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Connor McDavid, Oilers tops Panthers, extend finals again
Connor McDavid scored twice in a four-point performance while leading Edmonton to a 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla., as the Oilers staved off elimination for a second time in the Stanley Cup Final.,Connor Brown, Zach Hyman and Corey Perry also scored for the Oilers,...
Cubs peak in eighth inning to knock off Giants
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs scored three more runs in the eighth for a 5-2 win against the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.,Ian Happ had two hits and two runs for the Cubs, while Michael Busch and Cody Bellinger each had two hits and one run in the middle g...
Hall of Fame CF Willie Mays dies at 93
Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays, a two-time MVP and 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, died on Tuesday. He was 93.,No cause of death was announced.,"It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at...
D.C. United bid to get back on track vs. Atlanta United
D.C. United look to end a six-match winless drought when they host another struggling club in Atlanta United on Wednesday.,In the teams' first meeting of the season, D.C. United (4-7-7, 19 points) collected a 3-2 win in Atlanta on May 11. D.C. United is 0-4-2 since that match, however.,Last Saturday...
Pitt promotes Cory Sanders to assistant head coach
Pitt promoted safeties coach Cory Sanders to assistant head coach, head coach Pat Narduzzi announced Tuesday.,Sanders, 39, has been with the Panthers since 2018 and will continue working with the secondary and overseeing the safeties.,"From the day we hired Cory back in 2018, he has been an outstand...
Panthers F Ryan Lomberg to play in Game 5 vs. Oilers
Florida Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg will draw into the lineup on Tuesday for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise, Fla.,The Panthers hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Oilers staved off elimination with an 8-1 rout of Florida in Game 4 on Saturday in...
Cubs' Justin Steele, facing Giants, shoots to stop winless streak
It would be difficult to find a major league pitcher more deserving of a victory this season than Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele.,Steele is scheduled to make his 10th start of the year for the Cubs on Tuesday night against the visiting San Francisco Giants, and the 28-year-old still is looki...
Thairo Estrada's HR in 9th lifts Giants over Cubs
Thairo Estrada hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Monday night.,Giants closer Hector Neris (6-2) started the ninth with a 6-4 lead and retired the leadoff bat...
Oilers riding high, Panthers hope to rebound in Stanley Cup Game 5
Game 4 was strike one for the Florida Panthers. They still have three more chances to put away the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final, beginning with Tuesday's home clash in Sunrise, Fla.,The Panthers, who lead the best-of-seven series 3-1, saw their first opportunity to clinch the first champ...
Braves place RHP Hurston Waldrep (elbow) on injured list
The Atlanta Braves placed right-hander Hurston Waldrep on the 15-day injured list Monday with elbow inflammation.,Waldrep, 22, reported soreness following his second major league appearance on Sunday against Tampa Bay.,He surrendered six earned runs on five hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings in At...
Javier Assad, Cubs look to reverse trend against Giants
Right-hander Javier Assad will look to snap his five-game winless streak on Monday when the Chicago Cubs host the San Francisco Giants in the opener of their three-game series.,Assad (4-2, 2.81 ERA) is 0-2 and has surrendered six homers during that stretch. He's also been plagued by walks and high p...
Braves feel power coming back on in time for visit from Tigers
The Atlanta Braves hope to see more of the power they displayed over the weekend when they host the Detroit Tigers for a three-game series that starts Monday.,The Tigers began their six-game road trip by dropping two or three against Houston, losing the rubber game 4-1 on Sunday. Atlanta won its thr...
Jorge Soler helps Giants steamroll Angels
Jorge Soler contributed a three-run home run to a nine-run fourth inning, Spencer Bivens recorded a win in his major-league debut and the San Francisco Giants overcame another injury to their starting staff to beat the Los Angeles Angels 13-6 on Sunday afternoon.,The victory came after the Giants ha...
Bryson DeChambeau outlasts Rory McIlroy to win U.S. Open
Bryson DeChambeau parred the final three holes to complete a 1-over-par 71, and that was enough for a one-shot victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday in Pinehurst, N.C., winning the championship for the second time in five years.,DeChambeau, who began the day with a three-shot lead, finished at 6-under ...
Giants place LHP Kyle Harrison (ankle) on 15-day IL
San Francisco Giants left-hander Kyle Harrison was scratched from his start on Sunday and placed on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle sprain, retroactive to Thursday.,With Harrison out, the Giants selected right-hander Spencer Bivens from Triple-A Sacramento and released right-hander Nick A...
Young OFs playing impressively for Angels, Giants
Two young outfielders demonstrating the form that made them first-round draft picks will attempt to cap a productive series when the Los Angeles Angels and host San Francisco Giants wrap up a three-game set on Sunday afternoon.,The Angels have taken the first two games, 8-6 and 4-3, in large part du...
Oilers stay alive with thrashing of Panthers in Game 4
Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists to help the Edmonton Oilers avoid elimination with an 8-1 win against the visiting Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. ,Game 5 is set for Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.,Dylan Holloway had two goals and an assist and Mattias Jan...
Latif Blessing lifts Atlanta United to draw with Dynamo
Latif Blessing made the most of his 30-plus minutes as a substitute by scoring the match-tying goal in the waning moments of the second half, lifting the visiting Houston Dynamo to a 2-2 draw with Atlanta United on Saturday in the first meeting between the sides since 2019.,The Dynamo (6-6-5, 23 poi...
Angels get solid work from bullpen, beat Giants
Logan O'Hoppe tied the game in the sixth with a two-run home run, Luis Rengifo delivered an RBI single an inning later and the visiting Los Angeles Angels held on to defeat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.,The Los Angeles bullpen picked up starter Patrick Sandoval with four inning...
Sparks' coach sees team's potential going into game at Dream
There are glimmers of hope for the Los Angeles Sparks as they continue to grind through a difficult start to their WNBA season.,Coach Curt Miller noticed as much after his team dropped its second consecutive game, falling 81-76 to the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night.,"I saw so much potential in this ...