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Nikola Jokic's triple-double extends Nuggets' series with Wolves
Nikola Jokic recorded 27 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds as the host Denver Nuggets stayed alive with a 125-113 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of a first-round Western Conference playoff series on Monday.,Jamal Murray scored 24 points, Spencer Jones posted a playoff career-high 20 ...
Ty France drives in 4 runs as Padres push past Cubs
Ty France knocked in four runs Monday night and Manny Machado doubled twice and singled before leaving the game as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 9-7 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,In winning its ninth straight home game, San Diego reached four Chicago pitchers for 14 hits. Machado scored t...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder finish sweep of Suns
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 31 points and eight assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder finished off a four-game first-round playoff sweep with a 131-122 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Monday night.,Chet Holmgren added 24 points and 12 rebounds and Ajay Mitchell had 22 points and six assist...
Aaron Judge hits 11th homer, Ben Rice hits 10th as Yankees top Rangers
Max Fried pitched six scoreless innings and was backed by three homers as the New York Yankees recorded a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers Monday night in Arlington, Texas.,Ben Rice, Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered as the Yankees won for the ninth time in 10 games. New York hit at least ...
Magic silence Pistons late to take 3-1 series edge
Desmond Bane scored 22 points and made one of his five 3-pointers with 1:16 left as the Orlando Magic beat the visiting Detroit Pistons 94-88 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.,Detroit tied the game at 85-all with 5:24 remaining on Ausar Thompson's l...
Kody Clemens knocks in 5 runs as Twins take down Mariners
Kody Clemens went 2-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins cruised to an 11-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Byron Buxton hit a two-run homer and Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI for Minnesota, which snapped a five-game losing str...
Penguins extend series again with 3-2 win over Flyers in Game 5
Kris Letang's fluky go-ahead goal late in the second period proved to be the difference as the Pittsburgh Penguins posted a 3-2 home victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.,Sidney Crosby had two assists for Pittsburgh despite missing some action ...
Ranger Suarez, Red Sox blank Blue Jays, win third straight
Left-hander Ranger Suarez pitched eight innings of one-hit ball Monday night as the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0.,Suarez (2-2) struck out 10 and walked one in the opener of a three-game series. Greg Weissert pitched around a double in the ninth to complete the shutout.,...
Cardinals rally in ninth to make Pirates' 6 2/3 perfect frames moot
Jose Fermin's two-run double with one out in the ninth inning capped a four-run rally as the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a near-shutout and beat the host Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Monday.,St. Louis, which had lost four straight and five of six, was hitless through 6 2/3 innings and scoreless throug...
Ryan Vilade's go-ahead RBI single gives Rays win over Guardians
Ryan Vilade singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning off Hunter Gaddis, and Steven Matz worked a season-high seven innings to rally the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.,Cleanup hitter Vilade had two RBI singles in a three-inning span as t...
Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff sent packing in Madrid Round of 16
Unseeded Austrian Anastasia Potapova surprised No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and won a 7-6 (8), 6-4 battle in the Round of 16 at the Madrid Open on Monday.,Two of the top three seeds were shown the exit door, as Czech 13th seed Linda Noskova defeated No. 3 seed Coco Gauff 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)...
Report: Phoenix, Vegas potential options if Whitecaps relocate
Las Vegas and Phoenix are the top contenders to become an MLS city if the Vancouver Whitecaps were to relocate, The Athletic reported on Monday.,MLS declined to comment on the report.,Per the report, a special committee of MLS owners met earlier this month to conduct talks on the future of the White...
Alexander Blockx latest youngster to knock off high seed in Madrid
Alexander Blockx of Belgium was the latest player to secure his first career top-10 victory when he upset Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Monday in the third round of the Madrid Open.,Blockx, 21, reached the Round of 16 for the second straight ATP Masters 1000 event after f...
Katherine Legge enters Indy 500 with AJ Foyt Racing
Katherine Legge will make her return to the Indianapolis 500 on May 24 in the No. 11 Chevrolet for HMD Motorsports in partnership with AJ Foyt Racing, the team announced Monday.,It will be the fifth Indy 500 for the 45-year-old Englishwoman, the only female driver competing in the 110th edition of "...
Team Liquid improves to 4-0 at LCS Spring
Team Liquid won on Sunday to join Cloud9 atop the standings at 4-0 at the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles.,A 2-1 victory over the Sentinels moved Team Liquid into a tie with Cloud9, which competed on Saturday. In Sunday's other match, LYON swept Disguised 2-0 to improve to 3-1.,Eight teams will comp...
Ducks rally twice, upend Oilers in OT for 3-1 lead
Ryan Poehling scored the winning goal to give the host Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday and put them one win away from advancing in the Stanley Cup playoffs.,Cutter Gauthier, Mikael Granlund and Jeffery Viel also scored for the Ducks in the comeback victory tha...
Rockets start strong, don't let up to beat Lakers, stay alive in series
Amen Thompson scored a game-high 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 added 19 and the Houston Rockets averted elimination with a 115-96 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series.,All five starters scored in double figures...
Rob Refsnyder's blast lifts Mariners to sweep of Cards
Pinch hitter Rob Refsnyder homered with one out in the ninth inning to break a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Cal Raleigh also homered for the Mariners, who swept the three-game interleague series.,JJ Wetherholt and Nathan Church went deep ...
All Gamers edges Weibo Gaming to win Peacekeeper Elite League Spring title
All Gamers totaled 22 points in the 18th and final game of the grand finals to edge Weibo Gaming by a single point and win the Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2026 title on Sunday in Changsha, China.,All Gamers, a Chinese esports organization, took home the largest slice of the prize pool worth 16,4...
Thieves take down Heretics to win CDL Stage 3 Minor
The Los Angeles Thieves won a best-of-five semifinal match and then rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win the grand final of the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Minor on Sunday.,Los Angeles beat OpTic Texas 3-2 in the semis and met the Miami Heretics in the grand final later in the day. The Thieves lost two...