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Stars reset, host Oilers after missed opportunity
Doom and gloom? Not for the Dallas Stars as they return home to host the Edmonton Oilers in Game 5 of their Western Conference final series Friday night.,The Stars are disappointed in how they surrendered five unanswered goals Wednesday en route to a 5-2 loss in Game 4. Losing is one thing, but blow...
Sun seek to stay undefeated while hosting surging Wings
The Connecticut Sun look to continue their rousing beginning to the season and remain undefeated when they host the Dallas Wings on Friday in Uncasville, Conn.,The Sun (6-0) have been dominating and square off against Dallas after a 70-47 win at home over Phoenix on Tuesday. After a series of four v...
Royals look to get back on roll vs. Twins
The Minnesota Twins will go for a series win when they play the Kansas City Royals on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Minnesota has won two of three games against the Royals entering the final matchup of the four-game series. The Twins won 6-5 on Monday and 4-2 on Tuesday before falling short 6-1...
Dejan Joveljic scores twice as Galaxy knock off FC Dallas
Dejan Joveljic's brace led the LA Galaxy to a 3-1 victory over FC Dallas on Wednesday night in Carson, Calif., ,Riqui Puig scored the other goal for the Galaxy (7-2-7, 28 points), which stretched its home unbeaten streak to seven (4-0-3). LA is unbeaten in six matches overall (2-0-4)., ,Patrickson D...
Ryan Gauld, Whitecaps top Sporting KC to end winless streak
Ryan Gauld scored twice to lift the Vancouver Whitecaps past Sporting Kansas City 2-1, ending a six-match winless streak Wednesday night at Kansas City, Kan., ,Gauld has scored in three consecutive games, pushing his season total to a team-high seven., ,Goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka made four saves but w...
Nashville SC halt FC Cincinnati's 7-game win streak
Hany Mukhtar assisted on first-half goals four minutes apart from Jack Maher and Jacob Shaffelburg as visiting Nashville SC ended FC Cincinnati's club-record seven-match winning streak with a 2-0 victory Wednesday night. ,Off a Mukhtar corner, Maher's header in the mixer bounced home in the 25th min...
Helio Castroneves replacing benched Tom Blomqvist for two races
Helio Castroneves will take over for struggling IndyCar rookie Tom Blomqvist for the next two races at Detroit and Road America, Meyer Shank Racing announced Wednesday in a team release.,Castroneves, 49, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and MSR's newest co-owner, finished 20th in last Sunday's 108...
Report: Kansas extends AD Travis Goff through 2031
Kansas and its athletic director, Travis Goff, have agreed on a new seven-year contract that runs through 2031, ESPN reported Wednesday. ,The deal comes with a significant pay raise, per the report. ,Since arriving in 2021, Goff has hired Lance Leipold as football coach and has overseen a $450 milli...
Stubbs: Stewart-Haas closure should serve as cautionary tale
For a team that has enjoyed so much success over the past 15 years, the news that Stewart-Haas Racing will shut down following the 2024 season sent shockwaves through the sport.,Yes, Stewart-Haas has reportedly been seeking buyers for its four charters for the past few months. But Tuesday's news bro...
Vicente Salas wins eNASCAR race after learning he'll get Truck Series nod
Vicente Salas got a huge jump on a green-white-checkered restart and was never really challenged the rest of the way, pulling away to win the Sunoco 120 at a virtual Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., on Tuesday as part of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.,Driving the No. 11 Toyota for Tony...
Two more into an upper-bracket final at IEM Dallas
FaZe Clan and Team Spirit became the second set of clubs to advance to the upper-bracket final in group play at the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event, advancing with very different-looking wins on Tuesday.,In the first Group B upper-bracket semifinal, Spirit had little trouble with Natus Vince...
Facing FC Dallas, Galaxy aim to remain unbeaten at home
The LA Galaxy will look to stretch their unbeaten streak to six games when they play host to FC Dallas on Wednesday in a clash between the Western Conference rivals in Carson, Calif.,The Galaxy (6-2-7, 25 points), third in the Western Conference, have not lost since a 2-0 defeat in Austin on April 2...
Rangers activate RHP Nathan Eovaldi off IL to start vs. D-backs
The Texas Rangers are activating right-hander Nathan Eovaldi from the injured list in time to start against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, manager Bruce Bochy confirmed to reporters.,The Rangers also activated rookie DH/OF Wyatt Langford from the IL before Tuesday's game. Langfo...
Stewart-Haas Racing to close operation after ‘24 season
Stewart-Haas Racing will be shut down at the end of the current season, co-owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas revealed Tuesday.,Since being formed in 2009, the team has collected 69 victories in the NASCAR Cup Series and three NASCAR drivers' championships. Stewart won the Cup Series title as a drive...
Texas Tech lands MWC Freshman of the Year JT Toppin
Former New Mexico forward JT Toppin, the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, has transferred to Texas Tech, the school announced Tuesday.,"I can't wait to show Red Raider Nation the energy and hard work I bring to every game," Toppin, who is from Dallas, said in a statement. "I look forwa...
Reports: Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi returning to start vs. D-backs
The Texas Rangers are activating right-hander Nathan Eovaldi from the injured list in time to start against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, according to multiple media reports.,Eovaldi last pitched on May 2, when he experienced tightness in his right groin and was placed on the 1...
Saints DE Tanoh Kpassagnon (Achilles) out indefinitely
New Orleans Saints defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon is sidelined indefinitely with a torn Achilles tendon, coach Dennis Allen announced Tuesday.,The injury occurred during a running drill this offseason and will keep him out for training camp and at least the first part of the season.,Allen delivered ...
FC Cincinnati meet Nashville SC on 7-game win streak
Surging FC Cincinnati are rolling and remain successful in tight matches, while Nashville SC are still seeking their first road victory of the season. ,Cincinnati looks to extend its franchise-record winning streak to eight matches when Nashville comes to town Wednesday night. ,FC Cincinnati (10-2-3...
Mystics hunting elusive first win vs. Dream
The Washington Mystics have struggled to score amid their worst start in 17 years entering Wednesday's home game against the Atlanta Dream.,Washington ranks last in the WNBA entering Tuesday's action in points per game (74.3) and field-goal percentage (40.1 percent). The Mystics remain the league's ...
Vitality, 9z land in upper-bracket final at IEM Dallas
Team Vitality and 9z Team won their respective upper-bracket semifinal matches in Group A on Monday at the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event.,Vitality swept G2 Esports 2-0, while 9z slipped by Team Liquid for a 2-1 victory. The winners meet in the upper-bracket final on Wednesday.,Sixteen team...