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76ers star Joel Embiid active for Game 4 vs. Celtics
Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid was active and in the starting lineup for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the visiting Boston Celtics on Sunday.,Embiid has not played since April 6, as he required an emergency appendectomy during a team trip through Tex...

Coco Gauff battles illness, tough opponent, but advances in Madrid
Coco Gauff is not the retiring type.,The third-seed in the WTA's Madrid Open became another player this week to struggle during a match due to illness and fell behind Sorana Cirstea by a set and a break on Sunday.,The two-time Grand Slam champion vomited as discreetly as possible outside the court a...

Justin Wrobleski moves to 4-0 as Dodgers blank Cubs
Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run in 13 games and Justin Wrobleski continued his strong start to the season with six scoreless innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 6-0 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday.,Miguel Rojas hit a two-run double in the first inning and Dalton R...

Brotherly love: Matt, Alex Fitzpatrick capture meaningful Zurich win
Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick of England birdied the final hole after their three-stroke lead vanished on the back nine Sunday, leading them to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at Avondale, La.,The birdie on the par-5 18th hole gave them a 1-under-par 71, pushing their tournament total to ...

Spurs dominate 2nd half to go up 3-1 on Trail Blazers
De'Aaron Fox scored 28 points and Victor Wembanyama had 27 in his return from concussion protocol, helping the visiting San Antonio Spurs to a 114-93 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series on Sunday.,Fox sank 11 of 17 shots from the floor and...

Casey Schmitt powers Giants' comeback win over Marlins
Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second consecutive day, Landen Roupp ran his personal winning streak to four games and the San Francisco Giants closed out a winning homestand with a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.,Jung Hoo Lee had four hits, including a triple, ...

Nelly Korda lands 3rd major win at Chevron, regains No. 1 ranking
Nelly Korda returned to the mountaintop Sunday in Houston by going wire to wire for her second Chevron Championship title in three years and regaining the World No. 1 ranking in the process.,Korda shot a tidy 2-under-par 70 in the final round at Memorial Park Golf Course and won the season's first m...

Carlos Cortes’ two-run triple lifts Athletics over Rangers
Carlos Cortes delivered a two-run triple in the first inning and the Athletics held on to beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Cortes also had a pair of singles for the Athletics, who moved two games over .500 and took a one-game lead o...

Rob Refsnyder's blast lifts Mariners past Cardinals
Pinch hitter Rob Refsnyder homered with one out in the ninth inning to break a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Cal Raleigh also homered for the Mariners, who swept the three-game interleague series.,JJ Wetherholt and Nathan Church went deep ...

Sabres smash Bruins to take 3-1 lead back to Buffalo
The visiting Buffalo Sabres ripped off a four-goal first period and never looked back en route to a 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Sunday afternoon.,Peyton Krebs, Josh Doan, Bowen Byram and Alex Tuch all notched a goal and an assist...

Dominant Kyle Harrison fans 12 as Brewers end slide vs. Pirates
Kyle Harrison tossed six innings of one-hit ball with a career-high 12 strikeouts and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a four-game skid with a 5-0 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.,The Brewers backed Harrison with a five-run fourth inning to avoid their first sweep against Pittsbu...

Jose Tena's HR in 10th helps Nationals edge White Sox
Jose Tena hit a pinch-hit solo home run in the 10th inning after CJ Abrams provided a go-ahead sacrifice fly as the visiting Washington Nationals defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Sunday.,Both pitching staffs allowed just four hits. Paxton Schultz worked around Tristan Peters' RBI single in the ...

Astros awaken to salvage finale, end Yankees' 8-game win streak
Spencer Arrighetti worked seven strong innings, Christian Walker produced a three-hit game with a home run and the Houston Astros salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the visiting New York Yankees with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.,Arrighetti (3-0) remained unbeaten in three starts afte...

Rockies stifle Mets to clinch series in doubleheader opener
Troy Johnston had an RBI single in the fourth inning and hit into the tie-breaking, run-scoring double play in the sixth Sunday afternoon for the visiting Colorado Rockies, who beat the skidding New York Mets 3-1 in the opener of a doubleheader.,Jose Quintana (1-2) tossed 5 1/3 solid innings for the...

Yandy Diaz, 4 pitchers help Rays complete sweep of Twins
Yandy Diaz belted a two-run homer to highlight a four-run third inning, helping the Tampa Bay Rays complete a three-game series sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 4-2 victory on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Chandler Simpson went 3-for-4 with a stolen base and a run and Jonathan Aranda j...

Red Sox beat O's in first game since Alex Cora's firing
Willson Contreras hit a two-run home run and Connelly Early pitched into the seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox won in their first game after a surprising weekend managerial change, beating the host Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Sunday afternoon.,Chad Tracy was in the Boston dugout as interim manager a...

Jesus Sanchez hits tiebreaking HR as Blue Jays beat Guardians
Jesus Sanchez homered and drove in three runs on Sunday afternoon to help the Toronto Blue Jays earn a 4-2 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians.,Vladimir Guerrero had three hits and an RBI for the Blue Jays, who took two of three from Cleveland. Toronto starter Patrick Corbin went 4 ? innin...

Spencer Torkelson ties franchise record, as Tigers defeat Reds
Hao-Yu Lee belted a pinch-hit, go-ahead two-run homer and Spencer Torkelson had three hits and homered in his fifth straight game as the visiting Detroit Tigers rallied for an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday in Cincinnati.,Kerry Carpenter doubled and tripled, while Gleyber Torres added th...

Chris Sale notches 150th win as Braves take rubber match from Phillies
Chris Sale pitched six scoreless innings to earn the 150th victory of his career as the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Sale (5-1) retired the first eight batters he faced and allowed only one hit, a single to Trea T...

2-time Super Bowl champion OT Donovan Smith announces retirement
Nine-year veteran offensive tackle Donovan Smith announced his retirement from football on Sunday.,Smith played 136 games in his NFL career. He was a second-round pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was immediately plugged into the starting lineup and was a PFWA All-Rookie sel...