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FlyQuest jolt PSG Talon in Mid Match at Worlds
FlyQuest defeated PSG Talon on Sunday in a Round 3 Mid Match at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Swiss Stage in Berlin.,FlyQuest recorded a 44-minute win on blue to dispatch PSG Talon at the $2.225 million championship event.,The Swiss Stage format sorted 16 teams into eight Round 1 mat...
NHL season-preview capsules: Pacific Division
ANAHEIM DUCKS,Head coach: Greg Cronin (second season),Last season: 27-50-5, 59 points, seventh place in Pacific Division,This season: After bottoming out in 2021-22, the Ducks will continue to climb out of the throes of a rebuild, albeit likely with baby steps. Last season was a disaster in part due...
Coco Gauff coasts to China Open championship
Coco Gauff captured her second title this season and eighth of her career with a convincing 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova in the final of the China Open on Sunday in Beijing.,The fourth-seeded Gauff recorded six aces and won 28 of 33 of her first-serve points en route to breezing to the win...
Nebraska leans on defense to hand Rutgers first loss
A strong defensive effort and rushing touchdowns by Dante Dowdell and Janiran Bonner carried Nebraska to a 14-7 Big Ten victory over Rutgers on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. ,The Cornhuskers (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) recorded four sacks and limited the Scarlet Knights to 78 yards on the ground. Nebraska also i...
Defending champ Alex Pereira wins by TKO at UFC 307
Alex Pereira finished Khalil Rountree Jr. at 4:32 of the fourth round via TKO to retain his light-heavyweight belt in the main event of UFC 307 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City, Utah.,With Rountree's stamina fading late in the fourth round, Pereira landed two body shots and followed with an upper...
Texas Tech holds off Arizona for 3-0 start in Big 12 play
Gino Garcia kicked a go-ahead 41-yard field goal with 2:21 left and Tahj Brooks scored a late touchdown after a turnover as Texas Tech beat Arizona 28-22 on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz.,Brooks scored on a 32-yard run for a 28-19 lead after Texas Tech (5-1, 3-0 Big 12) knocked the ball loose from ...
No. 8 Miami comes back from 25 down to stun Cal
Cam Ward threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo with 26 seconds left and No. 8 Miami recovered from a 25-point, third-quarter deficit to register a 39-38 victory over Cal in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday night at Berkley, Calif.,Ward completed 35 of 53 passes for a season-best 4...
Minnesota rallies in second half, knocks off No. 11 USC
Quarterback Max Brosmer punched in the third of his three rushing touchdowns with 56 seconds left in the game and Minnesota held on to upset visiting No. 11-ranked Southern California, 24-17, Saturday in Minneapolis.,Brosmer's TD carries were a 5-yarder and a pair of goal-line runs. His last one req...
Arkansas rides backup QB to come-from-behind upset of No. 4 Tennessee
Backup quarterback Malachi Singleton scored on an 11-yard keeper with 1:17 remaining to lift Arkansas to a 19-14 upset of No. 4 Tennessee on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Fayetteville, Ark.,Singleton replaced injured starter Taylen Green and capped a four-play, 59-yard drive with...
Sammy Smith uses last-lap pass to take Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Sammy Smith used a last-lap pass in overtime to win the United Rentals 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday and advance to the next round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs,It was a huge turn of fortune for the 20-year old Iowa native, who came into the race ranked last a...
Galaxy edge Austin FC, continue to pull away in West
Dejan Joveljic scored in the 76th minute to snap a tie and the LA Galaxy extended their advantage atop the Western Conference with a 2-1 win over Austin FC on Saturday night in Carson, Calif. ,Given service from Gaston Brugman and Riqui Puig, Joveljic tallied his 15th goal of the season via a rocket...
Diego Luna scores in 2nd half to lead RSL past Earthquakes
Diego Luna's second-half goal led Real Salt Lake to a 1-0 victory over the host San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night., ,With the victory, Real Salt Lake (15-7-11, 56 points) secured a top-four spot in the Western Conference and extended their unbeaten streak to five matches. Salt Lake has nine poi...
Behind strong pitching, Guardians shut out Tigers in Game 1
CLEVELAND -- Lane Thomas slammed a three-run homer to cap a five-run first inning as the Cleveland Guardians jumped all over the Detroit Tigers while notching a 7-0 victory on Saturday afternoon in Game 1 of the American League Division Series.,David Fry added a two-run double in the sixth inning as...
Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers past Padres in playoff debut
LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run in the first playoff game of his career and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday in Game 1 of their National League Division Series.,Teoscar Hernandez delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the f...
Arizona St. outlasts Kansas in wild fourth quarter for 35-31 win
Sam Leavitt threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jordyn Tyson with 16 seconds left to give Arizona State a 35-31 victory over Kansas in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday night, also capping a fourth quarter that featured five lead changes.,The Sun Devils (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) won the program's first Big 12 home gam...
Surging Sounders shut out struggling Rapids
Albert Rusnak scored his 10th goal of the season and the visiting Seattle Sounders continued their second-half surge with a 1-0 victory over the struggling Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.,Rusnak joined Jordan Morris as the only double-digit goal scorers for Seattle this season and reached the mar...
Ashton Jeanty's 186 yards help No. 21 Boise State blow out Utah State
Boise State's Ashton Jeanty scored the first of his three touchdowns on his first touch en route to his fifth straight 100-yard game, carrying the No. 21 Broncos to a conference-opening 62-30 blowout of the Utah State Aggies in Boise, Idaho.,Playing in only the first half, Jeanty, a junior, totaled ...
Arkansas rides backup QB to come-from-behind upset win over No. 4 Tennessee
Backup quarterback Malachi Singleton scored on an 11-yard keeper with 1:17 remaining to lift Arkansas to a 19-14 upset of No. 4 Tennessee on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Fayetteville, Ark.,Singleton replaced injured starter Taylen Green and capped a four-play, 59-yard drive with...
Georgia Tech rallies to hand Duke its first loss
Haynes King threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes as Georgia Tech recovered to defeat visiting Duke 24-14 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Saturday night in Atlanta.,The Yellow Jackets (4-2, 2-2) won a conference game for the first time since August.,Duke (5-1, 1-1), which was off to its bes...
Florida clogs up running lanes for win over UCF
Graham Mertz threw for 179 yards and a touchdown while Florida's defense stifled one of the FBS' top running games in a 24-13 nonconference win over Central Florida on Saturday night in Gainesville, Fla.,In improving to 3-2, the Gators limited the Knights (3-2) to 108 yards on 40 carries, over 200 y...