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Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators advance to BLAST Slam III semifinals
Team Spirit and Gaimin Gladiators earned 2-0 wins on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the BLAST Slam III playoff stage in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Spirit continued a surprise run from Round 1 of the bracket, winning its third match in three days by beating Team Tidebound in the quarterfinals. Gaim...
Pirates beat Braves to stop 7-game slide in new manager's debut
Bailey Falter threw six shutout innings and allowed two hits to help the host Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 and snap a seven-game losing streak on Friday night.,The Pirates triumphed in Don Kelly's debut as Pirates manager, which came one day after Derek Shelton was fired after six ...
Tarik Skubal tosses 5 perfect frames, 12 K's as Tigers edge Rangers
Tarik Skubal set down the first 15 batters he faced and recorded a season-high 12 strikeouts as the streaking Detroit Tigers edged the visiting Texas Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.,Skubal (4-2) allowed one run on two hits in seven innings. His strikeout total was one shy of his career high. Will Vest ...
Mackenzie Hughes, Cristobal Del Solar share Myrtle Beach lead
Cristobal Del Solar of Chile tied Canada's Mackenzie Hughes at the top of the leaderboard through two rounds of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic on Friday in South Carolina.,Hughes was the first-round leader thanks to a 63 and followed that with a 69 to move to 10-under-par 132. Del Solar posted a...
Federal appeals court skeptical over NASCAR antitrust case
Although Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing team and Front Row Motorsports won a preliminary injunction in their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR last December, it might not stand up to scrutiny on appeal.,The case went before a panel of three judges in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday in Ric...
World No. 1 Nelly Korda grabs share of lead at Mizuho Americas Open
Nelly Korda used a late birdie spurt to claw her way into a tie for the lead at the Mizuho Americas Open on Friday in Jersey City, N.J.,The World No. 1 shot her second straight round of 68 at Liberty National Golf Club to move to 8-under-par 136 for the event, tied with South Korean Somi Lee, who sh...
Earthquakes, Rapids looking for wins during busy stretch
The Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes will both look for a strong start to one of the busiest portions of the MLS schedule when they meet on Saturday night at Commerce City, Colo.,Like most teams, San Jose (4-6-1, 13 points) and Colorado (4-3-4, 16 points) are each scheduled to play six MLS m...
Key decisions ahead for Hurricanes in 1-1 series with Capitals
The Carolina Hurricanes return home for a pivotal Game 3 against the Washington Capitals, their second-round Stanley Cup playoff opponent, as their 1-1 series resumes Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.,The team that takes the third game of a best-of-seven series tied 1-1 advances nearly 66 percent of the tim...
Carlos Alcaraz makes triumphant return in Rome
Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz returned to competition from an adductor injury and had little trouble beating Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-3 in the Round of 64 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Friday in Rome.,Alcaraz missed the Madrid Open in his home country last month to rest the injur...
Keith Mitchell leads Shane Lowry by 1 at Truist Championship
Keith Mitchell posted a 3-under-par 67 to hang onto a one-shot lead halfway through the Truist Championship on Friday in rainy Flourtown, Pa.,Mitchell jumped into the lead Thursday by firing a 61, but the scoring was more muted across the board for the second round of the $20 million signature event...
Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff take different routes to third round in Rome
Aryna Sabalenka opened her quest for back-to-back titles on clay Friday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Russian Anastasia Potapova at the Italian Open in Rome.,A first-round bye meant the match was the first in Rome for Sabalenka, the No. 1 seed and top player in the world. It took her just 63 minutes to t...
Under new management, Pirates host Braves
The Pittsburgh Pirates are back home Friday night to face the Atlanta Braves with a new manager but a familiar face in charge.,Pittsburgh fired manager Derek Shelton during its off day on Thursday in the wake of a season-high seven-game losing streak and a 12-26 start. The Pirates promoted bench coa...
Leon Draisaitl's OT goal gives Oilers 2-0 edge on Knights
Leon Draisaitl scored at 15:20 of overtime to give the Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday in Las Vegas, lifting Edmonton to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series.,Connor McDavid set up the game-winner when he deked around Jack Eichel at the blue line, sett...
Daulton Varsho's 3-hit, 3-RBI game guides Jays past Angels
Daulton Varsho finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday in Anaheim, Calif., that prevented a three-game sweep.,Varsho doubled in the third inning, singled in the fifth and homered in the eighth. He also ha...
Gabriel Moreno, D-backs slam Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers
Gabriel Moreno had three hits, including a grand slam, Brandon Pfaadt won his National League-leading sixth game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday in Phoenix.,Moreno and Ketel Marte each hit their first homer of the season for the D-backs, who sent Dodgers st...
Wolves cruise to Game 2 win over Stephen Curry-less Warriors
Julius Randle scored 24 points and dished 11 assists as the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 117-93 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Anthony Edwards added 20 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, whi...
Rookie Drake Baldwin's first walk-off lifts Braves over Reds in 11th
Rookie catcher Drake Baldwin singled in the 11th inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 walk-off win against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Thursday that gave Atlanta its third victory of the four-game series.,Ozzie Albies, on second as the automatic runner, scored when Baldwin lined his two-ou...
Spirit, Aurora notch second straight wins at BLAST Slam III playoffs
Team Spirit and Aurora Gaming survived and advanced for the second straight day in the BLAST Slam III playoff stage on Thursday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,In Round 2, Spirit outlasted PARIVISION 2-1 and Aurora defeated Xtreme Gaming by the same score. Spirit and Aurora started the stage in Round 1, whe...
Phillies rally from four-run deficit to repel Rays in extras
Brandon Marsh ripped an RBI double and scored in the 10th inning, helping the visiting Philadelphia Phillies record a 7-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.,With Philadelphia trailing 5-1, Bryson Stott belted a three-run homer in the eighth inning and pinch-runne...
Charge surprise top-seeded Victoire in Game 1 of PWHL semis
Shiann Darkangelo scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lift the Ottawa Charge over the host Montreal Victoire 3-2 in Game 1 of their best-of-five PWHL semifinal series on Thursday.,Emily Clark gathered a loose puck in Ottawa's offensive zone and quickly passed it to Darkangelo...