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KT Rolster surge into World Championship grand final
KT Rolster continued their unbeaten run with a 3-1 semifinal win against Gen.G Esports on Saturday at the $5 million League of Legends 2025 World Championship in Shanghai.,KT Rolster will face the winner of Sunday's semifinal between T1 and Top Esports in the Nov. 9 grand final in Chengdu, where the...
Hye-Jin Choi in control in Malaysia, seeks first LPGA Tour win
Hye-Jin Choi is closing in on her first LPGA Tour victory after recording a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,Choi collected six birdies against one bogey on Saturday to reside at 19-under 197 at the Kual...
Capitals' Alex Ovechkin tries again for No. 900 at Buffalo
The Alex Ovechkin milestone watch moves on to a fourth game when the Washington Capitals visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.,One team's three-game losing streak will end in the contest, during which the Capitals captain will try again to become the first NHL player to score 900 career goals....
Team Falcons stay alive in FISSURE Playground 2 event
Don't give up Team Falcons quite yet.,The top-seeded team coming out of group play, which then opened the playoffs with a 2-0 loss, bounced back with a pair of wins on Friday, advancing to the lower bracket semifinal of the FISSURE Playground 2 event in Belgrade, Serbia.,Team Liquid got the win in F...
Clippers top Pelicans on Kawhi Leonard's last-second winner
Kawhi Leonard capped a 34-point performance with a tiebreaking 22-footer with four-tenths of a second left, James Harden recorded his third double-double of the season, and the Los Angeles Clippers opened their NBA Cup schedule with a 126-124 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.,A...
Trail Blazers' furious last-minute comeback sinks Nuggets
Jerami Grant made two free throws with 1.4 seconds remaining and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to record a 109-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets in NBA Cup play on Friday night.,Deni Avdija scored 23 points and Shaedon Sharpe added 19 for Portland, which...
Led by Troy Terry, Ducks halt Red Wings' win streak
Troy Terry scored twice and added an assist while Leo Carlsson scored once in a career-best four-point game to pace the host Anaheim Ducks to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.,Mason McTavish and Chris Kreider added singles for the Ducks, who have won four of five games.,Goaltender ...
Devin Booker pours in 36 points as Suns thrash Jazz
Devin Booker sank six 3-pointers and scored 36 points as the host Phoenix Suns broke a four-game losing streak with a 118-96 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday in the teams' first game of NBA Cup play.,Ryan Dunn amassed 13 points and 10 rebounds, Grayson Allen had 14 points and seven rebounds and ...
Luka Doncic returns to carry Lakers past Grizzlies in NBA Cup
Luka Doncic returned after a three-game injury absence to lead the visiting Los Angeles Lakers to a 117-112 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies Friday during the first night of NBA Cup play. ,Doncic finished with 44 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in 39 minutes. Austin Reaves added 21 for the Lak...
Corey Heim shakes off pressure to win NASCAR Truck Series title
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The best man won on Friday night, but it was far from a foregone conclusion.,The statistics might suggest otherwise. In winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, Corey Heim swept the first and second stages, led a race-high 100 of 161 laps and...
Line-drive DP seals Dodgers' win, sends World Series to Game 7
TORONTO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers produced a three-run third inning on Friday, then held on thanks to a game-ending double play, forcing Game 7 in the World Series with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.,Mookie Betts keyed the third-inning rally with a two-run single to help the Dodgers main...
UNC shuts down Syracuse's offense, earns first ACC win
Gio Lopez threw for two touchdowns and North Carolina scored TDs on its first three possessions of the second half to collect the first Atlantic Coast Conference victory under first-year coach Bill Belichick, defeating host Syracuse 27-10 on Friday night.,North Carolina (3-5, 1-3 ACC) was dominant o...
Josh Giddey's career night keeps Bulls unbeaten vs. Knicks
Josh Giddey scored a career-high 32 points and Nikola Vucevic added 26 as the Chicago Bulls remained unbeaten with a 135-125 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Friday in the NBA Cup opener for both squads.,At 5-0, the Bulls are off to their best start since the 1996-97 campaign. Chicago is one...
No. 25 Memphis runs all over Rice in road rout
Frank Peasant tallied three of Memphis' five rushing scores, the defense held Rice to 212 yards, and the No. 25 Tigers kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive Friday with a 38-14 Halloween night rout of the Owls in Houston. ,Peasant, who entered with three total touchdowns on the year, found...
Balanced-scoring Raptors end skid with win over Cavaliers
Brandon Ingram collected 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists while RJ Barrett and Jamison Battle also had 20 points apiece as the visiting Toronto Raptors beat the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 112-101 in the NBA Cup opener for both teams on Friday.,Toronto trailed 92-90 midway through the...
Celtics keep rolling, hand 76ers first loss
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points as the Boston Celtics slipped past host Philadelphia 109-108 on Friday in an NBA Cup matchup, handing the 76ers their first loss of the season.,Anfernee Simons added 19 points for Boston, while Derrick White and Payton Pritchard each chipped in with 15 points. The Celti...
Hawks' balanced effort leads to NBA Cup win over Pacers
Jalen Johnson posted 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Indiana Pacers 128-108 in their NBA Cup East Group A opener on Friday in Indianapolis.,Atlanta's victory was underpinned by a commanding 34-17 third quarter and an even spread of contributors in the absence o...
Islanders keep Alex Ovechkin at 899 goals in win over Caps
Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal 4:29 into the third period and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves, lifting the visiting New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday.,New York's Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal late in the second period, and Mathew Barzal found ...
Martin Necas, Cale Maker power Avs to victory over Golden Knights
Martin Necas had a goal and two assists and Cale Makar added a goal and an assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday afternoon in Las Vegas.,Brock Nelson and Brent Burns also scored goals for Colorado, which moved into a tie with the Pittsburgh Pe...
Jannik Sinner bests Ben Shelton to reach Paris Masters semis
No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner celebrated his 400th tour-level match by ousting No. 5 seed Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Rolex Paris Masters on Friday.,The Italian moved one step closer to regaining the No. 1 world ranking from Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Due to Alcaraz's first-round upset...