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Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard help Dream get long-awaited playoff win vs. Fever
Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard scored 20 points apiece on Sunday to lead the Atlanta Dream to an 80-68 victory over the visiting Indiana Dream in the opener of a best-of-three first round playoff series in College Park, Ga.,Naz Hillmon added 16 points and nine rebounds for the third-seeded Dream, who...
Team Falcons takes home championship at The International
Team Falcons rallied for a 3-2 victory over Xtreme Gaming in the grand final Sunday, taking The International 2025 championship in Hamburg, Germany.,The Saudi Arabia-backed Falcons fell behind 0-1 and 1-2 before rallying for the win. They lost in 52 minutes playing on red, won in 38 minutes on green...
James McCann provides strong bat as Diamondbacks beat Twins
James McCann went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Alek Thomas went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI for Arizona (75-75), which won the rubber match of the three-game ser...
Cubs continue surge with win over Rays
Nico Hoerner doubled in two runs with two outs in the seventh inning to lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.,The Cubs (85-64) won their 29th series of the season and still hold the top wild-card spot in the National League after winning for the fourth time in th...
Cardinals edge Brewers to preserve slight wild-card chances
Miles Mikolas allowed two runs in five innings and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday to avoid a sweep in the three-game series.,Milwaukee (91-59), which clinched a playoff berth Saturday and owns the best overall record in the majors, saw...
Brandon Aubrey, Cowboys stun Giants in OT after back-and-forth affair
Brandon Aubrey hit the game-winning field goal as time expired in overtime to give the Dallas Cowboys a dramatic 40-37 win over the New York Giants on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Aubrey also sent the game into overtime by converting a 64-yard field goal as the clock hit zeroes, extending a wild game...
Pete Alonso's walk-off HR ends Mets' and Rangers' lengthy streaks
Pete Alonso hit a walk-off three-run homer with nobody out in the 10th inning as the New York Mets ended a season-worst eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.,The Mets (77-73) avoided their first nine-game skid since an 11-game slide in 2004 ...
Charley Hull wins Kroger Queen City after Jeeno Thitikul's miscue
Charley Hull of England earned her third LPGA Tour victory and her first since 2022 when World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul four-putted at the final hole of the Kroger Queen City Championship on Sunday in Hamilton, Ohio.,Hull tapped in for birdie at the par-5 18th hole at TPC River's Bend after her playing ...
Antonio Gibson TD helps Patriots top Dolphins
Antonio Gibson's 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown helped the New England Patriots post a 33-27 win over the Miami Dolphins in a Sunday afternoon shootout in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Gibson's first career touchdown return was the difference in the game, coming on the ensuing kickoff 12 seconds after...
Braves stop brief slide with 8-3 win over Astros
Ozzie Albies drove in three runs to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Houston Astros 8-3 on Sunday and end their four-game losing streak.,The win allowed Atlanta (66-83) to salvage a game in the three-game series. Houston (81-69) finished its road trip with a 4-5 record.,Albies was 2-for-5...
Jake Browning helps Bengals stage comeback win against Jaguars
CINCINNATI -- Jake Browning scored on a quarterback sneak with 18 seconds left to lead an improbable comeback as the Cincinnati Bengals rallied following the loss of quarterback Joe Burrow to a toe injury to defeat the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars, 31-27, Sunday in Cincinnati.,Browning's score capp...
Rare three-error play helps Tigers top Marlins
The first-place Detroit Tigers capitalized on three errors -- all on the same play -- to defeat the host Miami Marlins 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.,Detroit, which lowered its AL Central magic number to seven, snapped a three-game losing streak and avoided a Marlins sweep. The Tigers (85-65) need any com...
Salvador Perez helps Royals dispatch Phillies
Salvador Perez homered and drove in five runs as the Kansas City Royals topped the host Philadelphia Phillies 10-3 on Sunday to salvage the finale of their weekend series., ,After homering twice in Saturday's defeat, Perez lifted his team to victory in this one with plenty of help from Noah Cameron ...
Bo Naylor, Guardians beat White Sox for series sweep
Bo Naylor hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning and drove in all three Cleveland runs as the Guardians completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Chicago White Sox with a 3-2 victory on Sunday.,Naylor also had a two-run double for Cleveland (78-71), which has won four straight and nin...
Matthew Stafford, Davante Adams rally Rams past Titans
Matthew Stafford threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns as the Los Angeles Rams rallied from a third-quarter deficit to topple the Tennessee Titans 33-19 on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.,Stafford, who completed 23 of 33 passes with an interception, connected with Davis Allen on an 8-yard pass at the 1:...
Lions blow out Bears and former OC Ben Johnson
Jared Goff threw five touchdown passes -- three to Amon Ra St. Brown -- and the host Detroit Lions rolled past the Chicago Bears, 52-21, on Sunday.,Goff hit 23 of 28 passes and racked up 334 passing yards for a nearly perfect 156.0 quarterback rating as the Lions (1-1) spoiled the return of Bears he...
Lamar Jackson tosses 4 touchdowns as Ravens roll Browns
Lamar Jackson passed for 225 yards and four touchdowns to help spoil Joe Flacco's homecoming as the Baltimore Ravens notched a 41-17 victory over the visiting Cleveland Browns in an AFC North battle on Sunday afternoon.,Devontez Walker caught two touchdown passes and DeAndre Hopkins and Tylan Wallac...
Blue Jays rout Orioles to complete sweep
Shane Bieber pitched six effective innings, George Springer had a homer and two doubles, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 11-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Bieber (3-1) allowed one run, four hits and one walk with five strikeouts to help the Blue Jays complete a three-game s...
Bills run roughshod over Jets in 30-10 win
James Cook rushed for 132 yards with two touchdowns, Matt Prater booted three field goals and the Buffalo Bills won their fourth meeting with the New York Jets, 30-10, on Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J.,The Bills (2-0) dominated, holding a 403-154 edge in total yardage and 25-11 margin in ...
Backup QB Mac Jones throws 3 TDs as 49ers drop Saints
Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes as Brock Purdy's replacement and the visiting San Francisco 49ers held off the New Orleans Saints 26-21 on Sunday afternoon.,Jones made his debut for the 49ers (2-0) in place of Purdy, who is sidelined by a toe injury, and completed 26 of 39 for 279 yards.,Spen...