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NBA season-preview capsules: Southeast Division
Orlando Magic,Predicted 2024 record: 50-32,Last season: 47-35, 5th in NBA Eastern Conference. Lost 4-3 to Cleveland Cavaliers in first round of playoffs.,Last time: That Orlando advanced past the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs it was 2009-10. The Magic have made the postseason just f...
Capitals out to sustain momentum vs. Flyers
Just over one week into the season, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers are quickly trending in opposite directions., ,The Capitals eye their fourth consecutive victory Tuesday when they pay a visit to the slumping Flyers., ,Washington opened its season with a home loss to the New Jersey...
NBA season-preview capsules: Southwest Division
San Antonio Spurs,Predicted 2024-25 record: 38-44,Last season: 22-60, 14th in NBA Western Conference.,Last time ... ,The Spurs had a head coach not named Gregg Popovich it was Bob Hill, who held the job from 1994-96. Popovich's 29-year run on the bench currently stands at 2,209 games.,FanDuel champi...
Team Falcons notch 2 sweeps at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade
Team Falcons recorded a pair of 2-0 sweeps on Sunday in group-stage action at the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade event in Serbia. ,Members of Group B, Team Falcons blanked L1GA TEAM and Gaimin Gladiators. ,Slovakia's Oliver "skiter" Lepko averaged 10.5 kills, 1.5 deaths and 17.0 assists as Team Falcons prev...
Dodgers send Mets home, head back to World Series
LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Edman hit a two-run home run and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series with a 10-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday night in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. ,Will Smith added a two-run home run as the Dodgers earne...
Russell Wilson accounts for 3 TDs in Steelers debut, fuels comeback over Jets
Russell Wilson passed for two touchdowns and rushed for one in his Pittsburgh debut as the Steelers rallied for a 37-15 victory over the visiting New York Jets on Sunday night.,Wilson missed the first six games with a calf injury before being chosen to start over Justin Fields during the week. Acqui...
Liberty top Lynx in OT to capture franchise's 1st WNBA title
Nyara Sabally picked a good night to play one of the best games of her life.,In the first overtime winner-take-all Finals game in WNBA history, Sabally had 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench -- and connected on a breakaway layup in overtime that proved to be crucial game-sealing points -- as...
Ross Colton nets 2 goals as Avalanche top Sharks
Ross Colton scored twice and Cale Makar added one goal and two assists as the visiting Colorado Avalanche defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Sunday night.,Joel Kiviranta scored the other goal for the Avalanche, who won back-to-back games for the first time this season after snapping a four-game los...
Nyara Sabally helps Liberty capture title in OT vs. Lynx
Nyara Sabally picked a good night to play one of the best games of her life.,In the first overtime winner-take-all Finals game in WNBA history, Sabally had 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench -- and connected on a breakaway layup in overtime that proved to be crucial game-sealing points -- as...
Kings score four in third period to top Ducks
Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere scored goals early in the third period to help lead the visiting Los Angeles Kings to a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night in the first game of the season in the Freeway Faceoff Series., ,Kevin Fiala and Mikey Anderson added two empty-net goals to cap...
J.T. Poston hangs on to win Shriners Children's Open
J.T. Poston had a strong back nine and returned to the winner's circle at the Shriners Children's Open on Sunday in Las Vegas.,Poston's 4-under-par 67 pushed him to 22-under 262 for the week at TPC Summerlin, giving him a one-shot win over playing partner Doug Ghim (final-round 65).,The tournament h...
Chiefs outclass 49ers in Super Bowl rematch
Kareem Hunt rushed for two first half touchdowns Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs became the only unbeaten team in the NFL with a 28-18 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., in a rematch of last season's Super Bowl.,Patrick Mahomes completed 16 of 27 passes for 154 yards with ...
Kyren Williams, Rams take down skidding Raiders
Kyren Williams ran for 76 yards with two touchdowns and Kamren Curl returned a fumble for a score as the Los Angeles Rams pulled off a 20-15 victory Sunday over the visiting Las Vegas Raiders.,The Rams won despite quarterback Matthew Stafford throwing for just 154 yards with an interception. Los Ang...
Charles Leclerc wins U.S. Grand Prix; Max Verstappen 3rd after Norris penalty
Charles Leclerc won his third grand prix title of the F1 season at a memorable U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.,The Monaco native helped Ferrari finish the race one-two as Spaniard Carlos Sainz placed second, 8.562 seconds behind Leclerc's winning time of 1:35:0...
Commanders lose Jayden Daniels early, still drill Panthers
Dante Fowler Jr. returned an interception for a touchdown and the Washington Commanders overcame the loss of quarterback Jayden Daniels to roll past the visiting Carolina Panthers 40-7 in Landover, Md., on Sunday.,Daniels, the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner and second overall draft pick in the spring, l...
NBA season-preview capsules: Central Division
1. MILWAUKEE BUCKS,Predicted 2024-25 record: 57-25,Last season: 49-33, 3rd in Eastern Conference,Last time ...,The Bucks reached the second round of the playoffs was 2022, settling for a pair of disappointing first-round exits since then. Milwaukee is also just four seasons removed from a championsh...
Joey Logano wins in Vegas, locks up championship berth
Joey Logano had his second great week in a row, hitting the jackpot in Las Vegas, Nevada, by holding off Christopher Bell to win Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series' South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and advancing into next month's championship race.,Using a fuel strategy and older tires, the No. 2...
NBA season-preview capsules: Pacific Division
1. SACRAMENTO KINGS,Predicted 2024-25 record: 53-29,Last season: 46-36, T-9th in Western Conference,Last time...,The Kings won a playoff series, it was in the 2004 first round against the Mavericks, the same team that had ended Arvydas Sabonis' career in the postseason a year earlier. Arvydas had 23...
Undefeated Jets pull away from Penguins
Mason Appleton had a goal and an assist in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets beat the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Sunday.,Mark Scheifele scored his fifth goal for the Jets, who have won five straight to start the season. Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey and Colin Miller had two assists ap...
NBA season-preview capsules: Atlantic Division
1. BOSTON CELTICS,Predicted 2024-25 record: 60-22,Last season: 64-18, 1st in Eastern Conference,Last time...,The Celtics came off a title run was the 2008-09 campaign. They went 62-20 but got bounced in the Eastern Conference semifinals.,FanDuel championship odds: +310,Roster roll call,Draft Picks:,...