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Pirates post season-high run total, blow out Nationals
Ke'Bryan Hayes and Enmanuel Valdez each had two hits and three RBIs as the host Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 10-3 on Monday night.,The Pirates posted season highs for runs and hits (14) while snapping a three-game losing streak.,Pittsburgh hitters went 8-for-10 with runners in sc...
Capitals, Islanders reunite week after Alex Ovechkin set record
On April 6, with Alex Ovechkin one goal away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record, fans spent thousands of dollars to get inside UBS Arena and 1.3 million viewers tuned into TNT/truTV to watch Ovechkin and the Capitals take on the New York Islanders.,The rematch Tuesday is not likely to generate...
Report: Slow start prompts 'concern' for Red Bull, Max Verstappen
Red Bull's early-season struggles amid setup concerns have the team scrambling for ways to improve after four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen finished in sixth place Sunday in the Bahrain Grand Prix.,Everything from balance issues with the setup on Red Bull cars to pit stops and Frida...
Maple Leafs look to clinch division title in Buffalo
On the verge of the Atlantic Division title, the Toronto Maple Leafs can clinch first place when they visit the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.,Toronto (50-26-4, 104 points) holds a four-point lead over the second-place Tampa Bay Lightning, with two games remaining for both teams. Barring two Lightning w...
Supernova, DhillDucks win berths in OWCS NA Stage 2
Supernova and DhillDucks won their way out of Overwatch's FACEIT League and into the Overwatch Champions Series 2025 NA Stage 2 thanks to wins in the relegation round of OWCS Stage 1 on Sunday.,Supernova posted 3-0 victories in the upper bracket over Amplify and Shikigami, the two teams who were for...
Avalanche finish regular season with 4-2 win over Ducks
Wyatt Aamodt's first NHL goal sparked a four-goal third period, and the visiting Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday night.,Charlie Coyle had a goal and two assists, Jack Drury had one of each and Erik Johnson also scored for Colorado, which sat several of its top play...
PARIVISION tops Team Spirit in ESL One Raleigh grand final
PARIVISION rallied to win the lower-bracket final, then defeated Team Spirit in the grand final on Sunday at the Dota 2 ESL One Raleigh event.,For winning the grand final, PARIVISION took home $250,000 in prize money, $40,000 in club money and 7,040 of the 27,920 ESL Pro Tour points available in the...
FlyQuest alone atop standings through 2 weeks of North 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest are the last unbeaten team at 4-0 through Sunday in the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.,Team Liquid (3-1), Cloud9 (3-1) and 100 Thieves (2-2) also were winners as the second of three weeks of positioning play concluded.,Eight team...
Kings defeat Suns, will host Mavericks in play-in game
The Sacramento Kings capitalized on the visiting Phoenix Suns playing a depleted roster and secured home-court advantage for their upcoming Western Conference play-in matchup with a 109-98 decision on Sunday.,Sacramento (40-42) was already locked into a No. 9 vs. No. 10 contest with Dallas in the pl...
Flames hang around West wild-card chase with win over Sharks
Yegor Sharangovich broke a third-period tie in a two-goal game while Adam Klapka collected one goal and one assist as the host Calgary Flames kept their playoff hopes alive with a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.,MacKenzie Weegar and Matt Coronato also scored for the Flames (39-27-14,...
Timberwolves claim sixth seed in West by beating Jazz
Anthony Edwards made the most of a second chance, scoring 43 points to help the Minnesota Timberwolves clinch a playoff spot with a 116-105 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday in Minneapolis.,The Timberwolves (49-33) earned the sixth seed in the upcoming Western Conference playoffs and will face th...
Grizzlies rout Mavericks in battle of backups
Lamar Stevens, Marvin Bagley III, Cam Spencer and Jay Huff combined for 101 points to lift the host Memphis Grizzlies to a 132-97 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon.,Stevens had 31 points and six rebounds, Bagley added 25 points and 12 boards, Spencer contributed 23 points and seven a...
Pete Crow-Armstrong homers twice as Cubs take series from Dodgers
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-4 and slugged two home runs as the visiting Chicago Cubs won the rubber match of their three-game set 4-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.,Reliever Ethan Roberts (1-0) got the final two outs of the sixth inning to earn the win, and Ryan Pressly was perfect in...
Ludmila's brace lifts Stars over Bay FC for first win
Ludmila scored a first-half brace and the Chicago Stars held on for a 2-1 victory over Bay FC on Sunday in San Jose, Calif., ,Jameese Joseph had two assists and Alyssa Narher finished with two saves for Chicago (1-3-0, 3 points), which entered the contest with zero points and in last place in the NW...
Crew extend St. Louis City's skid, grab top spot in East
Diego Rossi scored and had an assist and Patrick Schulte made five saves as the Columbus Crew defeated host St. Louis City 2-1 on Sunday to move atop the Eastern Conference.,Rossi broke a 1-1 tie in the 55th minute with his fifth goal and third in the past two matches. He was left unattended for a s...
Presidents’ Trophy-winning Jets fall to short-handed Oilers
Corey Perry finished with a goal and an assist to help lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 road victory over the first-place Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.,Despite the loss, Winnipeg (55-22-4, 114 points) secured its first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history, as the Washington Capitals suffered a 4-1 lo...
Surge, Cloud9, Ultra earn 3-2 wins at CDL Stage 3 qualifying
The Vancouver Surge moved into second place in the Call of Duty League Stage 3 qualifiers with their third win on Sunday.,Vancouver rallied from a 2-0 hole to defeat the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-2. Cloud9 New York did the same to stun the Minnesota Rokkr 3-2, while the Toronto Ultra handed the Los An...
Nikita Kucherov claims scoring title, powers Lightning past Sabres
Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov netted a tiebreaking goal in a three-point night to collect another scoring title, and the Lightning inched closer to home-ice advantage in the playoffs with a 7-4 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night.,After Ryan McDonagh made it 2-all at 3:02 of the s...
Nikita Kucherov's 3-point night powers Lightning past Sabres
Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov netted a tiebreaking goal in a three-point night to collect another scoring title, and the Lightning inched closer to home-ice advantage in the playoffs with a 7-4 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night.,After Ryan McDonagh made it 2-all at 3:02 of the s...
Blue Jackets notch home-and-home sweep of Capitals
Adam Fantilli scored twice and Jet Greaves came up big again for the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, who kept their playoff hopes alive by spurring a 4-1 comeback victory Sunday over the Washington Capitals.,Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for the Blue Jackets (38-33-9, 85 points), who...