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FURIA, Team Liquid among 5 to advance at IEM Cologne
FURIA, Astralis, HEROIC, 3DMAX and Team Liquid grabbed the final five berths into the group stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event as the play-in stage wrapped up Friday in Germany.,FURIA swept Astralis 2-0 in the last of the upper-bracket matches where the winner advanced to the next stag...
Guardians-Royals ppd. due to weather; twin bill set for Saturday
The Kansas City Royals' series opener against the visiting Cleveland Guardians was postponed Friday due to inclement weather.,Instead, Kansas City and Cleveland will take the field for a split doubleheader Saturday. Game 1 will begin at 1:40 p.m. CT, with the nightcap following at 6:15 p.m.,The club...
Thorbjorn Olesen moves in front at 3M Open
Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen overcame a double bogey and took over the lead at the 3M Open by posting a 5-under-par 66 Friday at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn.,Olesen was 1 over par six holes into his round after hitting his tee shot out of bounds at the par-4 15th and hitting a poor shot off his dr...
Marlins cool off Brewers to open series
Otto Lopez had three hits and two RBIs to help the visiting Miami Marlins to a 5-1 win against the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of their three-game series on Friday afternoon.,Kyle Stowers homered and scored twice for Miami, which has won five of seven coming out of the All-Star break.,Marlins st...
Rapids hope to break through stingy Union defense
The Colorado Rapids will hope to build off a historic result from the week before when they visit the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.,The Rapids (8-10-6, 30 points) snagged an unlikely draw against the Seattle Sounders on July 16 when forward Darren Yapi dribbled through a maze ...
Padraig Harrington rides his luck into Senior Open lead
Padraig Harrington shot a 5-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead over a hard-charging Thomas Bjorn halfway through the ISPS Handa Senior Open on Friday at Sunningdale in Berkshire, England.,Harrington climbed the leaderboard to 8-under 132, one over Denmark's Bjorn and defending champion K.J. Choi...
Birdie run has Adrian Meronk tied at top of LIV UK
Adrian Meronk of Poland used a run of five birdies in six holes to forge a three-way atop the leaderboard after the opening round at Hemel Hempstead, England.,Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Branden Grace of South Africa also share first place after all three leaders shot a 6-under par 65 at Centurion ...
Lottie Woad leads Nelly Korda by 2 at Scottish Open
England's Lottie Woad, competing in her first tournament as a pro, has a two-stroke lead over World No. 1 Nelly Korda at the midway point of the ISPS Women's Scottish Open.,Woad, 21, carded a 7-under 65 on Friday to move to 12-under at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the No. 1 amateur...
Cup Series set to Ty a bow on first ever In-Season Challenge
Where the NASCAR Cup Series once had its "Dale and Dale Show" at Daytona in 1993, on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway there will be plenty at stake when the "Ty and Ty Show" takes to the 2.5-mile oval at the legendary Brickyard.,Over 32 years ago, Dale Jarrett beat Dale Earnhardt to win the...
Whitecaps vie to regroup vs. visiting Sporting Kansas City
The Vancouver Whitecaps endured a stretch of five straight MLS road matches and now look to focus on their pursuit of first place when they host Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.,The Whitecaps (12-5-6, 42 points) are one point behind first-place San Diego FC in the Western Conference. The two ...
Julio Rodriguez's homer, steal steer Mariners past Angels
Julio Rodriguez made baseball history with a home run and a stolen base and Randy Arozarena and Jorge Polanco also went deep to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday in Anaheim, Calif.,Rodriguez became the first player in major league history to garner 15...
OpTic prevail in CoD Black Ops 6 opener at Esports World Cup
OpTic Gaming earned a pair of 3-0 sweeps on Thursday and clinched a playoff berth at the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 event as part of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The Vancouver Surge, KOI and Team Heretics also advanced with two group-stage wins apiece on Thursday.,The $1.8 million to...
FaZe Clan nip Liquid for IEM Cologne group-stage spot
FaZe Clan recorded a 2-1 win over Team Liquid on Thursday to clinch a group-stage berth at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event in Germany.,Ninjas in Pyjamas and GamerLegion also won their upper-bracket second-round matches on Thursday to advance. Ninjas in Pyjamas dumped 3DMAX 2-0, and GamerLegi...
Cardinals ride second-inning explosion to win over Padres
Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras hit three-run homers to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Diego Padres 9-7 Thursday.,Ivan Herrera was 3-for-4 with a homer, two runs and two RBIs for the Cardinals, who won for just the second time in seven games since the All-Star break. That ...
Skylar Diggins returns and nets 21 as Storm overwhelm Sky
Skylar Diggins scored a game-high 21 points and Dominique Malonga had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds as the visiting Seattle Storm routed the Chicago Sky 95-57 on Thursday.,Playing the opener of a three-game trip, Seattle (15-10) won for the third time in its past four road games. The ...
Athletics pounce on former teammate to put away Astros
Rookie Nick Kurtz recorded his fourth career three-hit game while Luis Severino carried a shutout into the seventh inning as the visiting Athletics claimed a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday.,The Athletics opened the four-game series by banging out 12 hits, with 11 coming against form...
Tigers continue slide in blowout loss to Blue Jays
Ernie Clement drove in four runs, including a three-run homer during a five-run, sixth-inning outburst, and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays blasted the slumping Detroit Tigers,11-4, on Thursday night.,Nathan Lukes had a double and two-run homer in the opener of a four-game series between the division...
Without Caitlin Clark, Fever rally to put away Aces
Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 21 points Thursday night and the Indiana Fever erased a 43-35 third quarter deficit to earn an 80-70 win over the visiting Las Vegas Aces.,Natasha Howard added 18 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana (13-12), which also got 13 points and 10 rebounds from Aliyah Bosto...
Sparks down Sun again, extend win streak to 4
Kelsey Plum scored 30 points and Dearica Hambry added 20 to go along with 11 rebounds, lifting the Los Angeles Sparks to a 101-86 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Thursday night in Uncasville, Conn.,Plum's point total was her highest since she erupted for 37 in Los Angeles' 84-67 win over the Gol...
Steven Alker (63) out in front at Senior Open
Steven Alker of New Zealand sits atop the leaderboard at the ISPS Handa Senior Open thanks to an opening round of 7-under-par 63 on Thursday at Sunningdale in Berkshire, England.,Alker was buoyed by a 5-under 30 on the back nine that featured an eagle at the par-5 14th hole. He leads Australian Mark...