,Salt Lake (7-4-1, 22 points) improved to 6-1-0 at home this season. RSL has two more home dates in their three remaining matches before the league's World Cup hiatus.,It was the first MLS br...

Cavs rally late to force OT, upend Pistons for 3-2 lead
James Harden scored 30 points and Donovan Mitchell added 21, including seven in overtime, as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 117-113 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.,Max Strus had 20 points and eight rebounds and Evan Mobley adde...

Avalanche erase 3-0 deficit in Game 5, eliminate Wild in OT
Brett Kulak scored 3:52 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche completed a dramatic Game 5 comeback to eliminate the Minnesota Wild with a 4-3 decision in Denver on Wednesday.,Colorado, which trailed 3-0 midway through the game, advances to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 20...

Sebastian Berhalter’s brace lifts Whitecaps past FC Dallas
Sebastian Berhalter recorded a brace that included the deciding goal in the 64th minute as the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps defeated FC Dallas on Wednesday in a Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.,The win allowed the Whitecaps (9-1-2, 29 points) to extend their undefeated streak to seven matc...

Sporting KC earns second win of year, defeating Galaxy again
Capita Capemba, Dejan Joveljic and Calvin Harris each scored as host Sporting Kansas City earned a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday.,Harris also had two assists and Manu Garcia had one for Sporting KC (2-8-2, 8 points), whose previous win also came against the Galaxy (4-5-4, 16 point...

White Sox reach elusive .500 mark, take down Royals
Colson Montgomery went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and Jarred Kelenic had two hits and two RBIs to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.,Reaching the .500 mark for the first time since March 31, 2025, Chicago won its fourth straight while send...

Daylen Lile's 10th-inning blast leads Nationals past Reds
Daylen Lile hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning and the visiting Washington Nationals held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 on Tuesday.,Lile, a Louisville product who hit two homers in his first game at Great American Ball Park on Monday, homered off Tony Santillan (1-2) with one out...

Timbers, CF Montreal play to draw in rare matchup
The visiting Portland Timbers and CF Montreal played to a 2-2 draw on Wednesday night in MLS regular-season action.,Daniel Rios and Wikelman Carmona scored for Montreal (4-7-1, 13 points), which is unbeaten in four straight MLS home matches (3-0-1). Keeper Thomas Gillier made one save.,Kevin Kelsy a...

Pistons without 3-point bomber Duncan Robinson (back) vs. Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons starter Duncan Robinson did not dress for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference second-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night due to lower-back soreness.,Robinson was 14 of 24 from 3-point range over the first three games of the series while averaging 17 points. H...

Elina Svitolina rallies past Elena Rybakina to reach Italian Open semis
No. 2 Elina Svitolina saved 16 break points to rally for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan to reach the Italian Open semifinals for the first time since 2018 on Wednesday in Rome.,The Ukrainian competitor saved 80% of the break points she faced on her serve to win in a bat...

Lynx look to defense, rebounding in road clash with Wings
The Minnesota Lynx will look to lean on their defense and build on a good start on the road when they square off against the Dallas Wings on Thursday in Arlington, Texas.,The Lynx (1-1) head to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex after an 88-84 win over the Mercury in Phoenix on Tuesday. Nia Coffey scor...

NFLPA taking notice of grass surfaces for World Cup
NFL players have their eyes on how soccer players are being treated for the World Cup. And they see grass fields being rolled in.,NFL Players Association executive director JC Tretter is well aware that seven stadiums which house NFL teams are removing artificial turf and installing the softer grass...
LeBron James Returning to Cleveland Feels More Real Than Ever
LeBron James’ future is uncertain after the Lakers were swept by the Thunder, but a return to Cleveland is gaining momentum....

Kyle Bradish, Orioles blank Yankees to claim series
Kyle Bradish held the New York Yankees to one hit over six innings and Adley Rutschman belted a two-run home run and drove in three total runs as the Baltimore Orioles won the rubber match 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,The Yankees were held without a hit until Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s fifth-inning, one-out...

Isles' Matthew Schaefer wins Calder Trophy as NHL's top rookie
New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer was named the 2025-26 Calder Memorial Trophy winner on Wednesday.,The award is presented to the player who was the most proficient in his first year in the league.,Schaefer, at 18 years, 223 days on the final day of the regular season, is the youngest w...

England's Ben White avoids surgery, but World Cup status in doubt
England defender Ben White will not require surgery for a knee injury suffered on Sunday, but his season for Arsenal is over and his status for next month's World Cup is in significant doubt.,Arsenal confirmed Tuesday that White had suffered a "significant medial knee ligament injury" during the tea...

New captain Jim Furyk wants U.S. to 'evolve' its Ryder Cup machine
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Jim Furyk spoke at length about his goals for the United States Ryder Cup team in his first large-scale press conference since being named the captain for 2027.,Put simply, they can be grouped into two buckets. Short term: Win on foreign soil at Adare Manor. Long term: Build o...

McDonald's gets naming rights to Chicago Fire stadium
The Chicago Fire entered a naming rights partnership with McDonald's.,The MLS club's new $750 million stadium opening in 2028 will be known as McDonald's Park.,It is the iconic restaurant chain's first-ever naming rights deal with a major pro sports stadium in the U.S.,McDonald's Park will seat more...

Jaguars, 49ers both playing 2 international games
The NFL revealed the matchups for all nine international games on Wednesday with the Jacksonville Jaguars and San Francisco 49ers both playing two contests.,The league's most ambitious global schedule to date stretches across seven countries and four continents, starting with the NFL's Australia deb...