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Maple Leafs pick F Gavin McKenna No. 1 in NHL draft
The Toronto Maple Leafs selected forward Gavin McKenna with the No. 1 overall pick of the NHL draft on Friday in Buffalo, N.Y.,The 18-year-old McKenna was widely expected to be the top pick after a standout freshman season at Penn State, where he tallied 51 points (15 goals, 36 assists) in 35 games....
Dicky Pride shoots 63 to move in front at Dick's Open
Dicky Pride birdied his final three holes to shoot a 9-under-par 63 and secure the lead at the Dick's Open on Friday in Endicott, N.Y.,Pride, whose only win on the PGA Tour Champions came in 2021, built a two-shot edge over Tommy Gainey, Ireland's Padraig Harrington and Northern Ireland's Darren Cla...
Senegal ring up 5-0 win over 10-man Iraq, keep knockout hopes alive
Substitute Pape Gueye scored a pair of sensational second-half goals from long range, and Senegal got a much-needed boost for their goal differential with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq in their Group I finale on Friday.,Ismaila Sarr added his third goal of the tournament, the first of four after ha...
Ousmane Dembele's hat trick helps France rout Norway to sweep Group I
Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele netted a hat trick in just 32 minutes, Kylian Mbappe had two assists and France steamrolled Norway's reserves 4-1 to sweep Group I at the World Cup on Friday in Foxborough, Mass., ,Desire Doue scored during second-half stoppage time, and goalkeeper Mike Maignan sto...
Leafs trade G Samuel Ersson to Sens for 5th-rounder
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired a 2027 fifth-round draft pick from the Ottawa Senators on Friday in exchange for the rights to goaltender Samuel Ersson.,It's a quick flip for the Leafs, who acquired Ersson on June 16 along with defenseman Emil Andrae and a 2026 third-rounder from the Philadelphia F...
Storm end franchise-record skid behind Flau'jae Johnson's career night
Rookie Flau'jae Johnson scored a career-high 28 points and Dominique Malonga added 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Seattle Storm snapped a franchise-record 11-game losing streak with a 99-88 victory against the visiting New York Liberty on Thursday night.,Jade Melbourne added 18 points and seven as...
A'ja Wilson puts up 32 as Aces cruise to win over Wings
The host Las Vegas Aces successfully avenged a 30-point loss to the Dallas Wings 10 days ago with a turnaround performance, prevailing 99-84 in a near wire-to-wire effort on Tuesday in large part because of a game-high 32 points from A'ja Wilson.,Wilson made 12 of 21 attempts from the field and 8 of...
Scoreless draw lets Australia advance, and Paraguay likely will, too
Australia and Paraguay played to a scoreless tie Thursday night at Santa Clara, Calif., in a Group D effort that should get both squads into the round of 32.,Australia (1-1-1, 4 points) finish second in the group based on goal differential (0). Paraguay (1-1-1, 4 points) are at minus-2 but currently...
U.S. turn focus forward after B-team takes last-minute loss to Turkey
The preliminaries are over for the United States, who are moving on to the serious business of the World Cup knockout stage.,That's their approach after a stunning 3-2 loss to Turkey in Inglewood, Calif., on Thursday in the final and meaningless Group D match.,The U.S. (2-1-0, 6 points) entered the ...
Netherlands grab early 2-goal lead vs. Tunisia, win Group F
The Netherlands scored two goals in the first seven minutes en route to a 3-1 victory over Tunisia on Thursday night in Kansas City, Mo., in the final match of World Cup Group F play for both teams.,The win secured passage to the knockout stage for the Netherlands (2-1-0, 7 points), who finished fir...
Cardinals-Diamondbacks rained out, postponed to July 23
The finale of a four-game series in St. Louis between the Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks was postponed due to inclement weather Thursday.,The clubs will now meet Thursday, July 23 for a one-off makeup game. It was originally an open date for both teams; Arizona will stop in St. Louis to begin wh...
Japan, thanks to late saves, draw with Sweden, finish second in Group F
Zion Suzuki made four saves, including two big ones in stoppage time to preserve the tie, as Japan finished in second place in World Cup Group F with a 1-1 draw against Sweden on Thursday in Arlington, Texas.,Japan (1-0-2, 5 points) finished as the runner-up to Netherlands (2-0-1, 7 points) and will...
Red Sox open 4-game set by edging error-prone Yankees
Caleb Durbin hit a two-run home run and Connelly Early struck out nine in six innings as the Boston Red Sox opened a four-game series against the visiting New York Yankees with a 6-3 victory on Thursday night.,Durbin's home run, his sixth of the season, came against New York starter Cam Schlittler a...
Pete Crow-Armstrong's 10th-inning hit seals Cubs' sweep of Mets
Pete Crow-Armstrong continued his career-high hitting streak and on-base streak on Thursday, when his tiebreaking hit in the 10th inning allowed the visiting Chicago Cubs to finish off a four-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 4-3 win.,Dansby Swanson struck out before Crow-Armstrong's double to ...
Rangers build 6-run lead, hang on to edge Blue Jays
Wyatt Langford hit a three-run homer, MacKenzie Gore pitched seven effective innings and the visiting Texas Rangers held on Thursday night to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5. ,Gore (5-6) allowed three runs, four hits and one walk with five strikeouts. He retired his final eight batters.,Jacob Latz ...
Ina Yoon ahead by 2 after opening-round 63 at Women's PGA
South Korea's Ina Yoon blazed to a bogey-free, 9-under-par 63 on Thursday to lead after the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Chaska, Minn.,Yoon, in her second year on the LPGA Tour, started on the back nine at Hazeltine National Golf Club and carded birdies at Nos. 14, 15, 17, 18 ...
Phillies stun Nationals again with ninth-inning heroics
Bryce Harper's tiebreaking two-run homer ignited a five-run ninth inning as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies erupted late once again to defeat the Washington Nationals 10-5 on Thursday.,For the third straight day, Philadelphia prevailed against Washington with its backs against the wall. The Phill...
Astros' Tatsuya Imai dominates Tigers en route to 1-run victory
Tatsuya Imai threw six shutout innings to help the Houston Astros to a 2-1 win against the host Detroit Tigers in the opener of their four-game series on Thursday evening.,Imai (5-3) allowed two hits, struck out 10 and walked one to improve to 3-0 this month.,AJ Blubaugh pitched two innings of score...
Marina Mabrey ties WNBA record with 53 points; Tempo rout Sparks
Marina Mabrey tied the WNBA's single-game scoring record of 53 points behind a torrid 9-of-18 3-point shooting effort, and the Toronto Tempo cruised past the visiting Los Angeles Sparks 125-97 on Thursday.,Mabrey had already tied the league's 3-point record when she hit nine in a June 19 win over Co...
Sweden's Isak Hien helped off field with injury vs. Japan
Swedish defender Isak Hien had to be helped the field with an apparent left hamstring injury in the first half of the team's Group F match with Japan on Thursday night in Arlington, Texas.,Hien went down in the penalty box after stretching the leg out to try and deflect a crossing pass by Yukinari S...