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Yandex, MOUZ, Spirit, BetBoom reach FISSURE Playground 2 semis
Team Yandex, MOUZ, Team Spirit and BetBoom Team opened the playoffs with victories in the upper-bracket quarterfinal round of the FISSURE Playground 2 event on Tuesday in Belgrade, Serbia.,Team Yandex rallied past Tundra Esports 2-1, MOUZ swept Team Falcons 2-0, Team Spirit blanked HEROIC 2-0 and Be...
Cameron Norrie shocks No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in Paris
Cameron Norrie of Great Britain came back to stun No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Round of 32 on Tuesday at the Rolex Paris Masters.,Alcaraz is the World No. 1, but the result put a halt to his 17-match winning streak in ATP Masters 1000 events. He had previously won the Mont...
No. 2 Indiana begins run of Big Ten bottom-dwellers at Maryland
No. 2 Indiana and Maryland welcomed new quarterbacks this season who have been game-changers for their respective offenses.,While it has translated to team success for the Hoosiers and Heisman Trophy candidate Fernando Mendoza, the Terrapins have failed to improve despite flashes of brilliance from ...
Rockets eager to build on first victory in matchup vs. Raptors
The Houston Rockets will be out to build on their first win of the season when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.,The Rockets won for the first time in three games on Monday night, 137-109 over the visiting Brooklyn Nets.,"It was stressful the last couple nights, being 0-2, feeling w...
Whitecaps' Tristan Blackmon is MLS Defender of Year
Tristan Blackmon of the Vancouver Whitecaps was named the 2025 MLS Defender of the Year on Tuesday.,He anchored a defense that allowed the second-fewest goals (38) and logged the second-most clean sheets (13).,Blackmon, 29, added two goals and one assist in 25 MLS matches (23 starts) in his fourth s...
Aroldis Chapman: I'd rather retire than play for Yankees again
Hard-throwing left-handed reliever Aroldis Chapman is dead set against re-signing with the New York Yankees.,Literally.,"No way, not even dead," Chapman said when asked if he'd consider joining the Yankees during an appearance on the "Swing Completo" podcast, as translated from Spanish.,"If I were t...
Gen.G jolt Hanwha Life, advance to semis at World Championship
Gen.G Esports recorded a 3-1 win over Hanwha Life Esports on Tuesday to punch their ticket to the Knockout Stage semifinals of the $5 million League of Legends 2025 World Championship in Beijing.,Gen.G bolted to a fast start with a 33-minute victory on blue and a 59-minute triumph on red. HLE counte...
On Freddie Freeman HR in 18th, Dodgers win epic Game 3 vs. Jays
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have a chance to ride another inspirational game-ending home run from Freddie Freeman to another World Series title., ,Freeman ended an 18-inning marathon with a leadoff home run, Shohei Ohtani added two homers and the Dodgers pulled off a 6-5 victory over the ...
Freddie Freeman HR in 18th gives Dodgers 2-1 lead vs. Jays
LOS ANGELES -- Freddie Freeman hit a game-ending home run in the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani hit two homers and the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday in Game 3 of the World Series., ,Teoscar Hernandez also hit a home run, while Ohtani added two doubles ...
Blazers overcome Austin Reaves' 41, beat depleted Lakers
Deni Avdija scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half and Jrue Holiday notched 17 of his 24 in the second half as the Portland Trail Blazers recorded a 122-108 victory over the host Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.,Jerami Grant came off the bench to score 22 points as Portland defeated the Lak...
Warriors' third-quarter surge sinks Grizzlies
Jonathan Kuminga had a game-high 25 points, Moses Moody scored 12 of his 20 points in decisive third-quarter spurt and the Golden State Warriors ran away from the visiting Memphis Grizzlies for a 131-118 victory Monday night.,Brandin Podziemski poured in 23 points. Jimmy Butler III scored 20 and Ste...
Jamal Murray (43), Nikola Jokic spark Nuggets over Wolves
Jamal Murray scored 43 points on 16-for-29 shooting and the Denver Nuggets finished strong for a 127-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Denver's Nikola Jokic notched his third triple-double in as many games to start the season with 25 points, 19 rebounds and 10 a...
Lauri Markkanen scores 51 as Jazz edge Suns in OT
Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points with 14 rebounds to carry the Utah Jazz to a 138-134 overtime victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,Markkanen made 17 of 17 free throws, including a game-clinching pair with 1.9 seconds left, en route to his fourth ca...
Minnesota United win Game 1, edge Sounders in penalty shootout
Kelvin Yeboah, Nectarios Triantis and Joaquin Pereya converted penalty kicks as Minnesota United FC defeated the Seattle Sounders following a scoreless draw Monday night in St. Paul, Minn., in the opener of their best-of-three MLS Western Conference playoff series.,Game 2 is scheduled for next Monda...
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce lead surging Chiefs over Commanders
Patrick Mahomes threw three second-half touchdown passes and the Kansas City Chiefs pulled away for a 28-7 win against the visiting Washington Commanders on Monday night.,Mahomes completed 25 of 34 passes for 299 yards and overcame two first-half interceptions as the Chiefs (5-3) won their third str...
Thunder fend off furious Mavericks rally, stay unbeaten
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 of his 23 points in the third quarter, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder stay undefeated with a 101-94 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.,The Thunder led by 22 in the fourth quarter, but the Mavericks got within one in the final minute before Oklahoma Cit...
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce lead Chiefs to 3rd straight win
Patrick Mahomes threw three second-half touchdown passes and the Kansas City Chiefs pulled away for a 28-7 win against the visiting Washington Commanders on Monday night.,Mahomes completed 25 of 34 passes for 299 yards and overcame two first-half interceptions as the Chiefs (5-3) won their third str...
Kapalua GM acknowledges Plantation Course not ready for PGA Tour
As Kapalua prepares to reopen its Plantation Course in two weeks, general manager Alex Nakajima acknowledged it is not in condition to play host to a PGA Tour event.,Questions were raised when the PGA Tour announced last week that its traditional season-opening The Sentry tournament in January has b...
Spurs put Raptors away, off to first 4-0 start since '16
Victor Wembanyama poured in 24 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and hit two late baskets that helped the host San Antonio Spurs to a 121-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.,It's the first time since the 2017-18 season that the Spurs have started a campaign with four consecutive wins., ,San An...
Celtics rout Pelicans for first win of season
Anfernee Simons scored 25 points to lead six Boston double-figure scorers and the visiting Celtics got their first victory of the season by defeating the winless New Orleans Pelicans 122-90 on Monday night.,Payton Pritchard added 18 points, Luka Garza had 16, Jaylen Brown and Josh Minott had 15 each...