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Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators move to 3-0 at PGL Wallachia
Team Spirit and Gaimin Gladiators booked their spots in the PGL Wallachia Season 5 playoffs with group stage wins on Monday in Bucharest, Romania.,Both teams improved to 3-0 with Round 3 wins, with Spirit rallying for a 2-1 win against Natus Vincere and Gaimin Gladiators sweeping Aurora Gaming.,The ...
Flyers acquire F Trevor Zegras from Ducks
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired Trevor Zegras from the Anaheim Ducks on Monday in exchange for fellow forward Ryan Poehling and two draft picks.,The Ducks will receive a second-round draft pick (45th overall) in 2025 and a fourth-rounder in 2026.,Zegras, 24, is entering the final season of a three-...
Gold medalist Kirsty Coventry takes over as IOC president
Kirsty Coventry took over as president of the International Olympic Committee on Monday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the organization.,In a ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, Coventry received the golden key to the Olympic House from outgoing president Thomas Bach of Germany.,...
Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas reportedly in hospice care
Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas is gravely ill and has retired immediately.,The Lukas family issued a statement Sunday that said the 89-year-old had been hospitalized with a severe infection and declined to go through the "aggressive treatment plan" doctors in Louisville, Ky., had outlined...
Orioles, Rangers accentuate the positives after recent setbacks
The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles have found various degrees of satisfaction during the past week even with slightly different results.,They begin a three-game series on Monday night in Baltimore.,The Orioles are back home after a 3-4 road trip against American League East opponents with stops...
Paper Rex tops Fnatic for Valorant Masters Toronto crown
Paper Rex defeated Fnatic 3-1 on Sunday in the grand final of the Valorant Masters Toronto 2025 in Canada.,Paper Rex's Jason "f0rsakeN" Susanto of Indonesia was selected most valuable player for the event.,The playoffs ran from June 13-22 and featured an eight-team, double-elimination bracket. Four ...
Goalies shine as Spirit, Wave settle for draw
Aubrey Kingsbury made six saves, including two clutch stops in the final 10-plus minutes, helping the visiting Washington Spirit earn a 0-0 draw with the San Diego Wave on Sunday night.,Washington (7-4-2, 23 points) headed into the international break with another road point as Kingsbury's effort he...
No. 6 LSU sweeps No. 13 Coastal Carolina for 8th MCWS title
Chris Stanfield and Derek Curiel had two-run singles and reliever Chase Shores shut the door as LSU completed a two-game sweep of the Men's College World Series championship series, defeating Coastal Carolina 5-3 on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., ,The No. 6 Tigers (53-15) won their eighth MCWS tit...
Team Spirit among four teams now 2-0 at PGL Wallachia Season 5
Team Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators, Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere improved to 2-0 at PGL Wallachia Season 5 with victories Sunday in Bucharest, Romania.,In Round 2 of the five-day group stage, Spirit swept Edge 2-0, Gaimin Gladiators blanked Team Tidebound and Aurora beat Xtreme Gaming by the same sco...
Streaky Rangers look for series sweep in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Pirates hope to salvage a brief, three-game homestand Sunday when their series wraps up with the Texas Rangers.,Having lost six of their last seven games, the National League Central cellar-dwelling Pirates will send Bailey Falter (5-3, 3.49 ERA) to the mound in hoping to right the sh...
Roundup: Ji So-Yun shines in Reign FC rout of Royals
Ji So-Yun had one goal and two assists and Emeri Adames scored two second-half goals to help Seattle Reign FC post a 4-1 victory over the Utah Royals on Saturday afternoon at Sandy, Utah.,Maddie Dahlien also scored as Seattle (6-4-3, 21 points) stretched its unbeaten streak to three matches (2-0-1)....
Nationals mash 5 homers to topple Dodgers
Nathaniel Lowe hit two home runs, James Wood and Luis Garcia Jr. hit back-to-back long balls in the fourth inning and the visiting Washington Nationals turned five total homers into a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.,CJ Abrams added a home run for the second consecutive night as...
Gold Cup: Honduras tops El Salvador to tighten up Group B
Romell Quioto scored in the 33rd minute and Dixon Ramirez iced the game with a second-half stoppage-time goal as Honduras beat El Salvador 1-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup play in Houston on Saturday night.,Paired with Curacao's 1-1 draw with Canada earlier in the day, Honduras' win really jammed up the Gro...
Logan O'Hoppe powers Angels in rout of Astros
Logan O'Hoppe hit two home runs and drove in four runs and Luis Rengifo also homered as the Los Angeles Angels cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was the fourth multi-homer game of O'Hoppe's career and the second this season. Zach Neto doubled tw...
Gladiators, Tidebound open with sweeps at Wallachia Season 5 group stage
Team Tidebound and the Gaimin Gladiators swept to victory on the first day of the group stage on Saturday in PGL Wallachia Season 5 in Bucharest, Romania.,The group stage runs through Wednesday and features 16 teams in a modified Swiss system. All matches are best of three. Eight teams will advance ...
Rangers place 1B Jake Burger (oblique) on 10-day injured list
The Texas Rangers placed first baseman Jake Burger on the 10-day injured list on Saturday because of a left oblique strain.,In a corresponding move, the Rangers recalled rookie first baseman Justin Foscue from Triple-A Round Rock.,Burger, 29, felt tightness on his left side on a swinging strikeout i...
Kade Anderson, No. 6 LSU shut out No. 13 Coastal Carolina in MCWS Game 1
Kade Anderson threw a three-hit shutout and LSU ended Coastal Carolina's 26-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory in Game 1 of the Men's College World Series championship series Saturday night in Omaha, Neb.,Anderson (12-1) walked five, struck out 10 and had just one inning in which he didn't allow...
Tommy Fleetwood up 3 at Travelers, eyes first PGA Tour win
England's Tommy Fleetwood has put together a nice career, but none of his victories have come on the PGA Tour.,He's in position to change that this weekend, but he won't even be the sentimental favorite for the final day of the Travelers Championship.,Fleetwood shot 7-under-par 63 in Saturday's thir...
Wings look to keep momentum going in visit to Mystics
After a demoralizing 1-11 start, the Dallas Wings have sparked hope ahead of Sunday's afternoon road game against the Washington Mystics.,Dallas has tripled its win total by claiming its last two games, including a June 17 win over the Golden State Valkyries and a victory in Connecticut on Friday. T...
Fever, Aces square off looking for bounce-back performances
Caitlin Clark's rough night in her third game back from a quad injury was hardly the only issue for the Indiana Fever on Thursday night.,Meanwhile, a night later, A'ja Wilson's return from a concussion resulted in another loss for the Las Vegas Aces.,Two teams seeking bounce-back performances get to...