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Texas earns back-to-back WCWS titles with G2 win vs. Texas Tech
(OKLAHOMA CITY) Two unearned runs in the fifth inning sparked Texas to a 4-1 win over Texas Tech on Thursday and a sweep of the Women's College World Series' best-of-three championship round.,The Longhorns added two insurance runs two innings later and Texas' pitching made it hold up. The result was...

Myles Straw delivers clutch hits as Blue Jays take down Braves
Myles Straw had a pair of hits and three RBIs, including a two-run single that capped a three-run rally to propel the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.,The Blue Jays ended their four-game losing streak and salvaged the final contest of the three-game series...

Kelsey Mitchell, Caitlin Clark lead Fever past Dream
Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 25 points on Thursday to help lead the Indiana Fever to an 83-71 victory over the Atlanta Dream in Indianapolis.,Aliyah Boston had 19 points and seven rebounds and Caitlin Clark tallied 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Fever (5-4), who snapped a ...

Japan ditch pre-World Cup pitch in Monterrey due to poor conditions
Japan are making a brief stay in Monterrey, Mexico, during their World Cup journey, but the early returns have not been encouraging.,In fact, Japan changed practice venues within the city Thursday after encountering subpar conditions at Tigres UANL's field.,Video of Japan training at Tigres' facilit...

Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun part of 4-way tie for Memorial lead
Former U.S. Open winners Wyndham Clark and J.J. Spaun share the first-round lead of the Memorial Tournament with Ryan Gerard and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood after they each shot 5-under-par 67 on Thursday in Dublin, Ohio.,Two weeks out from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, Clark and Spaun showed wh...

Giants rack up 20 hits, stave off Brewers 12-9
Eric Haase hit a grand slam and Jung Hoo Lee had four hits to extend the longest current hitting streak in the major leagues to 12 games as the visiting San Francisco Giants hung on for a 12-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.,Casey Schmitt homered and Bryce Eldridge and Matt Chapman each ...

O's ding Red Sox for six runs in first, then sail to victory
The Baltimore Orioles rolled to a six-run first inning and never looked back, scoring an 8-2 win over the host Boston Red Sox on Thursday afternoon.,Baltimore logged five of its 10 hits in the big inning, including Coby Mayo's three-run double. Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 with a leadoff double, a run a...

Yankees outlast Guardians 2-1 to avoid series sweep
Jazz Chisholm Jr. scored the tie-breaking run on a single by Ryan McMahon with two outs in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees edged the visiting Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.,The Yankees avoided a sweep at home by Cleveland for the first time since August 2017 as they waited...

Zack Wheeler propels Phillies to season sweep of Padres
Zack Wheeler worked seven strong innings as the host Philadelphia Phillies completed a season sweep of the San Diego Padres with a 6-4 victory Thursday afternoon.,After capturing all three matchups in San Diego last week, Philadelphia took care of business at Citizens Bank Park this time around with...

Mirra Andreeva, Maja Chwalinska advance to French Open final
Eighth-seeded Mirra Andreeva will have a surprise opponent in Saturday's French Open final, when she takes on tournament qualifier Maja Chwalinska.,Andreeva advanced to her first Grand Slam final on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals at Paris. Chwalinska continued ...

New father Tyrrell Hatton shares lead at LIV Golf Andalucia
Tyrrell Hatton recorded a 4-under-par 67 and shares the lead with Scott Vincent after the first round of LIV Golf Andalucia on Thursday in Valderrama, Spain.,Hatton, who was competing in his first event since welcoming the birth of his first child, recorded five birdies against one bogey playing in ...

Mirra Andreeva coasts into French Open final
Eighth-seeded Mirra Andreeva advanced to her first Grand Slam final on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals of the French Open in Paris.,The Russian teenager recorded two aces and took advantage of four double faults by Kostyuk en route to ending the match in 76 minu...
Five NFL Quarterbacks Who Appear Poised To Win Starting Jobs In 2026
As NFL teams prepare for minicamps, here's a look at the quarterbacks best positioned to win starting jobs entering the 2026 season....

BetBoom Team, B8 move into Stage 2 at IEM Cologne Major
BetBoom Team and B8 became the first two teams to advance out of Stage 1 of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major on Wednesday in Germany.,In matchups of teams that began the day with 2-0 records, BetBoom Team swept GamerLegion 2-0, and B8 defeated M80 2-0, capping the series with a triple-overtim...

Shohei Ohtani shines on mound, at plate as Dodgers blank D-backs
Shohei Ohtani pitched six strong innings for his fourth straight victory and reached base five times at the plate as the Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-0 on Wednesday in Phoenix.,Kyle Tucker had three hits including a two-run homer for the Dodgers, who have won the past two a...

Angels pile up 16 hits to capture series finale vs. Rockies
Nick Madrigal and Wade Meckler had four hits apiece as the Los Angeles Angels salvaged the finale of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies, winning 11-4 on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.,Los Angeles' Vaughn Grissom homered and drove in three runs. Madrigal had an RBI and a run, and Meckler ...

Mercury halt 6-game skid as Storm drop 4th straight
Natasha Mack scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Phoenix Mercury snapped a six-game losing streak with a 72-68 victory against the host Seattle Storm in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup on Wednesday night.,Kahleah Copper also scored 16, Monique Akoa Makani tallied seven of her 12 points in th...

Astros erase 5-run deficit, emerge with 11-9 win over Pirates
Cam Smith lined a tiebreaking two-run triple down the first base line, capping a six-run eighth inning as the host Houston Astros rallied for an 11-9 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.,Isaac Paredes' two-run home run in the seventh inning shaved Houston's five-run deficit to 8-5. After Pi...

Athletics score in 10th to finish off rally past Cubs
Nick Kurtz singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th, Justin Sterner threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the inning for his first career save and the Athletics overcame the Chicago Cubs for a 5-4 road victory Wednesday night.,After scoring twice in the eighth to draw even, the A's got automatic baser...

Jalen Brunson sparks Knicks' rally past Spurs in Finals opener
SAN ANTONIO -- Jalen Brunson scored 13 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and the New York Knicks overcame a 14-point third-quarter deficit to post a 105-95 victory over the host San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.,Karl-Anthony Towns contributed 18 points and 12 rebounds ...