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NRG captures Rocket League 2025 World Championship
NRG swept through the semifinals and took down Team Falcons 4-1 in the grand final of the Rocket League Championship Series 2025 World Championship, clinching their second world title on Sunday in Lyon, France.,NRG, who also prevailed in the 2019 finals, pocketed $300,000 for the victory Sunday. Tea...
Daylen Lile, Nationals edge Pirates to take series
Daylen Lile's eighth-inning double drove in the go-ahead run and the Washington Nationals rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday to take the rubber game of the series.,James Wood walked leading off the eighth against Isaac Mattson (3-3). With one out, Lile doubled to left center and when Pir...
100 Thieves open Championship of The Americas with sweep
100 Thieves took the next step on Saturday in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas with a victory in the lower-bracket quarterfinals in Allen, Texas.,The competition is the season finale for LTA, which also decides which of the region's teams qualify for the world championship starting...
100 Thieves opens Championship of The Americas with sweep
100 Thieves took the next step on Saturday in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas with a victory in the lower-bracket quarterfinals in Allen, Texas.,The competition is the season finale for LTA, which also decides which of the region's teams qualify for the world championship starting...
Legacy avoid disastrous collapse in FISSURE Playground 2 opener
After storming back from a map down to seemingly take control of the match, Legacy nearly gave it back in stunning fashion before finally holding off HEROIC in the opening match for both teams at the $500,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FISSURE Playground No. 2 event in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sat...
Rapids slip past Dynamo 2-1, remain in playoff chase
A final-minute own goal gave the Colorado Rapids all three points from the Houston Dynamo in a 2-1 win Saturday night in Commerce City, Colorado.,In the sixth and final minute of second-half stoppage, Paxten Aaronson looked to score a headed goal off a Colorado (11-13-6, 39 points) corner in his fir...
Surging DC United, Jackson Hopkins earn point with draw vs. Orlando
Jackson Hopkins scored his third goal in four games and 10-man D.C. United held on for a 1-1 draw against visiting Orlando City on Saturday night in Washington.,Luis Barraza made a career-best 10 saves for D.C. (5-15-10, 25 points), whose numbers were reduced upon Lukas MacNaughton's 57th-minute dis...
Terence Crawford makes history with upset of Canelo Alvarez
LAS VEGAS -- Terence "Bud" Crawford reached boxing immortality with a dominant victory by unanimous decision over the sport's biggest star, Mexico's Canelo Alvarez, on Saturday. ,By winning the undisputed super middleweight world championship, Crawford is the first undisputed three-division champion...
Arizona State bounces back to defeat Texas State
Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns, wide receiver Jordyn Tyson had 105 yards and a highlight-reel touchdown, and the host Sun Devils beat the Texas State Bobcats 34-15 in a nonconference game Saturday.,Tyson had his 11th straight game with at least 60 yards ...
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele stars in Cal's win vs. Minnesota
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw three touchdowns, leading Cal to a 27-14 win over Minnesota and the program's second straight 3-0 start Saturday night in Berkeley, Calif.,Three minutes after Minnesota missed a game-tying field goal and two plays after Cal's Aiden Manutai recovered a muffed punt insid...
Micah Ford, Stanford top Boston College for first '25 win
Micah Ford rushed for a career-high 157 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown to lead Stanford to a 30-20 win on Saturday night over Boston College at Palo Alto, Calif.,The game was the home opener for Stanford (1-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) after the Cardinal opened the season losing at Hawaii...
After clinching playoff spot, Brewers rally past Cards in 10
Caleb Durbin ripped a game-tying RBI double in the 10th inning then scored the winner on Andruw Monasterio's single as the host Milwaukee Brewers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Saturday.,The Brewers celebrated their 11th walk-off victory of the season hours after they officially clinched thei...
Athletics take control late to defeat Reds
Jacob Wilson broke a seventh-inning tie with a double, Carlos Cortes hit his third home run in two days and the Athletics dealt the Cincinnati Reds' postseason hopes another blow with an 11-5 triumph Saturday night in West Sacramento, Calif.,Nick Kurtz chipped in with a late grand slam and Brent Roo...
Minnesota United top first-place San Diego FC despite being outshot 28-6
Dayne St. Clair made 12 saves and Nectarios Triantis had a goal and an assist in his MLS debut as second-place Minnesota United closed to within two points of Western Conference-leading San Diego FC by beating them 3-1 on Saturday night.,Anthony Markanich and Carlos Harvey also scored goals for Minn...
Timbers snap skid, extend Red Bulls' road woes
Antony Alves Santos scored the tiebreaking goal in the 73rd minute shortly after Portland conceded the lead, helping the host Timbers earn a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls on Saturday night.,The Timbers (11-9-9, 42 points) snapped a four-game winless skid (0-2-2) and improved to 2-...
Shohei Ohtani's 49th HR highlights Dodgers' hit parade in rout of Giants
Shohei Ohtani launched his 49th home run of the season, Teoscar Hernandez and Ben Rortvedt contributed two-RBI doubles in a six-run fifth inning and a classic pitching matchup of Clayton Kershaw against Logan Webb turned into a slugfest as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the San Francisco...
Brewers stage comeback in 9th, walk off Cardinals in 10th
Caleb Durbin ripped a game-tying RBI double in the 10th inning then scored the winner on Andruw Monasterio's single as the host Milwaukee Brewers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Saturday.,The Brewers celebrated their 11th walk-off victory of the season hours after they officially clinched thei...
Bryan Woo stellar again as Mariners down Angels for 8th straight win
Bryan Woo posted his American League-leading 21st quality start of the season and struck out a career-high 13 batters as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Saturday night.,J.P. Crawford homered as the Mariners (81-68) won their eighth in a row to remain tied with Ho...
Rapids slip past Dynamo 2-1
A final-minute own goal gave the Colorado Rapids all three points from the Houston Dynamo in a 2-1 win Saturday night in Commerce City, Colorado.,In the sixth and final minute of second-half stoppage, Paxten Aaronson looked to score a headed goal at the death off a Colorado (11-13-6, 39 points) corn...
Thomas Muller hat trick leads Vancouver in rout of Philadelphia
Thomas Muller scored a hat trick on his birthday and Emmanuel Sabbi added two goals of his own for the Vancouver Whitecaps, who dismantled the visiting Philadelphia Union 7-0 on Saturday night.,Mathias Laborda and Rayan Elloumi also found the net for the Whitecaps, who clinched a berth in the MLS Cu...