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Riley Greene homers twice, Tigers get past Orioles
Riley Greene blasted a pair of home runs and drove in three runs as the host Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Detroit starter Keider Montero (6-6) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings, one start after tossing a complete-game shutout against Colorado. Jaso...
Lilia Vu, U.S. fend off Europe to win first Solheim Cup since 2017
Lilia Vu stuck her approach shot at the 18th hole 2 feet from the cup to give herself the winning birdie putt, and the United States team clinched its first Solheim Cup victory since 2017 over Team Europe on Sunday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.,With the U.S. leading Europe 14-1...
Team Liquid sweep Gladiators in grand final of The International
Team Liquid recorded a 3-0 win over Gaimin Gladiators in the grand final on Sunday of the International 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Liquid sandwiched 29- and 34-minute wins on red around a 44-minute victory on green to dispatch Gaimin Gladiators. ,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir=...
Oscar Piastri, McLaren big winners at Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Oscar Piastri won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a late crash impacted the race and required it to finish behind a virtual safety car.,The win, combined with the fourth-place finish of McLaren teammate Lando Norris, gave the team a 20-point lead over Red Bull in the constructors standings. Red Bull...
Report: Florida boosters raise money to buy out Billy Napier
Florida boosters have put together enough money to buy out the contract of football coach Billy Napier, USA Today reported.,The Gators fell to 1-2 Saturday after their 33-20 home loss to Texas A&M in Gainesville, where home fans started to file out before the end of the third quarter.,Per USA Today,...
Washington State’s Apple Cup Win Over Washington Crucial for Its Football Future
Washington State upset Washington to take home the Apple Cup, and it's an important win for their football program's future....
Baylor scores 28 unanswered points to pull away from Air Force
In his first start this season, Sawyer Robertson threw for 248 yards as Baylor overcame an error-prone first half to roll past Air Force 31-3 on Saturday night in Waco, Texas.,Robertson completed 18 of 24 passes and ran for a touchdown as Baylor (2-1) rebounded from a Big 12 loss last week at then-N...
Merab Dvalishvili takes bantamweight belt from Sean O'Malley
Merab Dvalishvili earned his 11th straight win on Saturday night, upsetting one-time UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) in the main event at Riyadh Season Noche UFC in Las Vegas. ,Dvalishvili (18-4-0) secured six takedowns in the victory, taking away ...
Patton Kizzire watches lead grow at Procore Championship
Patton Kizzire fired a 5-under 67 on Saturday to pull away from the rest of the pack after three rounds of action at the Procore Championship in Napa, Calif.,Kizzire entered the day atop the leaderboard with a one-stroke lead over David Lipsky at Silverado Resort's North Course, and he saw that adva...
Cal scores 24 in 2nd half to pull away from San Diego State
Fernando Mendoza threw for two touchdowns, Jaivian Thomas rushed for 169 yards and California came on strong in the second half to defeat visiting San Diego State 31-10 in a penalty-marred non-conference game Saturday night.,The Golden Bears (3-0) led just 7-3 at halftime before scoring on their fir...
Davis Cup: U.S. locks down top spot in Group C
The United States edged Germany 2-1 in Zhuhai, China, on Saturday to secure first place in Group C of the Davis Cup Finals group stage. ,Despite the loss, the Germans will still join the Americans in the Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga, Spain, which is scheduled for Nov. 19-24. The top two countries in ...
Dejan Joveljic scores twice as Galaxy rally past LAFC
Dejan Joveljic scored his 13th and 14th goals -- and his first in MLS in more than two months -- and the LA Galaxy rallied from two down to a 4-2 victory over visiting LAFC on Saturday night.,Ricard Puig had two assists to bring his total to 15, and then contributed his 11th goal for some late insur...
Justin Verlander gets back in win column as Astros edge Angels
Yordan Alvarez hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning on Saturday night for the Houston Astros, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 in Anaheim, Calif., in the second game of a three-game series between the American League West rivals.,Justin Verlander tossed five innings to earn his first ...
Yohei Takaoka's 3rd straight shutout leads Whitecaps past Earthquakes
Fafa Picault and Stuart Armstrong scored goals to help the Vancouver Whitecaps post a 2-0 home victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.,Ryan Gauld had both assists to raise his season total to 12 for the Whitecaps (13-8-6, 45 points), who moved into fifth place in the Western Confere...
Mariners rally past Rangers to spoil Max Scherzer's return
Randy Arozarena's single with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning scored the winning run as the host Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 5-4 on Saturday night to spoil Max Scherzer's return.,Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley homered for the Mariners (76-73), who ralli...
Hank Brown steals spotlight as Auburn rolls over New Mexico
Hank Brown threw four touchdown passes and Jarquez Hunter rushed for 152 yards and scored two touchdowns as host Auburn held off New Mexico for a 45-19 nonconference victory on Saturday night.,Brown replaced Payton Thorne, who threw four interceptions in a loss to Cal last week, as the Tigers' start...
Wave strike early, hold off Royals to end 12-match winless streak
Delphine Cascarino made her presence known early Saturday night as the San Diego Wave defeated the Utah Royals 2-1 in Sandy, Utah.,San Diego (4-9-7, 19 points) didn't have any sort of hangover from Alex Morgan's final match last Sunday. The Wave got on the scoreboard in just 27 seconds, the quickest...
Willy Adames leads Brewers to win over reeling Diamondbacks
Willy Adames cracked a grand slam to cap a seven-run second inning and added a solo homer in the fourth, and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 15-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Saturday night to take the second of a three-game series.,Adames finished 3-for-3 and had five RBIs to...
Rafael Navarro's goal powers Rapids past Timbers
Rafael Navarro's goal in the 71st minute Saturday night snapped a tie and led the Colorado Rapids to a 2-1 win over the Portland Timbers in Commerce City, Colo.,With an assist from Djordje Mihailovic, Navarro scored his 14th goal of the season on a header to the top right corner, putting him two awa...
Padres record 2nd straight shutout vs. Giants to inch closer to Dodgers
Donovan Solano collected three doubles among his four hits, Joe Musgrove combined with two relievers on a five-hitter and the San Diego Padres made it two shutout wins in a row over the host San Francisco Giants with an 8-0 triumph Saturday night.,The win not only moved the Padres (84-65) to 1 1/2 g...