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Another win for the Thieves at Stage 2 Major qualifying
With each passing day, the Los Angeles Thieves look more and more like the team to beat in the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifier.,A day after sweeping their opponents to remain unbeaten in the tournament, the Thieves did the same thing Saturday, beating the Boston Breach 3-0 to improve to ...
Spacestation advance to Overwatch NA Stage 1 final
Spacestation Gaming booked a spot in the Overwatch Champions Series North American Stage 1 grand final on Saturday, edging Team Liquid 3-2 in the upper bracket final.,Spacestation will face the winner of Sunday's lower bracket final between Liquid and NTMR. The grand final will be played after the l...
Magic win close one against Bucks to end skid
Paolo Banchero scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic, after losing three straight games by one or two points, came away from Milwaukee a two-point winner with Saturday's 111-109 defeat of the Bucks.,The Magic entered Saturday's contest on a five-game skid, with defeats in six of the last seven. Fou...
Spirit wins again, appears the class of Stage 2 of ESL Pro League Season 21
In the first two days of Group Stage 2 at the ESL Pro League Season 21 in Stockholm, it appears the road to victory will go through Team Spirit.,After sweeping its Round 1 match on Friday, Spirit did it again Saturday, sweeping SAW in a high match to become the only team yet to lose a map in the eve...
Bruins halt Lightning's home win streak with shutout
Goaltender Jeremy Swayman broke a personal six-game losing streak with his fourth shutout as the Boston Bruins, depleted by an active NHL trade deadline, blanked the host Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Saturday.,Swayman made 26 saves, including an incredible stick stop on Brandon Hagel in front of an op...
Greg Chalmers aims for first tour win at Cologuard Classic
Australian Greg Chalmers held the lead for the second straight day as he seeks his first victory on PGA Tour Champions at the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Ariz.,Chalmers, who followed his opening-round 64 on Friday with a 4-under-par 67 on Saturday at La Paloma Country Club, is at 11-under 131. He c...
Magomed Ankalaev takes down Alex Pereira at UFC 313
LAS VEGAS -- Magomed Ankalaev claimed the UFC light heavyweight title with a convincing unanimous decision victory over Alex Pereira at UFC 313 on Saturday night, defeating the defending champion 49-46, 48-47, 48-47.,Anklaev (20-1-1) took the highly partisan crowd out of the fight early with a domin...
Minnesota United make Kelvin Yeboah's goal hold up to beat San Jose
Kelvin Yeboah scored his second goal in as many games and Minnesota United earned a 1-0 victory at the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.,Yeboah now has nine goals in 12 league appearances since his arrival to MLS last summer and is the only Minnesota player to score this season.,Dayne St. Clai...
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka advances in 2nd round at Indian Wells
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka fought off an early challenge but several seeded players were eliminated in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Sabalenka, of Belarus, who is also the top-ranked player in the world, needed a tiebreaker to defeat McCartney Kessler o...
Jean-Gabriel Pageau posts 3 points in Islanders' win over Sharks
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and two assists Saturday night for the retooled New York Islanders, who beat the host San Jose Sharks 4-2.,Anthony Duclair scored in the first to give the Islanders a lead they'd never relinquish in their first game without Brock Nelson, who spent his entire 12-year ca...
Oilers build 4-goal lead, hold off Stars
Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-4 win against the visiting Dallas Stars on Saturday night.,Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, Viktor Arvidsson and Connor Brown also scored and Stuart Skinner made 23 saves for Edmonton, which has won three of four following...
No. 23 BYU ends regular season with win over Utah
Five players scored in double figures to help No. 23 BYU avenge a January loss to Utah with an 85-74 victory in Provo on Saturday night, giving the Cougars an eight-game winning streak heading into next week's Big 12 Conference tournament.,At 23-8 overall and 14-6 in the conference, the Cougars will...
L.J. Cryer scores 23 to lead No. 3 Houston past Baylor
L.J. Cryer tied his season high of six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help No. 3 Houston notch a 65-61 victory over Baylor on Saturday night in Big 12 play at Waco, Texas.,Milos Uzan added 12 points as the Cougars (27-4, 19-1 Big 12) won their 10th consecutive game. Houston also improved to 10-0...
Whitecaps stay perfect through 3 matches, blank CF Montreal
Mathias Laborda and Tate Johnson scored goals Saturday night and the Vancouver Whitecaps made it three wins in as many matches to start the season, blanking CF Montreal 2-0 in Vancouver.,Vancouver controlled most of the match, possessing the ball 54.5 percent of the time and outshooting Montreal 15-...
San Diego FC downs Real Salt Lake in stoppage time
Andres Dreyer scored the tiebreaking goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time and San Diego FC remained unbeaten with a 3-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night at Sandy, Utah.,Marcus Ingvartsen added an insurance goal five minutes later and Franco Negri scored late in the firs...
Stephen Curry reaches milestone as Warriors down Pistons
Stephen Curry had 32 points and hit a major milestone as Golden State downed Detroit, 115-110, in San Francisco on Saturday.,Curry reached 25,000 career points on a third-quarter 3-pointer. Jimmy Butler supplied 26 points, nine rebounds and five assists.,Draymond Green had 12 points -- including a l...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics too much for Lakers
Jayson Tatum had 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night.,It was Tatum's fourth game with at least 40 points this season. He was 12 of 28 from the field and play...
Quinton Byfield helps Kings survive Blues in OT
Quinton Byfield scored the game-winning goal 27 seconds into overtime for the Los Angeles Kings, who snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings off assists from Drew Doughty and Mikey Anderson, whose stickwork pre...
Steven Stamkos' hat trick propels Predators to OT win over Blackhawks
Steven Stamkos completed a hat trick in overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Stamkos fired a one-timer from the left circle at 2:39 of the extra frame for his 14th career hat trick.,Justus Annunen made 17 saves for the Predators, ...
Nashville converts first scores of season into win over Timbers
Ahmed Qasem scored midway through the second half in his first MLS start and Nashville SC halted its scoreless start to the season with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Portland Timbers on Saturday night.,Andy Najar also scored his first goal for his new club just before halftime, helped by an error ...