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Akshay Bhatia ties Ryo Hisatsune for lead at Pebble Beach
Akshay Bhatia fired a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course to reach 15-under 129 and tie Japan's Ryo Hisatsune for the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Hisatsune was the solo first-round leader thanks to a 62 at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Thur...
Team Peps completes comeback on Day 1 of OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Team Peps, Team Falcons, T1 and Virtus.pro won their opening games and moved into the quarterfinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on Friday in Seoul.,Peps outlasted Disguised 3-2 in a match that included a rare draw in the fourth round. Falcons swept VARREL 3-0, Virtus.pro di...
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scores twice as US routs Italy in women's hockey
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scored twice to highlight a five-goal second period, lifting the United States to a 6-0 romp over Italy on Friday in the quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Megan Keller collected a goal and two assists and Laila Edwards and Britta Curl-Salemme had one of each for th...
Victoria Mboko, Karolina Muchova to square off in Doha title match
No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko delivered six aces while recording a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko on Friday to reach the final of the Qatar Open at Doha.,Mboko took down Ostapenko one day after upsetting Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in a quarterfinal match.,The Canadian...
US women's curling upsets top-ranked Canada; US men fall to Canada
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Joel Retornaz's Italy beat Britain 9-7 on Friday to continue its winning start at the Winter Olympics with a victory over another favorite in the men's curling competition, boosting hopes of a medal on home ice.,In its opening match, Italy beat Olympic champions Sweden, w...
G Chris Paul announces retirement after 21 seasons
Twelve-time All-Star guard Chris Paul on Friday announced his retirement from the NBA after 21 seasons.,Paul, who previously said he's retiring at the end of the season, publicly made his decision to hang up his sneakers over Instagram.,"This is it! After over 21 years I'm stepping away from basketb...
Raptors waive veteran G Chris Paul
The Toronto Raptors waived 12-time All-Star guard Chris Paul on Friday.,The move was expected after Toronto acquired Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a three-team deal with the Brooklyn Nets at last week's trade deadline. The trade for Paul, in the eyes of the Raptors, was done for fina...
Jon Rahm putts his way to second-round lead at LIV Adelaide
Jon Rahm fired a 63 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the third round of LIV Golf Adelaide in Australia.,Rahm posted a bogey-free round at Grange Golf Club that included seven birdies -- five of them on the back nine -- and an eagle on the 561-yard par-5 No. 7 hole to move to 13-under for the...
LeBron James makes triple-double history as Lakers top Mavs
LeBron James become the oldest player in NBA history to record a triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers went into the All-Star break with a 124-104 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.,James, 41, registered 28 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for his first triple-double in 36 ...
Jrue Holiday's big night boosts Blazers in win over Jazz
Jrue Holiday recorded a season-best 31 points to go with nine rebounds and seven assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 135-119 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,Donovan Clingan produced 23 points, 18 rebounds and seven assists as Portland won for the fourth ti...
Ousmane Dieng's first double-double carries Bucks past Thunder
Ousmane Dieng scored a season-high 19 points while leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 110-93 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday.,Dieng was playing for the first time as a visitor in Oklahoma City after being dealt by the Thunder at last week's trade deadline. He ultimately was shuffle...
Chase Elliott wins third career Daytona Duel, taking second race
Chase Elliott took the lead on Lap 53, held off a charge from Carson Hocevar, and claimed the checkers in the America 250 Florida Duel 2 at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday night in Daytona Beach, Fla.,The 2020 Cup Series champion, Elliott grabbed the point on Lap 53 and earned his third q...
Joey Logano edges Ryan Blaney in OT to win Daytona Duel 1
Joey Logano beat Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney under caution in NASCAR overtime to win the first race of Speedweeks, the America 250 Florida Duel 1, at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday night in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Logano's No. 22 Ford edged ahead of Blaney before Corey LaJoie, who resta...
Ryo Hisatsune (62) leads pack at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Ryo Hisatsune of Japan made 158 feet of putts on his way to a 10-under-par 62 to take the first-round lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the first signature event of 2026, on Thursday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Compared to the field, Hisatsune lost strokes both off the tee and on approach. But his s...
Brock Nelson, US drill Latvia 5-1 in men's hockey opener in Milan
Brock Nelson scored two goals for the United States in a 5-1 win against Latvia in their opening preliminary-round game at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday.,Brady Tkachuk, Tage Thompson and Auston Matthews also scored, Jack Hughes had three assists and Matthew Tkachuk and Jack Eichel ea...
Maria Sakkari upsets No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek in Doha QFs
Unseeded Maria Sakkari of Greece toppled No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Thursday in Doha.,Swiatek wasn't alone in the early exit, as Canadian No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko knocked out No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 7-5, 4-6, 6-...
US’ Jessie Diggins wins 4th career Olympic cross-country skiing medal
TESERO, Italy -- Sweden dominated the women's 10km cross-country freestyle ski race on Thursday, with Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson taking their second gold-silver finish of the Milan Cortina Olympics.,U.S. skier Jessie Diggins won the bronze, her first medal of these Games and fourth career Oly...
South Korea's Choi Ga-on upsets Chloe Kim to win women's halfpipe gold
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Choi Ga-on of South Korea won the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe after recovering from a frightening crash in her first run at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday.,Double defending champion Chloe Kim of the United States took silver and the bronze went to Mi...
NCAA denies Connor Stalions' appeal of Michigan sign-stealing penalty
An NCAA appeals committee denied former Michigan staff member Connor Stalions' appeal of the eight-year show-cause penalty he received for his role in a sign-stealing scandal.,Stalions had argued that the August ruling from the NCAA Committee on Infractions was based on "procedural errors" and a mis...
Bryson DeChambeau survives mishit tee shot, shares lead in Adelaide
Bryson DeChambeau overcame a topped tee shot to record a 6-under-par 66 and gain a share of the lead on Thursday after the first round of LIV Adelaide in Australia.,DeChambeau finds himself tied with Australia's Marc Leishman despite his tee shot on the par-5, 529-yard 10th hole at a blustery Grange...