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Capitals stay alive in playoff race with win over Penguins
Logan Thompson posted his fourth shutout of the season, and Connor McMichael scored a pair and added an assist for the Washington Capitals, who scored a 3-0 victory Sunday over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins in a must-win game for the host squad.,McMichael had his third three-point game of the sea...
Three MLB Contenders That Need Answers Before It’s Too Late
Three MLB contenders are underperforming early in 2026—here’s what’s going wrong and why it matters....
Mirra Andreeva outlasts Anastasia Potapova in Linz for 2nd 2026 title
Top-seeded Mirra Andreeva won her second WTA title of the season by rallying for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over unseeded local competitor Anastasia Potapova in the championship match of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Sunday.,It's the fifth overall WTA singles title for the 18-year-old Russian after ...
Jannik Sinner tops rival Carlos Alcaraz for another Masters 1000 title
Italian Jannik Sinner fought off the wind and rival Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Sunday to win the Monte-Carlo Masters, downing Alcaraz 7-6 (5), 6-3 in Monaco.,For Sinner, it is his first ATP Masters title on a clay court. He now has won three consecutive Masters tournaments -- also at Indian Wells an...
Iconic Augusta hole could vault Rory McIlroy to Masters history
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The gauntlet of "Amen Corner" no doubt will play a pivotal role on Sunday at the Masters, but it's another one of Augusta National's iconic back nine holes that could launch Rory McIlroy to a historic green-jacket repeat.,The first three par-5s have been the three easiest scoring hol...
Timo Baumgartl scores in 61st minute as St. Louis City tie FC Dallas
Timo Baumgartl's 61st-minute goal negated Louicius Deedson's opener as visiting St. Louis City SC earned a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas.,The equalizer was the first goal in four matches at Toyota Stadium for St. Louis (1-3-3, 6 points), which has gone 1-0-2 in its last three matches after getting shut...
Dallas Fuel reach grand final of OWCS NA Stage 1 playoffs
Dallas Fuel downed Spacestation Gaming 3-1 on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series' North America Stage 1 playoffs.,Spacestation Gaming dropped to the lower-bracket final in the double-elimination playoffs on Sunday against Team Liquid, with the winner advancing t...
Preds stay within point of Kings with tight win over Wild
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist for the Nashville Predators in a 2-1 win against the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon.,Matthew Wood also scored and Justus Annunen made 21 saves for Nashville (38-32-10, 86 points), which stayed within a point of the Los Angeles Kings for the fina...
Timo Baumgartl scores in 61st minute as St. Louis City ties FC Dallas
Timo Baumgartl's 61st-minute goal negated Louicius Deedson's opener as visiting St. Louis City SC earned a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas.,The equalizer was the first goal in four matches at Toyota Stadium for St. Louis, which has gone 1-0-2 in its last three matches after getting shut out in three stra...
Wings sign defensive standout Alanna Smith to reported 3-year contract
The Dallas Wings have signed free agent forward Alanna Smith, the WNBA's co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2025, the team announced on Saturday night.,ESPN reported that Smith, who spent the past two seasons with the Minnesota Lynx, has agreed to a three-year max contract, per her agent Sammy Wlosz...
Michael Wacha goes stellar 8 innings as Royals blank White Sox
Michael Wacha struck out seven over eight stellar innings and Maikel Garcia clubbed a leadoff home run, as the Kansas City Royals continued their strong pitching in this series with Saturday's 2-0 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.,Wacha (2-0), who turns 35 in July, allowed just four hits ...
Nashville asserts Eastern Conference superiority against Charlotte FC
Edvard Tagseth and Patrick Yazbek scored goals Saturday night as visiting Nashville SC controlled the run of play for a 2-1 win over Charlotte FC.,Billed as an early showdown of Eastern contenders, it was instead a sermon on why many feel Nashville (5-1-1, 16 points) might stay atop the conference t...
'Pretty easy:' Masters players surprised by Augusta National conditions
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- It's not often the word "gettable" is used to describe Augusta National on a Saturday at the Masters, but that's exactly the adjective several players used after this year's third round.,Nineteen of the 54 players who made the cut posted rounds in the 60s on Saturday, led by the 65s ...
Masters champion to earn $4.5M from majors-record $22.5M purse
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Twenty players will begin Sunday's final round of the Masters within six shots of the lead, and they will all be chasing a $4.5 million winner's check out of a majors-record $22.5 million prize purse.,The Augusta National Golf Club released the 2026 prize money breakdown on Saturday,...
Preds stay within 1 point of Kings with tight win over Wild
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist for the Nashville Predators in a 2-1 win against the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon.,Matthew Wood also scored and Justus Annunen made 21 saves for Nashville (38-32-10, 86 points), which stayed within a point of the Los Angeles Kings for the fina...
Rory McIlroy's record Masters cushion gone as Cameron Young claims share of lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy's stroll toward one of the rarest feats in sports turned into a dramatic battle to avoid the wrong side of history as he saw his six-shot lead evaporate during the third round of the Masters on Saturday.,McIlroy scuffled to a 1-over-par round of 73 to fall into a share o...
Michael Wacha goes stellar eight innings as Royals blank White Sox
Michael Wacha struck out seven over eight stellar innings and Maikel Garcia clubbed a leadoff home run, as the Kansas City Royals continued their strong pitching in this series with Saturday's 2-0 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.,Wacha (2-0), who turns 35 in July, allowed just four hits ...
Cameron Young soars into Masters lead with 65
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Cameron Young saw Scottie Scheffler post a 65 earlier in Saturday's third round of the Masters, and then went out and matched the World's No. 1 player to surge into the lead at Augusta National.,Young's 7-under-par effort was his best in 15 career Masters rounds by two shots, and hel...
Scottie Scheffler makes charge with Masters-best 65
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Scottie Scheffler vaulted up the Masters leaderboard with a career-low round of 65 at the Masters on Saturday to sit at 7-under-par through three rounds.,Scheffler's previous low round at Augusta National was a 66 in the first round of 2024, when he went on to win his second Masters ...
Jon Rahm 5-over through three rounds, on fringe of 50th at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Jon Rahm floundered to 50th on the Masters leaderboard and 5-over through 54 holes on Saturday with a scorecard lined with bogeys. ,Rahm was 17 shots back of leader and budding rival Rory McIlroy when the Spaniard bogeyed the 18th with his third five on a par-4 hole on the back nine ...