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Whitecaps, Timbers battle for potential playoff-clinching win
With a national title in tow, the Vancouver Whitecaps return to MLS regular-season action when they host the Portland Timbers on Saturday.,Vancouver (13-9-7, 46 points) is in seventh place in the Western Conference, just ahead of eighth-place Portland (12-10-8, 44 points). Both teams can clinch a pl...
Rapids aim to continue turnaround season vs. Minnesota
With their first playoff berth in three seasons wrapped up, the Colorado Rapids will try to build on one of the best turnaround stories in Major League Soccer when they travel to Saint Paul, Minn., to face Minnesota United on Saturday night., ,Colorado (15-10-5, 50 points) clinched a postseason bert...
Superwoman Napheesa Collier Can Deliver Minnesota Lynx WNBA Championship
Napheesa Collier powered the Minnesota Lynx into the WNBA semi finals, and only a few rounds stand between a title....
Adam Scott, International team roar back to tie Presidents Cup 5-5
Adam Scott of Australia notched a milestone as the International team dug out of a big hole on Day 2 of the Presidents Cup, sweeping all five foursomes matches against the United States at Royal Montreal Golf Club on Friday.,After being swept in the fourball matches on Thursday, the Internationals n...
Jameson Taillon finishes strong as Cubs shut down Reds
Jameson Taillon scattered four hits across seven scoreless innings as the host Chicago Cubs blanked the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Friday afternoon in the opener of a three-game set.,Taillon (12-8) walked two and fanned two in his final outing of the season. He finished the 2024 campaign strong, going 4...
FaZe Clan, G2 Esports advance at BLAST Premier: Fall Final
FaZe Clan and G2 Esports swept their quarterfinal matches Friday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,FaZe Clan eliminated Team Liquid by winning 13-6 on Inferno and 13-3 on Mirage. Estonia's Robin "ropz" Kool paced the winners with 37 kills and a plus-22 kills-t...
Raptors rookie Ja'Kobe Walter restricted to start training camp
Toronto Raptors rookie Ja'Kobe Walter will not participate in on-court activities at next week's training camp in Montreal due to a shoulder injury.,He sprained his right acromioclavicular (AC) joint -- where the collarbone joins the scapula -- during informal workouts this week. The Raptors said th...
MAD Lions, GAM Esports punch tickets to Swiss Stage of Worlds
MAD Lions KOI and GAM Esports each recorded a victory Friday to qualify for the Swiss Stage of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship in Berlin, Germany.,MAD Lions posted a 2-1 win over PSG Talon after sandwiching 36- and 33-minute wins on blue around a 35-minute decision. David "Supa" Martin...
Week 4 NFL Capsules
New Orleans Saints (2-1) at Atlanta Falcons (1-2), 1 p.m. ET,New Orleans lost for the first time last week as the Eagles made the Saints' offense appear mortal following thrashings of the Panthers and Cowboys. Scoring (34.3 points per game) wasn't an issue for the Saints in the first two games of th...
Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula triumph in Beijing
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula posted wins Friday at the China Open to move on to the third round in Beijing.,Bpth defeated opponents from France. Gauff, the fourth seed, topped Clara Burel 7-5, 6-3, while the second-seeded Pegula rallied from a break down in the second set to defeat Diane Parry 6-1,...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz triumphant in Beijing
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz recorded a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round of the China Open on Friday in Beijing.,Alcaraz fired five aces and took advantage of six double faults by his foe to dispatch the Frenchman in one hour, 21 minutes. The Spaniard moved on to f...
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers top Padres, seal NL West title
Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead single in a five-run seventh inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their 11th National League West title in 12 seasons with a 7-2 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Thursday.,Will Smith had a game-tying two-run homer and Mookie Betts added a two-run singl...
13-inning loss to Marlins dims Twins' playoff hopes
Griffin Conine hit a two-run single in the top of the 13th inning and the Miami Marlins outlasted the Minnesota Twins for an 8-6 win on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Otto Lopez also had an RBI double during a three-run 13th for the Marlins (59-100), who won the decisive game of the three-game serie...
Cowboys hold Giants to 5 FGs, edge past New York
Dak Prescott tossed two touchdown passes and the Dallas Cowboys held New York out of the end zone en route to a 20-15 victory over the Giants on Monday night at East Rutherford, N.J.,CeeDee Lamb caught seven passes for 98 yards and a touchdown and Rico Dowdle also had a scoring reception for the Cow...
Aaron Judge hits No. 58 as Yankees top O's, clinch division
Aaron Judge hit his major-league-leading 58th homer and went deep for the fifth straight game as the host New York Yankees clinched the American League East title with a 10-1 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.,The Yankees (93-66) wrapped up their second division title in three seasons and th...
Athletics edge Rangers in raucous Oakland farewell
J.T. Ginn recorded his first major-league win, Mason Miller threw the Oakland Athletics' final pitch in their Oakland Coliseum history, and the A's completed their home schedule with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon.,On a celebrity-filled day in which Rickey Henderson and Dave ...
Rockies mount eighth-inning rally to beat Cardinals 10-8
Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking double in a five-run eighth inning, and the Colorado Rockies used a two-out rally to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-8 on Thursday in Denver.,Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in three runs for Colorado, which began the comeback after Cardinals reliever Ryan Fernandez...
U.S. sweeps International team 5-0 on Day 1 of Presidents Cup
The U.S. team clicked at almost every turn in sweeping five four-ball matches to open Presidents Cup competition by blitzing the International team Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club.,The 5-0 count marked the first sweep of a four-ball session for the U.S. since the 1994 Presidents Cup.,The most d...
NaVi, Vitality qualify for semifinals at BLAST Premier: Fall Final
Natus Vincere and Team Vitality clinched first place in their respective groups Thursday and advanced straight into the semifinals of the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Natus Vincere swept G2 Esports 2-0 in Group A's winners match, and Vitality defeated Team Liqui...
White Sox blank Angels, staying on 120 losses for third straight day
Andrew Vaughn and Lenyn Sosa both delivered two RBIs during a seven-run fifth inning and Chris Flexen pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings as the host Chicago White Sox topped the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 on Thursday to earn a series sweep.,Chicago (39-120) again avoided surpassing the expansion 1962 New Yor...