ap Page 1011 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Local favorite Grant Enfinger earns Truck win at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Grant Enfinger, the home-crowd favorite, claimed the victory in Friday afternoon's Love's RV Stop 225 Playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway -- the Alabama native's second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win at the big track and the most important.,The victory gives Enfinger an aut...
LeQuint Allen's 4th TD lifts Syracuse over No. 25 UNLV in OT
LeQuint Allen powered into the end zone in overtime for the decisive touchdown -- his fourth score of the game -- as Syracuse nipped No. 25 UNLV 44-41 on Friday in Las Vegas.,Ranked for the first time in program history, the Rebels (4-1) had to settle for a 41-yard Caden Chittenden field goal on the...
No. 6 Oregon routs Michigan State to stay unbeaten
Dillon Gabriel threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns and Jordan James ran for a career-high 166 yards and a touchdown Friday as No. 6 Oregon beat Michigan State 31-10 in Eugene, Ore.,Despite throwing two interceptions in the red zone, Gabriel completed 20 of his 32 passes and also had a rushing TD ...
M.A. Vignola's 1st goal of season lifts Angel City past Reign
M.A. Vignola scored her first goal of the season as Angel City FC defeated the host Seattle Reign 1-0 on Friday night in a National Women's Soccer League match, keeping their slim playoff hopes alive.,DiDi Haracic made one save in posting the shutout for Angel City (7-12-4, 22 points), which snapped...
A’ja Wilson helps Aces stave off elimination vs. Liberty
A'ja Wilson had 19 points and 14 rebounds and Jackie Young added 24 points as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces kept their season alive with a 95-81 victory over the visiting New York Liberty in Game 3 of their WNBA semifinal series., ,Kelsey Plum scored 20 points, Tiffany Hayes had 11 ...
Houston offense awakens in 30-19 win over TCU
Zeon Chriss threw for a touchdown and ran for another Friday night as Houston rebounded from consecutive shutouts to earn a 30-19 Big 12 Conference win over TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.,Chriss completed 15 of 18 passes for 141 yards while running for a game-high 97 yards on 11 carries. The Cougars (2-4...
LNG Esports among 4 teams to start Swiss Stage 2-0 at LoL Worlds
LNG Esports, Gen.G Esports, Hanwha Life Esports and Dplus advanced to the Round 3 High matches by winning their Round 2 fixtures on Friday at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Swiss Stage in Berlin.,Those four clubs are now one win away from punching their tickets to the Knockout Stage a...
Ludmila, Ally Schlegel lift Red Stars past last-place Dash
The Chicago Red Stars scored twice in the first half and maintained their hold on a playoff spot with a 2-0 win against the host Houston Dash on Friday.,Ludmila and Ally Schlegel found the back of the net for Chicago (10-11-2, 32 points), which has won three of four after a three-match losing streak...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx beat Sun to move one game away from Finals
Napheesa Collier collected 26 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx cruised to a 90-81 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night in Uncasville, Conn., in Game 3 of a WNBA semifinal series.,With the win, Minnesota grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five set and will have a chance to punc...
Devils get off to fast start in decisive win over Sabres
Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves to help the New Jersey Devils earn a 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres at the 2024 NHL Global Series in Prague, Czechia, on Friday.,Johnathan Kovacevic and Paul Cotter each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey.,Owen Power scored, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 19 sav...
Sounders thriving with trip to Colorado on tap
The Seattle Sounders will try to continue their second-half surge on Saturday night when they visit the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, Colo.,The Sounders' latest victory vaulted Seattle (15-9-8, 53 points) to third in the Western Conference with two matches to play and made it 11 wins in 15 leagu...
Beau Hossler takes narrow lead at Sanderson Farms Championship
Beau Hossler drained a long eagle putt down the stretch on his way to an 8-under-par 64 Friday, earning himself a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.,Hossler is 15-under 129 through two rounds at the Country Club of Jackson, with Daniel Berger on hi...
Whitecaps out to halt 4-match winless skid at Minnesota's expense
The Vancouver Whitecaps vie to snap a four-match winless streak on Saturday when they continue their four-match homestand against Minnesota United.,The Whitecaps (13-10-8, 47 points) are clinging to seventh place in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the surging Loons (13-12-7, 46 points). W...
Joe Durant in three-way tie for lead at Furyk & Friends
Joe Durant used an early string of five straight birdies to shoot a 6-under-par 66 and take a share of the first-round lead at the Constellation Furyk & Friends on Friday in Jacksonville, Fla.,Durant, Bob Estes and Sweden's Freddie Jacobson all enjoyed 6-under rounds and hold a one-shot edge over fi...
Devils go ahead early and stay ahead in decisive win over Sabres
Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves to help the New Jersey Devils take a 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres at the 2024 NHL Global Series in Prague, Czechia, on Friday.,Johnathan Kovacevic and Paul Cotter each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey.,Owen Power scored, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 19 sav...
MOUZ, Tundra open with sweeps at PGL Wallachia Season 2
MOUZ and Tundra Esports began PGL Wallachia Season 2 with 2-0 sweeps on Friday in Bucharest, Romania.,The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams will advance to the double-elimination playoffs, while the bottom eight will be eliminate...
Bills WR Khalil Shakir, DT Ed Oliver out vs. Texans
Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir, defensive tackles Ed Oliver and Austin Johnson and safety Taylor Rapp have been ruled out for Sunday's game against the host Houston Texans, Buffalo coach Sean McDermott announced Friday.,Shakir (ankle), Johnson (oblique) and Rapp (concussion protocol) did not prac...
Ben Shelton eases past Denis Shapovalov in Shanghai
No. 14 seed Ben Shelton kept a couple of streaks alive with Friday's 6-3, 7-5 first-round defeat of Denis Shapovalov at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in China.,The 21-year-old American improved to 11-0 in his opening matches at ATP Masters 1000s and Grand Slam events and moved to 3-0 against the Canadi...
Report: RHP Tomoyuki Sugano leaving Japan for MLB
Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano is coming to Major League Baseball this summer as an international free agent, ESPN reported Friday.,Sugano, who turns 35 on Oct. 11, has played for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball since 2013.,The eight-time All-Star is having a resurgent seas...
Week 5 NFL Capsules
New York Jets (2-2) vs. Minnesota Vikings (4-0) in London,The Vikings are 4-0 for the first time since 2016 and own a 3-0 record in international games. Minnesota has won three games in a row against the Jets, who arrive frustrated by a 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos last week. Standing in their wa...