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Rio Takeda wins 6-hole playoff to secure first LPGA Tour victory
Rio Takeda went the extra mile to record her first victory on the LPGA Tour, defeating Marina Alex in a playoff that lasted six sudden-death holes to capture the Toto Japan Classic in front of her home-country crowd in Shiga, Japan.,Takeda, 21, finished with a birdie on the par-5 18th hole to card a...
Confident Wild set to tangle with Maple Leafs
To Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber, the start to this season feels like a night-and-day difference compared to a year ago. ,The Wild have won two games in a row and six of their past seven. They have earned at least one point in nine of their first 10 contests. ,Minnesota will try to keep its ...
Surging Hurricanes look to keep offense clicking vs. Capitals
The Carolina Hurricanes figured they had done good work offensively, but their opponent on Sunday nearly equaled that work in a game this weekend. ,The Washington Capitals will enter their matchup vs. the Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., fresh off a 7-2 home victory against Columbus on Saturday. ,The Hu...
PARIVISION off to strong start in Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 24
PARIVISION and Team Falcons cruised to 2-0 sweeps on Saturday in Group Stage 2 action at the DreamLeague Season 24 event.,A 28-minute victory and a 41-minute victory -- with both coming on red -- sent PARIVISION past Team Waska, while Team Falcons prevailed in 33 minutes on red and in 44 minutes on ...
Capitals rout Blue Jackets behind 5 first-period goals
Connor McMichael scored twice to help the Washington Capitals to a 7-2 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.,Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome each had a goal and two assists for the Capitals, who have won three straight. Logan Thompson made 34 saves.,Damon Severson and Kevin Labanc ...
The MongolZ, HEROIC land in grand final at Thunderpick World Championship
The MongolZ and HEROIC completed 2-0 sweeps on Saturday in the semifinals of the Thunderpick World Championship in Berlin. ,With the victories, the teams will meet in the tournament's grand final on Sunday. The winner will take home $500,000, and the runner-up will walk away with $150,000. ,After op...
Aric Almirola completes season sweep in Martinsville elimination race
MARTINSVIILLE, Va. -- Tickets punched and punches thrown -- it was Martinsville after all, and in Saturday's National Debt Relief 250, Aric Almirola made Martinsville Speedway his personal playground., ,Leading 150 of 250 laps in a No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that was the clear class of the field...
Kanye Udoh stars as short-handed No. 21 Army downs rival Air Force
Kanye Udoh scored a pair of touchdowns and rumbled for 128 of his career-high 158 yards in the second half as No. 21 Army withstood the absence of star quarterback Bryson Daily and shined defensively in a 20-3 victory over visiting Air Force on Saturday afternoon in West Point, N.Y.,In their first C...
Brandon Moreno wins by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night
Brandon Moreno used his crisp boxing to snap Amir Albazi's six-fight winning streak in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday night by unanimous decision., ,Through three rounds, the former flyweight champion dominated Albazi (17-2) in significant strikes and fin...
Knights beat Utah in OT to remain perfect at home
Brett Howden scored at 2:15 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights remained unbeaten at home with a 4-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Howden took a pass from Noah Hanifin at the bottom of the left circle, deked around Alexander Kerfoot and then cut in front of th...
Thunder get best of Clippers for 6-0 start to season
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 25 points and nine assists as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder remained unbeaten with a 105-92 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.,Oklahoma City has opened the season 6-0 for the first time in franchise history. The Thunder are the last unbeaten tea...
Pius Suter's late goal propels Canucks past Sharks
Pius Suter scored his second goal of the night in the final minute to give the visiting Vancouver Canucks a wild 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks Saturday night.,Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a two-game winless skid. Goaltender Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves.,Nico Sturm and...
Nikola Jokic gets hot in third, lifts Nuggets past winless Jazz
Nikola Jokic scored 18 of his 27 points in the third quarter, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 129-103 on Saturday night for their first home win this season.,Jokic added 16 rebounds and nine assists to finish just shy of a triple-double for the second straight night. He was a rebound ...
Devin Booker helps Suns turn back Blazers
Devin Booker recorded 28 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to help the Phoenix Suns notch a 103-97 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.,The Suns let a 26-point, fourth-quarter lead dwindle to two before holding off Portland for their fourth straight victory and fi...
Bam Adebayo powers Heat past Wizards in Mexico City
Bam Adebayo scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Miami Heat to a 118-98 win over the Washington Wizards in Mexico City on Saturday night.,Tyler Herro added 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting. He and Adebayo combined for 30 of Miami's 56 first-half points. Jimmy Butler chipped in with 18 po...
Isaiah Hankins’ last-snap field goal lifts Baylor over TCU
Isaiah Hankins booted a 33-yard field goal on the game's final play and Bryson Washington ran for 196 yards and four touchdowns to lift Baylor past TCU 37-34 on Saturday in Big 12 Conference action in Waco, Texas.,Bryson Washington's 13-yard run on the final drive got the Bears (5-4, 3-3 in Big 12) ...
Isaac Brown rushes for 151 as Louisville stuns No. 11 Clemson
Isaac Brown rushed for 151 yards, including a game-sealing 45-yard touchdown burst with 5:50 to play, as Louisville went to Clemson and stunned the No. 11 Tigers 33-21 in the Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Saturday night.,Louisville (6-3, 4-2 ACC) scored on seven of its 11 possessions while Cl...
Minnesota United knock off Real Salt Lake in PKs, get past first round
Dayne St. Clair made two saves during a shootout that Minnesota United won 3-1, and the Loons advanced to their first Western Conference semifinal since 2020 following a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn. ,Sixth-seeded Minnesota swept the first-round series against t...
No. 20 SMU hands No. 18 Pittsburgh its first loss in blowout fashion
Kevin Jennings threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night as No. 20 SMU stayed unbeaten in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 48-25 drubbing of No. 18 Pittsburgh in Dallas.,Jennings completed 17 of 25 passes as the Mustangs (8-1, 5-0) joined No. 5 Miami atop the conference standings whi...
Dylan Sampson sets TD mark as No. 7 Tennessee tops Kentucky
Dylan Sampson ran for 141 yards and two touchdowns, setting Tennessee's single-season mark for rushing scores, to help the No. 7 Volunteers beat Kentucky 28-18 on Saturday night in Knoxville, Tenn.,Nico Iamaleava completed 28 of 38 passes for 292 yards and one touchdown as the Volunteers (7-1, 4-1 S...