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Liquid, Yandex charge into BLAST Slam VI semifinals
Team Liquid pulled out a marathon 3-2 win over Team Falcons on Friday to reach the semifinals of the BLAST Slam VI event in Attard, Malta.,In the other quarterfinal match, Team Yandex took down HEROIC 3-1.,The Saturday semifinals will feature Team Liquid vs. OG and then Natus Vincere vs. Team Yandex...
VJ Edgecombe, Team Vince take title at Rising Stars event
Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe sank two free throws to give Team Vince a 25-24 win over Team Melo and the championship of the Rising Stars event on Friday in Inglewood, Calif.,The last of the night's three games featuring young NBA players was played until one team reached 25 points.,Edgecom...
Chandler Smith steals OT win in NASCAR Truck Series opener
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Chandler Smith came from the middle of nowhere to win the Fresh from Florida 250 in overtime at Daytona International Speedway on Friday and immediately gave credit where credit was due.,"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Ty Majeski!" Smith shouted after taking the checkered fl...
No. 23 Miami (Ohio) handles Ohio, improves to nation-best 25-0
Brant Byers scored 21 points and Peter Suder added 20 as No. 23 Miami (Ohio) remained the nation's only unbeaten team with a 90-74 win over archrival Ohio on Friday in Oxford, Ohio.,Byers shot 13-for-16 from the free throw line while Eian Elmer added 15 points for Miami (25-0, 12-0 Mid-American), wh...
No. 18 Saint Louis breezes past Loyola Chicago for 18th straight win
Trey Green and Ishan Sharma each scored 14 points to lead No. 18 Saint Louis to an 86-59 road win over Loyola Chicago on Friday, the Billikens' 18th consecutive victory.,Quentin Jones tallied 12 points and six rebounds while Amari McCottry added 11 points and seven rebounds for Saint Louis (24-1, 12...
Wisconsin blitzes No. 10 Michigan State, fells another top-10 foe
Nick Boyd had 29 points and John Blackwell added 24 to pace Wisconsin to a dominant 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Madison, Wis.,It was the second consecutive top-10 victory for Wisconsin (18-7, 10-4 Big Ten), which won at No. 8 Illinois 92-9...
Reports: RHP Zac Gallen returns to D-backs on 1-year deal
After testing the open market, right-handed starting pitcher Zac Gallen is re-signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks on a one-year contract, multiple media outlets reported Friday.,According to The Athletic, Gallen's deal is worth $22,025,000 -- the same value of Arizona's qualifying offer that Galle...
Alabama tries to keep second-half barrage going vs. South Carolina
Alabama's players have been getting the message coach Nate Oats has preached during recent halftime talks.,In their current three-game winning streak, the Crimson Tide have put up an average of 58 points in the second halves of wins over Texas A&M, Auburn and Ole Miss.,Alabama (17-7, 7-4 SEC) return...
Columbia clinches important sweep of No. 24 Princeton
Perri Page scored 15 of her career-high 25 points after halftime to help Columbia complete a season sweep of No. 24 Princeton 70-56 on Friday in New York.,Page hit 9 of 14 shots from the floor and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Riley Weiss went for 23 points with four 3-pointers for the Lions (16-6, 7-2...
Worth the wait: Connor McDavid making most of first Games
MILAN -- Canadian Connor McDavid got his long-sought first Olympic goal on Friday, as the National Hockey League's most dynamic player makes up for lost time in his first trip to the Games.,The Edmonton Oilers captain made no secret of his desire to reach the Olympic stage as the NHL opted out of th...
After blowout loss, NC State knows it must 'move forward' vs. Miami
North Carolina State, which is 5-1 after a loss this season, is hoping to rebound Saturday afternoon when it hosts Atlantic Coast Conference rival Miami in Raleigh, N.C.,The Wolfpack (18-7, 9-3 ACC) have won six of their last seven games but are coming off a 118-77 loss at No. 24 Louisville.,Head co...
William Byron to use backup car in pursuit of Daytona 500 three-peat
William Byron will need to rely on a backup car on Sunday when he tries to become the first driver to win the Daytona 500 in three consecutive years.,Byron's preferred No. 24 Chevrolet took enough damage during qualifying Thursday to relegate him to a backup car for the Great American Race.,The brig...
Darren Clarke posts 2 eagles, shares Chubb Classic lead with Michael Wright
Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland made two eagles over his final four holes to grab a share of the first-round lead at the Chubb Classic on Friday in Naples, Fla.,Clarke and Australian Michael Wright posted 7-under-par 65 at Tiburon Golf Club's Black Course with two rounds to go. Tied for third one ...
Malinin falls apart, Shaidorov shocks field to win men's figure skating gold
MILAN -- Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov emerged as the shock winner of the men's competition at the Milan Cortina Games on Friday as heavy favorite Ilia Malinin's free program fell apart and he finished out of the medals in one of Olympic figure skating's biggest upsets.,Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took s...
Akshay Bhatia ties Ryo Hisatsune for lead at Pebble Beach
Akshay Bhatia fired a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course to reach 15-under 129 and tie Japan's Ryo Hisatsune for the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Hisatsune was the solo first-round leader thanks to a 62 at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Thur...
Oregon tries to snap 10-game skid vs. Penn State as injuries linger
Oregon aims to break a 10-game losing streak Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore., when the Ducks host Penn State in a matchup of the two teams at the bottom of the Big Ten Conference.,Last-place Oregon (8-16, 1-12 Big Ten) has not been at full strength for much of the season -- and it likely won't be...
Team Peps completes comeback on Day 1 of OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Team Peps, Team Falcons, T1 and Virtus.pro won their opening games and moved into the quarterfinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on Friday in Seoul.,Peps outlasted Disguised 3-2 in a match that included a rare draw in the fourth round. Falcons swept VARREL 3-0, Virtus.pro di...
Czech teenager Jilek outclasses strong field to take 10,000m gold
MILAN -- Czech teenager Metodej Jilek produced the race of his life to beat a powerful field and seize gold in the 10,000 meters on Friday, delivering the Czech Republic its first speed skating title of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.,Jilek was joined on the podium by Poland's Vladimir Semirunniy...
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scores twice as US routs Italy in women's hockey
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scored twice to highlight a five-goal second period, lifting the United States to a 6-0 romp over Italy on Friday in the quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Megan Keller collected a goal and two assists and Laila Edwards and Britta Curl-Salemme had one of each for th...
Japan's Totsuka takes halfpipe gold, Aussie James settles for silver
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Yuto Totsuka of Japan won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics on Friday in a hard-fought battle that ended with Australian Scotty James just missing out on the big prize that has eluded him through five Games.,James took the silver for the second t...