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In pro debut, Ben James holds 36-hole lead at Canadian Open
Brand-new PGA Tour member Ben James is showing the veterans how it's done.,In the second round of his professional debut, James fired a 7-under-par 63 to take the lead at the RBC Canadian Open on Friday in Caledon, Ontario.,James heads to the weekend at 10-under 130 after two rounds at TPC Toronto a...
George McNeill, Scott Hend share lead at Principal Charity Classic
George McNeill and Australia's Scott Hend are tied for the lead at the Principal Charity Classic following the first round Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.,McNeill and Hend each shot 7-under-par 65 at Wakonda Club and will take a one-shot lead over four players into the weekend. Vaughn Taylor, Tag Riding...
West Virginia tops Troy for first win in College World Series
West Virginia's Tyrus Hall chopped a tiebreaking, two-run single over a drawn-in infield in the eighth inning as the No. 16-seeded Mountaineers won in their College World Series debut by beating Troy 7-5 on Friday afternoon in Omaha, Neb.,Hall, the No. 9 batter in the order, went 2-for-3 including a...
Canada rally for draw vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina in home World Cup opener
Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute as Canada salvaged a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in their opening match in Group B play Friday in Toronto. ,Jovo Lukic scored in the 21st minute for Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were playing their first World Cup match since being eliminated from group...
BetBoom, 9z, FURIA, Spirit win again at IEM Cologne Stage 3
BetBoom Team and 9z Team continued their torrid runs at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major, joined by FURIA and Team Spirit in winning their Round 2 High matches on Friday in Germany.,BetBoom -- who've battled all the way from Stage 1 to make it this far -- upset Team Falcons 2-0, and 9z Team, ...
Orioles take down Mariners with efficient night at plate
Adley Rutschman drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting Seattle Mariners 7-5 on Thursday night as the teams split a four-game series.,Colton Cowser and Pete Alonso homered for the Orioles, who have won two in a row following a four-game skid. They did their damage on seven hi...
Chelsea Gray ties WNBA's single-game 3-point record as Aces blast Fire
A'ja Wilson scored 32 points and Chelsea Gray tied the WNBA record and set a franchise record with nine made 3-point baskets to lead Las Vegas Aces to a 105-89 victory over the host Portland Fire on Thursday night.,Gray scored a season-high 29 points while putting on a show from outside and betterin...
South Korea rally in second half, top Czech Republic in opener
Hwang In-beom and Oh Hyeon-gyu scored second-half goals as South Korea rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the World Cup opener for both teams on Thursday in Zapopan, Mexico.,Oh's tiebreaking goal in the 80th minute, off a centering pass from Hwang, gave South Korea three points to ...
Paige Bueckers scores season-high 31 points to lead Wings over Mercury
Paige Bueckers poured in a season-high 31 points, 24 of those in the first half, to carry the Dallas Wings to a definitive 85-70 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday in a Commissioner's Cup game in Arlington, Texas.,Dallas (8-4, 3-1 in Commissioner's Cup play) built a nine-point lead at halftime...
Jordan Staal, Hurricanes take Game 5, close in on Stanley Cup title
Jordan Staal scored his sixth goal of the Stanley Cup Final, sparking the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes own a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and will try to clinch the second Stanley Cup title in team histor...
Shohei Ohtani homers, then exits hurt as Dodgers down Pirates
Shohei Ohtani homered for the second time in as many games before exiting due to left knee inflammation in the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.,Santiago Espinal came on as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning in place of Ohtani, who had two hits and ...
Liberty assert Eastern Conference dominance with win over Dream
Breanna Stewart had 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists on Thursday to help the New York Liberty post a 104-90 victory over the Atlanta Dream in College Park, Ga.,Satou Sabally added 19 points on 5-for-6 3-point shooting, while Marine Johannes chipped in 17 points for New York (9-4, 4-0 Commissi...
Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark lead Fever past Sky
Aliyah Boston had 34 points with 12 rebounds while Caitlin Clark scored 32 and added 10 assists, as the host Indiana Fever outlasted the pesky Chicago Sky to win 114-106 in overtime on Thursday night in a Commissioner's Cup contest at Indianapolis. ,The Fever (7-5, 3-1 in Commissioner's Cup) won the...
Orioles take down Mariners with efficient night at the plate
Adley Rutschman drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting Seattle Mariners 7-5 on Thursday night as the teams split a four-game series.,Colton Cowser homered and Rutschman, playing in his first game in the series after missing time because of an ailing hamstring, had two run-pr...
Tigers go deep 6 times in 11-0 thumping of Twins
Colt Keith blasted his first homer of the season and drove in three runs as the host Detroit Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon.,Keith's two-run blast in the sixth inning was part of a power show by the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson and Wenceel Perez also had two...
Braves-White Sox postponed by rain; to be made up Aug. 20
Thursday's game between the Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox was postponed due to inclement weather in Chicago. ,The game, originally the finale of a three-game series, will now be played Aug. 20 with a first pitch of 1:10 p.m. local time. The Braves will stop in Chicago between three-game road ...
Brooks Koepka among 6 co-leaders at RBC Canadian Open
Brooks Koepka is one of six players tied atop the leaderboard after one round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday in Caledon, Ontario.,The five-time major winner shot a 6-under-par 64 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North course. Koepka matched Sahith Theegala, Eric Cole, Sam Burn and Argentina's...
BetBoom, 9z, Spirit open IEM Cologne Stage 3 with wins
There were three upsets in the first day of Stage 3 competition at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major on Thursday in Germany.,BetBoom Team defeated The MongolZ 2-1, 9z Team did the same against PARIVISION and Team Spirit blanked Natus Vincere 2-0 among the day's eight matches.,The MongolZ, PARI...
Rangers get back to .500 with rubber-match defeat of Royals
Corey Seager homered to help the Texas Rangers defeat the host Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Thursday in a game that was delayed two hours and twenty minutes because of rain and threatening weather.,Ezequiel Duran was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Brandon Nimmo 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Rangers, wh...
Brooks Koepka among 5 co-leaders at RBC Canadian Open
Brooks Koepka is part of a five-way tie atop the leaderboard after one round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday in Caledon, Ontario.,The five-time major winner shot a 6-under-par 64 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North course, as did Sahith Theegala, Eric Cole, Sam Burns and Argentina's Emilian...