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Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley help Cavs hold off Spurs
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points and Evan Mobley added 25 points and 12 rebounds as the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers did just enough to beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-113 on Friday.,The Cavaliers (62-15) won their third straight contest and reduced their magic number to clinch the best record in th...

Royals come up big to beat Orioles in the rain
Maikel Garcia drove in three runs, Vinnie Pasquantino hit a three-run single and Seth Lugo pitched six solid innings to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on a rainy Friday night.,Garcia delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the fourth inning and added an RBI d...

Match Play defending champ Nelly Korda ousted in group play
Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand defeated Nelly Korda 1 up to win Group 1 and eliminate the World No. 1 from the T-Mobile Match Play on Friday in North Las Vegas, Nev.,Jutanugarn went 3-0-0 in the group, but entering the day the group was up for grabs between her and Korda, who tallied 1 1/2 points thro...

Pistons top Raptors to clinch playoff berth
Jalen Duren had 21 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks and the visiting Detroit Pistons clinched a playoff berth with a 117-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.,Tim Hardaway Jr. added 23 points for the Pistons (43-34), who swept the four-game season series with Toronto (28-50). Mali...

Noah Dobson, Islanders too strong for scuffling Wild
Defenseman Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night in Elmont, N.Y.,Casey Cizikas and Simon Holmstrom also scored for the Islanders (33-32-10, 76 points), who snapped a six-game losing streak. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves....

Celtics set season record for 3-pointers in win over Suns
Jaylen Brown tossed in 31 points and the Boston Celtics broke the NBA record for made 3-pointers in a season during a 123-103 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Friday night.,The Celtics (57-20) set the record on their eighth trey of the game, a bomb by Payton Pritchard with 8:19 remaining in...

Alex Ovechkin's record-tying night guides Caps past Blackhawks
Alex Ovechkin caught Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL goal-scoring record on Friday, with his two-goal performance also lifting the host Washington Capitals to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.,The pair gives the Capitals captain 894 goals, matching Gretzky's mark. ,A capacity crowd, incl...

Red Wings slow Hurricanes, gain ground in wild-card race
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.,Ben Chiarot, Marco Kasper, Patrick Kane and Michael Rasmussen also scored for Detroit. Dylan Larkin logged two assists, and Cam Talbot made 30 saves.,The Red Wings (35-...

Braves' pitching, offense finally click in first win of '25 vs. Marlins
Spencer Schwellenbach threw eight scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves won their first game of the season, beating the visiting Miami Marlins 10-0 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Schwellenbach (1-0) extended his streak of scoreless innings to 14 in notching the longest start of h...

Jesus Luzardo-led Phillies hand Dodgers first loss of season
Jesus Luzardo silenced the previously undefeated Los Angeles Dodgers, blanking the defending champions over seven innings as the Philadelphia Phillies posted a 3-2 win on Friday.,Acquired in an offseason trade with the Miami Marlins, Luzardo (2-0) struck out eight while allowing just two hits and a ...

Pacers overtake Jazz in second half for third straight win
Myles Turner scored 26 points and Pascal Siakam added 22 to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 140-112 win over the Utah Jazz on Friday night in Indianapolis.,It was the third straight win for the Pacers (46-31), who've won nine of 11 while keeping a solid hold on the No. 4 spot of the Eastern Conference ...

South Carolina dumps Texas in Final Four, earns shot at repeat title
Joyce Edwards posted 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists off the bench, and South Carolina moved within one game of becoming the first repeat Women's NCAA Tournament national champion since 2016 with a 74-57 rout of Texas in a national semifinal on Friday in Tampa.,The Gamecocks (35-3) outscored ...

Corbin Carroll homers twice, Diamondbacks beat Nationals
Corbin Carroll had his fifth career two-homer game and drove in three runs, Randal Grichuk's two-run double broke a tie in the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Friday.,CJ Abrams, Luis Garcia Jr. and Nathaniel Lowe homered for the Nationals, who hav...

Kings end slide by trouncing lowly Hornets
Sacramento's Zach LaVine poured in 25 points to go with 10 rebounds and Domantas Sabonis racked up 24 points and 11 rebounds to help the Kings snap a three-game losing streak by thumping the host Charlotte Hornets 125-102 on Friday night.,DeMar DeRozan's 22 points for Sacramento included 9-for-10 fr...

Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky’s record with 894th goal
Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky for the NHL's all-time scoring mark Friday night when the Washington Capitals forward netted his second goal of the game against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.,Ovechkin scored the historic goal with 13:47 left in regulation to give the Capitals a 4-3 lead. The powe...

Giants outlast Mariners 10-9 in 11-inning tussle
Willy Adames lined a two-out, two-run, walk-off single in the 11th inning to rally the San Francisco Giants to a 10-9 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday afternoon.,The teams had been deadlocked at 8-8 since the sixth before automatic runner Luke Raley scored on a wild pitch by Spen...

Brian Harman leaps in front at Valero Texas Open
Brian Harman poured in eight birdies amid a 6-under-par 66 to take over first place halfway through the Valero Texas Open on Friday at TPC San Antonio.,Harman's second straight 66 pushed him to 12-under 132, and by Friday evening that was good for a four-shot lead over Keith Mitchell (72).,First-rou...

Jacob Wilson helps Athletics beat Rockies in 11
Jacob Wilson hit a go-ahead two-run single in the 11th inning, and the Athletics spoiled Colorado's home opener with a 6-3 win over the Rockies in Denver on Friday.,Wilson also homered and Lawrence Butler, Shea Langeliers and Tyler Soderstrom had two hits apiece. Noah Murdock (1-0) tossed two inning...

Oswaldo Cabrera, Aaron Judge hit Yankees past Pirates
Oswaldo Cabrera went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and Aaron Judge hit his sixth home run of the season to lead the New York Yankees to a 9-4 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday evening.,The Yankees put together back-to-back wins and won their first road game of the season while the Pirates ...

Angel Cabrera holds share of lead at Hall of Fame Invitational
Angel Cabrera of Argentina, playing one week before he returns to the Masters, is part of a five-way tie for the lead at the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational following Friday's round in Boca Raton, Fla.,Cabrera shot a 4-under-par 68 at The Old Course at Broken Sound, as ...