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PGA Tour announces Brian Rolapp as successor to Jay Monahan
Former NFL executive vice president Brian Rolapp was named the CEO of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Enterprises on Tuesday.,Rolapp, 53, spent 22 years with the NFL. He will take over the day-to-day operations of the PGA Tour later this summer in place of current commissioner Jay Monahan, who will step d...
Jalen Williams (40 points) leads Thunder to verge of title
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jalen Williams wasn't in much of a reflective mood after his Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 120-109 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday.,Williams batted down questions about his monster performance, which moved the Thunder within one game of the franchise's first ch...
Roman Anthony hits first homer as Red Sox blank Mariners
Prized prospect Roman Anthony hit his first major league home run and Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings as the Boston Red Sox defeated the host Seattle Mariners 2-0 Monday night for their sixth consecutive victory.,Boston was playing its first game since trading Rafael Devers to the San Fr...
Shohei Ohtani pitches, but bat is key in Dodgers win over Padres
Shohei Ohtani pitched an inning for the first time in nearly two years and drove in two runs out of the leadoff spot as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Monday in the opener of a four-game series.,Ohtani, who is back to pitching after a second Tommy ...
Nick Kurtz's walk-off homer carries A's past Astros
Rookie Nick Kurtz walloped a two-run walk-off homer with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Athletics a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Brent Rooker opened the ninth by drawing a walk against Bryan Abreu (1-3). Kurtz then jumped on a ...
Roman Anthony hits 1st MLB homer as Red Sox blank Mariners
Prized prospect Roman Anthony hit his first home run in the major leagues and Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings as the Boston Red Sox defeated the host Seattle Mariners 2-0 Monday night for their sixth consecutive victory.,Boston was playing its first game since trading Rafael Devers to th...
Guatemala edges Jamaica in Gold Cup opener
Oscar Santis netted a first-half goal and Guatemala squeezed past Jamaica 1-0 on Monday in the Group C opener for both squads in the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Carson, Calif.,The decider came in the 32nd minute.,A back-to-the-goal Darwin Lom collected a deflection after a long feed, then backheeled the ba...
Rain forces suspension of LSU-UCLA game at MWCS
OMAHA, Neb. -- No. 6 LSU held a 5-3 lead over No. 15 UCLA on Monday night when the Men's College World Series game was suspended following a lengthy rain delay.,The teams will resume play at the start of the fourth inning on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET.,Both teams won their opening Bracket 2 games Saturda...
Thunder withstand Pacers rally to take 3-2 Finals lead
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jalen Williams scored 40 and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 120-109 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday.,The Thunder lead the series 3-2, moving themselves within a game of the franchise's first NBA title since t...
Flamengo open Club World Club with 2-0 win over Esperance
Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Luiz Araujo scored and Jorginho had an assist in his Flamengo debut in the 2-0 win over Esperance Sportive de Tunis in their Group D opener of the Club World Cup in Philadelphia on Monday.,de Arrascaeta put the Brazilian club up 1-0 in the 17th minute and Araujo extended t...
Angels outlast Yankees in extra innings of pitchers' duel
Nolan Schanuel hit a tiebreaking broken-bat double with one out in the 11th inning and the Los Angeles Angels hung on for a 1-0 victory over the host New York Yankees on Monday night.,After Zach Neto popped out on a bunt, Schanuel hit a ground ball off Jonathan Loaisiga (0-1) down the left field lin...
Rays rack up 14 hits, end Orioles' modest win streak
Josh Lowe rapped his first career leadoff home run, Jake Mangum was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, and the hot Tampa Bay Rays throttled the visiting Baltimore Orioles 7-1 in a four-game series opener on Monday night.,Brandon Lowe slugged a two-run homer in a 2-for-5 night. Jonathan Aranda, Ju...
Phillies beat Marlins for fifth straight victory
Trea Turner slugged a home run among his three hits and drove in two runs as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies opened a four-game series against the Miami Marlins with a 5-2 victory on Monday.,Max Kepler also homered for Philadelphia, which has won five straight and six of its last seven. Alec Bohm...
Rockies hit two homers in 9th to rally vs. slumping Nationals
Mickey Moniak's two-run home run capped a three-run ninth inning and the visiting Colorado Rockies rallied past Washington 6-4 Monday night, sending the reeling Nationals to their ninth straight loss.,Hunter Goodman led off the ninth with the Rockies trailing 4-3 and smacked his second homer of the ...
Ismael Diaz powers Panama past Guadeloupe in Gold Cup
Ismael Diaz tallied twice as Panama beat Guadeloupe 5-2 Monday at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Carson, Calif.,Panama took its opening game of Group C play by sprinting out to a 4-0 lead in the first 22 minutes and by controlling possession for 63 percent of the match. Panama also outshot Guadeloupe 23-1...
Four goals, three red cards as Benfica draw with Boca Juniors
Nicolas Otamendi headed in the equalizer in the 84th minute to deliver SL Benfica a 2-2 draw against Boca Juniors in a Club World Cup match that featured three red cards Monday in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Otamendi's goal, a direct strike off Orkun Kokcu's corner kick, came when each side was down a man. ...
Arkansas' Gage Wood throws 3rd no-hitter in MCWS history, eliminates Murray St.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Arkansas right-hander Gage Wood pitched just the third no-hitter in Men's College World Series history, striking out 19 Murray State batters to propel Arkansas past the Racers 3-0 in Monday's elimination game.,Wood flirted with the first-ever College World Series perfect game, going s...
Chelsea tops Los Angeles FC 2-0 in Club World Cup opener
ATLANTA -- Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez each scored goals to propel Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles FC in the Group D opener for each team in the Club World Cup in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.,Chelsea struck first in the 34th minute, as Neto received a perfect downfield pass from Nicolas ...
Arkansas' Gage Wood throws 3rd no-hitter in MCWS history
OMAHA, Neb. -- Arkansas right-hander Gage Wood threw the third no-hitter in Men's College World Series history to propel the Razorbacks to a 3-0 win over Murray State in an elimination game at Charles Schwab Field on Monday.,Wood set a program record with 19 strikeouts, which was the second-most in ...
Team Liquid, Spacestation Gaming prevail in OWCS NA Stage 2
Team Liquid and Spacestation Gaming closed out Week 6 of the regular-season round robin with victories on Sunday in the Overwatch Champions Series 2025 -- North America Stage 2.,Team Liquid swept DhillDucks 3-0, while Spacestation Gaming defeated Extinction 3-1.,The tournament, played online, featur...