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Team Liquid still unblemished at OWCS Stage 2
Team Liquid is alone atop of the standings at 2-0 after regular-season play Sunday for Stage 2 of North American qualifying for the Overwatch Champions Series.,A 3-1 win over LuneX Gaming kept Team Liquid at the top, while Dallas Fuel notched their first win in sweeping last-place The Kafe, 3-0, in ...
Riyadh storms back, improves to 3-0 at Call of Duty Stage 4 qualifying
A day after the Los Angeles Thieves improved to 3-0 at Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major qualifying, the Riyadh Falcons appeared doomed in their bid to match on Sunday.,But down 2-1, the Falcons rallied to win the final two maps and win 3-2 in the final of three Week 2 matches played on the day. The...
Hurricanes storm past Golden Knights in Game 6 to grab Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS -- Rod Brind'Amour captained the Carolina Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup in 2006.,Now 20 years later, he'll get his name on the trophy again as head coach of the Hurricanes.,Rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi, a waiver-wire pickup from Florida in October, made 22 saves to win his third...
High drama abounds as 3 more eliminated at IEM Cologne
On a day a trio of teams booked playoff spots and another three were eliminated at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major in Germany, it was hard to find a team more relieved at the end of Sunday's Stage 3 action than Team Falcons. ,Unless you're looking at The MongolZ.,Team Vitality and Aurora Gam...
Rangers get off to hot start, hold off Red Sox
Wyatt Langford and Kyle Higashioka homered in back-to-back innings to start the game, and the visiting Texas Rangers avoided a three-game series sweep at the hands of the Boston Red Sox with a 6-4 win on Sunday night.,The Rangers tagged Boston starter Connelly Early (5-5) for six runs and 11 hits th...
No. 5 Tar Heels top No. 16 W. Virginia, move on at MCWS
Gavin Gallaher hit a tiebreaking two-run triple during a three-run seventh inning to help No. 5 North Carolina produce a 5-2 victory over No. 16 West Virginia on Sunday night in Men's College World Series play at Omaha, Neb.,Owen Hull had two hits and one RBI and Carter French also had two hits for ...
Continuing tradition, fans of Japan clean up postgame
Fans of Japan's World Cup soccer team might be forgiven for acting a little raucous following their squad's 2-2 draw against the Netherlands on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Instead, as is their custom, they spent their time post-match picking up trash at AT&T Stadium in large plastic bags.,Daichi Kam...
Ivory Coast break deadlock in 90th minute to defeat Ecuador
PHILADELPHIA -- Substitute Amad Diallo struck in the 90th minute to give Ivory Coast a deserved 1-0 win over Ecuador in both teams' Group E opener on Saturday night.,Diallo's first-time strike of Wilfried Singo's cross gave the Ivorians their first-ever World Cup victory over South American oppositi...
Rays avoid sweep with 5-run eighth vs. Angels
Junior Caminero's 15th home run of the season triggered a five-run eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Victor Mesa Jr. also stroked a two-run homer in the eighth for the Rays, who snapped a 3-3 tie to avoid being swept in the...
Ryan Kreidler's late-game heroics guide Twins past Cardinals
Ryan Kreidler's RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning made the difference for the Minnesota Twins in their 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday in Minneapolis.,The two-bagger off Cardinals reliever George Soriano (3-1) hit the wall in left center to cap a brief but s...
Zach Johnson pulls out Principal Charity title in native Iowa
Zach Johnson broke away from the pack to post a four-shot win in his home state, capturing the Principal Charity Classic title on Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa.,Playing his first season on the 50-and-older PGA Tour Champions, Johnson prevailed in his first start at Des Moines' Wakonda Club as he follow...
White Sox score six in sixth to swipe series from Dodgers
Colson Montgomery and Chase Meidroth belted two-run home runs to highlight a six-run sixth inning as the Chicago White Sox earned a 6-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon.,Erick Fedde (2-5) claimed the win by throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief. He scattered thr...
Rays avoid sweep with 5-run inning vs. Angels
Junior Caminero's 15th home run of the season, a two-run shot to left field, broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 in Anaheim, California on Sunday afternoon.,Victor Mesa Jr. also homered for the Rays, part of a five-run eighth th...
Three homers lift D-backs to rubber-game win over Reds
Tommy Troy, Geraldo Perdomo and Gabriel Moreno homered to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earn a 5-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen allowed three runs and six hits on 85 pitches in six innings....
Rockies pile up franchise-record 23 runs in rout of Athletics in Vegas
Willi Castro hit two home runs and drove in seven runs to lead the visiting Colorado Rockies to a 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas.,Castro hit a two-run homer in the second and a grand slam in the eighth to finish 4-for-6 as the Rockies set a franchise record for runs in ...
On late goal, Japan earn draw vs. Netherlands in opener
Daichi Kamada's deflected goal in the 88th minute was the second tying tally of the second half for Japan, who scraped out a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in the World Cup opener for both teams Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,Off a corner kick delivered from Junya Ito, Koki Ogawa elevated in t...
Cinderella Troy rallies for 12-8 win, knocks Ole Miss out of MCWS
Jabe Boroff's tiebreaking two-run double highlighted a four-run seventh inning, and Troy kept its Cinderella title hopes alive by rallying to eliminate Ole Miss 12-8 in the Men's College World Series on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb.,One of the "Last Four In" to make regional play, the Trojans, a 3...
Gina Kim, Yana Wilson each win first LPGA title at Dow team event
Gina Kim and Yana Wilson are the newest winners on the LPGA Tour after they combined for an 8-under-par 62 Sunday to win the Dow Championship, the tour's only team event, at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.,Kim eagled the par-4 fifth hole and Wilson sank three of the team's four birdies on the back nin...
Bud Cauley, 36, lands first PGA Tour title at rainy Canadian Open
Bud Cauley birdied three consecutive holes on the back nine during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open on his way to shooting 5-under-par 65 and winning on the PGA Tour for the first time Sunday in Caledon, Ontario.,Cauley ended up at 17-under 263 for a two-stroke victory over England's Matt Fi...
Logan Webb twirls another gem, Giants salvage finale vs. Cubs
Logan Webb threw eight innings of one-run ball for a second straight start, Matt Chapman gave him all the support he would need with a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants salvaged one win in a three-game home series against the Chicago Cubs with a 5-1 triumph Sunday afternoon.,Six days after ...