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Upper-bracket semis set at Championship of The Americas North Split 1
Team Liquid and 100 Thieves claimed the final two spots in the upper-bracket semifinals of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles on Sunday.,Both teams won their upper-bracket quarterfinal matches 2-0. Liquid defeated Dignitas, and the Thieves disposed o...

Ilia Malinin snags third straight title at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Ilia Malinin finished with a total score of 333.31 on Sunday to secure his third straight national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.,Malinin put together a stunning free skate, matching a record with six quadruple jumps while also becoming the first skater to land a qua...

Adin Hill, Golden Knights have little trouble with Panthers
Adin Hill made 32 saves and Brayden McNabb had a goal and an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into first place in the Pacific Division with a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night in Las Vegas.,Jack Eichel, Tanner Pearson and Tomas Hertl also scored goals, Nicolas Roy had thr...

OpTic beat Ultra, earn top seed for CDL Stage 1 Major
OpTic Texas took down the Toronto Ultra 3-1 on Sunday and grabbed the No. 1 seed in the Call of Duty League's Major 1 that begins Thursday in Madrid.,Texas and Toronto finished qualifying tied for the best record at 6-1, so Texas earned the better seed in the winners' bracket for the upcoming major....

Chiefs get by Bills, head to third straight Super Bowl
Harrison Butker kicked a tiebreaking 35-yard field goal with 3:33 remaining as the Kansas City Chiefs recorded a wild 32-29 victory over the visiting Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday to reach the Super Bowl for the third straight season.,Patrick Mahomes accounted for three touchd...

Wild build big lead, extend mastery of Blackhawks
Jared Spurgeon, Frederick Gaudreau and Joel Eriksson Ek scored to give the visiting Minnesota Wild a three-goal edge, and they held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday.,Marcus Foligno scored once in a two-point game and goaltender Filip Gustavsson made 18 saves for the Wild, who snapped ...

Xtreme Gaming, Tundra post sweeps at Fissure Playground
Xtreme Gaming and Tundra Esports earned 2-0 victories in matchups between 1-2 teams on Sunday at the Dota 2 Fissure Playground event in Belgrade, Serbia.,After surviving an elimination match on Saturday, Xtreme Gaming took down Aurora Gaming on Sunday in 34 minutes on red and in 41 on green behind a...

Gabriel Vilardi has four-point night as Jets end Flames' streak
Gabriel Vilardi scored two goals and matched a career high with four points to pace the host Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.,Kyle Connor scored once in a three-point outing, while Mark Scheifele netted one goal and an assist and Mason Appleton added a goal for the W...

West-leading Thunder halt Blazers' win streak
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points and Jalen Williams added 24 as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder beat Portland 118-108 on Sunday to snap the Trail Blazers' season-high four-game winning streak.,Isaiah Joe had 16 points off the bench for Oklahoma City, which led by as many as 19 in the seco...

Senators get some players out of ruts in win over Utah
Claude Giroux was one of three Ottawa skaters to end lengthy droughts as his third-period game-winner propelled the host Senators to a 3-1 victory Sunday over the Utah Hockey Club.,Giroux scored for the first time since Dec. 29, ending a 13-game drought, and the 37-year-old added an assist. Ridly Gr...

Eagles run over Commanders 55-23 to clinch trip to Super Bowl LIX
Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley rushed for three touchdowns apiece, and the Philadelphia Eagles pulled away for a 55-23 win over the visiting Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game Sunday afternoon.,Barkley rushed for 118 yards and Hurts threw for 246 yards and a TD for Philadelphia, whic...

Texas Tech holds off Oklahoma State for fourth straight win
Chance McMillian scored 14 points and Texas Tech's defense did the rest as the Red Raiders defeated stumbling Oklahoma State 64-54 on Sunday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference game in Lubbock, Texas.,The Red Raiders (15-4, 6-2 Big 12) never trailed, led by 10 points and halftime and by 18 nine minutes...

Raptors try to keep stacking wins, host Pelicans
The suddenly surging Toronto Raptors aim to extend their season-best three-game winning streak when they return home to face the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.,Toronto completed a two-game road sweep of the Atlanta Hawks with a 117-94 victory on Saturday. The Raptors have won five of their pa...

No. 17 Illinois uses balanced scoring to coast past Northwestern
Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory over Northwestern Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.,Starting for 7-foot-1 Tomislav Ivisic, who missed his second straight game due to mononucleosis, freshman center Morez Joh...

Team Spirit defeats Eternal Fire to win BLAST Bounty Spring
Team Spirit rallied for a 3-1 victory over Eternal Fire to win the grand final of the BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 event Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Team Spirit will take home $288,125 of the $500,000 prize pool. Eternal Fire settled for a second prize of $85,625.,The first S-Tier Counter-Strike: Glo...

Avalanche deliver in closing seconds to upend Rangers 5-4
Cale Makar scored twice and set up the tiebreaking goal by Artturi Lehkonen with 15 seconds remaining as the revamped Colorado Avalanche blew a pair of two-goal leads before earning a dramatic 5-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon.,The Avalanche beat the Rangers for the seco...

PJ Haggerty helps No. 24 Memphis rout UAB
PJ Haggerty scored 23 points, Dain Dainja had 21 and No. 24 Memphis never trailed in defeating visiting UAB 100-77 in a battle of first-place teams in the American Athletic Conference on Sunday afternoon.,PJ Carter added 14 points, Colby Rogers scored 12 points and Nicholas Jourdain had 11 for the T...

No. 18 Wisconsin unleashes defense, rolls past Nebraska
John Tonje had 27 points and John Blackwell added 14 to lead 18th-ranked Wisconsin to an 83-55 Big Ten victory over Nebraska on Sunday in Madison, Wis.,Kamari McGee added 11 points for Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten), which bounced back from an 85-83 road loss at UCLA on Tuesday after a seven-game win...

Maryland edges Indiana 79-78 for another key road win
Rodney Rice scored a game-high 23 points Sunday, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 7.5 seconds left, as visiting Maryland rallied for a 79-78 Big Ten Conference decision over Indiana in Bloomington, Ind.,Rice, who was 8 of 13 from the field and 5 of 7 from 3, came off a dribble handoff from ...

Dominance Down Under: Jannik Sinner wins Australian Open title
Italy's Jannik Sinner showed why he's the No. 1 player in the world on Sunday as he used his power from the baseline and a consistent serve to defeat Alexander Zverev of Germany to win his second consecutive Australian Open singles title.,Sinner needed two hours, 42 minutes to post the 6-3, 7-6 (4),...