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Coby White's shooting lifts Bulls over Hornets
Coby White scored 37 points and the visiting Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Hornets 131-117 for a three-game winning streak Sunday afternoon.,White shot 12-for-16 from the field, including 6-for-8 on 3-pointers, in a return to his home state of North Carolina. He also made all seven of his free-th...
Alex Ovechkin nets goal No. 895, breaks Wayne Gretzky's record
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Alex Ovechkin scored his career 895th goal on Sunday, breaking the record held by Wayne Gretzky for 31 years.,Ovechkin reached the milestone on a power play at the 7:26 mark of the second quarter against the New York Islanders. Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones, were on hand to watch...
Max Verstappen rides pole to fourth Japanese Grand Prix win
Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.,It was the first win of the season for Red Bull's Verstappen, the reigning Formula One champion.,Verstappen started from the pole position at the Suzuka Circuit aft...
Capitals' Aliaksei Protas week-to-week with lower-body injury
Washington Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, head coach Spencer Carbery announced Sunday.,Protas sustained the injury when a skate cut into his foot during the third period of the Capitals' 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Friday. He has been...
OpTic Texas win again in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying
OpTic Texas swept Cloud9 New York to improve to 2-0 in Call of Duty Stage 3 Major Qualifiers on Saturday.,OpTic Texas recorded a 250-148 win on Vault, 6-3 victory on Protocol and 3-1 triumph on Hacienda.,Also Saturday, the Carolina Royal Ravens posted a 3-1 win over Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 and Mia...
Shopify Rebellion win opener of LTA North 2025 Split 2
Shopify Rebellion outlasted Dignitas to record a win on Saturday at the LTA North 2025 Split 2 -- Positioning Phase in Los Angeles.,Shopify Rebellion notched a 53-minute win on blue to dispatch Dignitas.,Also on Saturday, FlyQuest toppled Team Liquid by virtue of a 32-minute victory on red, 100 Thie...
Sporting KC blank St. Louis City, end 13-match winless streak
Dejan Joveljic scored a brace in the final 19 minutes Saturday night as Sporting Kansas City snapped a 13-match winless streak that dated back to last year with a 2-0 verdict over visiting St. Louis City SC.,The outcome gave Sporting KC (1-5-1, 4 points) a victory in Kerry Zavagnin's first game as t...
Knights top Flames in OT, clinch playoff spot
Reilly Smith's second goal of the night was the overtime winner to give the visiting Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for the Golden Knights (46-22-8, 100 points), who snapped a two-game skid and have a three-point lead on the Los An...
Clippers keep pace in West, wipe out Mavericks
James Harden and Kawhi Leonard each scored 29 points as the Los Angeles Clippers finished off a convincing 135-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif.,Ivica Zubac added 25 points with 10 rebounds for the Clippers (46-32), who improved to 11-2 since March 12, while winn...
Lerone Murphy wins Fight Night decision, stays unbeaten
The featherweight headlining event saw Lerone Murphy remain unbeaten in a top-10 showdown, displaying crisp boxing over 25 minutes while surviving Josh Emmett's heavy wrestling base at UFC Fight Night on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Murphy (16-0-1 MMA), who won 48-47, 48-47, 49-46, kept his upcoming...
Kraken finish off Sharks with 3-goal second period
Jared McCann scored two goals and added an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host San Jose Sharks 5-1 on Saturday night.,Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist and Chandler Stephenson and Jaden Schwartz also tallied for the Kraken (33-38-6, 72 points), who have won their past two games by...
Chucky Lozano, San Diego FC cruise past Sounders 3-0
Chucky Lozano scored his first MLS goal and added his second and third assists, and San Diego FC romped to a 3-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.,Jeppe Tverskov and Anibal Godoy each added their first goals for expansion San Diego (4-1-2, 14 points), which won its second...
Angels swat four homers in 10-4 win over Guardians
Logan O'Hoppe had three hits, including a two-run home run, Mike Trout homered for a third straight game, and the Los Angeles Angels slugged their way to a 10-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday.,Luis Rengifo and Jorge Soler also homered for the Angels, who snapped...
Houston shocks Duke with late rally, reaches title game
LJ Cryer ignited a 14-point comeback in the final 8:02, J'Wan Roberts made the go-ahead free throws and Houston stunned Duke 70-67 in a memorable Final Four clash between No. 1 seeds on Saturday in San Antonio., ,Cryer shot 6-of-9 from 3-point range and led the Cougars with 26 points, while Roberts ...
Vancouver continues hot start by defeating Colorado
Brian White and Emmanuel Sabbi scored first-half goals as the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps notched a 2-0 win against the visiting Colorado Rapids on Saturday.,The Whitecaps (5-1-1, 16 points) are unbeaten in their last two matches, while Colorado (3-2-2, 11 points) was shutout for ...
Defenders rally past Showboats to remain undefeated
Jordan Ta'amu threw a go-ahead 3-yard touchdown pass to Ben Bresnahan in the fourth quarter, lifting the D.C. Defenders over the Memphis Showboats 17-12 on Saturday night in Washington, D.C.,Trailing 12-9 with 8:21 left in the game, Ta'amu put the Defenders (2-0) ahead to stay with a short jump pass...
Robbie Ray beats former team as Giants defeat Mariners
Robbie Ray overcame five walks to hold the Seattle Mariners to just one run over six innings, Jung Hoo Lee and Matt Chapman combined for four doubles and four runs, and the San Francisco Giants won their sixth in a row Saturday night with a 4-1 home win.,Pitching against the team that signed him to ...
Angel Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn make semis at Match Play
Angel Yin maintained her steady play, knocking out Japan's Mao Saigo and Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul on Saturday to advance to the semifinals at the T-Mobile Match Play on Friday in North Las Vegas, Nev.,"I mean, this golf course anything can happen," Yin said about the challenge of playing at Shadow ...
Jack McGlynn strike leads Dynamo to win over Los Angeles FC
Blake Gillingham made two saves and Jack McGlynn scored the only goal in the Houston Dynamo's 1-0 win over visiting Los Angeles FC on Saturday.,McGlynn broke open a scoreless match in the 57th minute after taking the ball on the right side and racing to the center of the field. The midfielder launch...
Matt Mervis homers twice as Marlins shut out Braves
Cal Quantrill pitched five shutout innings and Matt Mervis hit a pair of home runs to help the visiting Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Saturday and even their three-game series at a game apiece.,Quantrill (1-1) allowed four hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out four to earn his fir...