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Tim Petrovic, Steven Alker join lead at Kaulig Companies Championship
Tim Petrovic fired a 66 and New Zealand's Steven Alker posted a 67 to join Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina for the 36-hole lead at the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third major of the PGA Tour Champions season, on Friday in Akron, Ohio.,Gonzalez was a first-round co-leader and shot 68 on Friday t...
Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood tie Scottie Scheffler for Travelers lead
Justin Thomas and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood joined Scottie Scheffler atop the Travelers Championship leaderboard on Friday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.,Thomas posted a 6-under-par 64, tied for the low round of the day, and Fleetwood shot a 65 to reach 9-under 131 for the tournament. Sc...
Cal Raleigh hits two homers as Mariners topple Cubs
Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 28th and 29th home runs of the season to help the visiting Seattle Mariners to a 9-4 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Friday afternoon.,Raleigh, who passed Johnny Bench for the most home runs by a catcher before the All-Star bre...
Benfica triumphs in lopsided, weather-delayed win over Auckland
Leandro Barreiro scored in the 76th and 78th minutes as Benfica pulled away to a 6-0 victory over semi-pro side Auckland City in a Group C encounter Friday, one plagued by a lengthy halftime weather delay.,Angel Di María converted twice from the penalty spot for his second and third goals of the tou...
Flamengo dispatches Chelsea, clinches knockout round spot
Bruno Henrique, Danilo and Wallace Yan scored goals as Flamengo rallied for a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in Club World Cup Group D play on Friday afternoon at Philadelphia.,Gonzalo Plata set up two goals for Flamengo (2-0-0, 6 points), who secured their place in the knockout round.,Pedro Neto had a go...
Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier lead early All-Star voting
Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark and Minnesota Lynx standout Napheesa Collier lead the voting after the first fan returns for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, the league announced Friday.,The game will be contested on July 19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home of the Fever.,WNBA players...
MOUZ, paiN Gaming sneak into BLAST.tv Austin Major semis
MOUZ and paiN Gaming came from behind to earn dramatic quarterfinal wins at the BLAST.tv Austin Major on Thursday in Texas.,After dropping the first map in quadruple overtime against Team Spirit, MOUZ rallied for a 2-1 win. paiN Gaming also lost their first map vs. FURIA before capturing back-to-bac...
Benches empty late as Padres avoid sweep vs. Dodgers
Xander Bogaerts had a second-inning home run among his four hits and the visiting San Diego Padres earned a 5-3 victory Thursday over the Los Angeles Dodgers to avoid a four-game sweep in a series where tempers reached a boiling point., ,Rookie right-hander Ryan Bergert opened with 4 2/3 scoreless i...
Nick Kurtz powers A's past Astros in 10th
Nick Kurtz drilled a two-run homer to center field with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Athletics a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday night in West Sacramento, Calif.,It was Kurtz's second two-run, game-winning blast in the four-game series. He slammed a victorious...
Valkyries shut down Caitlin Clark, Fever
Kayla Thornton and Monique Billings turned their own missed shots into key hoops during a fourth-quarter uprising and the Golden State Valkyries held Caitlin Clark to a season-low-tying 11 points en route to a shocking 88-77 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Thursday night.,Thornton finishe...
Monique Akoa Makani, Mercury hand Liberty first home loss
Rookie Monique Akoa Makani scored a career-high 21 points and the Phoenix Mercury extended their winning streak to four games Thursday night with an 89-81 victory over the New York Liberty, who were handed their first home loss of the season.,Akoa Makani shot 8-of-12 from the field and surpassed her...
Gold Cup: USMNT nips Saudi Arabia, earns spot in quarters
The U.S. men's national team used Chris Richards' 63rd-minute goal to clinch a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in a Group D match in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.,The Americans (2-0-0, 6 points) can secure first place in the group with a win or a draw ...
Pacers cruise past Thunder, send Finals to Game 7
Obi Toppin scored 20 off the bench to lead a balanced offensive effort as the Indiana Pacers evened the NBA Finals with a 108-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 on Thursday in Indianapolis.,The Finals will go to a winner-take-all seventh game for the first time since 2016.,Game 7 is Sun...
Igor Jesus, Botafogo upset PSG in Club World Cup
Igor Jesus scored a first-half goal, leading Botafogo to a stunning 1-0 win over the reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup on Thursday in Pasadena, Calif.,The result leaves Botafogo (2-0-0, 6 points) alone atop Group B. PSG (1-1-0, 3 points) are tied for second with A...
Colton Cowser's 3-run HR sparks O's to win over Rays
Charlie Morton threw six quality innings and Colton Cowser hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning to propel the visiting Baltimore Orioles to a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.,Morton (4-7) improved to 3-0 in June, allowing just one earned run on six hits while strikin...
Four-run 10th gives Pirates twin-bill split vs. Tigers
Pinch hitter Ke'Bryan Hayes sparked a four-run 10th inning with a go-ahead RBI single and the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates salvaged a split of a doubleheader with an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.,Hayes knocked in automatic runner Tommy Pham from second base. The Tigers challenged the s...
Cards stage late rally vs. White Sox, take twin-bill opener
The St. Louis Cardinals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to take a 5-4 win against the host Chicago White Sox in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday.,Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits in five innings. Reliever Andre Granillo (1-0) got th...
Spencer Strider pitches Braves to sweep-sealing win over Mets
Spencer Strider pitched six strong innings and Matt Olson hit a three-run double to help the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting New York Mets 7-1 on Thursday and complete a three-game series sweep.,It was just the second sweep of the season for the Braves, who have won six of their past seven games. N...
Bats awaken as Yanks down Angels, halt 6-game skid
Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back home runs as the host New York Yankees stopped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday afternoon.,Carlos Rodon (9-5) overcame allowing three solo homers and pitched six quality innings as the ...
Jeeno Thitikul grabs first-round lead at Women's PGA
Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul overcame an early double bogey to finish with the first-round lead at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday in Frisco, Texas.,Thitikul shot a 4-under-par 68 at Fields Ranch East to hold a one-stroke edge over Australia's Minjee Lee.,Yealimi Noh, South Korea's Somi L...