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Aliyah Boston helps power Fever to comfortable win vs. Fire
In her first game back from a lower leg injury, Aliyah Boston scored 24 points to power the Indiana Fever to a 90-73 win over the visiting Portland Fire on Wednesday night in Indianapolis, Indiana.,Boston shot 8 of 11 from the floor and also collected eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and a ...
Sizzling Guardians score twice in 10th, hold off Tigers
Angel Martinez's triple drove in the go-ahead in the 10th and the red-hot Cleveland Guardians downed the host Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.,Jose Ramirez supplied an RBI double in the inning as the Guardians won for the eighth time in nine games, including the first three games of the four-game se...
CJ Abrams' 3-run blast propels Nationals past Mets
CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer, Zack Littell pitched five solid innings and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting New York Mets 8-4 on Wednesday.,Jacob Young homered and doubled while Abrams added a single and scored twice for Washington, which has won two in a row after dropping the series op...
Braves crush Janson Junk, Marlins in runaway win
The visiting Atlanta Braves got three-run homers from Austin Riley and Dominic Smith to back up Chris Sale's strong pitching effort, defeating the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Wednesday.,Riley's home run, his eighth, came in the second inning and Smith's blast, his fifth, came on the 12th pitch of his at-ba...
Fever guard Caitlin Clark (back) out vs. Fire
Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark is sitting out of Wednesday night's home game against the Portland Fire with a back injury.,Clark was not on the team injury report the day before the game. Fever coach Stephanie White said Clark was a bit stiff and sore when she woke up Wednesday morning after...
Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel highlight first-team All-Rookie squad
Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg, the NBA Rookie of the Year and No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, highlighted the Kia NBA All-Rookie first team, which was announced Wednesday night after voting from a panel of 100 global media members.,Flagg was joined by Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knu...
Knicks hold momentum, but Cavs no stranger to playoff comebacks
The New York Knicks are no strangers to playing with plenty of momentum during the NBA playoffs. Nor are the Cleveland Cavaliers unfamiliar with climbing back from discouraging losses.,But Game 1 of their Eastern Conference finals series on Tuesday might have provided the Knicks with their most mome...
Mariners hold on for contested win over White Sox to claim series
Jhonny Pereda and Randy Arozarena homered in a three-run seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners broke a tie and held on for a 5-4 victory against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.,Seattle took two of three games against the White Sox to finish its six-game homestand with a 2-4 r...
Kentucky, Gonzaga agree to end hoops series early
Scheduled to face off for two more seasons, perennial basketball powers Kentucky and Gonzaga on Wednesday announced an agreement to end their series early. ,In a joint statement, the schools said the decision was made "to allow each program freedom to re-evaluate future scheduling priorities, includ...
Joe Burrow confident Bengals will win Super Bowl this season
Joe Burrow is so impressed with the Cincinnati Bengals' offseason roster upgrades that the star quarterback is predicting the team will be hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in February in Inglewood, Calif.,After missing the playoffs the last three seasons and coming off a 6-11 campaign, the Bengals...
ATP roundup: Aleksander Kovacevic stuns top seed in Hamburg
Lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic rallied to stun No. 1 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the Hamburg Open on Wednesday in Germany.,Kovacevic trailed 4-1 in the deciding set before winning five straight games to beat the fifth-ranked player in the world and become the first Americ...
Josh Jung caps big day with game-winning hit as Rangers beat Rockies
Josh Jung's single in the top of the ninth capped a 3-for-4 day and plated the go-ahead run for the Texas Rangers, who scored twice in the top of the ninth to beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-4, on Wednesday afternoon in Denver.,Trailing by a run with just two outs to spare, the Rangers rallied unconven...
Geraldo Perdomo's double helps Diamondbacks complete sweep of Giants
Ketel Marte had three hits and scored three times, Geraldo Perdomo capped a three-run fifth inning with a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game home sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-3 victory Wednesday afternoon.,Merrill Kelly pitched six effective innings and ...
NHLCA monitoring Vegas’ 'unprecedented' denial of Bruce Cassidy interviews
The NHL Coaches Association is speaking out against the Vegas Golden Knights' refusal to let former head coach Bruce Cassidy interview for other head coach positions.,Cassidy, who led the Golden Knights to the 2023 Stanley Cup championship, was fired near the end of his fourth season with Vegas on M...
Hurricanes brush off layoff, face speedy Canadiens in Game 1
The Carolina Hurricanes finally return to game action on Thursday.,Key word: Finally.,The Hurricanes have been awaiting their opposition for the Eastern Conference finals since May 9, and the respite ends when they take on Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 in Raleigh, N.C.,Carolina's 11-day layoff is the...
Report: Joey Chestnut to compete in hot dog contest despite guilty plea
Seventeen-time champion Joey Chestnut won't be banned from this summer's July 4 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest for his recent guilty plea to a misdemeanor battery charge, according to a report from Front Office Sports.,The charge stems from a March 21 altercation at an Indiana bar. US Weekly...
WTA roundup: Camila Osorio knocks off No. 1 seed Janice Tjen in Rabat
Yasmine Kabbaj continued her run through her home tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 upset of third-seeded German Tatjana Maria in the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round of 16 on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco.,Kabbaj is just the second Moroccan to make a WTA quarterfinal in the Open Era, convertin...
Ryan Kreidler's homer lifts Twins to series win over Astros
Ryan Kreidler belted a three-run homer and Joe Ryan struck out a season-high nine batters, fueling the Minnesota Twins to a 4-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Victor Caratini launched a solo homer in the second inning among his two hits. He also scored twice f...
Nathaniel Lowe doubles twice, drives in three as Reds topple Phillies
Andrew Abbott won his fourth straight start while Nathaniel Lowe doubled twice and drove in three runs as the visiting Cincinnati Reds turned back the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-4, on Wednesday in the rubber game of the series in Philadelphia.,Cincinnati earned a split of their six-game road trip whil...
Rays rally past Orioles in 8th to complete sweep
Two-out hits from Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios in the eighth inning allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to rally for a 5-3 victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon, completing a three-game series sweep in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Rays had only two hits through seven innings before ...